These are nice features, but I keep looking at this from a practical viewpoint.
Are my PCs pretty? No.
Are my PCs going to last until I find them obsolete? Yes.(I can't say I've never had a part fail, but in my opinion there are acceptable losses.)
Granted, I will upgrade the processor, memory and such when I feel like doing it. Ever since I put together the first one I wouldn't think of buying a complete system. I have good cases, hard drives, monitors. Why buy them again if I don't need them?
I'll cut this short, before I start rambling. In addition to cheap and dumb, there is practical.
You think Apple's products are better than everyone else's. Better how? Maybe you find them easier to use, that's personal preference.
I keep hearing the quality arguement. Unless I just happen to be running across the only quality PC's then either the difference in PC vs Mac hardware is insignificant or Macs will last so long after they are obsolete that it is irrelevant.
That would be nicer if you get actually get to use OSX with a PC. **grumble** At least give us the code, so we can make it ourselves. Windows works, but it's only one way + requires basically dealing with all the windows crap. I mean, I get that maybe Apple doesn't want to put the resources into supporting the PC, but at least give us the opportunity to do it ourselves by opening the code. Kindof ironic, really--you would think that a someone that has embraced "open source" would make their code as open as possible. Just changed a few words to see how it would look.
What I'm saying is that if Microsoft made the best damn software in the world and sold excellent, elegant hardware then they would, by definition, not be an evil monopoly. They would be a benevolent monopoly.
If Microsoft made the best software in the world and sold excellent hardware, and still used unfair business practices to build thier monopoly, and after achieving that monopoly, abused that monopoly position to maintain the monopoly, they would still be evil. (How's that for a run-on sentence.)
Look at it this way. Macs are slower (yeah, they really are, dollar for dollar) and more expensive than PC's... and yet millions of people use 'em anyway. Doesn't that tell you something?
By that logic, Windows should only crash on big name machines after you upgrade the hardware.
If IBM, Dell etc had complete control over hardware and software then this would be the case.
Back to the "design hardware for the software and software for the hardware". If Apple isn't doing this, they are fools. And if they are, then it isn't a myth and would have an impact on the stability of thier systems.
Troth is that you just need to build good hardware and good software and make sure the drivers work properly.
So the fact that limited hardware has nothing to do with it? Even with hardware companies developing thier drivers for windows, they still have to hope they will work with countless configurations. Apple's limited hardware can allow them the luxury of testing drivers with all hardware configurations.
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No, I haven't, I keep hearing it won't work on my PC. The masses use PCs, so, it isn't really for the masses.
"but maybe hardware prices will drop as a result."
That's funniest thing I've heard in a while.
"Kind of unfair for those people who don't care about that software or are perfectly happy with initial version to pay extra for hardware to support software development costs for who knows how far into the future they might have been estimated."
It's not about fair, it's about money. That's all it has ever been about, all it ever will be about.
Megahertz is a common unit of measure for the speed at which the clock in your computer runs. The clock rate determines the speed at which a microprocessor executes instructions. So, I'm afaid megahertz does directly equate with speed.
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This whole "Design the Hardware for the software and design the software for the hardware" argument is a myth.
Aple just designs beter stuff and make it work togather.
You appear to be contradicting yourself.
So everyone will have to make more of an effort to delete their defective files.
It could happen.
If I remember correctly, the power comes from the scanning device. I don't remember all the details.
These are nice features, but I keep looking at this from a practical viewpoint.
Are my PCs pretty? No.
Are my PCs going to last until I find them obsolete? Yes.(I can't say I've never had a part fail, but in my opinion there are acceptable losses.)
Granted, I will upgrade the processor, memory and such when I feel like doing it. Ever since I put together the first one I wouldn't think of buying a complete system. I have good cases, hard drives, monitors. Why buy them again if I don't need them?
I'll cut this short, before I start rambling.
In addition to cheap and dumb, there is practical.
No, It's not Limewire specific. I get that with gtk-gnutella. Not always the first results, but I know they'll be there.
Of course you would, and your beige box would be correct.
No, I meant the group of people that need their status symbols.
And I know you didn't mean my sister. You wouldn't want your mom to get mad at you for cheating on her.
There will always be a small market for people who need their status symbols.
You think Apple's products are better than everyone else's. Better how? Maybe you find them easier to use, that's personal preference.
I keep hearing the quality arguement. Unless I just happen to be running across the only quality PC's then either the difference in PC vs Mac hardware is insignificant or Macs will last so long after they are obsolete that it is irrelevant.
That would be nicer if you get actually get to use OSX with a PC. **grumble** At least give us the code, so we can make it ourselves. Windows works, but it's only one way + requires basically dealing with all the windows crap. I mean, I get that maybe Apple doesn't want to put the resources into supporting the PC, but at least give us the opportunity to do it ourselves by opening the code. Kindof ironic, really--you would think that a someone that has embraced "open source" would make their code as open as possible.
Just changed a few words to see how it would look.
What I'm saying is that if Microsoft made the best damn software in the world and sold excellent, elegant hardware then they would, by definition, not be an evil monopoly. They would be a benevolent monopoly.
If Microsoft made the best software in the world and sold excellent hardware, and still used unfair business practices to build thier monopoly, and after achieving that monopoly, abused that monopoly position to maintain the monopoly, they would still be evil. (How's that for a run-on sentence.)
Look at it this way. Macs are slower (yeah, they really are, dollar for dollar) and more expensive than PC's... and yet millions of people use 'em anyway. Doesn't that tell you something?
It tells me that P.T. Barnum was right.
By that logic, Windows should only crash on big name machines after you upgrade the hardware.
If IBM, Dell etc had complete control over hardware and software then this would be the case.
Back to the "design hardware for the software and software for the hardware". If Apple isn't doing this, they are fools. And if they are, then it isn't a myth and would have an impact on the stability of thier systems.
"Allow"? I was under the impression that they snuck in.
By not immediately expelling them, we "allow" illegal immigants into the country.
Which language is "ours"? I was under the impression that your comment was written in a language called "English", not "American".
The language used in the U.S. is American English
I'm not that optimistic, the web designers still have to cater to the masses. As long as IE dominates the market, I don't see any big changes.
"Get back to work, you aren't getting paid to believe in the power of your dreams." - no idea where this came from, but seemed appropriate.
Troth is that you just need to build good hardware and good software and make sure the drivers work properly.
So the fact that limited hardware has nothing to do with it? Even with hardware companies developing thier drivers for windows, they still have to hope they will work with countless configurations. Apple's limited hardware can allow them the luxury of testing drivers with all hardware configurations.
No, I haven't, I keep hearing it won't work on my PC. The masses use PCs, so, it isn't really for the masses.
That would only happen in a perfect world.
like, Linux is amazing or Microsoft sucks.
Have you met any Americans recently? They're almost all idiots! Speaking as a native-born American myself..
It's good that you recognize your problem. The next step is to do something to correct it.
This Canadia place sounds pretty bad, where is it anyway? I'd hate to stumble upon it by accident.
That's funniest thing I've heard in a while.
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That's the funniest thing I've heard in a while.
Preview first, then submit.
And I probably screwed this one up too, but just didn't notice it.
"but maybe hardware prices will drop as a result."
That's funniest thing I've heard in a while.
"Kind of unfair for those people who don't care about that software or are perfectly happy with initial version to pay extra for hardware to support software development costs for who knows how far into the future they might have been estimated."
It's not about fair, it's about money. That's all it has ever been about, all it ever will be about.
I guess I should have logged in before submitting.
Megahertz is a common unit of measure for the speed at which the clock in your computer runs. The clock rate determines the speed at which a microprocessor executes instructions. So, I'm afaid megahertz does directly equate with speed.