Value is understood in relation to the marketplace, not the "usefulness" of the product.
How's that "investing" in computer hardware going? Have any of those old Sun Servers appreciated in value yet? No? Well, just hold on to them. Someday they'll be collectors' items.
Well, even if one believes that Steve Jobs is God's one true prophet, as I do, one shouldn't run out and buy a complete first gen computer and expect to be lucky. There's a reason it's called the bleeding edge.
I always wait until at least rev. 2, or better yet, wait for rev. 3, then buy a rev. 2 refurb.
I bought an aluminum PB last fall, because I knew I wouldn't want to buy an intel based Mac for at least a year after initial release.
That's odd. My Applecare on my recently retired Ti paid for itself at least three times over.
When the combo drive was acting up, I sent it in, and at no extra charge and without having to ask, they replaced a part of the case that had become dented and the keyboard, some keys of which had gotten a little melty from an errant cigarette ash. What's more, it only took 4 days including the day I shipped it and the day I got it back.
All of my experiences with Applecare have been stellar.
I'll agree that some of the geniuses at the Applestore are complete idiots. I've had to argue with them a couple of times, and once I had to solve a problem with a shorting AC adapter by going to another store (I live within 10 minutes of two stores).
Thing is, at the time that Jobs said they weren't going to make a video capable iPod, the reason he gave was that there wasn't enough legal content available. Apple then proceeded to (or was already in the process of) line up video content for the iTunes store while developing the video iPod.
I wouldn't call this a flip flop. At worst, it's putting out disinformation to confuse competitors. Disavowing video was part of the strategy.
I don't want to start a holy war here, but what is the deal with you Pony fanatics? I've been sitting here at my freelance gig in front of a My Little Pony for about 20 minutes now while it attempts to copy a 17 Meg file from one folder on the hard drive to another folder. 20 minutes. At home, on my Strawberry Shortcake, which by all standards should be a lot slower than this My Little Pony, the same operation would take about 2 minutes. If that.
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I don't know if this would have been an option, but you do know that, at least as of this moment, Apple is still selling G4 powerbooks?
Value is understood in relation to the marketplace, not the "usefulness" of the product.
How's that "investing" in computer hardware going? Have any of those old Sun Servers appreciated in value yet? No? Well, just hold on to them. Someday they'll be collectors' items.
Well, even if one believes that Steve Jobs is God's one true prophet, as I do, one shouldn't run out and buy a complete first gen computer and expect to be lucky. There's a reason it's called the bleeding edge.
I always wait until at least rev. 2, or better yet, wait for rev. 3, then buy a rev. 2 refurb.
I bought an aluminum PB last fall, because I knew I wouldn't want to buy an intel based Mac for at least a year after initial release.
If you're going to be such a slob and slosh your koolaid around like that in public, at least wear an iBib.
But other than that, welcome to computer paradise. =)
He's talking about saving 40% on the notebook, not on his taxes.
Do you still have 2 healthy kidneys?
Won't work. Steve Jobs is a vegetarian.
That's odd. My Applecare on my recently retired Ti paid for itself at least three times over.
When the combo drive was acting up, I sent it in, and at no extra charge and without having to ask, they replaced a part of the case that had become dented and the keyboard, some keys of which had gotten a little melty from an errant cigarette ash. What's more, it only took 4 days including the day I shipped it and the day I got it back.
All of my experiences with Applecare have been stellar.
I'll agree that some of the geniuses at the Applestore are complete idiots. I've had to argue with them a couple of times, and once I had to solve a problem with a shorting AC adapter by going to another store (I live within 10 minutes of two stores).
I knew you were going to say that!
In Soviet Korea, only old robot overlords welcome YOU!!
The point is wanking to robot hand job internet porn.
I think it's unfair to think that all robots will have the same proclivities as the fruitfucker 2000.
This will be the only way many slashdotters will evar remove a woman's bra/
I heard it was the other way around.
I think you misspelled jackal
Thing is, at the time that Jobs said they weren't going to make a video capable iPod, the reason he gave was that there wasn't enough legal content available. Apple then proceeded to (or was already in the process of) line up video content for the iTunes store while developing the video iPod.
I wouldn't call this a flip flop. At worst, it's putting out disinformation to confuse competitors. Disavowing video was part of the strategy.
Sean Connery with a ponytail!!
And red leather hot pants!
Is it just me, or is your giant flying head getting all hard and tingly, too?
Next thing you know, we'll be hearing that Fox News got hacked and that Bill O'Reily is really a lizard person.
I agree, but I'm still not going to second level meditation!
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I don't want to start a holy war here, but what is the deal with you Pony fanatics? I've been sitting here at my freelance gig in front of a My Little Pony for about 20 minutes now while it attempts to copy a 17 Meg file from one folder on the hard drive to another folder. 20 minutes. At home, on my Strawberry Shortcake, which by all standards should be a lot slower than this My Little Pony, the same operation would take about 2 minutes. If that.
In Cute Soviet Korea, only old pony overlords welcome YOU!!
I'm still having trouble imagining a beowulf cluster of them, tho'.
Even if it's gone at midnight, wait a day or so for the dupe.
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What could be cuter than kitten feces?
It's been slash dotted. Figures.
a real Jedi would toast it with his mind