Actually, it bridges the gap between the iBook quite nicely. I've talked to a couple people about this before, that would really like the features of the powerbook, but couldn't spend $2400+ on one, but the iBook didn't have enough horsepower for their liking... sometimes size is a considerations as well. all and all, the market for it may not be huge, but it definitely helps the people caught in between the old iBook/Powerbook lineups
apple still has to remain profitable. they previously had extremely exspensive hardware and free software... lately they have lowered the prices of most of their product lines ($999 iBooks), so it only makes sense that they are making up the difference in software... it's just a different strategy
I just got my external 120 GB firewire drive in the mail 2 or 3 days ago (figures they just released a new model... but it's not like i would have spent the money for the 400GB version). I must say, it works extremely well with my G4 powerbook. In fact, it't access speed when flipping between the directories is noticeably faster. They are fairly small too, i just tuck the drive behind my monitor.
All and all, i'm very pleased with it so far. I've transferred about 60+ of files too it, never even a hiccup in speed.
plus, it comes with all sort of diagnostics on the drive (preformatted in HFS+) format.
definitely worth the $270, especially for a powerbook limited by the size of the hard drive you can afford to put into it.
Amazing how many people posted and god modded up without even replying to the post at all, but just M$ bashing.
I don't know about you, but i don't think god has a slashdot account. Besides, God doesn't need to reply to tell us why, we should just accept all of the devine one's mods and move on
>Liberty is second to life but above all others. What kind of liberty does a dead-man enjoy?
i would rather live 10 more years with the freedoms to live my life as i see fit, then live a 100 more in society where i live my life based on the whims of the politicians in power
even though you lived a shorter life... at least you were given the chance to live
I realize that september 11th was a truly horrible event that negatively affected just about every aspect of life as we know it. Things like the weakening of the economy, the continued increase of ineffective security measures that take away our fundamental rights, the never ending fear of other attacks, etc.
But is anyone else sick of the daily updates that we are flooded with EVERY single day? I think the breaking point for me was last years super bowl, where they had a 30 minute pre-game special where celebrities and star athletes read off the declaration of independance, along with very other post 9/11 "get the country all patriotic again" messages and what not. I was very much changed by the events of 9/11 at first. But the more I get bombarded with news from every paper, every news channel, and even just conversations with people, the more i try to block myself from all of it. For me, it is essentially like spam mail. Even though i like the mail i get, weeding through all the shit makes the whole experience suck. In terms of 9/11, my patriotic feelings and pride for my country surely waned once i started realizing that the news stations and papers just re-hashed everything as much as possible, just to grab eyeballs. TV channels have been fighting for the past 2 months, trying to beat each other to the punch for the 1 year anniversary specials, by broadcasting them well ahead of that date.
I will remember 9/11 forever in my head, but my pride in my country in getting over such a horrible tragedy will be somewhat jaded by the medias attempt to milk it for all it's worth.
USEFULL? I doubt it. Even if they got rid of all the guys named bubba trying to have sex with you, the bad food, and the chance of getting beat up, people would STILL try to escape. Why? Cause it's prison. It's confining. If i was in prison, i would be willing to risk getting myself hurt/killed/more jail time to get out if i already had 10 to life. Why, cause I wouldn't want to be there. how the hell do you get rid of that in a prison? oh wait, you can't
15,000 pissed down the drain... but i'm sure you have some other clever response to fight back with, since you are obviously an expert about this, and can't take a joke
quote i went to school in north carolina... and i thought it was a smart state...they took 15,000 to fund a study to find out why prisoners wanted to escape from prison. Don't you think for 500 dollars they could've asked anyone of us./quote
but in this case, someone just wasted their time stating the obvious
Being that I'm a mac user that goes to college in Boston, I'm very happy. However, they would no longer have the ability to advertise apple as going to the big apple. Sure, its just gimmicky advertising, but it works.
ever since CDR media has dropped to less than a buck a disk, there has been little need of a floppy disk that cost 4 or 5 times as much.
then there's the fact that everything is networked now. I can just keep all of my files on my ftp and retrieve them from anywhere, just like everyone else
Floppy disks? haven't even touched one (and i'm not overexagerrating) in over a year and a half
well, i'm not saying piracy is ok, but in the end, it can work out for certain software companies.
How Kid in college (me) gets a pirated version of photoshop, learns it really well, thinks it's cool, changes majors, then pursues a career in graphics design. Adobe, thus gets a lifetimes worth of sales as I then purchase or have my company purchase adobe productos for my work.
So, adobe loses the battle, but wins the war
now for games, that's another story, but that is not educational software anyway
Slashdot Mirror
how do you do that? that would kick ass
this server doesn't have a chance
Apple... we can karma whore as well!
Actually, it bridges the gap between the iBook quite nicely. I've talked to a couple people about this before, that would really like the features of the powerbook, but couldn't spend $2400+ on one, but the iBook didn't have enough horsepower for their liking... sometimes size is a considerations as well. all and all, the market for it may not be huge, but it definitely helps the people caught in between the old iBook/Powerbook lineups
apple still has to remain profitable. they previously had extremely exspensive hardware and free software... lately they have lowered the prices of most of their product lines ($999 iBooks), so it only makes sense that they are making up the difference in software... it's just a different strategy
So if this guys sues the spammers and wins, can't his case be used to set precedent against people like himself?
i know that in his case, people signed him up for this crap, but still, wouldn't it be in his best interest not to use legal action?
I just got my external 120 GB firewire drive in the mail 2 or 3 days ago (figures they just released a new model... but it's not like i would have spent the money for the 400GB version). I must say, it works extremely well with my G4 powerbook. In fact, it't access speed when flipping between the directories is noticeably faster. They are fairly small too, i just tuck the drive behind my monitor.
All and all, i'm very pleased with it so far. I've transferred about 60+ of files too it, never even a hiccup in speed.
plus, it comes with all sort of diagnostics on the drive (preformatted in HFS+) format.
definitely worth the $270, especially for a powerbook limited by the size of the hard drive you can afford to put into it.
Amazing how many people posted and god modded up without even replying to the post at all, but just M$ bashing.
I don't know about you, but i don't think god has a slashdot account. Besides, God doesn't need to reply to tell us why, we should just accept all of the devine one's mods and move on
I mean, where the hell is the BSOD?
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ah well, i'm sure someone else can come up with something more creative
here
basically, all of our feelings, summed up in one article
what? no DRM?
users rejoice and buy macs
suck it microsoft
Do I keep pirating their software and let them gain market share or do I stop using all of there software and let them win the war against piracy?
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
the only reason i'd wish to change my mind, was that i actually had those 10 years, and i would be pissed that i couldn't spend them all that way
if i had to spend 100 the other way, well, i guess technically, living is better than not living, but why split hairs here
>Liberty is second to life but above all others. What kind of liberty does a dead-man enjoy?
i would rather live 10 more years with the freedoms to live my life as i see fit, then live a 100 more in society where i live my life based on the whims of the politicians in power
even though you lived a shorter life... at least you were given the chance to live
I realize that september 11th was a truly horrible event that negatively affected just about every aspect of life as we know it. Things like the weakening of the economy, the continued increase of ineffective security measures that take away our fundamental rights, the never ending fear of other attacks, etc.
But is anyone else sick of the daily updates that we are flooded with EVERY single day? I think the breaking point for me was last years super bowl, where they had a 30 minute pre-game special where celebrities and star athletes read off the declaration of independance, along with very other post 9/11 "get the country all patriotic again" messages and what not. I was very much changed by the events of 9/11 at first. But the more I get bombarded with news from every paper, every news channel, and even just conversations with people, the more i try to block myself from all of it. For me, it is essentially like spam mail. Even though i like the mail i get, weeding through all the shit makes the whole experience suck. In terms of 9/11, my patriotic feelings and pride for my country surely waned once i started realizing that the news stations and papers just re-hashed everything as much as possible, just to grab eyeballs. TV channels have been fighting for the past 2 months, trying to beat each other to the punch for the 1 year anniversary specials, by broadcasting them well ahead of that date.
I will remember 9/11 forever in my head, but my pride in my country in getting over such a horrible tragedy will be somewhat jaded by the medias attempt to milk it for all it's worth.
USEFULL? I doubt it. Even if they got rid of all the guys named bubba trying to have sex with you, the bad food, and the chance of getting beat up, people would STILL try to escape. Why? Cause it's prison. It's confining. If i was in prison, i would be willing to risk getting myself hurt/killed/more jail time to get out if i already had 10 to life. Why, cause I wouldn't want to be there. how the hell do you get rid of that in a prison? oh wait, you can't
15,000 pissed down the drain... but i'm sure you have some other clever response to fight back with, since you are obviously an expert about this, and can't take a joke
quote /quote
i went to school in north carolina... and i thought it was a smart state...they took 15,000 to fund a study to find out why prisoners wanted to escape from prison. Don't you think for 500 dollars they could've asked anyone of us.
but in this case, someone just wasted their time stating the obvious
Apu: thank you, come again
well, that's still 3 million people, which many times greater than the number of people going to the event, so, what's your point
99% of country could possibly care less about a lot of things
Being that I'm a mac user that goes to college in Boston, I'm very happy. However, they would no longer have the ability to advertise apple as going to the big apple. Sure, its just gimmicky advertising, but it works.
well, since CDR's cost about 20 cents apiece now, that would then mean that floppies would be about a dollar, which is about right
ever since CDR media has dropped to less than a buck a disk, there has been little need of a floppy disk that cost 4 or 5 times as much.
then there's the fact that everything is networked now. I can just keep all of my files on my ftp and retrieve them from anywhere, just like everyone else
Floppy disks? haven't even touched one (and i'm not overexagerrating) in over a year and a half
-Perhaps it at least took 10 minutes away from stealing music
not really, i just queue them all up, so it would have been no real loss in time for me.
well, i'm not saying piracy is ok, but in the end, it can work out for certain software companies.
How
Kid in college (me) gets a pirated version of photoshop, learns it really well, thinks it's cool, changes majors, then pursues a career in graphics design. Adobe, thus gets a lifetimes worth of sales as I then purchase or have my company purchase adobe productos for my work.
So, adobe loses the battle, but wins the war
now for games, that's another story, but that is not educational software anyway