Lars, if you have ever owned a Mac laptop you'll know that it is foolish to own one without a warrantee. Basically, every 2-3 years you have to update to get good resale value on your old one and to get get a fresh new one. My Macs are tools that I like and these tools have a limited shelf life. So you do have to buy a new Mac within a few years. The bitch here is that a lot of people are getting shut out or forced to pay much more to get functionality they expect.
I guess you missed my posts where I mentioned that I have a "crapload of external firewire drives" and a Sony A1U with a firewire port. It's a bitch to those who already have equipment and were thinking of eventually getting a new mac along the same price point their old one was.
Wait - go from a 999 dollar device to to a 1350 dollar one? That's a pretty crap solution. Talk about an Apple tax. "Oh, we've screwed you out of that price point. Pay up or don't play."
Simple. I'll deprive them of a sale for years. I hate it when a company screws with their user base. I'll just have to make sure my current Macbook gets serviced before the warrantee dies out.
The MacBook pro is too much money for a less durable field unit. I currently have a plastic cased MacBook that is ideal for hopping off to places unknown and untested. The pros scratch up too much and it's extra money to spend while the critical factors are more important than a little more processor. Plus I have firewire drives that I can plug in if I need more space. OHHHHH SNAP! Guess that won't work now!
I have a Sony HDV-A1U camera that I used in Africa to videotape stuff and digitize into my MacBook. 1) I'm rarely a loudmouth here. B) I own the camera. III) I preferred to lug a more rugged MacBook to Africa than a much more expensive and delicate Pro model.
But sadly, there is no BBQ. Apple pushed FW on us as a superior solution and championed it, encouraging us to adopt it. We do. Then they drop it, leaving us with a load of FW enabled devices. Is that not clear enough to you? Hence the outrage. HENCE!
Yeah, I'm fucking bullshit about that. Not going to buy another MacBook until they put it back.
I've got a crapload of external drives, many of which are firewire only. Pisses me off that apple drops their own widely used standard on their own equipment.
Well, consciously, you're not generally aware that you're looking at a face. But once you see it, it's hard to not see a face. I remember looking at some Honda rear ends while stuck in traffic and cracking up, thinking that I was looking at a happy Halloween pumpkin. The triangular taillights were the eyes and the gray area below the bumper was the mouth.
Simple. When you look at the front or rear of a car and you see a face, the next subconscious reaction is to equate the demeanor of the face with yourself. If the car's "face" looks happy, you relate it to the car being happy to see you. If the car's "face" is angry, you also relate it to being angry with you. This also makes you a little happier or angrier. This is how we relate to people and people's expressions when we look at faces. It also relates to when we were prey items. If the face of a thing looks like it might stalk us with the goal of eating us, we have an innate reaction to that facial expression, no matter where we might see it. So, now you know. And knowing is half the battle.
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I believe Obama is Christian. Because I heard him say he is.
This says what a Golomb ruler is.
http://www.distributed.net/ogr/
Yet nothing in this article or link says "why should we care what it is?" Who uses Golomb rulers? What are they used for?
Wait. The cake is a lie? That's it, I'm going home.
DAMN YOU APPLE!
Newb? I was a newb back in 1985 when I started using macs, you young whippersnapper. Se/30 with dual floppies for teh win newb!
Lars, if you have ever owned a Mac laptop you'll know that it is foolish to own one without a warrantee. Basically, every 2-3 years you have to update to get good resale value on your old one and to get get a fresh new one. My Macs are tools that I like and these tools have a limited shelf life. So you do have to buy a new Mac within a few years. The bitch here is that a lot of people are getting shut out or forced to pay much more to get functionality they expect.
I guess you missed my posts where I mentioned that I have a "crapload of external firewire drives" and a Sony A1U with a firewire port. It's a bitch to those who already have equipment and were thinking of eventually getting a new mac along the same price point their old one was.
Wow. A thing of beauty. I am nothing if not eloquent. Iambic pentameter for teh win!
Wait - go from a 999 dollar device to to a 1350 dollar one? That's a pretty crap solution. Talk about an Apple tax. "Oh, we've screwed you out of that price point. Pay up or don't play."
Simple. I'll deprive them of a sale for years. I hate it when a company screws with their user base. I'll just have to make sure my current Macbook gets serviced before the warrantee dies out.
"As for video cameras, who cares."
I care. I own one with a Firewire port. Simple, isn't it? Sony A1U.
Um, it is preferable to buy the unit BEFORE your old one stops working.
The MacBook pro is too much money for a less durable field unit. I currently have a plastic cased MacBook that is ideal for hopping off to places unknown and untested. The pros scratch up too much and it's extra money to spend while the critical factors are more important than a little more processor. Plus I have firewire drives that I can plug in if I need more space. OHHHHH SNAP! Guess that won't work now!
"I'm sure there are many others, this is just short list I came up with quickly to illustrate."
And for that we are thankful. If you have more time in the future, visual aids will be helpful. I mean, for the children, you know?
Before the warrantee expires on my current one. I was planning on within the next year.
I have a Sony HDV-A1U camera that I used in Africa to videotape stuff and digitize into my MacBook. 1) I'm rarely a loudmouth here. B) I own the camera. III) I preferred to lug a more rugged MacBook to Africa than a much more expensive and delicate Pro model.
But sadly, there is no BBQ. Apple pushed FW on us as a superior solution and championed it, encouraging us to adopt it. We do. Then they drop it, leaving us with a load of FW enabled devices. Is that not clear enough to you? Hence the outrage. HENCE!
Yeah, I'm fucking bullshit about that. Not going to buy another MacBook until they put it back.
I've got a crapload of external drives, many of which are firewire only. Pisses me off that apple drops their own widely used standard on their own equipment.
Assmonkeys.
Well, consciously, you're not generally aware that you're looking at a face. But once you see it, it's hard to not see a face. I remember looking at some Honda rear ends while stuck in traffic and cracking up, thinking that I was looking at a happy Halloween pumpkin. The triangular taillights were the eyes and the gray area below the bumper was the mouth.
Simple. When you look at the front or rear of a car and you see a face, the next subconscious reaction is to equate the demeanor of the face with yourself. If the car's "face" looks happy, you relate it to the car being happy to see you. If the car's "face" is angry, you also relate it to being angry with you. This also makes you a little happier or angrier. This is how we relate to people and people's expressions when we look at faces. It also relates to when we were prey items. If the face of a thing looks like it might stalk us with the goal of eating us, we have an innate reaction to that facial expression, no matter where we might see it. So, now you know. And knowing is half the battle.
I hate the new (post 2001) BMWs. Their fronts and back look like they are angry at me. Why a car's ass would be angry at me, I'll never know.
AGREED! It's an innovate while you cover your butt and grab the cash where you an mentality.
Uhhh, ya. Sorry to say.
Nigerian Mortgage Enlargement Pills.
"I have a beard!"
"I turn number 2 into energy!"
Well, I see just how blase these are going to be.
(as above)
Don't diss the prostitutes.