I agree with you except that when you suggest that QuickTime is a codec. It is a media container and could very well support this Dirac codec just as it does with Sorensen, MPEG2, MPEG4, Pixlet, DV, H.263, etc.
Well, this post obviously isn't well researched (and definitely isn't detailed), but here is why I think Apple is able to make quieter computers.
Apple starts off with a CPU that produces less heat than others. That's a real good starting point. Then, they select and design components with the goal of a quiet computer in mind. The Cube and iMac were both designed for a chimney effect (the Cube didn't have any fan). The eMac is designed to be well ventilated. The PowerMac G5 is designed with many slower fans and wind channels so that they can get better cooling with less noise.
Other companies pretty much take a chip from Intel or AMD (which already run pretty hot) and then they take a bunch of other components built by someone else and put them into a case that was designed and built by someone else.
If I'm incorrect, please point me out to currently shipping computers from other vendors where care and attention was paid to the noise generated.
It's sad that even in this thread of conversation you can't see that there is one company striving to give people quiet computers. Instead you have to go off topic and flippantly bash them based off of incorrect notions formed years ago by you or someone you know.
One of my co-workers drinks Diet Pepsi and has quite a collection of iTunes caps. However, he illogically hates Apple and hasn't cashed them in yet. I kept trying to get him to give them to me, but he kept insisting that he'd end up getting them once he found a good way to break the DRM and re-encode them.
I personally waited until yesterday to cash in the 3 credits that I had. I rarely drink the stuff either.
They had a decent supply of them in Charlotte, but Diet Pepsi faired better than Pepsi as far as the yellow caps were concerned for some reason.
The logical person would either quit using QuickTime or pay for QuickTime Pro if the "nag" screen were so annoying to them. I paid for QuickTime Pro. It's only $30.
I'd imagine the performance hit is due to the QuickTime Component (might need optimizing), not any crippling by Apple. I never had that many Ogg files, so I haven't experienced your problem.
QuickTime Player is swapped out when it is idle. It doesn't take up any system resources. The only screen space that is taken up is the icon in the Dock. That's a maximum of 128x128 pixels but generally much, much less than that. And, you can also auto-hide the Dock if you want to.
The real solution for Real is to concentrate on DRM-less music downloads. Enlist enlightened independent musicians and enlightened labels (if there are any). That way their songs (which are already encoded in AAC) will easily interoperate with iPods and any other software or hardware that supports AAC.
Yeah, but Real working with FairPlay AAC and the iPod doesn't hurt Apple or iTunes Music Store in anyway. iPod owners could stick with a complete Apple solution if they wanted, or they could also get some content from Real.
iTMS is mainly used as a driver for iPod sales, Real could also be a driver for iPod sales and Apple wouldn't have to exert any effort for the extra bit of push and in fact may be able to get some extra revenue from Real.
How so? iTunes simply uses QuickTime. Once you have an Ogg Vorbis plugin for QuickTime, they'll play in iTunes and anything else that uses QuickTime. I had this working over a year ago.
QuickTime doesn't prompt you everytime you start it. It prompts you periodically. And even if it did prompt everytime there is an easy way around it -- never quit QuickTime. Or is your Windows computer not stable enough to pull that off?
All 14" iBook white G3 laptops had faulty motherboads whereas the video went bad. This issue is still not resolved, but after being served with a class action, apple was forced to honor out of warranty repairs for all white iBook 14" laptops.
Somehow I've had mine since Autumn of 2001 and have had zero problems since.
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When I worked at Microsoft we called it Lookout.
I've never heard anyone say that sort of stuff. I think I'd have to cut their tongue out if I did.
I agree with you except that when you suggest that QuickTime is a codec. It is a media container and could very well support this Dirac codec just as it does with Sorensen, MPEG2, MPEG4, Pixlet, DV, H.263, etc.
By removing the superfluous "U" from "colour" and other words, American English has acheived a higher compression ratio than British English.
Well, this post obviously isn't well researched (and definitely isn't detailed), but here is why I think Apple is able to make quieter computers.
Apple starts off with a CPU that produces less heat than others. That's a real good starting point. Then, they select and design components with the goal of a quiet computer in mind. The Cube and iMac were both designed for a chimney effect (the Cube didn't have any fan). The eMac is designed to be well ventilated. The PowerMac G5 is designed with many slower fans and wind channels so that they can get better cooling with less noise.
Other companies pretty much take a chip from Intel or AMD (which already run pretty hot) and then they take a bunch of other components built by someone else and put them into a case that was designed and built by someone else.
If I'm incorrect, please point me out to currently shipping computers from other vendors where care and attention was paid to the noise generated.
It's sad that even in this thread of conversation you can't see that there is one company striving to give people quiet computers. Instead you have to go off topic and flippantly bash them based off of incorrect notions formed years ago by you or someone you know.
Or you could always get an iMac. It has a fan that only comes on when the machine needs assistence for its chimney effect for removing heat.
I told him about that... *shrug*
One of my co-workers drinks Diet Pepsi and has quite a collection of iTunes caps. However, he illogically hates Apple and hasn't cashed them in yet. I kept trying to get him to give them to me, but he kept insisting that he'd end up getting them once he found a good way to break the DRM and re-encode them.
I personally waited until yesterday to cash in the 3 credits that I had. I rarely drink the stuff either.
They had a decent supply of them in Charlotte, but Diet Pepsi faired better than Pepsi as far as the yellow caps were concerned for some reason.
I don't think I'd consider any of the codecs to be more native than others. But, I haven't actually developed any so I may be in the wrong on that.
PS - I was just offering up a workaround. I don't see why you should start attacking my logic.
By the way, on Windows, IE is open even when you want to use other browsers most of the time.
The logical person would either quit using QuickTime or pay for QuickTime Pro if the "nag" screen were so annoying to them. I paid for QuickTime Pro. It's only $30.
I'd argue that the non-DRM version has more utility.
I'd imagine the performance hit is due to the QuickTime Component (might need optimizing), not any crippling by Apple. I never had that many Ogg files, so I haven't experienced your problem.
QuickTime Player is swapped out when it is idle. It doesn't take up any system resources. The only screen space that is taken up is the icon in the Dock. That's a maximum of 128x128 pixels but generally much, much less than that. And, you can also auto-hide the Dock if you want to.
The real solution for Real is to concentrate on DRM-less music downloads. Enlist enlightened independent musicians and enlightened labels (if there are any). That way their songs (which are already encoded in AAC) will easily interoperate with iPods and any other software or hardware that supports AAC.
Real uses AAC.
iChat doesn't use Pixlet. It uses the industry standard H.263 video codec. Look at the summary for the (currently) third link in those Google results.
iChat will work with any camera that supports the FireWire IIDC profile. There are even some programs that can emulate the IIDC for USB cameras.
You can buy DVD recorders and DVD recording software for you Mac. Apple isn't stopping you.
I agree with you on the iSync part. Hopefully it will eventually be a published API.
Yeah, but Real working with FairPlay AAC and the iPod doesn't hurt Apple or iTunes Music Store in anyway. iPod owners could stick with a complete Apple solution if they wanted, or they could also get some content from Real.
iTMS is mainly used as a driver for iPod sales, Real could also be a driver for iPod sales and Apple wouldn't have to exert any effort for the extra bit of push and in fact may be able to get some extra revenue from Real.
QuickTime doesn't prompt you everytime you start it. It prompts you periodically. And even if it did prompt everytime there is an easy way around it -- never quit QuickTime. Or is your Windows computer not stable enough to pull that off?
Right, whatever... people say the same thing about the iPod Mini's supposed increased portability.