Australia always has had it pretty much backwards with copyright law. I believe it was illegal under copyright law until just last year - maybe even this year - to rip CDs to mp3 players and record TV shows. Granted, this was never enforced, as far as I'm aware. The main thing that differentiates the US from Australia in regards to copyright laws is that you guys in the US actually stand up for your rights, whereas there seems to be this general apathy amongst the Australian public. Mostly because things like recording things off the radio, time-shifting etc was never really worried about by the authorities. My concern is that now with the Free Trade Act, there will be MUCH more pressure coming from the content distributors in the States, and if recent history is anything to go by, the US companies will say 'jump' and Australian authorities will say 'how high?'
Not looking forward to the next decade or so in copyright law...
If memory serves correctly, this download is substantially smaller than previous versions, especially on the PC side of things in which quicktime was bundled with every iTunes download - and that's a pretty hefty download for someone on dial-up. So, it certainly looks like something was done.
Mathematician: "Now watch as I make this remainder diiisaaappearrr"
Lisa: "But seven goes into twenty-eight four times"
Mathematician: "Uh... this is a magic seven"
Agreed. It's the same here in australia. The US price for a MBP 15" is $1999 which converts to around $2600 AU, yet it sells for $3200 AU. An $800 mark-up? That's not right. What's even worse is the little additional things like ordering books etc in iPhoto - there's hardly any support for it, and where there is it's massively over-priced. The only company that supports this feature in Australia charges $89 AU for a *small* photo-book. The US price? $3.99. Think yourselves lucky, my American counterparts - complain all you want about the extra money you spend on Apple products and services, but compared to the rest of the world, you're getting a great deal.
While, granted, there are a whole lot of rumors flying around about intel macs, what if there is no intel update? AFAIK, Apple have never stated that they would move to intel this early. So what will this do to apple, not only to the fans (myself included) but to the greater public, if we see another tiny bump to the laptop lines? Apple stand to loose a lot of face should they not be able to deliver...
I think you're right there; there is a lot more going on behind the scenes with apple and intel than I think we even suspect. It'll be interesting to see in a few years when the "real" story comes out and we can look back on it and say what a brilliant (or disastrous?) move it was. The computing industry is going to see a lot of interesting shifts over the next few years...
Yeah, it's modded flamebait, but it's also funny. Anyway - some clarification on that statement for future reference. Not all of Australia's states were convict settlements, just most of them. South Australia (Adelaide) was settled by law abiding citizens in 1836 and not by convicts. However, I'm not sure if we currently have access to the Kazaa network or not...
Alternatively the updated iLife will be coming out early next year. iPhoto will most probably see an overhaul and take a few things from aperture like all the i-apps do from their bigger brothers. Although, an Aperture Express would be rather nice...
Also, in true/. fashion, your response - which actually challenges the above post and may spur discussion - is of course posted as an Anonymous Coward.
Treating the European market like dirt was a mistake
I've never understood this. All the big three treat the European market like dirt. And for some reason, the Australian market gets lumped in with the European market - we haven't even got the PSP yet! And we still won't until mid-september! You American's and Japanese don't know how lucky you are *sob*
And I mean, we should get these things first, being geographically closer to Japan and all... ^_^
Thankyou, admactanium - I've been waiting for someone to mention this. You're right - When using the command + (letter) you attain much more accuracy hitting the buttons - see where all the letters are placed on the keyboard? A, S, W, Q etc? They fall right under the index finger quite comfortably when your finger is on the command. Change that to the controll key and you can't use your thumb any more (well, comfortably) and have to use your pinkey making reaching Q, A, S etc that bit more uncomfortable. C and V isn't a whole lot different - I find both was pretty comfortable, but there are a whole lot more keyboard shortcuts than C and V. I'm always jumping between the PC and Mac and always find the command keyboard layout much more useful. Just because you're familiar with something doesn't mean it's better.
I know this sounds small, petty and down-right stupid, but I got all excited when reading the Tiger features and read this:
Desktop Pictures Choose from a collection of stunning new desktop pictures, including a vibrant new default desktop created exclusively for Mac OS X Tiger users...
The only desktop image I can use (which looks good AND is practical) are the default ones that ship with apple operating systems. Just look at the stock-standard background that came with panther - it's perfect from a usability point of view. Can't wait to see what the designers came up with for Tiger...
What I don't understand is the lack of emphasis on the bundled software that comes with the mac mini (the iLife suite in particular). While most of the talk around the mac mini seems to be on the hardware, 1.25 Ghz is more than enough to edit DV, create/burn DVDs etc. Sure it won't rip through it like a dual G5, but I use a 1Ghz eMac for editing/dvd creation and it's fantastic (admittedly, you will have to up the ram...) but the whole iLife suite is the best thing going for the mac mini. There are no programs that come close to iLife on a PC in terms of power to price ratio. This is where apple will convince 'switchers' to stay switched and should really focus their marketing attention...
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Australia always has had it pretty much backwards with copyright law. I believe it was illegal under copyright law until just last year - maybe even this year - to rip CDs to mp3 players and record TV shows. Granted, this was never enforced, as far as I'm aware. The main thing that differentiates the US from Australia in regards to copyright laws is that you guys in the US actually stand up for your rights, whereas there seems to be this general apathy amongst the Australian public. Mostly because things like recording things off the radio, time-shifting etc was never really worried about by the authorities. My concern is that now with the Free Trade Act, there will be MUCH more pressure coming from the content distributors in the States, and if recent history is anything to go by, the US companies will say 'jump' and Australian authorities will say 'how high?'
Not looking forward to the next decade or so in copyright law...
This person begs to differ!
If memory serves correctly, this download is substantially smaller than previous versions, especially on the PC side of things in which quicktime was bundled with every iTunes download - and that's a pretty hefty download for someone on dial-up. So, it certainly looks like something was done.
Mathematician: "Now watch as I make this remainder diiisaaappearrr"
Lisa: "But seven goes into twenty-eight four times"
Mathematician: "Uh... this is a magic seven"
Indeed - I move that all advertising from both Apple and Microsoft should now only employ ugly people. Granted, Apple did use U2...
Agreed. It's the same here in australia. The US price for a MBP 15" is $1999 which converts to around $2600 AU, yet it sells for $3200 AU. An $800 mark-up? That's not right. What's even worse is the little additional things like ordering books etc in iPhoto - there's hardly any support for it, and where there is it's massively over-priced. The only company that supports this feature in Australia charges $89 AU for a *small* photo-book. The US price? $3.99. Think yourselves lucky, my American counterparts - complain all you want about the extra money you spend on Apple products and services, but compared to the rest of the world, you're getting a great deal.
You just know that one of the people working in the facility used them to tape episodes of Futurama and the Simpsons...
No, the other 400K lines are just being copied and pasted from OS X.
Easy!
but speaks well to the physics of the console
No, see, the PS3 is currently in a quantum state; it both exists and does not exist at the same time...
"...legal resident of one of the 50 United States, including Washington, D.C., Australia, Austria, Belgium...
Hey, last time I checked Australia wasn't part of the United States...! Oh, wait, no - apparently we are now...
Google Roooooooooooootkit?
While, granted, there are a whole lot of rumors flying around about intel macs, what if there is no intel update? AFAIK, Apple have never stated that they would move to intel this early. So what will this do to apple, not only to the fans (myself included) but to the greater public, if we see another tiny bump to the laptop lines? Apple stand to loose a lot of face should they not be able to deliver...
I think you're right there; there is a lot more going on behind the scenes with apple and intel than I think we even suspect. It'll be interesting to see in a few years when the "real" story comes out and we can look back on it and say what a brilliant (or disastrous?) move it was. The computing industry is going to see a lot of interesting shifts over the next few years...
Yeah, it's modded flamebait, but it's also funny. Anyway - some clarification on that statement for future reference. Not all of Australia's states were convict settlements, just most of them. South Australia (Adelaide) was settled by law abiding citizens in 1836 and not by convicts. However, I'm not sure if we currently have access to the Kazaa network or not...
Alternatively the updated iLife will be coming out early next year. iPhoto will most probably see an overhaul and take a few things from aperture like all the i-apps do from their bigger brothers. Although, an Aperture Express would be rather nice...
Also, in true /. fashion, your response - which actually challenges the above post and may spur discussion - is of course posted as an Anonymous Coward.
Man, I sure hope it's not Saint Bill at the Pearly Gates...
"And you can go right in just once I.... wait a sec - it says here that you once used a keygen on Office XP! Thou shalt be DAMNED TO HELL!"
After reading the article on steve jobs (http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/31 /0355254&tid=3) and now this on bill gates, I move that we should have two icons for each: good steve and bad steve, borg bill and... saint bill?
Treating the European market like dirt was a mistake
I've never understood this. All the big three treat the European market like dirt. And for some reason, the Australian market gets lumped in with the European market - we haven't even got the PSP yet! And we still won't until mid-september! You American's and Japanese don't know how lucky you are *sob*
And I mean, we should get these things first, being geographically closer to Japan and all... ^_^
Thankyou, admactanium - I've been waiting for someone to mention this. You're right - When using the command + (letter) you attain much more accuracy hitting the buttons - see where all the letters are placed on the keyboard? A, S, W, Q etc? They fall right under the index finger quite comfortably when your finger is on the command. Change that to the controll key and you can't use your thumb any more (well, comfortably) and have to use your pinkey making reaching Q, A, S etc that bit more uncomfortable. C and V isn't a whole lot different - I find both was pretty comfortable, but there are a whole lot more keyboard shortcuts than C and V. I'm always jumping between the PC and Mac and always find the command keyboard layout much more useful. Just because you're familiar with something doesn't mean it's better.
That's all.
Don't you mean, fantastic?
Ugh. Mod me down for that one - I feel so dirty...
I didn't realise that international relations between the Prussia and Alaskan royal families had become so strained...
I know this sounds small, petty and down-right stupid, but I got all excited when reading the Tiger features and read this:
Desktop PicturesChoose from a collection of stunning new desktop pictures, including a vibrant new default desktop created exclusively for Mac OS X Tiger users...
The only desktop image I can use (which looks good AND is practical) are the default ones that ship with apple operating systems. Just look at the stock-standard background that came with panther - it's perfect from a usability point of view. Can't wait to see what the designers came up with for Tiger...
Does anyone else feel this way, or is it just me?
What I don't understand is the lack of emphasis on the bundled software that comes with the mac mini (the iLife suite in particular). While most of the talk around the mac mini seems to be on the hardware, 1.25 Ghz is more than enough to edit DV, create/burn DVDs etc. Sure it won't rip through it like a dual G5, but I use a 1Ghz eMac for editing/dvd creation and it's fantastic (admittedly, you will have to up the ram...) but the whole iLife suite is the best thing going for the mac mini. There are no programs that come close to iLife on a PC in terms of power to price ratio. This is where apple will convince 'switchers' to stay switched and should really focus their marketing attention...
Well, that's my AU 2 cents... [US 0.0152 cents]
Heh - you must be a G5...
...I need sleep, okay?