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CDRW's for one
They beat IDE drives, which hog the CPU
They also beat complicated SCSI setups
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The whole point is that you shouldn't have to add these in. They should come with it! Apple systems come with (for now, at least) great video and sound systems. In 2-3 years when the computer is obsolete beyond belief (but still very usable), I'll just plunk down $1500 for another machine.
My car is pretty expandable. But it came with the 8 speaker, 400 watt cd player, GPS navigational system, leather seats, alarm, sportier wheels/tires......
Could I have added those all myself? Sure. Would the aftermarket parts be better than the factory? Probably. Is it that big of a deal, and worth the hassle, to me?
The point is, Apple has all the great technologies included. LCD's, CDRW/DVDRW, FireWire, Gig ethernet....
Would your computer be okay if it came with no printer port, network card, or sound, since you can just throw more cards in your beige box?
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The 8200 is a brick...but back on topic:
They still don't have it on most/all their systems, one or two doesn't count. Look at the feature sets on Apple's systems sometime.
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Why doesn't someone like Dell or Compaq, with their billions of dollars, hire some designers to come in and create some nice looking systems?
There's nothing uglier than a giant case full of empty space. Even their laptops are bigger, thicker, and have less features.
And other than Apple and Sony, does anyone else have integrated FireWire on most/all of their systems? No!
The lesson learned is...
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Make your pet projects free from the start.
Notice that Phil wants to release it under a BSD style license. As much as we'd all like that, it probably isn't going to happen.
If I could get Visual Studio for $25 or whatever insane pricing they get, I'd buy too!
Might be worth going back to school just for the discount
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C has no bounded array support. This makes it inherently unsuitable for any security programming taks.
*cough* *NIX is written in C *cough*
If the computing industry had any sense, it would have switched to Java 10 years ago. Why hadn't it? Inertia!
Let's just think of how fast x86 Java VM's were 10 years ago. In 1992 I had just purchased a Macintosh Quadra (25mhz), Windows NT wouldn't come out for a year later, and Windows 3.1 and OS/2 2.0 had just came out. The Sparc 10 had just been released. Pentiums were not coming out for a whole 'nother year.
Back in 1998 eMachines sold decent little machines for $399 and up, getting a TON of people into the market.
There's $399 PC's and $1599 PC's
Granted, not many people pay $4,000 for a PC like they used to. But the cheapest computers USED to be $1,299. I remember when that was a price point.
You can buy $99 PC's on eBay, and they'll probably do fine for what you want to do, hell I'm using a 400mhz (eek!) machine at work and I do web sites, images, tons of Word/Excel stuff....
People already routinely pay 500% more than they need to for clothes (ck), home furnishings (Pottery Barn), even sporting goods just because of the brand name and for the chance to be fashionable. I can't see why computers should be any different. Pair this thing with a big flat-screen, a top-notch audio system and other similarly hip appointments, do some serious marketing, maybe brand it with known designer and I gaurantee you could sell these things for $5k each.
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CDRW's for one
They beat IDE drives, which hog the CPU
They also beat complicated SCSI setups
The whole point is that you shouldn't have to add these in. They should come with it! Apple systems come with (for now, at least) great video and sound systems. In 2-3 years when the computer is obsolete beyond belief (but still very usable), I'll just plunk down $1500 for another machine.
My car is pretty expandable. But it came with the 8 speaker, 400 watt cd player, GPS navigational system, leather seats, alarm, sportier wheels/tires......
Could I have added those all myself? Sure. Would the aftermarket parts be better than the factory? Probably. Is it that big of a deal, and worth the hassle, to me?
The point is, Apple has all the great technologies included. LCD's, CDRW/DVDRW, FireWire, Gig ethernet....
Would your computer be okay if it came with no printer port, network card, or sound, since you can just throw more cards in your beige box?
The 8200 is a brick...but back on topic:
They still don't have it on most/all their systems, one or two doesn't count. Look at the feature sets on Apple's systems sometime.
Why doesn't someone like Dell or Compaq, with their billions of dollars, hire some designers to come in and create some nice looking systems?
There's nothing uglier than a giant case full of empty space. Even their laptops are bigger, thicker, and have less features.
And other than Apple and Sony, does anyone else have integrated FireWire on most/all of their systems? No!
Make your pet projects free from the start.
Notice that Phil wants to release it under a BSD style license. As much as we'd all like that, it probably isn't going to happen.
I submitted this mother fucker HOW LONG ago?
UPDATE ask slashdot for christs sake!
oh, the new ads blow!
If I could get Visual Studio for $25 or whatever insane pricing they get, I'd buy too!
Might be worth going back to school just for the discount
C has no bounded array support. This makes it inherently unsuitable for any security programming taks.
*cough* *NIX is written in C *cough*
If the computing industry had any sense, it would have switched to Java 10 years ago. Why hadn't it? Inertia!
Let's just think of how fast x86 Java VM's were 10 years ago. In 1992 I had just purchased a Macintosh Quadra (25mhz), Windows NT wouldn't come out for a year later, and Windows 3.1 and OS/2 2.0 had just came out. The Sparc 10 had just been released. Pentiums were not coming out for a whole 'nother year.
The HotJava browser didn't come out until...1994?
Macs are illegal too.
So are iPods
A good joke involving RMS
BRAIN FREEZE!
I ordered a refurb Sony 12X CDRW from TigerDirect a few weeks ago for $79.99
USB stinks for CD drives, especially CDRW's
Hogs the CPU, very slow, and they stink!
USB is good for keyboards, mice, game controllers....
I have some Cellis. Are you jealous?
And for my next trick, I'll be putting a Ford Pinto engine in a vintage Porsche!
Those bastards won't let you take anything in to the store.
There's loss prevention issues with people bringing Apple merchandise into an Apple store
Each installation style has it's upsides and downsides
Windows and Mac have different types, and Linux has about 50
Personally I like having a whole program in one folder. I hate the registry.
Back in 1998 eMachines sold decent little machines for $399 and up, getting a TON of people into the market.
There's $399 PC's and $1599 PC's
Granted, not many people pay $4,000 for a PC like they used to. But the cheapest computers USED to be $1,299. I remember when that was a price point.
You can buy $99 PC's on eBay, and they'll probably do fine for what you want to do, hell I'm using a 400mhz (eek!) machine at work and I do web sites, images, tons of Word/Excel stuff....
I use a 300mhz at home and do the same stuff.
He IS a ZDNet author after all.....
The only guys that was worth listening to was Dvorak, but in the past few years he's been a rambling idiot also.
I miss the old days of the "Hard Edge", before the Internet RUINED all computer magazines, most notably Computer Shopper.
Things can't remain the same forever though...
Doesn't count the $50 of labor
250*50 = $12,500
www.apple.com
People already routinely pay 500% more than they need to for clothes (ck), home furnishings (Pottery Barn), even sporting goods just because of the brand name and for the chance to be fashionable. I can't see why computers should be any different. Pair this thing with a big flat-screen, a top-notch audio system and other similarly hip appointments, do some serious marketing, maybe brand it with known designer and I gaurantee you could sell these things for $5k each.
Having a look or theme is important.
You have to define it and keep true to it.
It's more than colors, fonts, and sizes.
It's something you cannot teach
You can open Napster back up! Let us all rejoice!
The programs for filesharing that are being used right now are alright, but none are like Napster
Sorry, but any MacDougals or WalMart here (mid-Michigan) is going to pay you $5.25, and you'd be lucky to get a job there.
We'll just have to invent NEW computers
I have the screensaver in X that has various blue screens, and core dumps from different operating systems
Everything that can been invented, has been. Or at least thought of :)