The AVI problem comes from the fact that there are actualy 2 versions of the avi format. There's the windows version, and then there is the short lived mac version (which is the only one of which there is a mac CODEC). Anyways, as for Divx if you check this site Divx 5.0
It appears to me that the reason apple does not release quicktime for Linux because they can't. If they release quicktime and don't release the source, they get bad PR because they released a program onto linux but it isn't open source. Then if they release it with the sourcecode, they loose the control and proprietaryness (I do think some things should be closed source, multimedia playback being one of them, ask me for my reasons if you want) of quicktime. While I think it would be nice for quicktime to hit Linux, it's a very very muddy situation.
"There hasn't been one for a bout a decade. Find a PC that is equivilent and you'll discover it costs 2-3 times as much." It is the other way around actually. are you trolling?
While I agree with you that the numbers aren't that dramatic, I've had many experiences where the mac is faster, or seems faster.
"What you get is a faster machine, better quality hardware (ie: things actually WORK)" Also not true; you end up paying more for a slower Mac. The hardware looks good, but it is not up to snuff: quirky and bizarre. What do you expect from a company that says it is easier to eject media by jamming a bent paperclip in a pinhole than it is to press a button. A company that tries to make even the most basic part of the user interface (the power button) obtuse and hard to find.
There is no definate performance difference between mac and PC hardware. Infact, in most instances the hardware is the same. Also, incase you haven't noticed, there is a paperclip hole on the PC CD-ROM drives too. They're there for when the drive is stuck or when you don't have power to open the drive. The mac drives open with the push of a buton too. And I don't know about you, but a the round I/O (you do know that that's an I inside and O right?) button on the front of the case and on the keyboard seems to be fairly obvious as being the power button. And if you're not sure, the PICTURE INSTRUCTIONS (whicha 3rd grader could understand) clearly indicate what the power button is.
"the best UI in existance and consequently the best user experience in existance..." 9 out of 10 users reject the experience and the UI.
Where the hell did you get that figure from? OS X is one of the best experiences you can have on a computer.
"and you get all of this for hundreds of dollars less than it would cost you to buy a closed source, 1974 era technology intel-processor based PC." I prefer 2002-technology based AMD PC's not Intel. But even the Intels cost a lot less than supposedly equivalent Apple hardware. Better check the facts. I did just a couple of months ago when the new iMac came out. I easily came up with several alternative flat-screen PC alternatives, all a lot more useful, with more options, faster... and for hundreds less than the iMac.
Ah ah ah, you're not being fair. The prices you're comparing are custom built (asuming by you) prices to Apple's prebuilt prices. Go to your favorite manufacturers web site (Dell Gateway, whoever). Then price out a comparable computer. Same specs. Include the monitor. Don't forget to also factor in the software. You need to make sure you're gettign video editing software. Burning software (including iDVD which is still rated as the best DVD burning software out there). Also be sure you get two versions of windows (since all macs ship with OS 9 and X) and don't forget software development software (Developer CD). When priced out from a real manufacturer and not home built, the macs and the PCs actualy cost about the same. And don't forget, macs have gigabit ethernet. And did I mention that the Super drive is actualy a DVD-RW, just apple doesn't officialy support it? And there are very few comparable PC LCD screens. The iMac LCD is incredably sharp and clear.
If you want to see a good rundown, head on over to the apple section of slashdot (slashdot.org/apple) and check out the comparison of the sony computer to the iMac. Go ahead, I dare you, read it and understand what it says. Then you can get back to me with whatever excuse you have for why a highquality PC manufacturer just barely beats out a consumer lever iMac.
In all honesty, you should have known this was comming. The last major laptop update was last year, so this was comming from a mile off. Ah well, I can't wait to get one.
Because the world governments can't stand it. And neither can the average citizen. Imagine, a world were everyone can say and do what they like and the only way they are kept in check is because everyone owns a gun. That's essentialy what the internet has to be in order for it to be perfectly free and the average human and government drone is very much afraid of this. The internet is truly anarchy at it's hight. The only way to not get bombarded is to not go there in the first place. It places the entire burden of censoring on you. You decide what you want to see, hear and read, not the government. Unfortunately, untill everyone on line is able to effectively hack everyone else, this can't really exist because some people are evil. So what you will have is a sort of sci-fi post appocolpse world. Average citizenry will have a little bit of space for it self, but will constantly be in danger of lossing that space or having it attacked by evil people (Black-hat hackers) The only protection people will have is a self regulating group of white-hat hackers who will act as world wide vigilantes ensuring people are given basic freedom on the net. The net will be in a constant state of informational warfare, but that's what human nature is all about. Information, knowledge, is real power, and that's how the internet will be regulated, by the intelligent and the smart. And like everything in life, when it becomes corrupt, the highest regim will be overthrown. The internet is the electronic version of earth. Nothing more, nothing less. Except, people online are regulated by outside laws. The only way for the internet to truly be free is to cut it loose from law and let it self regulate, just like the real world does. You think I'm crazy, but think about it, read it again, it makes sense.
Actualy, the internet is only going back to it's roots. Sort of. Originaly it was just college networks and government networks. But some people decided it would make a cool thing for everyone to have, so they started hacking. Then someone had the bright idea that they could bring this to the masses and make money off it. Now it's just going back to the wealthy elite. And when control has reverted completely, a new generation of hackers will come into being, and the cycle will continue.
That's the current moderation total for the above post. Now I haven't seen anything about using iTools yet so it would appear to me that it wasn't redundant, but I'll let that slide. The one that bugs me is the Troll. How is the above a troll? He is simply informing the person that if he has a mac, then he has a wonderful set of web tools availible to him. Admittedly, it's not the best option, but it works. He could at least use it till he finds a better alternative. So how does it qualify as a troll? Personaly I think we have some rather biased moderators here (more so than your average slashdotter) If you're going to be a biased jerk-off, don't moderate.
You could always host your own server on a phone-line connection. You leave it on and connected to some no-name dial-up service and use something like deerfield to broadcast your ip. Then go register a domain. Not the prettiest way of doing it, but revolutions were never pretty
What person has Linux installed (and set to default boot) installed on their computer that would be confused when linux booted or when the star button changed it's appearence? Even if the company was selling a dual-boot system, it would have been specified as such and most likely would still have boot to Windows by default.
Why do I need my customers to come back when I can legaly take control over their computer? I can install the software myself once they are a customer! Muha ha ha!
Ever notice how apple bashers on Slashdot all post as ACs. At least when I have a controversial opinion to post, I have the guts to name myself. Which might explain why my karma is 28, but the point remains the same.
If it is legal, I'm going to start bundling virii, trojans and password stealers with my programs. And include in the EULA that by clicking agree, you waive all responsibility to hold me liable for any damages or problems incurred from using and installing my software.
I was thinking about 7.0, however, I was not fully informed on the details. As seen here OSDATA system 7 was the first system to run on the PPC processors, marking the begining of the end of 68k. OS 8 was the final nail in the cofin.
There is a very distinct difference though, between copying the CD for my own purposes and performing a song with my band. Now as I said before, I have every right to do what I want with the CDs DVDs etc etc that I've bought within my own home as long as I do not violate any laws. If I so choose to make a half a dozen copies of my CD so that I have a copy for each of my two cars, my office, my bedroom and my own personal archive, that is my right. It's when I start distributing those copies to people other than myself that it gets ify.
When you buy a CD/DVD/Tape (remember those?) or any other form of media, you have paid for that copy of the items contained on that media. Untill you start violating laws, you (should) have every right to do whatever you want with the media and the data contained therein. If I own a book, but decide I want to scan it into my computerso that I can easily copy-paste quotes for a report that I'm doing, or decide that I want to transfer my CDs to my MP3 player because it is smaller and uses les battery power, I (should) have every right to do so.
You do realise that the European countries are working on their own for of the DMCA ( Need To Know ). What really needs to be done is someone needs to stand up and say I'm not going to be told what I can and can't do with something I legaly own within my own home. If I want to copy my DVDs so that I can watch them on my DVD-less laptop, then I have every right to do so. The DMCA and all it's proponents can kiss my hairy behind.
True there was legacy code, but officialy the 68k code was supposed to die with 7.0 (if you see any archived web posts from way back when, you'll see 68k users swearign up and down about Apple abandoning them. It's kinda funny to tell the truth.
Not really peanuts when you consider the average firm in the industry only holds about 10-15 % market share. Just because PCs make 90 some-odd % doesn't mean Dell is all of it.
I see where you're going, but you miss one vital part. What the content industry is doing is essentialy the same thing as M&M Mars (or whoever puts out snikers) saying to the vending machine companies. "The glass on your machines is too easy to break, make the glass thinker, reenforce the locks oh, and don't raise the price of using and having the machine, you have to swallow the costs."
Disney, Fox and the others who are seriously pushing this stuff are claiming that the tech companies, and companies such as AOL/TW and Sony don't push for this because they are making money regardless of who wins. And guess what, they're right. In fact, they will make more money if the pirates win. Why should the tech companies want to raise production costs, thus rasing the price of their products, and sell less? The harder and more expensive the equipment is, the less people will buy it. It's bad business to push the copy protection.
In the senario above, the Vending machine manufacturer is going to tell M&M to go fuck off because the more machines that get broken into, the more new machines have to be bought. If M&M is going to want more security they'll have to pay for it themselves.
If Disney and Fox want to reduce piracy, they have to start changing their business models. Maybe they'll have to start selling the materials like Sony does. Or maybe they just need to cut back on some of their prices.
Obviously you never worked end-user support for a certain well know big name company (who shall remain nameless). Most of the time, we had exactly enough work for 3 people. But there was at least 1 if not 2 people for every floor in the building.
Two different services. The one in the article provides VoIP calls to regular land-line (and presumably cell) phones. Speek Freely only goes to other computers.
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The AVI problem comes from the fact that there are actualy 2 versions of the avi format. There's the windows version, and then there is the short lived mac version (which is the only one of which there is a mac CODEC). Anyways, as for Divx if you check this site
Divx 5.0
It appears to me that the reason apple does not release quicktime for Linux because they can't. If they release quicktime and don't release the source, they get bad PR because they released a program onto linux but it isn't open source. Then if they release it with the sourcecode, they loose the control and proprietaryness (I do think some things should be closed source, multimedia playback being one of them, ask me for my reasons if you want) of quicktime. While I think it would be nice for quicktime to hit Linux, it's a very very muddy situation.
"There hasn't been one for a bout a decade. Find a PC that is equivilent and you'll discover it costs 2-3 times as much."
It is the other way around actually. are you trolling?
While I agree with you that the numbers aren't that dramatic, I've had many experiences where the mac is faster, or seems faster.
"What you get is a faster machine, better quality hardware (ie: things actually WORK)"
Also not true; you end up paying more for a slower Mac. The hardware looks good, but it is not up to snuff: quirky and bizarre. What do you expect from a company that says it is easier to eject media by jamming a bent paperclip in a pinhole than it is to press a button. A company that tries to make even the most basic part of the user interface (the power button) obtuse and hard to find.
There is no definate performance difference between mac and PC hardware. Infact, in most instances the hardware is the same. Also, incase you haven't noticed, there is a paperclip hole on the PC CD-ROM drives too. They're there for when the drive is stuck or when you don't have power to open the drive. The mac drives open with the push of a buton too. And I don't know about you, but a the round I/O (you do know that that's an I inside and O right?) button on the front of the case and on the keyboard seems to be fairly obvious as being the power button. And if you're not sure, the PICTURE INSTRUCTIONS (whicha 3rd grader could understand) clearly indicate what the power button is.
"the best UI in existance and consequently the best user experience in existance..."
9 out of 10 users reject the experience and the UI.
Where the hell did you get that figure from? OS X is one of the best experiences you can have on a computer.
"and you get all of this for hundreds of dollars less than it would cost you to buy a closed source, 1974 era technology intel-processor based PC."
I prefer 2002-technology based AMD PC's not Intel. But even the Intels cost a lot less than supposedly equivalent Apple hardware.
Better check the facts. I did just a couple of months ago when the new iMac came out. I easily came up with several alternative flat-screen PC alternatives, all a lot more useful, with more options, faster... and for hundreds less than the iMac.
Ah ah ah, you're not being fair. The prices you're comparing are custom built (asuming by you) prices to Apple's prebuilt prices. Go to your favorite manufacturers web site (Dell Gateway, whoever). Then price out a comparable computer. Same specs. Include the monitor. Don't forget to also factor in the software. You need to make sure you're gettign video editing software. Burning software (including iDVD which is still rated as the best DVD burning software out there). Also be sure you get two versions of windows (since all macs ship with OS 9 and X) and don't forget software development software (Developer CD). When priced out from a real manufacturer and not home built, the macs and the PCs actualy cost about the same. And don't forget, macs have gigabit ethernet. And did I mention that the Super drive is actualy a DVD-RW, just apple doesn't officialy support it? And there are very few comparable PC LCD screens. The iMac LCD is incredably sharp and clear.
If you want to see a good rundown, head on over to the apple section of slashdot (slashdot.org/apple) and check out the comparison of the sony computer to the iMac. Go ahead, I dare you, read it and understand what it says. Then you can get back to me with whatever excuse you have for why a highquality PC manufacturer just barely beats out a consumer lever iMac.
Very simple:
1) G4 Power. A whole lab of computers can be created and sperate computers do not have to be purchased for the art departments.
2) 17 inch screen. Widely requested.
3) Numbers alone. The fastest G3 iMac was 600, the new ones start at 700. Schools are realy no different from consumers except schools are cheaper.
In all honesty, you should have known this was comming. The last major laptop update was last year, so this was comming from a mile off. Ah well, I can't wait to get one.
Because the world governments can't stand it. And neither can the average citizen. Imagine, a world were everyone can say and do what they like and the only way they are kept in check is because everyone owns a gun. That's essentialy what the internet has to be in order for it to be perfectly free and the average human and government drone is very much afraid of this. The internet is truly anarchy at it's hight. The only way to not get bombarded is to not go there in the first place. It places the entire burden of censoring on you. You decide what you want to see, hear and read, not the government. Unfortunately, untill everyone on line is able to effectively hack everyone else, this can't really exist because some people are evil. So what you will have is a sort of sci-fi post appocolpse world. Average citizenry will have a little bit of space for it self, but will constantly be in danger of lossing that space or having it attacked by evil people (Black-hat hackers) The only protection people will have is a self regulating group of white-hat hackers who will act as world wide vigilantes ensuring people are given basic freedom on the net. The net will be in a constant state of informational warfare, but that's what human nature is all about. Information, knowledge, is real power, and that's how the internet will be regulated, by the intelligent and the smart. And like everything in life, when it becomes corrupt, the highest regim will be overthrown. The internet is the electronic version of earth. Nothing more, nothing less. Except, people online are regulated by outside laws. The only way for the internet to truly be free is to cut it loose from law and let it self regulate, just like the real world does. You think I'm crazy, but think about it, read it again, it makes sense.
Actualy, the internet is only going back to it's roots. Sort of. Originaly it was just college networks and government networks. But some people decided it would make a cool thing for everyone to have, so they started hacking. Then someone had the bright idea that they could bring this to the masses and make money off it. Now it's just going back to the wealthy elite. And when control has reverted completely, a new generation of hackers will come into being, and the cycle will continue.
Moderation Totals: Troll=1, Redundant=1, Interesting=1, Total=3
That's the current moderation total for the above post. Now I haven't seen anything about using iTools yet so it would appear to me that it wasn't redundant, but I'll let that slide. The one that bugs me is the Troll. How is the above a troll? He is simply informing the person that if he has a mac, then he has a wonderful set of web tools availible to him. Admittedly, it's not the best option, but it works. He could at least use it till he finds a better alternative. So how does it qualify as a troll? Personaly I think we have some rather biased moderators here (more so than your average slashdotter) If you're going to be a biased jerk-off, don't moderate.
You could always host your own server on a phone-line connection. You leave it on and connected to some no-name dial-up service and use something like deerfield to broadcast your ip. Then go register a domain. Not the prettiest way of doing it, but revolutions were never pretty
What person has Linux installed (and set to default boot) installed on their computer that would be confused when linux booted or when the star button changed it's appearence? Even if the company was selling a dual-boot system, it would have been specified as such and most likely would still have boot to Windows by default.
Why do I need my customers to come back when I can legaly take control over their computer? I can install the software myself once they are a customer! Muha ha ha!
you should muck with X too
Ever notice how apple bashers on Slashdot all post as ACs. At least when I have a controversial opinion to post, I have the guts to name myself. Which might explain why my karma is 28, but the point remains the same.
If it is legal, I'm going to start bundling virii, trojans and password stealers with my programs. And include in the EULA that by clicking agree, you waive all responsibility to hold me liable for any damages or problems incurred from using and installing my software.
I was thinking about 7.0, however, I was not fully informed on the details. As seen here OSDATA system 7 was the first system to run on the PPC processors, marking the begining of the end of 68k. OS 8 was the final nail in the cofin.
There is a very distinct difference though, between copying the CD for my own purposes and performing a song with my band. Now as I said before, I have every right to do what I want with the CDs DVDs etc etc that I've bought within my own home as long as I do not violate any laws. If I so choose to make a half a dozen copies of my CD so that I have a copy for each of my two cars, my office, my bedroom and my own personal archive, that is my right. It's when I start distributing those copies to people other than myself that it gets ify.
Well, if it's OS X you really want, might I recomend a mac laptop. All very reasonably priced. All with LCD displays and they're portable to boot.
When you buy a CD/DVD/Tape (remember those?) or any other form of media, you have paid for that copy of the items contained on that media. Untill you start violating laws, you (should) have every right to do whatever you want with the media and the data contained therein. If I own a book, but decide I want to scan it into my computerso that I can easily copy-paste quotes for a report that I'm doing, or decide that I want to transfer my CDs to my MP3 player because it is smaller and uses les battery power, I (should) have every right to do so.
what is your point here? I don't mean to be assinine, but you don't make any type of point here.
You do realise that the European countries are working on their own for of the DMCA ( Need To Know ). What really needs to be done is someone needs to stand up and say I'm not going to be told what I can and can't do with something I legaly own within my own home. If I want to copy my DVDs so that I can watch them on my DVD-less laptop, then I have every right to do so. The DMCA and all it's proponents can kiss my hairy behind.
True there was legacy code, but officialy the 68k code was supposed to die with 7.0 (if you see any archived web posts from way back when, you'll see 68k users swearign up and down about Apple abandoning them. It's kinda funny to tell the truth.
Not really peanuts when you consider the average firm in the industry only holds about 10-15 % market share. Just because PCs make 90 some-odd % doesn't mean Dell is all of it.
I see where you're going, but you miss one vital part. What the content industry is doing is essentialy the same thing as M&M Mars (or whoever puts out snikers) saying to the vending machine companies. "The glass on your machines is too easy to break, make the glass thinker, reenforce the locks oh, and don't raise the price of using and having the machine, you have to swallow the costs."
Disney, Fox and the others who are seriously pushing this stuff are claiming that the tech companies, and companies such as AOL/TW and Sony don't push for this because they are making money regardless of who wins. And guess what, they're right. In fact, they will make more money if the pirates win. Why should the tech companies want to raise production costs, thus rasing the price of their products, and sell less? The harder and more expensive the equipment is, the less people will buy it. It's bad business to push the copy protection.
In the senario above, the Vending machine manufacturer is going to tell M&M to go fuck off because the more machines that get broken into, the more new machines have to be bought. If M&M is going to want more security they'll have to pay for it themselves.
If Disney and Fox want to reduce piracy, they have to start changing their business models. Maybe they'll have to start selling the materials like Sony does. Or maybe they just need to cut back on some of their prices.
Obviously you never worked end-user support for a certain well know big name company (who shall remain nameless). Most of the time, we had exactly enough work for 3 people. But there was at least 1 if not 2 people for every floor in the building.
Two different services. The one in the article provides VoIP calls to regular land-line (and presumably cell) phones. Speek Freely only goes to other computers.