Apple does. You can play MP3 and non-Protected AAC files (and other formats as well) on the iPod. The only thing that is not allowed is other DRMed formats.
There is a simple way to protect yourself against this. PayPal specifically states that they will only protect the seller when there is a physical transaction. To avoid getting burned on virtual transaction you need to change it to a physical transaction. In your case, you ship the buyer the CDs for the account (or some other physical item), when they receive the CDs then you hand over the account information.
I am not saying PayPal is perfect, but they do make it clear in their Seller's Protection that they will not cover virtual transactions.
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Do you really think buying a piece of anti-virus software now will protect you from some virus in the future?
Right now -- Today, anti-virus software for Mac OS X is worthless. There are no viruses to check for on OS X for it to protect against. IF or when a virus or a worm comes out for OS X then anti-virus software will have a use. Until then, you are just wasting money.
Just like anti-virus software for Linux, it is the modern day snake oil.
Not defensive in the least. Shame one cannot do a search on/. for every occurrence of a user accusing Apple of being a monopoly.
Just like FUD in other areas, misinformation like this just needs to be squashed, otherwise people start taking it as fact. Just look to Java as an example.:)
You sir are an idiot. Just so we are clear on the meaning of that word, here is the definition:
A human being destitute of the ordinary intellectual powers, whether congenital, developmental, or accidental; commonly, a person without understanding from birth; a natural fool; a natural; an innocent.
Making up your own definitions for words does not make you right. Or perhaps your definition of words differs from others?
But hey, say whatever you want, this is/. after all. I am sure your post will get modded informative for explaining your very extra special definition of "words".
And just so I am clear. When you respond with some other very useless remark, do not think that I have not responded yet, I am in fact ignoring your future comments on this thread.
PPC Processor market? Nope they are used in other machines
Notebooks? Nope other people make them
LCD Displays? Nope other people make them
Unix? Nope other versions exist
OS X? Nope, other operating systems run on PPC hardware
Tying everything together? Nope you are not required to use any one product with another.
Apple is NOT a monopoly. Unless you limit the definition of their market to some insane level, they cannot be called a monopoly in any shape or form. Even if we pretend for an instant that they are a monopoly -- just remember that being a monopoly is not illegal, abusing that status is.
It definitely is not technically accurate. I am sure you can do your own research in this area.
BTW, Apple also includes Internet Explorer with the OS along with Safari not to mention that Safari can be 100% removed from the operating system with no harm. This is different than the other situation where a web browser is included with an operating system.
Including software or requiring certain pieces of hardware to only work with certain pieces of software is not anti-competitive. It may be unpleasant for some but it is well outside the realm of anti-competitive behavior.
you might argue that choosing to only support their own DRM scheme is anti-competitive on Apple's part
You can only be anti-competitive if you are a monopoly. Apple is not a monopoly and therefore cannot be anti-competitive.
Calling Apple anti-competitive in this area is like calling Sony anti-competitive because their mini-disc players do not support the industry standard 80cm Compact Disc.
Considering that Apple is unable to keep them in stock it appears that people generally disagree with you.
Then again/. has been consistently wrong on the popularity of Apple products. If I recall correctly,/.'s general opinion was that the ipod would be unsuccessful as well.
Amazing, I respond with real world observations and you respond with insults. Although I doubt you would ever do any real world testing but I suggest getting ahold of an Apple machine and trying it yourself.
There really is a difference and Windows is shit. Over the years I have had to work on just about every version of windows there is. It's multi-tasking is garbage and yes it has some of the worst disk handling I have ever had to deal with. Linux and OS X (and therefore BSD) do a much better job.
But of course you won't believe me or anyone else on here. Believe what you want just save your grade school insults for someone who cares.
Not mac zealotry at all. The difference between OS 9 and OS X is simply that huge. OS X runs so incredibly smooth that I don't even bother watching what the CPU does anymore. When I was on Windows I would watch it constantly just so I could kill any process that was slowing me down.
OS X does multi-task better than Windows XP. When I started my most recent position I was given a brand new top of the line XP installed machine. Not wanting to be difficult at a new position I tried using the machine for several weeks. After noticing that my efficiency was being severely hampered by the machine I requested to bring in my own machine instead. Fortunately my manager has the foresight to know that anything that makes his coders more efficient is a good thing. Now I code on my powerbook and even the other developers on the team have noticed that I am getting things done much faster than before.
OS X really is that good. I typically have a dozen applications running at once and never notice any slowdown. Trying to do that same thing on XP was painful to say the least. When XP has to do a lot of file access it grinds to a halt. Neither OSX or Linux do this. Windows has a lot of catching up to do, lets up they improve with Longhorn.
Comparing development on XP to either Linux or OS X is no comparison at all. In XP if you are compiling a complex program you either walk away from the machine or read a webpage (pre-loaded). On OS X (or Linux for that matter) I can continue doing actual work while it compiles.
This is painfully dead-on accurate unfortunately. You would think a crowd that prides itself on knowing all of the up to date information would not be a crowd to spread misinformation.
Apple Retail Stores. I was in a retail store not to long ago hanging around waiting for my wife to arrive. I saw no less than 5 different computer purchases walk out the door during the hour I was there. That was in one hour on a Friday afternoon. This may not be typical but I doubt it was their allotment for the month either.
Having said that, 10% profit is not bad at all. Compare this profit margin to other markets and see. The problems I have found with most resellers is like others have said. The stores suck and no one wants to go into them. There is a reseller's store literally less than 0.5 miles from my house but when I went to pick up my new 1.33 15", I drove 55 miles to Denver instead.
Make sure your brother checks that warranty by calling Apple. Apple resellers are required to charge a certain amount for their hardware. The only exceptions to this rule that I am aware of are returns and discontinued items.
I found this out the hard way myself. Purchased an iBook for my son from CompUSA at a great price and was told it had been used by their Mac rep (who I knew and respected). Called Apple the next day to find out it had been returned for bad video. Needless to say when I spoke to the actual Mac rep she was quite upset, as was I.
I am hoping for an update to XCode. With Code Warrior no longer supporting Java and the other Java tools have their own issues, it would be nice to see XCode support Java as well as it supports Objective-C.
This is totally a Microsoft & Apple security problem.
Nope, just a Microsoft problem, OS X does not autorun cds either. Even if it did, it would prompt for an admin password before it could install anything.
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Not to mention that their change away from spyware is recent. A few good moves does not erase all of the bad history the company created.
Real is still garbage. It will be a long time before the community forgets their past transgressions.
Apple does. You can play MP3 and non-Protected AAC files (and other formats as well) on the iPod. The only thing that is not allowed is other DRMed formats.
I have heard this reference many times but I never understood it. Could you kindly explain what that quote is for/from?
There is a simple way to protect yourself against this. PayPal specifically states that they will only protect the seller when there is a physical transaction. To avoid getting burned on virtual transaction you need to change it to a physical transaction. In your case, you ship the buyer the CDs for the account (or some other physical item), when they receive the CDs then you hand over the account information.
I am not saying PayPal is perfect, but they do make it clear in their Seller's Protection that they will not cover virtual transactions.
Right now -- Today, anti-virus software for Mac OS X is worthless. There are no viruses to check for on OS X for it to protect against. IF or when a virus or a worm comes out for OS X then anti-virus software will have a use. Until then, you are just wasting money.
Just like anti-virus software for Linux, it is the modern day snake oil.
Just like FUD in other areas, misinformation like this just needs to be squashed, otherwise people start taking it as fact. Just look to Java as an example. :)
Making up your own definitions for words does not make you right. Or perhaps your definition of words differs from others?
But hey, say whatever you want, this is /. after all. I am sure your post will get modded informative for explaining your very extra special definition of "words".
And just so I am clear. When you respond with some other very useless remark, do not think that I have not responded yet, I am in fact ignoring your future comments on this thread.
Have a nice day.
PPC Processor market? Nope they are used in other machines
Notebooks? Nope other people make them
LCD Displays? Nope other people make them
Unix? Nope other versions exist
OS X? Nope, other operating systems run on PPC hardware
Tying everything together? Nope you are not required to use any one product with another.
Apple is NOT a monopoly. Unless you limit the definition of their market to some insane level, they cannot be called a monopoly in any shape or form. Even if we pretend for an instant that they are a monopoly -- just remember that being a monopoly is not illegal, abusing that status is.
Nice try though.
BTW, Apple also includes Internet Explorer with the OS along with Safari not to mention that Safari can be 100% removed from the operating system with no harm. This is different than the other situation where a web browser is included with an operating system.
Including software or requiring certain pieces of hardware to only work with certain pieces of software is not anti-competitive. It may be unpleasant for some but it is well outside the realm of anti-competitive behavior.
Where is the action button located? I see an Option key and a Command/Apple key, even a Control key but no "action button".
My Powerbook must be defective... :)
You can only be anti-competitive if you are a monopoly. Apple is not a monopoly and therefore cannot be anti-competitive.
Calling Apple anti-competitive in this area is like calling Sony anti-competitive because their mini-disc players do not support the industry standard 80cm Compact Disc.
Karma whore :)
You read wrong. Apple's market share on portable players is based on units sold. Review the keynote at the WWDC for confirmation.
Perhaps you want to go into the BSD section next and complain about one of the stores in there?
Then again /. has been consistently wrong on the popularity of Apple products. If I recall correctly, /.'s general opinion was that the ipod would be unsuccessful as well.
Statements like that are proof positive that those hard working FUD machines can be successful!
Don't you feel proud!
There really is a difference and Windows is shit. Over the years I have had to work on just about every version of windows there is. It's multi-tasking is garbage and yes it has some of the worst disk handling I have ever had to deal with. Linux and OS X (and therefore BSD) do a much better job.
But of course you won't believe me or anyone else on here. Believe what you want just save your grade school insults for someone who cares.
OS X does multi-task better than Windows XP. When I started my most recent position I was given a brand new top of the line XP installed machine. Not wanting to be difficult at a new position I tried using the machine for several weeks. After noticing that my efficiency was being severely hampered by the machine I requested to bring in my own machine instead. Fortunately my manager has the foresight to know that anything that makes his coders more efficient is a good thing. Now I code on my powerbook and even the other developers on the team have noticed that I am getting things done much faster than before.
OS X really is that good. I typically have a dozen applications running at once and never notice any slowdown. Trying to do that same thing on XP was painful to say the least. When XP has to do a lot of file access it grinds to a halt. Neither OSX or Linux do this. Windows has a lot of catching up to do, lets up they improve with Longhorn.
Comparing development on XP to either Linux or OS X is no comparison at all. In XP if you are compiling a complex program you either walk away from the machine or read a webpage (pre-loaded). On OS X (or Linux for that matter) I can continue doing actual work while it compiles.
This is painfully dead-on accurate unfortunately. You would think a crowd that prides itself on knowing all of the up to date information would not be a crowd to spread misinformation.
That weather widget is easily one of the most useful out of the Konfabulator collection!
Clearly you don't live in Colorado :) The weather here can change radically within minutes. All depends on what comes over the mountains next.
Apple Retail Stores. I was in a retail store not to long ago hanging around waiting for my wife to arrive. I saw no less than 5 different computer purchases walk out the door during the hour I was there. That was in one hour on a Friday afternoon. This may not be typical but I doubt it was their allotment for the month either.
Having said that, 10% profit is not bad at all. Compare this profit margin to other markets and see. The problems I have found with most resellers is like others have said. The stores suck and no one wants to go into them. There is a reseller's store literally less than 0.5 miles from my house but when I went to pick up my new 1.33 15", I drove 55 miles to Denver instead.
I found this out the hard way myself. Purchased an iBook for my son from CompUSA at a great price and was told it had been used by their Mac rep (who I knew and respected). Called Apple the next day to find out it had been returned for bad video. Needless to say when I spoke to the actual Mac rep she was quite upset, as was I.
The odds are slim but one can dream!
Nope, just a Microsoft problem, OS X does not autorun cds either. Even if it did, it would prompt for an admin password before it could install anything.