Why are you sure a brain is required to suffer? To feel acute pain in a specific part of an organism's body requires a nervous system, but that is not the same as suffering.
The sad part is while this would probably kill most OSX sales, I honestly doubt Jobs would care. They are making so much money on consumer level gear like iPad, iPhone, and iPod that I doubt sales of Mac is even a blip on the radar anymore.
I think Apple are always going to make sure their desktop systems are competitive in the creative industry, if only because Apple needs the tools themselves -- I doubt they'll switch to using Windows in-house.
I encoded everything with x.264 in Handbrake. All I have to do it drag'n'drop. Of course, encoding videos isn't in the realm of most users' abilities or desires to begin with. The way Apple does it, automatically encoding things into their supported formats, it makes it reliable when you sync them to an iPhone/iPod/iPad. So either way, I'm not sure what you're on about with regards to it not being user friendly.
They don't seem to like allowing software decode which is why there's no mkv, divx, etc. support.
There's probably a good reason for that; the performance sucks. I tried VLC for the iPad. It stuttered on anything but small video clips. I didn't try that many 720-wide clips, so perhaps it was just the quality or something about the particular files I tried.
First, it comes with a very simple remote control with only 4 navigation buttons (up, down, left, right) and one "Enter" button, organized in a circle like the old iPod scroll wheel.
Yes, from what I've seen of Sony's Google TV, it came with a remote that was a keyboard. Looks awkward to hold with one hand and who wants to do that much typing when they're trying to watch TV, anyway? A BT keyboard seems like a good optional extra, but a bad default choice. Hopefully that keyboard was just an extra, otherwise, I think Apple will be winning many people over based on the remote alone, never mind the cheaper price and slick GUI.
I don't get the gripe about the price. Even unsubsidised, it's pretty good value. The 16GB 3G iPhone I've got was about the same price as the Treo 600 I used before it.
Why is Final Cut Pro, Apple's own software, still in Carbon?
Because they're probably busy re-writing their many other apps in Cocoa. There's probably a Cocoa version of FCP being developed in the bowels of Apple as we speak.
I think it would be the best thing for the creative industry. Photoshop is long overdue for redesign, but Adobe don't want to spend the time and money on such things when people will still buy it either way. If anything happens to Photoshop, developers will be racing to fill the profitable gap with a much better product.
Apple laptops still have 16:10, rather than the narrower 16:9 that dominates other laptops. And they have only recently switched to 16:9 for desktop systems. The iPad is 4:3 when everyone else seems to be going with 16:9. I don't think Apple is to blame here.
Why are you typing HTML on an iPad? If you do want to code on an iPad, then perhaps look for an app designed for that purpose. If you're talking about a forum like Slashdot, then why not use the other formatting options? Users should never have to type code to post a text comment, anyway.
The only thing stopping me from switching to ebooks is the availability. If you are in the US, then there are plenty of books, but outside, copyright issues reduce the catalogue significantly.
1. I don't see why that matters too much. Besides, you can even install apps from the device. And who's to say that this won't change soon?
2. It is limited, but that doesn't necessarily matter to most people most of the time. A laptop also has its limitations, too -- they're just different limitations.
3. For you, perhaps. I wouldn't want the screen to be any smaller. It's very thin and light, and will only improve in this area.
4. Same goes for most ultra portable devices like phones, tablets, and netbooks. People buy new computers and gadgets all the time even though their current devices work just fine. No one is forcing you to always by the next version, either.
5. The success of the device and the app store suggest otherwise, and the restrictions seems to be getting more relaxed over time.
I think Apple has shown the advantage of a closed system; it makes it easier to produce a polished product. Yes, this is an advantage more from the perspective of the people making the product rather than directly to the consumer, but the consumer can still benefit from it.
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Why are you sure a brain is required to suffer? To feel acute pain in a specific part of an organism's body requires a nervous system, but that is not the same as suffering.
Does the implant in your eye make you only a machine?
The sad part is while this would probably kill most OSX sales, I honestly doubt Jobs would care. They are making so much money on consumer level gear like iPad, iPhone, and iPod that I doubt sales of Mac is even a blip on the radar anymore.
I think Apple are always going to make sure their desktop systems are competitive in the creative industry, if only because Apple needs the tools themselves -- I doubt they'll switch to using Windows in-house.
I encoded everything with x.264 in Handbrake. All I have to do it drag'n'drop. Of course, encoding videos isn't in the realm of most users' abilities or desires to begin with. The way Apple does it, automatically encoding things into their supported formats, it makes it reliable when you sync them to an iPhone/iPod/iPad. So either way, I'm not sure what you're on about with regards to it not being user friendly.
Keep up the hate!
They don't seem to like allowing software decode which is why there's no mkv, divx, etc. support.
There's probably a good reason for that; the performance sucks. I tried VLC for the iPad. It stuttered on anything but small video clips. I didn't try that many 720-wide clips, so perhaps it was just the quality or something about the particular files I tried.
First, it comes with a very simple remote control with only 4 navigation buttons (up, down, left, right) and one "Enter" button, organized in a circle like the old iPod scroll wheel.
Yes, from what I've seen of Sony's Google TV, it came with a remote that was a keyboard. Looks awkward to hold with one hand and who wants to do that much typing when they're trying to watch TV, anyway? A BT keyboard seems like a good optional extra, but a bad default choice. Hopefully that keyboard was just an extra, otherwise, I think Apple will be winning many people over based on the remote alone, never mind the cheaper price and slick GUI.
I don't get the gripe about the price. Even unsubsidised, it's pretty good value. The 16GB 3G iPhone I've got was about the same price as the Treo 600 I used before it.
Sure, but touch-screen devices suck for gaming no matter what you are running on them.
That entirely depends on the type of game and if it was designed for a touchscreen or not.
The truth is, those finer issues simply aren't much of an issue for most people.
It might not only be about Verizon. There are many other CMDA networks outside the US, even in places where GSM is popular.
Why is Final Cut Pro, Apple's own software, still in Carbon?
Because they're probably busy re-writing their many other apps in Cocoa. There's probably a Cocoa version of FCP being developed in the bowels of Apple as we speak.
I suspect iTunes is in for a big overhaul soon, and not just because it uses Carbon.
I think it would be the best thing for the creative industry. Photoshop is long overdue for redesign, but Adobe don't want to spend the time and money on such things when people will still buy it either way. If anything happens to Photoshop, developers will be racing to fill the profitable gap with a much better product.
Do worms not suffer? Or perhaps they aren't capable of suffering to the same degree as other life-forms?
You don't have to believe in a non-physical soul to come to the conclusion that biological organisms are more than just machines.
I'm more interested to know if others think it's less of a living being.
In the sense I mean, yes.
Care to link to this evidence?
If it uses living cells from a rat brain, then it's not really a machine.
Apple laptops still have 16:10, rather than the narrower 16:9 that dominates other laptops. And they have only recently switched to 16:9 for desktop systems. The iPad is 4:3 when everyone else seems to be going with 16:9. I don't think Apple is to blame here.
What makes you think that they hadn't anticipated such a thing? Maybe they had other priorities such as copy/pastes and multitasking.
Why are you typing HTML on an iPad? If you do want to code on an iPad, then perhaps look for an app designed for that purpose. If you're talking about a forum like Slashdot, then why not use the other formatting options? Users should never have to type code to post a text comment, anyway.
The only thing stopping me from switching to ebooks is the availability. If you are in the US, then there are plenty of books, but outside, copyright issues reduce the catalogue significantly.
1. I don't see why that matters too much. Besides, you can even install apps from the device. And who's to say that this won't change soon?
2. It is limited, but that doesn't necessarily matter to most people most of the time. A laptop also has its limitations, too -- they're just different limitations.
3. For you, perhaps. I wouldn't want the screen to be any smaller. It's very thin and light, and will only improve in this area.
4. Same goes for most ultra portable devices like phones, tablets, and netbooks. People buy new computers and gadgets all the time even though their current devices work just fine. No one is forcing you to always by the next version, either.
5. The success of the device and the app store suggest otherwise, and the restrictions seems to be getting more relaxed over time.
I think Apple has shown the advantage of a closed system; it makes it easier to produce a polished product. Yes, this is an advantage more from the perspective of the people making the product rather than directly to the consumer, but the consumer can still benefit from it.