Yes, folks, let's just ignore the Gartner Group's report and teams of statisticans and accountants, and take the snecdotal word of Zeinfeld, local Slashdot Apple-bashing troll.
I think it's too soon to measure the effectiveness of Apple's "Real People" campaign, since it's only been about a week so far.
On the other hand, the endorsements seem to be genuine. Check out Aaron Adams' extensive writeup on his computing experiences (warning: lots of geek cred!) and how he ended up in an Apple commercial.
I just thought it was strange to see a writer bash Apple, when the magazine he writes for uses the computers he says should be dicontinued.
Strange? It's the de facto standard procedure for years. If the Winlots realized what computers were used to produce their favorite magazines, they'd all suffer brain aneuryisms from the contradiction.
As writer and publisher Scott Kelby noted, you can buy graphic and design and publishing magazines that are Mac-specific, because there's a big enough market for that stuff. You can't find anything like that for Windows, because nobody serious about publishing would touch it with a ten-foot pole.
I heard him say on his Silicon Spin show several times (quote, unquote) "People don't want to edit their videos."
Like most pundits, he makes the mistake of assuming that what he wants is what everyone else wants. It must be pathetic being as creatively stunted as Dvorak.
I personally know three first time Mac buyers who bought Macs mostly for that very reason.
I upgraded to an iMac DV+ a few years ago partially (though I don't know about "mostly") for iMovie. And now Apple's got iDVD, which is even more drool-worthy.
But I'm sure John will tell me that I don't haave any desire to burn DVDs, noooooooooooo...
It's not just you -- as a college-educated programmer with 12+ years of experience and an advanced degree, I remember cringing in embarassment the first time I heard the term "extreme programming." I still cringe today every time I hear that stupid term. It's a term that requires three exclamation marks and a "kewl dood" tone of voice, both of which only makes it sound dumber.
Then again, "extreme" anything is a paradigm that's lame beyond words. What's next, "extreme slacking"?
Thank goodness these idiots weren't around in the '80s, or we'd be saddled with "Gnarly Java" or "Radical OOP" today...
Microsoft doesn't have a good track record for innovative hardware -- the XBox is a bunch of off-the-shelf PC parts thrown in a (big and ugly) box, and the MS Intellimouse was licensed from Hewitt-Packard.
The only way Microsoft can sell an iPod-like music player is if someone else invents it first and they buy the licensing rights.
There's also the possibility that antialiasing will munge up the display on some applications. If Apple made it on by default, those affected would be griping. By making it the developers' responsibility to upgrade their software (or not), it can be handled on a case-by-case basis. Note that Silk also lets you specify which apps not to apply anti-aliasing to, for instance.
Does your toilet water drain counter-clockwise? I now the seasons are reversed, I'm wondering about the coriolis effect of the earths spin.
Forget it -- the Corrolis Effect is so weak on bathtubs that it essentially has no effect. The only way you can even begin to see a difference is if you fill a tub with water, let it sit idle for a day (to negate any motion from the water entering in the first place), and then let it drain. But for day-to-day use, there's no effect.
The funniest video-game manual ever has to be for Epyx's old Crush, Crumble, and Chomp! movie monster simulator game. Lots and lots and lots of hilarious gags and puns, all delivered with the written equivalent of a sober deadpan. Easily worth the price of the game as a whole.
Betcha nobody else reading this message will have seen it, however.
Besides, wasn't the "i" mean to stand for "Internet" back in the day. InternetPod? InternetTunes? InternetPhoto? They're not really fitting...
Why not? iTunes lets you listen to streaming internet radio, and snarf MP3s from (among other sources) internet sites. The iPod is an extension of that.
iPhoto lets you post photo albums on the web, email photos to folks, and order prints online. Even iMovie lets you export movies for low-bandwidth web posting. The only anomaly in Apple's iNaming is iDVD.
In the past, Apple's Quicktime Pro keys are good for one full upgrade of Quicktime. When I bought my key for QTPro3, I could install QT4 and get the Pro features as well. It wasn't until QT5 came out that I had to re-purchase the key again.
Did I read a different article than everyone else here? Because it seems to me that while Pixar will be using Macs for storyboarding and other such work, the actual rendering will still be done by their Linux-based renderfarms...?
Don't forget that JTS (the Tramiel's disk drive company) sold the rights to their Atari assets to Hasbro, and Hasbro released all of their Jaguar-related items into the public domain. So there's no legal snafu here.
Besides, would there really be much public confusion over a Jaguar video-game console and a Jaguar computer? You'd have to be using a similar name in a competing industry before you can cry foul.
Raimi's said that Gwen's character got squooshed into Mary Jane's character to make the movie simpler for non-fans to follow. Though I suppose she could show up in a sequel, similar to what happens in the Ultimate Spider-Man comic.
And the organtic web shooters make more sense that the mechanical ones. If Parker had invented mechanical web shooters and a temporary super-durable webbing, he could have sold it to 3M and retired a billionare at age 18.
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Yes, folks, let's just ignore the Gartner Group's report and teams of statisticans and accountants, and take the snecdotal word of Zeinfeld, local Slashdot Apple-bashing troll.
I think it's too soon to measure the effectiveness of Apple's "Real People" campaign, since it's only been about a week so far.
On the other hand, the endorsements seem to be genuine. Check out Aaron Adams' extensive writeup on his computing experiences (warning: lots of geek cred!) and how he ended up in an Apple commercial.
Maybe Dvorak is afraid of the revelation that all those other writers are smarter than he is?
I just thought it was strange to see a writer bash Apple, when the magazine he writes for uses the computers he says should be dicontinued.
Strange? It's the de facto standard procedure for years. If the Winlots realized what computers were used to produce their favorite magazines, they'd all suffer brain aneuryisms from the contradiction.
As writer and publisher Scott Kelby noted, you can buy graphic and design and publishing magazines that are Mac-specific, because there's a big enough market for that stuff. You can't find anything like that for Windows, because nobody serious about publishing would touch it with a ten-foot pole.
So maybe Dvorak's real problem is that he's a closeted Mac user, but is afraid to "come out" because his Wintel-using peers will shun him?
I heard him say on his Silicon Spin show several times (quote, unquote) "People don't want to edit their videos."
Like most pundits, he makes the mistake of assuming that what he wants is what everyone else wants. It must be pathetic being as creatively stunted as Dvorak.
I personally know three first time Mac buyers who bought Macs mostly for that very reason.
I upgraded to an iMac DV+ a few years ago partially (though I don't know about "mostly") for iMovie. And now Apple's got iDVD, which is even more drool-worthy.
But I'm sure John will tell me that I don't haave any desire to burn DVDs, noooooooooooo...
He was very pro Mac, but didn't like Apple too much.
Sounds like one of us typical Mac users, then! :-)
Yes, but people don't snicker when you drive by in a BMW.
It's not just you -- as a college-educated programmer with 12+ years of experience and an advanced degree, I remember cringing in embarassment the first time I heard the term "extreme programming." I still cringe today every time I hear that stupid term. It's a term that requires three exclamation marks and a "kewl dood" tone of voice, both of which only makes it sound dumber.
Then again, "extreme" anything is a paradigm that's lame beyond words. What's next, "extreme slacking"?
Thank goodness these idiots weren't around in the '80s, or we'd be saddled with "Gnarly Java" or "Radical OOP" today...
Which means this is news only because Apple does it, too?
Slashdot must be starving for hit counts today.
Microsoft doesn't have a good track record for innovative hardware -- the XBox is a bunch of off-the-shelf PC parts thrown in a (big and ugly) box, and the MS Intellimouse was licensed from Hewitt-Packard.
The only way Microsoft can sell an iPod-like music player is if someone else invents it first and they buy the licensing rights.
Since when does advertising not lie?
Or do bikini-clad women really leap out of your closet the moment you pop open a can of Miller beer?
I think between Appleworks and Apple's bundled iApps, they've got most mainstream applications covered already.
There's also the possibility that antialiasing will munge up the display on some applications. If Apple made it on by default, those affected would be griping. By making it the developers' responsibility to upgrade their software (or not), it can be handled on a case-by-case basis. Note that Silk also lets you specify which apps not to apply anti-aliasing to, for instance.
Does your toilet water drain counter-clockwise? I now the seasons are reversed, I'm wondering about the coriolis effect of the earths spin.
Forget it -- the Corrolis Effect is so weak on bathtubs that it essentially has no effect. The only way you can even begin to see a difference is if you fill a tub with water, let it sit idle for a day (to negate any motion from the water entering in the first place), and then let it drain. But for day-to-day use, there's no effect.
The funniest video-game manual ever has to be for Epyx's old Crush, Crumble, and Chomp! movie monster simulator game. Lots and lots and lots of hilarious gags and puns, all delivered with the written equivalent of a sober deadpan. Easily worth the price of the game as a whole.
Betcha nobody else reading this message will have seen it, however.
Being denied content, because I don't care to pay Apple (not Lucas bear in mind, Apple) is something that I don't like.
Yes, how dare the cable company require me to pay them just because I want to watch their programs!
Anyone who thinks a "Commodore 64" badge is "cool" should not be trying to offer criticism of Apple's industrial design.
...and double-clicking, and dragging windows, and drag-select.
Xerox started it, Apple finished it. Why not give both of 'em equal credit, like Stan Lee and Jack Kirby?
Besides, wasn't the "i" mean to stand for "Internet" back in the day. InternetPod? InternetTunes? InternetPhoto? They're not really fitting...
Why not? iTunes lets you listen to streaming internet radio, and snarf MP3s from (among other sources) internet sites. The iPod is an extension of that.
iPhoto lets you post photo albums on the web, email photos to folks, and order prints online. Even iMovie lets you export movies for low-bandwidth web posting. The only anomaly in Apple's iNaming is iDVD.
But hey, it's all market branding.
In the past, Apple's Quicktime Pro keys are good for one full upgrade of Quicktime. When I bought my key for QTPro3, I could install QT4 and get the Pro features as well. It wasn't until QT5 came out that I had to re-purchase the key again.
I believe the XServe already comes with a CD-ROM drive in front.
Did I read a different article than everyone else here? Because it seems to me that while Pixar will be using Macs for storyboarding and other such work, the actual rendering will still be done by their Linux-based renderfarms...?
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Don't forget that JTS (the Tramiel's disk drive company) sold the rights to their Atari assets to Hasbro, and Hasbro released all of their Jaguar-related items into the public domain. So there's no legal snafu here.
Besides, would there really be much public confusion over a Jaguar video-game console and a Jaguar computer? You'd have to be using a similar name in a competing industry before you can cry foul.
Raimi's said that Gwen's character got squooshed into Mary Jane's character to make the movie simpler for non-fans to follow. Though I suppose she could show up in a sequel, similar to what happens in the Ultimate Spider-Man comic.
And the organtic web shooters make more sense that the mechanical ones. If Parker had invented mechanical web shooters and a temporary super-durable webbing, he could have sold it to 3M and retired a billionare at age 18.