McNeally might have gotten out of the way of the technologists, but that doesn't mean middle management did. I've heard a few frustrating stories regarding the company during the late 90s.
Back before there were powerbooks (in fact before I was into Macs) there was a company that made Mac portables. The catch was that you had to remove the ROM and the CPU and install it into the laptop. Anyone remember the name of the company that sold these and what they were called?
Judging by the way the used Mac market works currently, in six years you can probably sell it for $300 - $500. OTOH, if you have a G3 product or a sub Ghz G4, it probably won't be worth your while to sell. Higher speed G4s will be borderline, and G5s will probably still be worth something, despite the transition to Intel.
It's Saturday, you don't have to sip the anti-koolaid today.
What you wrote might be true if the program was restricted to recycling old Macs. This program covers any computer; the only requirement is that you purchase a new Mac to participate. More details. More info.
HP, AFAIK, charges a small fee to recycle your computer.
If you're going to slag on companies, at least get your info straight. Then you'll have some factual basis for your cynicism.
I remember the early stages of OS X. It was neither exceptionally awesome, nor was it very familiar. I hated it. I think that must have been around 10.1. By 10.2, I gave it another chance, and it seemed sufficiently awesome to invest the time in it. As I became more familiar with it, more of the awesomeness was revealed. I haven't had to go back to OS 9 for the longest time, and when I do (to play a few games on my OS 9 bootable machine), OS 9 just seems painful.
I would guess that we'll see the same phenomena as more windows users switch to dual booting Macs. As the become more familiar with OS X, they'll boot into windows less and less.
It could be the same for Linux desktop UIs, but they need a sufficient level of awesome to even get people to give them a fair try out.
You're just playing on the stereotype that people in the U.S. are all ignorant savages. I live in the bleak wilderness of Los Angeles (under a rock), and I know what a page 3 girl is.
I used to do that to get free magazine subscriptions in my teen and college years. Later, in the working world, I started receiving more trade magazines than any 20 people could possibly read in a month.
When I finally got a laptop with wireless and could use it for all my bathroom reading, I canceled those subscriptions.
The reason a recording artist can't just re-record an album with a different record company is because the recording company has secured the mechanical rights, i.e., the recording rights.
Let's back up here. When someone creates a song, they own the copyright to that song. The copyright can be divided into component rights, i.e., publishing rights and mechanical rights. Recording companies do not generally try to buy the publishing rights from the artists, although there are certain exceptions to this*.) Generally, a songwriter will keep the publishing rights, and make a royalty every time the song is purchased or publicly performed.
*The most famous exception is the Beatles' catalog, which is not owned by their record company Apple Corp., but jointly by Michael Jackson and Sony. Apple Corp still holds the mechanical rights, however.
You've edited my submission, and my submission was thereby improved! This is (almost) causing me to question all my notions about slashdot and the slashdot editors! Maybe you guys really do do some work around here? =)
The Apple expansion isn't just for future business expansion. Currently, they're renting all available office space in Cupertino, and are having to rent space farther afield. They need office space for the current employees.
Is there any other number that bears a closer relationship to selling price? A company's market cap is what the market believes a company to be worth. Multiply all outstanding shares by the share price, and that is what a company is worth at any given moment.
Now, sure, the actual price paid for a company can diverge upwards or downwards from that, based on many factors. But if you don't start with market cap, how do you value a company?
Well, Cringley is a troll just for the pleasure of it. You'll notice that there are no advertisements on his page, thus page hits aren't doing much but costing PBS a little bandwith.
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McNeally might have gotten out of the way of the technologists, but that doesn't mean middle management did. I've heard a few frustrating stories regarding the company during the late 90s.
Back before there were powerbooks (in fact before I was into Macs) there was a company that made Mac portables. The catch was that you had to remove the ROM and the CPU and install it into the laptop. Anyone remember the name of the company that sold these and what they were called?
Judging by the way the used Mac market works currently, in six years you can probably sell it for $300 - $500. OTOH, if you have a G3 product or a sub Ghz G4, it probably won't be worth your while to sell. Higher speed G4s will be borderline, and G5s will probably still be worth something, despite the transition to Intel.
It's Saturday, you don't have to sip the anti-koolaid today.
What you wrote might be true if the program was restricted to recycling old Macs. This program covers any computer; the only requirement is that you purchase a new Mac to participate. More details. More info.
HP, AFAIK, charges a small fee to recycle your computer.
If you're going to slag on companies, at least get your info straight. Then you'll have some factual basis for your cynicism.
CUPERTINO, California--April 21, 2006--Apple® today announced an expansion of its successful recycling program. . . .
More like a week ago.
Is this big news? I dunno. I guess it's a good thing.
I remember the early stages of OS X. It was neither exceptionally awesome, nor was it very familiar. I hated it. I think that must have been around 10.1. By 10.2, I gave it another chance, and it seemed sufficiently awesome to invest the time in it. As I became more familiar with it, more of the awesomeness was revealed. I haven't had to go back to OS 9 for the longest time, and when I do (to play a few games on my OS 9 bootable machine), OS 9 just seems painful.
I would guess that we'll see the same phenomena as more windows users switch to dual booting Macs. As the become more familiar with OS X, they'll boot into windows less and less.
It could be the same for Linux desktop UIs, but they need a sufficient level of awesome to even get people to give them a fair try out.
Which is why we have the dictum of using the right tool for the right job. If you only have a hammer, then everything starts to look like a nail.
For your scenario above, clearly the best tool for the job is a neutron bomb, and not a ninja.
He who questions training only trains himself at asking questions.
If you can balance a tack hammer on your head, you will head off your foes with a balanced attack.
Although I'm still not clear on why I'm wearing watermelon on my feet.
Flamebait and offtopic! I guess the world is not yet ready for my Grand Unified Pronoun Theory.
You're just playing on the stereotype that people in the U.S. are all ignorant savages. I live in the bleak wilderness of Los Angeles (under a rock), and I know what a page 3 girl is.
Yes, it is.
Man, Nintendo is gonna be pissed at their marketing department!
I used to do that to get free magazine subscriptions in my teen and college years. Later, in the working world, I started receiving more trade magazines than any 20 people could possibly read in a month.
When I finally got a laptop with wireless and could use it for all my bathroom reading, I canceled those subscriptions.
You're partly right, but partly wrong.
The reason a recording artist can't just re-record an album with a different record company is because the recording company has secured the mechanical rights, i.e., the recording rights.
Let's back up here. When someone creates a song, they own the copyright to that song. The copyright can be divided into component rights, i.e., publishing rights and mechanical rights. Recording companies do not generally try to buy the publishing rights from the artists, although there are certain exceptions to this*.) Generally, a songwriter will keep the publishing rights, and make a royalty every time the song is purchased or publicly performed.
*The most famous exception is the Beatles' catalog, which is not owned by their record company Apple Corp., but jointly by Michael Jackson and Sony. Apple Corp still holds the mechanical rights, however.
You've edited my submission, and my submission was thereby improved! This is (almost) causing me to question all my notions about slashdot and the slashdot editors! Maybe you guys really do do some work around here? =)
The Apple expansion isn't just for future business expansion. Currently, they're renting all available office space in Cupertino, and are having to rent space farther afield. They need office space for the current employees.
Wii is Japanese for vagina.
I totally agree!
Oh, wait. You said he's onto something.
I first read that as he was on something.
Nevermind.
Is there any other number that bears a closer relationship to selling price? A company's market cap is what the market believes a company to be worth. Multiply all outstanding shares by the share price, and that is what a company is worth at any given moment.
Now, sure, the actual price paid for a company can diverge upwards or downwards from that, based on many factors. But if you don't start with market cap, how do you value a company?
Well, Cringley is a troll just for the pleasure of it. You'll notice that there are no advertisements on his page, thus page hits aren't doing much but costing PBS a little bandwith.
The researchers predict that this will be extremely hard to detect, but they do offer a few suggestions for combating it.
You have to destroy its brain, of course.
Are you playing with your Wii, or are you just glad to see me?
Part of the underlying beauty of Web 2.0 is that most Web 2.0 business plans sound like a parody of Web 2.0.
You'll want to check out these two links for the latest information on Web 2.0.
The other issue with using ultra fast spindle speed HDs in laptops is that it makes your laptop pull to the left.