But how would they do that? Burn a copy protected CD by default? Even if they could implement that, that would break the CD from being able to play in many players, and that isn't something Apple wants.
Hell, you can drop the memory footprint to 10MB easily even when streaming, just go turn off the sound enhancer (dolby noise reduction essentialy) and the volume check.
Problem is where Apple competes. Apple makes OSes and standard system software. If they went software only, they would be like microsoft. And tell me, can you name any OS vendors that are turning a heavy profit other than M$?
As well it shouldn't be. The last thing you need is for new users to delete the finder. But it's not a convoluted process, you just have to log in with higher permissions.
I think it is safe to say that you rarely if ever used a mac.
Bringing the window you click on and only that window to the front has been a mac thing for years. The only apps I can thing of that didn't follow that were IM apps.
The Apple menu has been ditched in favor of the dock, and that was announced long before OS X was released. If you miss it that badly, go get one of the many hacks to bring it back. Otherwise, just put the aliases of what you want in the dock and you can navigate that way.
I don't notice any difference in mouse speed. Are you sure you don't have the tracking turned down.
Finaly,you could NEVER open apps or documents with the enter key. Enter was always reserved for renaming a document. If you wanted to open a file it was always either command O or command downarrow.
You can still delete Safari and things wont break.
As for the Finder, it really couldn't be much easier to get rid of. Log in as root and replace it with whatever finder replacement you'd like. I ran 3DOSX for a while a couple months back as the primary finder. That is, that's what came up when I loged in and that's what OS X used.
Every time my windows box has to go down for it's weekly security patch, that's time wasted. Everytime I have to go into my routers, block new ports, turn ports off in windows and then run tests to ensure I haven't been infected, that's time wasted. Every time I have to install drivers because I plugged a fucking mouse or USB hub into my computer is time wasted.
It doesn't matter how small amount of tiem it is, it's more time wasted and it adds up.
By using a creditcard, you trade the liberty of privacy for the security of a safe transaction.
I will grant that life is an essential libierty, but you aren't giving up your righ to life by having laws against murder. YOu are giving up a right to use your property in any way you see fit though.
So really, every day you give up liberty for safety, whether or not that liberty is essential is up to each individual. I personaly don't think that people not knowing that I'm going to the strip club is an essential liberty.
And this is exactly what you get when everyone and their mother blames the government, and the FBI and the CIA for allowing 9/11 to happen. Here's the tradeoff that people don't understand, if you want the government to be proactive instead of reactive, they need to powers to be proactive, and you're going to have to sacrifice a handful of freedoms for it. Else, stop bitching when the government can't do something like catch 8 people that are conspiring to hijack planes.
Probably because at that time, they needed to prove that it could do windows. And once they proved that, the next question that customers were asking was, "Well if it does windows, why should we pay more for your extra features that we may or may not use anyways?"
That's what kills a lot of stuff on teh x86 side. No one can advance unless it will also do windows, and then people are reluctant to move because it isn't a "sufficient" change.
So long as IRC, Usenet and BitTorrent remain slightly more complicated than click search and click to donwload, we can be rest assured that the user base will be limited to those capable of properly maintainign such networks.
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But how would they do that? Burn a copy protected CD by default? Even if they could implement that, that would break the CD from being able to play in many players, and that isn't something Apple wants.
Hell, you can drop the memory footprint to 10MB easily even when streaming, just go turn off the sound enhancer (dolby noise reduction essentialy) and the volume check.
Problem is where Apple competes. Apple makes OSes and standard system software. If they went software only, they would be like microsoft. And tell me, can you name any OS vendors that are turning a heavy profit other than M$?
And also completely unsecure, thus making the RIAA have a shit fit a shut down the iTMS.
Why did you want to clear the library just because you moved songs?
take ME out of the equation and it's still more expensive.
As well it shouldn't be. The last thing you need is for new users to delete the finder. But it's not a convoluted process, you just have to log in with higher permissions.
I think it is safe to say that you rarely if ever used a mac.
Bringing the window you click on and only that window to the front has been a mac thing for years. The only apps I can thing of that didn't follow that were IM apps.
The Apple menu has been ditched in favor of the dock, and that was announced long before OS X was released. If you miss it that badly, go get one of the many hacks to bring it back. Otherwise, just put the aliases of what you want in the dock and you can navigate that way.
I don't notice any difference in mouse speed. Are you sure you don't have the tracking turned down.
Finaly,you could NEVER open apps or documents with the enter key. Enter was always reserved for renaming a document. If you wanted to open a file it was always either command O or command downarrow.
You can still delete Safari and things wont break.
As for the Finder, it really couldn't be much easier to get rid of. Log in as root and replace it with whatever finder replacement you'd like. I ran 3DOSX for a while a couple months back as the primary finder. That is, that's what came up when I loged in and that's what OS X used.
And yet it's still cheaper to buy the mac OS:
f tw are.html
http://simplest-shop.com/Macintosh--1-229660-so
Let's see
X.1 Sept 28, 2001
X.2 Aug 23, 2002
That puts 11 months between those two releases
And assuming the earliest release of X.3 in sept, that would be 13 months from the last release. And 16 months in december.
By contrast:
Windows 2000 , Feb 17 2000
Windows ME released Sept 14 2000
That would be 7 months
Windows XP Oct 25 2001
That would be 13 months
And lets compare prices:
Mac OS X $130 always (full version)
Windows 2000 $320
Windows ME $110 (upgrade) or $210 (full)
XP Home $100 (upgrade) $200 (full)
XP Pro $200 (upgrade) $300 (full)
So from OS X.0 to X.3
March 2001 to (assumed) Sept 2003 (31 Months)
You've spent $390
From Windows 2000 to Windows XP (19 Months)
Feb 2000 to Oct 2001
You spend at minimum $530 and at most $830
Every time my windows box has to go down for it's weekly security patch, that's time wasted. Everytime I have to go into my routers, block new ports, turn ports off in windows and then run tests to ensure I haven't been infected, that's time wasted. Every time I have to install drivers because I plugged a fucking mouse or USB hub into my computer is time wasted.
It doesn't matter how small amount of tiem it is, it's more time wasted and it adds up.
Or the program that was being used to encode to quicktime is a classic app, that runs is classic, is unsupported and all arround sucks.
er... according to the article, the Athlon system came in at $200 cheaper. When you're dropping $3000+ on a computer, an extra $200 isn't way cheaper.
actualy ... yes
Not quite. You are buying the cell phone. A cell phone is not a right, and it isn't forced upon you.
By using a creditcard, you trade the liberty of privacy for the security of a safe transaction.
I will grant that life is an essential libierty, but you aren't giving up your righ to life by having laws against murder. YOu are giving up a right to use your property in any way you see fit though.
So really, every day you give up liberty for safety, whether or not that liberty is essential is up to each individual. I personaly don't think that people not knowing that I'm going to the strip club is an essential liberty.
Well in that case I guess you don't deserve to be free.
Tell me, do you approve with laws that allow police to get a warrant to search a house during an investigation?
Do you approve of speed limits?
Do you think that laws against killing other people are reasonable?
Do you use a creditcard to make purchases over long distances instead of sending cash?
You give up freedoms all the time for security.
Tell me what I'm describing:
It was built to cary large numbers of people over great distances.
It was one of the first of it's kind.
It's launching was a public event.
It was detroyed in a horrible accident on it's maiden voyage which killed all on board.
Likewise, you are still visible to any random cop who decides you look suspicious and need to be followed for a while to see what you do.
Of course, the obvious solution is, don't buy a fucking cell phone
And this is exactly what you get when everyone and their mother blames the government, and the FBI and the CIA for allowing 9/11 to happen. Here's the tradeoff that people don't understand, if you want the government to be proactive instead of reactive, they need to powers to be proactive, and you're going to have to sacrifice a handful of freedoms for it. Else, stop bitching when the government can't do something like catch 8 people that are conspiring to hijack planes.
IIRC, * loaded the primary program on the disk. So if you had multiple programs on one disk, it would load the first one it came to.
Some of us prefer to avoid using Real and WMP is a fairly crappy product (think PC version of quicktime)
Probably because at that time, they needed to prove that it could do windows. And once they proved that, the next question that customers were asking was, "Well if it does windows, why should we pay more for your extra features that we may or may not use anyways?"
That's what kills a lot of stuff on teh x86 side. No one can advance unless it will also do windows, and then people are reluctant to move because it isn't a "sufficient" change.
So long as IRC, Usenet and BitTorrent remain slightly more complicated than click search and click to donwload, we can be rest assured that the user base will be limited to those capable of properly maintainign such networks.