It won't be a nickel a song. The "new hits" will probably be ~$2.00, while the old songs and songs from lesser known artists will drop to about $.98.
And, of course, it will have DRM.
I don't know how pro-PC Dvorak is. He's said (at least recently) that he thinks Microsoft is "dead in the water" because they haven't released anything useful in a long time. He's also said that he thinks Apple is doing a great job and that their marketshare is going to grow exponentially.
Freedom Wireless, a four-person company, has never set up an actual business serving customers; it seeks royalties from companies like BCGI, Verizon Wireless, and Nextel Communications Inc. At the heart of Freedom's 1996 patent is the idea of using a computer to match a cellphone number with a database showing how many paid-up minutes the cellphone owner has, then deciding whether to complete a call.
I guess no one's ever thought up that particular use for a database before...
It makes more sense for applications to not close until you tell them to quit.
On Windows, if you ever closed all of the windows in one application while other applications are open, the other windows are now in the way and you have to search through the Start menu for the icon- that is unless the application is in the quicklaunch bar, and no sane person keeps every single application in the quicklaunch bar.
With a Mac, you just hit apple n and keep on working.
That's interesting, considering that Google's name also comes from something relating to the number 100: googol, meaning a number that is represented by one with one hundred zeros.
I made the same argument you're making until one day someone pointed out that one-button mouses mean that programmers have to put more thought into their interface design.
I personally use a Logitech MX510 eight-button mouse, but now I really hope Apple sticks with one-button mouses only.
Dragging something is much better if you're using a Mac.
You want to move text to a different application? Select it, and then drag it through Exposé to any window.
If you drag it to the desktop, it creates a file called whatever.textClipping. The file can be moved around or stored. It's a normal file. If you drag the file to an application, the full text of the file is pasted into your window. If you double-click the file, you can read it just like a normal file. I have three of these files on my desktop right now.
Want to add an image to your document? Drag it to the window. Want to add an attachment to an email? Drag it to the window. It's much simpler.
Just watch. Once they gain enough marketshare and make enough money to cover the switch to being a software company, they will sell a Mac OS that can run on generic hardware.
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It won't be a nickel a song. The "new hits" will probably be ~$2.00, while the old songs and songs from lesser known artists will drop to about $.98. And, of course, it will have DRM.
If you want to uninstall later, you just drag Firefox to the trash.
Installing and uninstalling works exactly that way for 99% of Mac apps.
He wasn't writing. He's been saying the same thing on TWIT for a long time now.
I don't know how pro-PC Dvorak is. He's said (at least recently) that he thinks Microsoft is "dead in the water" because they haven't released anything useful in a long time. He's also said that he thinks Apple is doing a great job and that their marketshare is going to grow exponentially.
Ahh, the joys of being able to close that last window. But that's not the way Windows works.
I guess no one's ever thought up that particular use for a database before...
On Windows, if you ever closed all of the windows in one application while other applications are open, the other windows are now in the way and you have to search through the Start menu for the icon- that is unless the application is in the quicklaunch bar, and no sane person keeps every single application in the quicklaunch bar.
With a Mac, you just hit apple n and keep on working.
My Mac from 1999 has all of those, too. OS X is great.
Microsoft sold their Apple stock years ago.
That's interesting, considering that Google's name also comes from something relating to the number 100: googol, meaning a number that is represented by one with one hundred zeros.
-or unless you know how to use a command line and the ls and cp commands?
because according to this report, this is sorely needed.
I agree with that, but I was just showing how a kid could buy things online without a company like Flooz.
Get your kid a checking account, and then they can use the debit card as a credit card online.
Now contrast that with how the U.S. handled the Microsoft monopoly...
That sounds vaguely familiar...
Mod parent up, and thank parent for actually reading the ruling.
I made the same argument you're making until one day someone pointed out that one-button mouses mean that programmers have to put more thought into their interface design.
I personally use a Logitech MX510 eight-button mouse, but now I really hope Apple sticks with one-button mouses only.
You want to move text to a different application? Select it, and then drag it through Exposé to any window.
If you drag it to the desktop, it creates a file called whatever.textClipping. The file can be moved around or stored. It's a normal file. If you drag the file to an application, the full text of the file is pasted into your window. If you double-click the file, you can read it just like a normal file. I have three of these files on my desktop right now.
Want to add an image to your document? Drag it to the window. Want to add an attachment to an email? Drag it to the window. It's much simpler.
And it's easier to say, too. Which would you rather explain to someone: HD-DVD-RW or BD-Re?
And I'm pretty sure the market is ECSTATIC about the copyright notice at the bottom of the site you mentioned:
Of course. How could someone not know Shift+Alt+Tab?
I switch a few times a month. It takes me about five minutes to get back to full speed with the new layout.
Just watch. Once they gain enough marketshare and make enough money to cover the switch to being a software company, they will sell a Mac OS that can run on generic hardware.
+1,Funny