(and no folks, optical mice don't count because you could buy optical mice from other vendors before Microsoft had heard of them and put in an order).
Like, for instance, Mouse Systems circa 1982. Their OEM 3-button shipped with alot of IBM systems in the mid 80's. Required a special metallic grid-patterned mousepad to function, but terrific for its day.
Don't they? The greatest cost would be the different aspects of marketing the concept--given that they either partner with a MVNO or become one outright.
Look what deep marketing pockets have done for the iPod to date...
it is the lack of DirectX for OSX that is screwing us.
Granted, but the fact that the assembly target will now be (supposedly?) x86, these guys might be able to develop a far more robust and complete tool in the near future.
Sadly, the longevity on my 3rd gen began to severely degrade after 12 months. Biking from Manhattan home to Queens in cold weather this past winter would sometimes result in a dead battery 3 minutes from my door (25 minute ride!). On top of that, the longest continuous playback I ever enjoyed was approximately 5 1/2 hours. I'd say this class action applies to me.
Mossberg, a big Wintel fan, got Otellini to whine about his daughter's infested Wintel box...
I believe you're mistaken. Mossberg is, if anything, a pretty big advocate of the Mac... His study reportedly contains a wallshelf featuring a variety of old Mac and other Apple designs.
That aside, he's actually a pretty agnostic and broad-minded columnist as far as tech columnists are concerned.
should read: "to corporate America and." Spelling America with a "K" is crass and won't get you in to the superheroes club.
paragraph 3:...because of economics--they *have* to get the "scoop" to get the ratings or they can't...
should read: "because of economics--they *have* to get the "scoop" to get the ratings--or they can't..." Improper use of em-dash.
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Try installing 10.0 or 10.1 and updating. I was unable to install Jaguar or Panther on my 3G after formatting it, but following the above procedure gave me a bootable system.
Word to the wise: running your iPod drive that hot, that frequently causes your battery to lose its longevity pretty severely. I regret having done it last year.
But-but-but... That's not how I learned it in "The Pirates of Silicon Valley"!
Man, I had put off seeing that movie until I discovered a VHS copy in the G/F's brother's old apartment. Watched it a couple weeks ago for the first time.
It dawned on me why so many nerfherders out here on the internets are so obstreperously clueless about the MS/Apple investment deal, not to mention how the development of the mainstream GUI actually transpired...
I remember when Wang had the ad "Wang: the chink in IBM's armor."
How about "Apple: in the ear on Microsoft's eve."
Sure, works for me. The only thing is, the Wang Tower at the corner of 495 and the Lowell Connector hasn't had the the giant "WANG" sign for 20 years--in other words Wang just flat-out wasn't the "chink" in "IBM's armor" by a long shot.
I'd really hate to see the sign at 1 Infinite loop someday read "Cognizent Nanotech" (or whatever) come 2015 because Apple refused to eventually license the FairPlay/AAC combo... Not that they have all their eggs in that one basket like Wang had with "workgroup miniframes" (or whatever they called them).
That might be useful for people who need commercial applications (such as FrameMaker) which are no longer available for the Mac, but is still supported for Solaris.
I did a bunch of research on the viability of running the Solaris build of FrameMaker on OS X/X11 when embroiled in a couple large jobs last year. With the frequency of the Classic environment tanking on me--FM being the only app running within it--I figured the Solaris version was a natural alternative. Sadly it's not that easy, being that Adobe has not and likely will not release the source to the Solaris/X11 version.
Now, Griffin, if you would feel so inclined as to offer us a stereo bluetooth headset with voice com capabilities that doesn't appear to be completely worthlessjunk?
Yours, -Frustrated by tangles and snags
MS Office is FAR from bloated. It just contains every tool anyone anywhere could ever possibly need in any scenario whatsoever.
And yet when the user wants to disable all the tools that are irrelevant to their workflow, in order to reduce the application's memory footprint...
PCs, in every way, are superior. They are faster, stronger, and cheaper.
Faster: a completely anchorless statement. Each platform has always had its traditional strengths and weaknesses when it comes to IntOPs and FlOps.
Stronger: What exactly defines a computer's "strength"? If multitasking is the issue, OS X trounces Windows, and Linux is pretty equivalent.
cheaper: Not for low-end laptops. And if the rumors pan out, not for low-end desktops either. The bottom line for high-end systems favors the Mac nowadays.
The whole "Apple is better for media" is no longer applicable becaue it was only applicable when Apple computers were faster than PCs, which they are not anymore.
Well, my naive troll, you're off, off and off. Macs are traditionally better for "media" because:
1) They are still the industry standard--on both the workstation and printing ends. 2) Color management is still far superior on them. 3) In order to use older PostScript type on a Windows machine you ostensibly need a hack. 4) Windows is less efficient--on the user end--when it comes to bouncing files between multiple applications. 4.1) Drag and drop is poor and inconsistent in Windows--almost as inconsistent as the open/save dialogs between different apps.
As was partially approached in this post, the newfound "snappiness" one experiences from a minor update on older Macs almost always has more to do with the prebinding that occurs at the tail-end of the update than actual code tweaks within the software itself.
Yeah, from my limited experience the A is pretty getto when it comes to iPods.
It's odd though, on the 7 out to Queens there's a weird cultural divide... Either it's $20 CD players (I even regularly see cassette players !!!) or iPods. None of that namby-pamby middleground stuff.
Bizarre! 10.3.5 just switched my resolution from 13x10 up to 16x10--actually perfectly LETTERBOXED on my display. If only I had a CRT capable of a good refresh rate at 1600.
Been wanting to buy an old 11/780 shell for a while. Not for a bar, but to mount both my Mac and Gaming PC innards in. This'd be a real trip to run as an emulator during parties. Now to interface the VT-120... Hack the shell I suppose. Run everything USB. >:D
I was fortunate enough to go on a trip to the (soon to be defunct) U.S.S.R. in 1988. Our last leg of the tour was in Moskow, where we stayed at the 'Pionir' hotel (where the capitalist swine were usually contained on their visits apparently)
In the lobby there was a PolyPlay and a couple other old "mechanical" video games... I recall a light-gun shooter and something else.
That array of games--being a 13 year old proto-geek--was actually the creepiest thing I experienced on the entire trip. The thought of Russian kids having "fun" on these creepy old bland games just kinda chilled my spine for some reason.
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Look what deep marketing pockets have done for the iPod to date...
Sadly, the longevity on my 3rd gen began to severely degrade after 12 months. Biking from Manhattan home to Queens in cold weather this past winter would sometimes result in a dead battery 3 minutes from my door (25 minute ride!). On top of that, the longest continuous playback I ever enjoyed was approximately 5 1/2 hours. I'd say this class action applies to me.
That aside, he's actually a pretty agnostic and broad-minded columnist as far as tech columnists are concerned.
You might want to think about wearing more pants this summer...
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should read: "The problem". should read: "to corporate America and." Spelling America with a "K" is crass and won't get you in to the superheroes club. should read: "because of economics--they *have* to get the "scoop" to get the ratings--or they can't..." Improper use of em-dash.Word to the wise: running your iPod drive that hot, that frequently causes your battery to lose its longevity pretty severely. I regret having done it last year.
Have a party. Sorry, I think the active dialog button still throbs in some way... I might be wrong.
But-but-but... That's not how I learned it in "The Pirates of Silicon Valley"!
Man, I had put off seeing that movie until I discovered a VHS copy in the G/F's brother's old apartment. Watched it a couple weeks ago for the first time.
It dawned on me why so many nerfherders out here on the internets are so obstreperously clueless about the MS/Apple investment deal, not to mention how the development of the mainstream GUI actually transpired...
I'd really hate to see the sign at 1 Infinite loop someday read "Cognizent Nanotech" (or whatever) come 2015 because Apple refused to eventually license the FairPlay/AAC combo... Not that they have all their eggs in that one basket like Wang had with "workgroup miniframes" (or whatever they called them).
Now, Griffin, if you would feel so inclined as to offer us a stereo bluetooth headset with voice com capabilities that doesn't appear to be completely worthless junk? Yours, -Frustrated by tangles and snags
Stronger: What exactly defines a computer's "strength"? If multitasking is the issue, OS X trounces Windows, and Linux is pretty equivalent.
cheaper: Not for low-end laptops. And if the rumors pan out, not for low-end desktops either. The bottom line for high-end systems favors the Mac nowadays.
Well, my naive troll, you're off, off and off. Macs are traditionally better for "media" because:1) They are still the industry standard--on both the workstation and printing ends.
2) Color management is still far superior on them.
3) In order to use older PostScript type on a Windows machine you ostensibly need a hack.
4) Windows is less efficient--on the user end--when it comes to bouncing files between multiple applications.
4.1) Drag and drop is poor and inconsistent in Windows--almost as inconsistent as the open/save dialogs between different apps.
As was partially approached in this post, the newfound "snappiness" one experiences from a minor update on older Macs almost always has more to do with the prebinding that occurs at the tail-end of the update than actual code tweaks within the software itself.
It's odd though, on the 7 out to Queens there's a weird cultural divide... Either it's $20 CD players (I even regularly see cassette players !!!) or iPods. None of that namby-pamby middleground stuff.
The people who are fooled in to believing this is a good deal also overwhelmingly believe Bush is competent enough for a second term?
Sawtooth 500 upgraded with a Radeon 7500.
Been wanting to buy an old 11/780 shell for a while. Not for a bar, but to mount both my Mac and Gaming PC innards in. This'd be a real trip to run as an emulator during parties. Now to interface the VT-120... Hack the shell I suppose. Run everything USB. >:D
Just have to tell you your acronym retort was well worth the +1 Funny mod I gave it. Keep it up.
Yeah, it being the"Pionir" hotel, it was where all the good little communist scouts would stay when they visited the capital.
I was fortunate enough to go on a trip to the (soon to be defunct) U.S.S.R. in 1988. Our last leg of the tour was in Moskow, where we stayed at the 'Pionir' hotel (where the capitalist swine were usually contained on their visits apparently)
In the lobby there was a PolyPlay and a couple other old "mechanical" video games... I recall a light-gun shooter and something else.
That array of games--being a 13 year old proto-geek--was actually the creepiest thing I experienced on the entire trip. The thought of Russian kids having "fun" on these creepy old bland games just kinda chilled my spine for some reason.
Uhh dude, I hate to break this to you, but if the coffee shop in question was "Diesel," she was undoubtedly a lesbian. ;D
Sorry, Steve Jobs already beat BillyGoat Gates to the punch.
Learn how to use the filter, Stanley!