Last time I checked, my copy of iTunes talked to my little 64MB Nomad over USB... And works with many, many other units. Of course, I can only play.mp3 on the Nomad, but that's hardly Apple's fault, is it?
You are all very misinformed:
As long as you don't set the iPod to "automatically update playlists" (just manually manage songs), you can use it with as many computers as you like. I have plugged my 2nd generation 20GB iPod into at least 25 different Macs and dumped music onto it.
The story about the "disabled ipod" was a FIRST GENERATION iPod never meant to connect to a Windows machine. Read the story.
There are many ways to get the music back off the iPod - search versiontracker.com for "PodWorks" for example.
As far as it being fragile - I chuck mine into backpacks and luggage and not really worry about it. I bought a TAP from CompUSA: $60 full replacement warranty for 2 years... almost time to 'break' my iPod and get a new one for SIXTY bucks.
It actually takes about 5 minutes and a credit card to open an iPod. Not very hard. I cracked my Gen.2 20gb iPod open the first day I got it. Battery is gently glued to the motherboard and has a cute little plug. Easy as pie.
As a long-time Mac user, I'm surprised at all the FUD flying around in this discussion. I remember Apple releasing OS 9 updates long after 10.1 was released. I'm still running 10.1.x at work and it's been patched many times since 10.2 came out. Has anyone from Apple actually said anything in the REAL press about not supporting 10.2 anymore? Relax, people! Of course they will patch 10.2, I'm sure a large majority of their guys are still working on 10.3 so it happened first.
Breath. Exhale. Repeat.
Where the hell do these racist idiots come from? I thought we were all fairly intelligent here, not brain-damaged rednecks.
Sand-niggers?
Watch some other news channel besides Fox, moron.
I work next to a convention center and every 30 minutes I go in and head for the payphone banks. I then dial 800-969-6566 and set the phone down and move to the next one. Sometimes I set the handsets together so they end up talking to each other. Endless fun. I suggest every time a reader passes a payphone, do the same thing.
Do not, I repeat, do not touch anything in there. It's a really good way to die quickly and messily. I work in theater tech and have witnessed several electrical accidents (never fatal, just scary) and always treat power with the utmost respect. Get a qualified electrician in there, don't try anything yourself. You might die, start the building on fire, knock out power to other people, you name it. Observe this video:
http://205.243.100.155/frames/mpg/XfrmBlast1.mpg
Several hundred thousand volts killing a large transformer. Listen to that sound - you don't want to sound like that.
From the article:
"...a grant from a nonprofit organization offering 30 new Macintosh computers and six laser printers..."
I don't think Apple is a non-profit, do you? People seem to assume that these are coming from the company and reacting as if it's a power-grab. Relax.
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When I worked at the University of California (up till July 2001) C&W supplied the bandwidth for the entire UC system, except for Internet2. I wonder what kind of scrambling happened between then and now, as it appears that the UC System is now on Qwest.
I don't think anyone's mentioned this yet, but on the first page of the xServe site they say:
"Using Xserve as a rackmount workstation
Digital video professionals who are thinking of using Xserve as a rackmount workstation can get built-to-order units from the Apple Store. You can add to the capabilities of your Xserve by installing PCI cards (for connecting to SCSI storage and backup devices) in its expansion slots. You get three expansion slots which accommodate peripheral component interconnect (PCI) cards. And if you order your unit with an AGP 4X card, your Xserve will come with the card installed in an AGP riser that fits in a PCI slot."
Think of how much space this would save in a sound studio or video editing room by having your entire computer and drive array in the rack? In one space? Firewire ports for portable drives and AV monitoring. Add a SCSI card and rackmount Glyph drives. Add a MOTU 828 for huge audio input. What else could you want? (and don't give me any crap about a 2-button mouse)
What about streaming audio or video production? You can carry around a 6-space SKB rack with everything you need!
I think we might be seeing more of these units running audio for tours and doing mobile production video and broadcasts in the future.
I would have to agree with the general tone of these responses - I was researching buying a new computer for our graphic artist and the department paying for it suggested a PC to 'save money'. When the designer heard that, she went into convulsions and beat the administrators about the head violently. I ended up speccing out a dual-500 G4, Radeon AGP, Rage 128 PCI, dual 19" CRTs and a firewire slide scanner. She's happy as a clam and churning out beautiful art faster than we can send her requests...
It was expensive but worth every penny, both in my support time (0) and her happiness and productivity.
In my last job I supported 65 faculty and staff Macs, 2 servers, a Protools studio, a student computer lab, and 3 video streaming machines and a QTSS server all in 8-10 hours a week. Don't ignore support issues when it comes to macs.
A) All Macs can boot from CD - except a few non-factory-installed, non-boot-enabled, user-installed CD drives.
B) If you think it's hard making a bootable CD on a Mac, you're foolish.
Step one: create read-write disk image with (included) Disk Copy application.
Step two: copy existing system folder into it. The one you boot off every day will work, or the one on the Apple-supplied boot CD.
Step three: install, if you wish, other software onto R/W disk image (disk repair tools, whatever)
Step four: burn CD either with Disc Burner (supplied) or Toast.
Easy. Hold down C on startup or choose CD in control panel as boot disc. Firmware updates come over the internet from Apple - they're about 200KB. Easy as pie. You can also add THAT to the boot CD you're creating. ALSO, you don't need a boot CD to update firmware - it updates it, you restart - during the reboot, it checks it, makes sure it's good, and installs it.
Not all Mac users are idiots, nor are all x86 users geniuses. Both worlds have their share.
By the way, I have not needed a floppy drive on any Mac for 3 years, I don't own a single disk.
Why does the Slashdot community automatically tear apart everything Apple does? Would it be so hard to admit that they got it right with Firewire, got it right by popularizing USB, got it right by deleting the useless floppy drive, got it right with Quicktime, got it right with the (new) iBook and Powerbook g4, and got it DAMN right with OS X? Seriously folks, look back at all your knee-jerk reactionary posts over everything Apple and do some thinking. Point me to major innovations that have not been driven by Apple and then try using a new Mac. Have you ever USED OS X on a new Titanium? Have you ever tried to copy even 64MB over USB to a Rio, and then copied 2 GB to a firewire drive in the same time? Try using Final Cut Pro, iMovie, DVD Studio Pro...
This site has become a bunch of first-post, bash-everything, small-minded jerkoffs.
Greg Bear
Julian May
Larry Niven
Kim Stanley Robinson
Frank Herbert.
Greg Bear never fails to stretch my mind past its previous limits... He's amazing.
Julian May, besides being one of the most amazing writers and character-creators, writes about such grand and uplifting concepts that I think she will be aorund for a long time.
Niven. 'Nuff said.
K. Stanley Robinson. If you haven't read the Mars epics, yer an idiot.
Herbert. Again, 'nuff said.
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Last time I checked, my copy of iTunes talked to my little 64MB Nomad over USB... And works with many, many other units. Of course, I can only play .mp3 on the Nomad, but that's hardly Apple's fault, is it?
Well, the new XServe G5 will be using 90nm process:
"IBM uses a 90-nanometer process to produce the PowerPC G5"
Taken from the XServe G5 technical specification: Xserve G5 Tech Overview
...and by "new one" I mean a new 40GB iPod, since all the old 20GB ones are out of stock.
You are all very misinformed: As long as you don't set the iPod to "automatically update playlists" (just manually manage songs), you can use it with as many computers as you like. I have plugged my 2nd generation 20GB iPod into at least 25 different Macs and dumped music onto it.
The story about the "disabled ipod" was a FIRST GENERATION iPod never meant to connect to a Windows machine. Read the story.
There are many ways to get the music back off the iPod - search versiontracker.com for "PodWorks" for example.
As far as it being fragile - I chuck mine into backpacks and luggage and not really worry about it. I bought a TAP from CompUSA: $60 full replacement warranty for 2 years... almost time to 'break' my iPod and get a new one for SIXTY bucks.
Try getting one of those drives retail - you'll see. 5 GB 1.8" drive
Over $170 for FIVE GIGS. I'm sure they get a deal, but still. Damn.
It actually takes about 5 minutes and a credit card to open an iPod. Not very hard. I cracked my Gen.2 20gb iPod open the first day I got it. Battery is gently glued to the motherboard and has a cute little plug. Easy as pie.
Firewire keyboards? I've never heard of such a silly thing.
As a long-time Mac user, I'm surprised at all the FUD flying around in this discussion. I remember Apple releasing OS 9 updates long after 10.1 was released. I'm still running 10.1.x at work and it's been patched many times since 10.2 came out. Has anyone from Apple actually said anything in the REAL press about not supporting 10.2 anymore? Relax, people! Of course they will patch 10.2, I'm sure a large majority of their guys are still working on 10.3 so it happened first. Breath. Exhale. Repeat.
Use it as background music for a slide show.
Where the hell do these racist idiots come from? I thought we were all fairly intelligent here, not brain-damaged rednecks. Sand-niggers? Watch some other news channel besides Fox, moron.
I love mamory-based devices! I'm preferable to 36C.
I work next to a convention center and every 30 minutes I go in and head for the payphone banks. I then dial 800-969-6566 and set the phone down and move to the next one. Sometimes I set the handsets together so they end up talking to each other. Endless fun. I suggest every time a reader passes a payphone, do the same thing.
How are you sooooo cool that you have a dual-2ghz G5 before it's even shipping? Funny, funny bullshit!
Do not, I repeat, do not touch anything in there. It's a really good way to die quickly and messily. I work in theater tech and have witnessed several electrical accidents (never fatal, just scary) and always treat power with the utmost respect. Get a qualified electrician in there, don't try anything yourself. You might die, start the building on fire, knock out power to other people, you name it. Observe this video:
http://205.243.100.155/frames/mpg/XfrmBlast1.mpg
Several hundred thousand volts killing a large transformer. Listen to that sound - you don't want to sound like that.
Dork. The G4 had a 167Mhz bus speed, the G5 starts at 800Mhz and goes up to 1Ghz for the dual-processor.
From the article: "...a grant from a nonprofit organization offering 30 new Macintosh computers and six laser printers..." I don't think Apple is a non-profit, do you? People seem to assume that these are coming from the company and reacting as if it's a power-grab. Relax.
When I worked at the University of California (up till July 2001) C&W supplied the bandwidth for the entire UC system, except for Internet2. I wonder what kind of scrambling happened between then and now, as it appears that the UC System is now on Qwest.
I don't think anyone's mentioned this yet, but on the first page of the xServe site they say:
"Using Xserve as a rackmount workstation Digital video professionals who are thinking of using Xserve as a rackmount workstation can get built-to-order units from the Apple Store. You can add to the capabilities of your Xserve by installing PCI cards (for connecting to SCSI storage and backup devices) in its expansion slots. You get three expansion slots which accommodate peripheral component interconnect (PCI) cards. And if you order your unit with an AGP 4X card, your Xserve will come with the card installed in an AGP riser that fits in a PCI slot."
Think of how much space this would save in a sound studio or video editing room by having your entire computer and drive array in the rack? In one space? Firewire ports for portable drives and AV monitoring. Add a SCSI card and rackmount Glyph drives. Add a MOTU 828 for huge audio input. What else could you want? (and don't give me any crap about a 2-button mouse) What about streaming audio or video production? You can carry around a 6-space SKB rack with everything you need! I think we might be seeing more of these units running audio for tours and doing mobile production video and broadcasts in the future.
I submitted this story early yesterday... and it was rejected. ah well. try and try again.
I would have to agree with the general tone of these responses - I was researching buying a new computer for our graphic artist and the department paying for it suggested a PC to 'save money'. When the designer heard that, she went into convulsions and beat the administrators about the head violently. I ended up speccing out a dual-500 G4, Radeon AGP, Rage 128 PCI, dual 19" CRTs and a firewire slide scanner. She's happy as a clam and churning out beautiful art faster than we can send her requests... It was expensive but worth every penny, both in my support time (0) and her happiness and productivity. In my last job I supported 65 faculty and staff Macs, 2 servers, a Protools studio, a student computer lab, and 3 video streaming machines and a QTSS server all in 8-10 hours a week. Don't ignore support issues when it comes to macs.
A) All Macs can boot from CD - except a few non-factory-installed, non-boot-enabled, user-installed CD drives. B) If you think it's hard making a bootable CD on a Mac, you're foolish. Step one: create read-write disk image with (included) Disk Copy application. Step two: copy existing system folder into it. The one you boot off every day will work, or the one on the Apple-supplied boot CD. Step three: install, if you wish, other software onto R/W disk image (disk repair tools, whatever) Step four: burn CD either with Disc Burner (supplied) or Toast. Easy. Hold down C on startup or choose CD in control panel as boot disc. Firmware updates come over the internet from Apple - they're about 200KB. Easy as pie. You can also add THAT to the boot CD you're creating. ALSO, you don't need a boot CD to update firmware - it updates it, you restart - during the reboot, it checks it, makes sure it's good, and installs it. Not all Mac users are idiots, nor are all x86 users geniuses. Both worlds have their share. By the way, I have not needed a floppy drive on any Mac for 3 years, I don't own a single disk.
Why does the Slashdot community automatically tear apart everything Apple does? Would it be so hard to admit that they got it right with Firewire, got it right by popularizing USB, got it right by deleting the useless floppy drive, got it right with Quicktime, got it right with the (new) iBook and Powerbook g4, and got it DAMN right with OS X? Seriously folks, look back at all your knee-jerk reactionary posts over everything Apple and do some thinking. Point me to major innovations that have not been driven by Apple and then try using a new Mac. Have you ever USED OS X on a new Titanium? Have you ever tried to copy even 64MB over USB to a Rio, and then copied 2 GB to a firewire drive in the same time? Try using Final Cut Pro, iMovie, DVD Studio Pro... This site has become a bunch of first-post, bash-everything, small-minded jerkoffs.
Greg Bear Julian May Larry Niven Kim Stanley Robinson Frank Herbert. Greg Bear never fails to stretch my mind past its previous limits... He's amazing. Julian May, besides being one of the most amazing writers and character-creators, writes about such grand and uplifting concepts that I think she will be aorund for a long time. Niven. 'Nuff said. K. Stanley Robinson. If you haven't read the Mars epics, yer an idiot. Herbert. Again, 'nuff said.