Steve Jobs is ruthless when it comes to making interesting deals with powerful companies.
At this point, I'd call AMD interesting, but I don't know about powerful.
Apple has made some interesting deals in the past, but the whole point of the Intel switch was because Intel is the clear market leader for processors, and there's nothing out there that makes me think this is going to stop any time soon. Apple doesn't need to have something else to differentiate themselves from the standard PC market like this.
You do have a good point about things going out when you get older, but that's not nature's fault. Because if it were not for all our complicated medicines, we'd still have about a 45 year lifespan, and we'd be dead before a lot of those things started to happen. So Nature does have it worked out to the extent that it thinks we should be living... all the other things that happen stem from our ability to extend life through knowledge.
You raise a really, really good point. This is why it's important for their to be a wide variety of hardware and software makers out there, all using like protocols to communicate. Email as a whole is never going to go down because there are too many different ways handle it... even if every exchange server in the world were to blow up, there are alternatives, and the system as a whole keeps going.
In other words- beware things that are popular, as you'll be subject to the same problems as everyone else when the system goes down.
ha! We just deployed blackberries to everyone here about three months ago. As the IT person, I fought strongly for WM5 phones, but I was shot down. I love being able to say "I told you so".
We use a Jabber-based system at my office. If you are not on it at all times, the boss gets pissy. It's the primary way we communicate in-office. We mostly use it to send links to folders on the file server, or to get quick responses to questions.
I hate MS as much as anyone (I'm a Mac Fanboy if ever there was one) I have to say, though, the new features in Sharepoint 2007 are good enough to perhaps entrench microsoft in the coming onslought of office products from Google and others. It's a solid collaboration tool. The new slide library tool is going to be a big hit with office like mine that have about 2,000 slides to manage. Sharepoint may be the only MS product I've ever been excited for.
Read this- it's a pretty good explanation of inconsistencies between the films. There are a couple of weak points, but this guy makes a strong argument... essentially, R2 is the rebellions best covert spy.
If you look at Cingular's current plans for blackberrys, their voice and data packages start at about $80 per month. You can bet they will charge at least that for the iPhone service, if not more. even if it is just $80 a month, you are going to wind up paying $2520 over two years (including $600 for the phone), and that's before fees and taxes.
So that $600 price tag is really closer to $3000.
If Apple is really smart, they've already locked Cingular to a reasonable cell plan. They might be able to capture the high-end market with the iPhone, but without cheaper plans, they will never get the majority of people.
Apple has choosen not to unveil Leopard until after Vista ships (June-ish). They don't want MS running their photocopiers this time. Any new Apple computers will probably wait until then.
Since, you know, M$ is known for their ability to quickly get an OS out the door...
My company needs a custom, web-based, Database driven app built. We have a pretty good idea of what we need it to do, and I have a good idea of how I want it to work. Now, I'm not a developer, I'm just the sysadmin, and the one in the office with the best understanding of computers. How can I best convey what it is that we want built to the developer (we already have one lined up.)
I'm most interested in their Sharepoint Server 2007. This could finally be a great sharing tool for businesses. I work in Pharmaceutical Marketing, and I can't begin to tell you how many slides that we have, and no good way to management... looks like Sharepoint might be the answer.
Did M$ plan on having a flop out of the gate, planning on 2nd and 3rd generations to really go after the iPod? M$ never gets anything right the first time, so maybe it's not a big deal to them that it flopped?
I had this service for my phone about 18 months ago, and canceled it after a month... most videos took forever to start playing. In half an hour, you could maybe watch three or four 2 minute clips. The quality was OK for the phone, but all in all it was not the best viewing experience. Unless they have changed a lot in the last 18 months, I'm willing to bet this is going to be a big flop.
I love Google, but it seems that Youtube is becoming a monkey on their back- they paid a ton of money for it, and now they don't know what to do with it. Cell phones? Not the type of thinking I'm used to seeing with Google, but I'll hold off on a final judgment when I see it.
I love it when a review doesn't bother to mention the system specs. Will this run on a basic Core System, do you need a hard drive or a high resolution screen?
It's finally happened: Consoles have gotten to the point where they have requirements for games (beyond, say a special controller). I thought consoles were supposed to make playing games easy... seems like they are heading towards being as complicated as PC gaming...
By 2050, you'll have to have a CS degree to play Pac-Man.
... How the hell can you afford to stand in a line for over a week?? Are you taking vacation time from work? Are you unemployed? Unemployable? And why the hell would you stand in a line for a week even if you had the time? Stupid kids and their rock music.
... has a way of "balancing things out". The current population of the planet is only possible thanks to technological advancements such as tech that allows for us to create more food and move it to where the people are. Now, as the population goes up, you need to increase the output of food. It seems that perhaps we are hitting a limit, where we can't product enough food (given current methods) without causing a huge human plague, and mother nature is going to tell us that here pretty soon.
I just made this sam argument to a co-worker. If google buys them, they keep the name and start dumping the copy-protected matierial. They can keep the "trusted" brand and then use it to push TV/Movies that you can buy... Apple has iPod/iTunes, MS has Zune/WMP, and Google needs something if they want to compete here.
My money has Google and MS getting slaughtered by Apple here.
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Steve Jobs is ruthless when it comes to making interesting deals with powerful companies.
At this point, I'd call AMD interesting, but I don't know about powerful.
Apple has made some interesting deals in the past, but the whole point of the Intel switch was because Intel is the clear market leader for processors, and there's nothing out there that makes me think this is going to stop any time soon. Apple doesn't need to have something else to differentiate themselves from the standard PC market like this.
Agreed- this is just a no brainer.
What does it say about a tech magazine that can't even handle the basics of technology?
Sex is also like oxygen- it's no big deal until you are not getting any.
Disclaimer: I am 27.
You do have a good point about things going out when you get older, but that's not nature's fault. Because if it were not for all our complicated medicines, we'd still have about a 45 year lifespan, and we'd be dead before a lot of those things started to happen. So Nature does have it worked out to the extent that it thinks we should be living... all the other things that happen stem from our ability to extend life through knowledge.
You raise a really, really good point. This is why it's important for their to be a wide variety of hardware and software makers out there, all using like protocols to communicate. Email as a whole is never going to go down because there are too many different ways handle it... even if every exchange server in the world were to blow up, there are alternatives, and the system as a whole keeps going.
In other words- beware things that are popular, as you'll be subject to the same problems as everyone else when the system goes down.
ha! We just deployed blackberries to everyone here about three months ago. As the IT person, I fought strongly for WM5 phones, but I was shot down. I love being able to say "I told you so".
Remember, anything that you don't understand, is by default magic.
I don't understand traffic patterns in Western Europe. It must be majik!
We use a Jabber-based system at my office. If you are not on it at all times, the boss gets pissy. It's the primary way we communicate in-office. We mostly use it to send links to folders on the file server, or to get quick responses to questions.
I hate MS as much as anyone (I'm a Mac Fanboy if ever there was one) I have to say, though, the new features in Sharepoint 2007 are good enough to perhaps entrench microsoft in the coming onslought of office products from Google and others. It's a solid collaboration tool. The new slide library tool is going to be a big hit with office like mine that have about 2,000 slides to manage. Sharepoint may be the only MS product I've ever been excited for.
Lee isn't Harry's type!
Read this- it's a pretty good explanation of inconsistencies between the films. There are a couple of weak points, but this guy makes a strong argument... essentially, R2 is the rebellions best covert spy.
If you look at Cingular's current plans for blackberrys, their voice and data packages start at about $80 per month. You can bet they will charge at least that for the iPhone service, if not more. even if it is just $80 a month, you are going to wind up paying $2520 over two years (including $600 for the phone), and that's before fees and taxes.
So that $600 price tag is really closer to $3000.
If Apple is really smart, they've already locked Cingular to a reasonable cell plan. They might be able to capture the high-end market with the iPhone, but without cheaper plans, they will never get the majority of people.
Apple has choosen not to unveil Leopard until after Vista ships (June-ish). They don't want MS running their photocopiers this time. Any new Apple computers will probably wait until then.
Since, you know, M$ is known for their ability to quickly get an OS out the door...
My company needs a custom, web-based, Database driven app built. We have a pretty good idea of what we need it to do, and I have a good idea of how I want it to work. Now, I'm not a developer, I'm just the sysadmin, and the one in the office with the best understanding of computers. How can I best convey what it is that we want built to the developer (we already have one lined up.)
I'm most interested in their Sharepoint Server 2007. This could finally be a great sharing tool for businesses. I work in Pharmaceutical Marketing, and I can't begin to tell you how many slides that we have, and no good way to management... looks like Sharepoint might be the answer.
I just downloaded the software so I could see this picture, and I laughed out loud. Someone over there has a sense of humor.
Did M$ plan on having a flop out of the gate, planning on 2nd and 3rd generations to really go after the iPod? M$ never gets anything right the first time, so maybe it's not a big deal to them that it flopped?
I had this service for my phone about 18 months ago, and canceled it after a month... most videos took forever to start playing. In half an hour, you could maybe watch three or four 2 minute clips. The quality was OK for the phone, but all in all it was not the best viewing experience. Unless they have changed a lot in the last 18 months, I'm willing to bet this is going to be a big flop.
I love Google, but it seems that Youtube is becoming a monkey on their back- they paid a ton of money for it, and now they don't know what to do with it. Cell phones? Not the type of thinking I'm used to seeing with Google, but I'll hold off on a final judgment when I see it.
I love it when a review doesn't bother to mention the system specs. Will this run on a basic Core System, do you need a hard drive or a high resolution screen?
It's finally happened: Consoles have gotten to the point where they have requirements for games (beyond, say a special controller). I thought consoles were supposed to make playing games easy... seems like they are heading towards being as complicated as PC gaming...
By 2050, you'll have to have a CS degree to play Pac-Man.
will let you display video from your iPod on the screen of the seat in front of you
That means you'll have to stand up and look over someone's shoulder if you want to see your video.
Is that supposed to be Apple's response to Zune sharing?
... How the hell can you afford to stand in a line for over a week?? Are you taking vacation time from work? Are you unemployed? Unemployable? And why the hell would you stand in a line for a week even if you had the time? Stupid kids and their rock music.
... has a way of "balancing things out". The current population of the planet is only possible thanks to technological advancements such as tech that allows for us to create more food and move it to where the people are. Now, as the population goes up, you need to increase the output of food. It seems that perhaps we are hitting a limit, where we can't product enough food (given current methods) without causing a huge human plague, and mother nature is going to tell us that here pretty soon.
Joss has been kinda quiet lately. I'd love to see a new series. Or, better yet, get involved with the new Star Wars shows on the horizon.
D'oh! How could I forget that Schmidt is on the board??? I'll hand in my geek card later.
I just made this sam argument to a co-worker. If google buys them, they keep the name and start dumping the copy-protected matierial. They can keep the "trusted" brand and then use it to push TV/Movies that you can buy... Apple has iPod/iTunes, MS has Zune/WMP, and Google needs something if they want to compete here.
My money has Google and MS getting slaughtered by Apple here.