I second that, and will also say that my largest client has NONE of their Macs (120 of them) hooked to the internet for security reasons and productivity reasons. There is only an internal intranet hooked to an internal mail server that gets monitored. I would dare to say that most ad agencies are this way because they have to work on products up to two years before they are released and would get sued if info leaked out.
Installed base = marketshare. What you don't take into account is Mac Users keep their Macs for almost 6 years on average. DOUBLE that of the Wintel/Linux box world. Further, there are VERY few switchers from Macs to Wintel, a reasonable number switchers from PCs. You also do not take into account that at it's peak Apple had a 20% share or better and STILL has a 30% share in education (which may be slightly higher this year due to 17,000 iBooks to VA and 30,000 iBooks to maine and now it appears 15,000 iBook to AZ.
Well, from my own tests. Linux runs a lot faster on a 604e machine than Say OS 9. There are a dozen dozen websites that back that claim up.
For time sake, obviously I have less than you, I don't post links in most of my articles. I post common knowledge or easily "googled" messages. Instead I respond to almost every post.
It is a given that something like a Red Hat implementation with Apache runs faster than a NT or Windows server.
Why don't you google a little? Can you point out ANYTHING in the post that is NOT true?
Apple installed base IS 11% - quarterly market SALES share is 3-4%
Everyone equates Apple statistics the wrong way. Companies like (the desperate) Gateway even go as far as using the Megahertz myth in their ads for their Profile all in ones.
Apple has a quarterly SALES pentration/market share of 3% to 4% but has an installed base somewhere around 11%.
Of course we all know what "Mac People" like to point out about the RISC processor being 40% faster than an x86 and in most cases 75-90% than a Celeron. Who knows about the Centrino. (What a poor name to choose - "trino" anything sounds miniscule)
It's the same way in the Linux community. Most versions of Linux run faster than Windows on the same hardware. (true in some cases on Mac hardware than OS X/OS 9 as well) There is a significantly higher number of 'nix users than M$ would like us to believe. I don't know the member numbers at Sourceforge & Slashdot. Not all are 'nix users but it is significantly high. That alone is large enough base. M$ wants everyone to belive that only mainstream/mass advertising companies (like themselves) have market share. They like to take advantage of the public psyche.
There are several Sony XBR 54 Inch that are 720p and 1080p/1080i with DVI interfaces. Circuit City has a 1080p XBR 65 inch this week for $4799 - no $5K Plasma is that size or 1080p. Just about any Samsung 1080p or 720p RP TV will out do contrast and hue (especially in shadow and hue) compared to a ANY plasma.
I don't see ANY autonomous system NOT reying somewhat on GPS. At least, not even as a redundancy or backup.
Because something can be done doesn't even mean it can be feasible/useful if possible. By example, I'm sure someone could completely fill up a car with electronics and make this work. What they need is to have "design/weight bonus" to the prize. I think this theory is proving very true in the TV industry right now. People just like Plasma TV's because they look cool and takke up a lot less space - it's certainly not for the picture quality that a similar sized high end (cheaper too) rear projection TV can provide. A similar product is the iPod, it's not only the smallest for the most capacity but has great design and great integration. Even Creative's ZenPlayer hasn't gotten the reviews of the iPod.
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I would slightly disagree.. MANY Tiawanese companies will OEM panels for very little difference from big customers. If I wanted 100 14.1" iBook screens from Quanta they would sell them to me for $118 each (with the right wholesalers/manufacturer creditials) They charge Apple, if I'm not mistaken $104 each. Both are OEM from Samsung which charges Quanta $90. Quanta adds some electronics and assembling.
Volume discounts are a factor with startups being able to price competively, but not much. Bang & Olufsen charges more because of name and style, not because of component prices. This company seems to want to capitalize on "cool factor" rather than market penetration. (Which is almost always a mistake) The only exception I know of to that rule is Apple; possibly Palm.
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How could it be that 13" LCD panels are the cost factor. If companies can sell 14.1" LCDs for $149 now and laptop makers can sell Tablet PC 13"-15" for $1400 total, then what is making this $4000?
I do think this is a novel concept. Several of the posts/replies to this article are mentioning they would miss the mechanical keyboard. I believe this would be best suited for an external USB keyboard and "onscreen touch keyboard" when necessary or travelling.
I think this would be a boom for audio & photo/video professionals. Toolbars on one screen, preview/waveforms on the other, plus onscreen tracing/editting/erasing. If you are a photo/ad pro then you you haven't had value until have tried a Cintiq from Wacom. They are VERY expensive but VERY worth it!
In some regard, I think it takes a whacko to call someone else a whacko.
That said, Susan Sarandon, as well as Martin Sheen, and Jeneane Garafolo (all pretty poor talent anyway) and as many others have been spotted, are not just protesting for war reasons but actually whoring themselves for the FAR LEFT. They aren't protesting war, they are protesting anything Bush is for. Call it conspiracy or call it insight; it may be possible that these efforts are being funded through covert channels.
It's funny, these actors that are war protesters are so contradictory. On the one hand they are war protesters and defend a country's or dictator's right to "boil in oil" anyone who protests anything state sponsored in that country. It's not FUD, it is truth. The actors also perpetuate some sort of weird whacky myth that this is over oil. They also say it's for political gain. While minutely true, I doubt Bush thinks this is gaining him votes or helping HIS Texas oil prices. Oil companies love for gas prices to be high and it's NOT hardly related to an iRaqi war. OPEC and oil producers around the world are fixing prices and blaming the excuse on the war and supply. It's the same as the stock market. Lows are being blamed on the war fears. The economy was tanking WAY before Sept 11th. And companies are ONLY now being shaken out. The economy will recover before the end of 2003 and THAT'S when the stock market will recover.
Very interesting LA Law style tactic. Good suggestion. A local to me tried something similar. He said that our local paper was invading his private space and trespassing. He claimed that the local paper delivery boy was doing nothing more than scouting the place out for late night heists of our condo property when delivering the weekly free sampler paper.
I believe the local court ruled similarly saying that, one person gets the paper and OTHERs at my place enjoy getting the weekly sampler so EVERYONE should have the benefit of the free paper and delivery to your door. The plaintiff, after losing delivers 50 weekly samplers to the door steps of the court house EVERY week now. About two weeks ago, the city filed a lawsuit for littering. He is claiming that a few people like the repository and actually pick up the paper to read and that a few people inside get regular delivery of the paper. The weekly sampler also includes the arrests listings for Greenville County, he's claiming "informational association" - it's been entertaining to watch.
Only a few states allow people to do this. My state is one of them. For fun, and to relax boredom I call one (a product distributor) or two every now and then. I make them listen as I recite my state's law to them and then, without profanity, cuss them out, and threaten them with a lawsuit. I actually use it as a teaching tool for my girlfriend and to my employees on how to properly address problems and stand up for integrity.
There are VERY few legit business's that benefit monetarily from SPAM. If you are getting SPAM from a legit biz, you signed up for it, or didn't uncheck, "send me mail from other parties that may have other items of importance to me" or you downloaded Stuffit Expander;)
I agree with a post above, it has to made into an offense to send mail from a fake SMTP.
But really, one could say that everything we see and will ever see has been thought of already. I think it started in the early part of last century and is peaking right now as far as what is being done, what can be done, and what will be done.
One can say the same thing about movies and music.
The key is creativity to bring comprehension to the masses. This was the point of The Matrix. It better told the Alice in Wonderland story to the modern generation. Both are satire and allegory.
Also, just to make example with your comment. I thought the interaction by entire hand movement, translucent layered screens and earbud in Minority Report was VERY innovative. There wasn't a tricked out cyberworld with googles or wearable computer to be seen.
Your eyes were indentifiers (instead of RFIDs)
Reverse segway: Rap made old music new again. So it was redone; it sounded completely new. Something doesn't have to be "never before seen" or proprieatry to be different or new!
If Motorola has any track record it is to be a follower and not a leader. It is a few and far between product release that is innovative or not easily "copied" for much less R&D and money than Moto can make.
I think at this point, Moto is in an 80's Chrysler state. They are putting out ok stuff, but not innovating in design and especially advancing standards or creating new concepts. Chrysler finally learned this wasn't the way to go and started producing the Prowler, the Viper, The PT Cruiser, and even the concept car from 5 years ago, the Atlantic; was WAY AHEAD of it's time. Some of it's features will be in the soon to be released Maybach. But alas, they were purchased by Mercedes. This is possibly the way Moto will go. I think a conglom like Masushita (Panasoinc) or maybe even Sony will buy them out within the next 5 years. Both of those companies have diverse needs for embedded processors, Moto's real money. Sony has always seen merit in the Apple side of computing and could make HUGE inroads with such a purchase. Sony Pres (see mac web sites) recently said he wishes he could buy Apple and has wanted to for a LONG time.
Which segways into this; Moto best exemplifies what I'm trying to say by the lack of innovation and forsight into the PowerPC processor that is used embedded in Cisco routers and as the G4 in Apple products. Motorola single handedly has cost Apple market share. They locked Apple into the processor and made the PowerPC such a proprietary RISC implementation that no one even wanted to copy it. Finally, they have released the Altivec core technologies to IBM, one of the PPC AIM partners. I beleive the muscle and R&D at IBM will bring great things to the PPC line and soon with the Power 4 and Power 5.
Another segway. Truthfully, these products are almost here in some form and two years as the article states for these "revoltionary" products to be realeased will be behind the curve. Moto will just be another player in the market and probably even higher priced. Moto isn't as recognized the name as it was for the 30's 40's 50's generations and few see why they should pay a premium for their products rather than say a Sony something or other.
The pen is basically here from Logitech (bluetooth ink and digipen), the Glasses are basically here from Sony (glasstron), the watch has been here without a big company or mass apeal for nearly two years, the PDA by means of the Zaurus or iPaq, maybe now the Sony P800, and the wireless headphones already exist in close to the same form factor as the article pitched. All of the things I mentioned now have bluetooth too!
I guess if they decide to "unexist" pluto - scientists will also say that it's proof there's no Hell. : ) (because it would be too small to house all the people that have gone anyway and isn't technically a place anymore)
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I would completely agree but I venture to say one reason people use Macs is because they ARE novices - even the pros- they are expert at the app they use. When one refers, such to yourself, you are a professional internet/web browser user. Not many Mac owners are like that.
If you look at the picture I supplied in another post, I actually find the tab implementation confusing.
Since, personally, I am used to multiple windows I can actually navigate through, in and around them VERY quickly.
I also don't like to see any code bloat, even if it is a few lines like another post pointed out.
I think Apple should leave features like this to OTHER browsers so they can seperate themselves not only with requested features but by being more robust. Anything added is something more to support.
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This screenshot indicates that tabbed browsing is CONFUSING. Is it part of the toolbar, is it a link, what is it? It also takes up an additional two lines. One website I frequent often, moves an important link for the size I have for my window, out of sight.
There is a lot to be said for "similar experience though" - this is part of the force behind "OS X adoption" - it is different.
It took a necessity like Bluetooth and the T68i phone to make me switch. I'm an Apple Consultant and programmer. I understand OS X and actually like it now. However, I still open multiple windows, still view in icon mode, and still use Notepad from Classic. It is a matter of what you are used to.
My best example is the mouse I use. I use a Logitech wireless trackball - I use it so much I actually have difficulty using any other type of mouse now. It's not about "not wanting to learn something new" - it's about what your eyes/mind are used to. MOST every Mac I have seen (in the 10's of 1000's) have never had such a feature turned on as tabbed. When the sidebar and tabs pops up in IE, even with my knowledge, instantly confuses me
See this:
This describes the debate perfectly: http://www.fandango.net/switched.mov
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The percentage of Safari Users that would use tabs is low at best... it seems that the only people that are wanting this feature which causes interface clutter (eventhough minimal, it is is evasive) are the only ones posting, maybe several thousand. It also bloats code.
Other than a few bugs, in my opinion, the only thing Safari needs is autocomplete. Everyone that I do business with fills in internet forms. Personally, I list on eBay; for this, autocomplete is great when listing or when paying for something online.
I deal with 100's of customers a month and not one has wondered why Safari doesn't have tabs. ALL, miss auto complete - some want password/keychain interaction.
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For time sake, obviously I have less than you, I don't post links in most of my articles. I post common knowledge or easily "googled" messages. Instead I respond to almost every post.
It is a given that something like a Red Hat implementation with Apache runs faster than a NT or Windows server.
Why don't you google a little? Can you point out ANYTHING in the post that is NOT true?
Apple installed base IS 11% - quarterly market SALES share is 3-4%
Apple has a quarterly SALES pentration/market share of 3% to 4% but has an installed base somewhere around 11%.
Of course we all know what "Mac People" like to point out about the RISC processor being 40% faster than an x86 and in most cases 75-90% than a Celeron. Who knows about the Centrino. (What a poor name to choose - "trino" anything sounds miniscule)
It's the same way in the Linux community. Most versions of Linux run faster than Windows on the same hardware. (true in some cases on Mac hardware than OS X/OS 9 as well) There is a significantly higher number of 'nix users than M$ would like us to believe. I don't know the member numbers at Sourceforge & Slashdot. Not all are 'nix users but it is significantly high. That alone is large enough base. M$ wants everyone to belive that only mainstream/mass advertising companies (like themselves) have market share. They like to take advantage of the public psyche.
Then how does Toshiba and Viewsonic and Compaq all make money on Tablet PCs?
Because something can be done doesn't even mean it can be feasible/useful if possible. By example, I'm sure someone could completely fill up a car with electronics and make this work. What they need is to have "design/weight bonus" to the prize. I think this theory is proving very true in the TV industry right now. People just like Plasma TV's because they look cool and takke up a lot less space - it's certainly not for the picture quality that a similar sized high end (cheaper too) rear projection TV can provide. A similar product is the iPod, it's not only the smallest for the most capacity but has great design and great integration. Even Creative's ZenPlayer hasn't gotten the reviews of the iPod.
Volume discounts are a factor with startups being able to price competively, but not much. Bang & Olufsen charges more because of name and style, not because of component prices. This company seems to want to capitalize on "cool factor" rather than market penetration. (Which is almost always a mistake) The only exception I know of to that rule is Apple; possibly Palm.
I do think this is a novel concept. Several of the posts/replies to this article are mentioning they would miss the mechanical keyboard. I believe this would be best suited for an external USB keyboard and "onscreen touch keyboard" when necessary or travelling.
I think this would be a boom for audio & photo/video professionals. Toolbars on one screen, preview/waveforms on the other, plus onscreen tracing/editting/erasing. If you are a photo/ad pro then you you haven't had value until have tried a Cintiq from Wacom. They are VERY expensive but VERY worth it!
That said, Susan Sarandon, as well as Martin Sheen, and Jeneane Garafolo (all pretty poor talent anyway) and as many others have been spotted, are not just protesting for war reasons but actually whoring themselves for the FAR LEFT. They aren't protesting war, they are protesting anything Bush is for. Call it conspiracy or call it insight; it may be possible that these efforts are being funded through covert channels.
It's funny, these actors that are war protesters are so contradictory. On the one hand they are war protesters and defend a country's or dictator's right to "boil in oil" anyone who protests anything state sponsored in that country. It's not FUD, it is truth. The actors also perpetuate some sort of weird whacky myth that this is over oil. They also say it's for political gain. While minutely true, I doubt Bush thinks this is gaining him votes or helping HIS Texas oil prices. Oil companies love for gas prices to be high and it's NOT hardly related to an iRaqi war. OPEC and oil producers around the world are fixing prices and blaming the excuse on the war and supply. It's the same as the stock market. Lows are being blamed on the war fears. The economy was tanking WAY before Sept 11th. And companies are ONLY now being shaken out. The economy will recover before the end of 2003 and THAT'S when the stock market will recover.
I believe the local court ruled similarly saying that, one person gets the paper and OTHERs at my place enjoy getting the weekly sampler so EVERYONE should have the benefit of the free paper and delivery to your door. The plaintiff, after losing delivers 50 weekly samplers to the door steps of the court house EVERY week now. About two weeks ago, the city filed a lawsuit for littering. He is claiming that a few people like the repository and actually pick up the paper to read and that a few people inside get regular delivery of the paper. The weekly sampler also includes the arrests listings for Greenville County, he's claiming "informational association" - it's been entertaining to watch.
My typing and grammar skills diminish dramatically when typing fast.
There are VERY few legit business's that benefit monetarily from SPAM. If you are getting SPAM from a legit biz, you signed up for it, or didn't uncheck, "send me mail from other parties that may have other items of importance to me" or you downloaded Stuffit Expander ;)
I agree with a post above, it has to made into an offense to send mail from a fake SMTP.
One can say the same thing about movies and music.
The key is creativity to bring comprehension to the masses. This was the point of The Matrix. It better told the Alice in Wonderland story to the modern generation. Both are satire and allegory.
Also, just to make example with your comment. I thought the interaction by entire hand movement, translucent layered screens and earbud in Minority Report was VERY innovative. There wasn't a tricked out cyberworld with googles or wearable computer to be seen.
Your eyes were indentifiers (instead of RFIDs)
Reverse segway: Rap made old music new again. So it was redone; it sounded completely new. Something doesn't have to be "never before seen" or proprieatry to be different or new!
I think at this point, Moto is in an 80's Chrysler state. They are putting out ok stuff, but not innovating in design and especially advancing standards or creating new concepts. Chrysler finally learned this wasn't the way to go and started producing the Prowler, the Viper, The PT Cruiser, and even the concept car from 5 years ago, the Atlantic; was WAY AHEAD of it's time. Some of it's features will be in the soon to be released Maybach. But alas, they were purchased by Mercedes. This is possibly the way Moto will go. I think a conglom like Masushita (Panasoinc) or maybe even Sony will buy them out within the next 5 years. Both of those companies have diverse needs for embedded processors, Moto's real money. Sony has always seen merit in the Apple side of computing and could make HUGE inroads with such a purchase. Sony Pres (see mac web sites) recently said he wishes he could buy Apple and has wanted to for a LONG time.
Which segways into this; Moto best exemplifies what I'm trying to say by the lack of innovation and forsight into the PowerPC processor that is used embedded in Cisco routers and as the G4 in Apple products. Motorola single handedly has cost Apple market share. They locked Apple into the processor and made the PowerPC such a proprietary RISC implementation that no one even wanted to copy it. Finally, they have released the Altivec core technologies to IBM, one of the PPC AIM partners. I beleive the muscle and R&D at IBM will bring great things to the PPC line and soon with the Power 4 and Power 5.
Another segway. Truthfully, these products are almost here in some form and two years as the article states for these "revoltionary" products to be realeased will be behind the curve. Moto will just be another player in the market and probably even higher priced. Moto isn't as recognized the name as it was for the 30's 40's 50's generations and few see why they should pay a premium for their products rather than say a Sony something or other.
The pen is basically here from Logitech (bluetooth ink and digipen), the Glasses are basically here from Sony (glasstron), the watch has been here without a big company or mass apeal for nearly two years, the PDA by means of the Zaurus or iPaq, maybe now the Sony P800, and the wireless headphones already exist in close to the same form factor as the article pitched. All of the things I mentioned now have bluetooth too!
Spilled hot coffee - melted my keyboard; shorted my laptop
Greasy fingers from French Fries caused marks on screen & keys devaluing laptop
Internet access points were under heat lamps causing data not to be secure
If you look at the picture I supplied in another post, I actually find the tab implementation confusing.
Since, personally, I am used to multiple windows I can actually navigate through, in and around them VERY quickly.
I also don't like to see any code bloat, even if it is a few lines like another post pointed out.
I think Apple should leave features like this to OTHER browsers so they can seperate themselves not only with requested features but by being more robust. Anything added is something more to support.
It should be:
http://www.macmerc.com/images/articles/safari62_2. jpg
http://www.macmerc.com/images/articles/safari62_2. jpg
It took a necessity like Bluetooth and the T68i phone to make me switch. I'm an Apple Consultant and programmer. I understand OS X and actually like it now. However, I still open multiple windows, still view in icon mode, and still use Notepad from Classic. It is a matter of what you are used to.
My best example is the mouse I use. I use a Logitech wireless trackball - I use it so much I actually have difficulty using any other type of mouse now. It's not about "not wanting to learn something new" - it's about what your eyes/mind are used to. MOST every Mac I have seen (in the 10's of 1000's) have never had such a feature turned on as tabbed. When the sidebar and tabs pops up in IE, even with my knowledge, instantly confuses me
See this:
This describes the debate perfectly: http://www.fandango.net/switched.mov
Other than a few bugs, in my opinion, the only thing Safari needs is autocomplete. Everyone that I do business with fills in internet forms. Personally, I list on eBay; for this, autocomplete is great when listing or when paying for something online.
I deal with 100's of customers a month and not one has wondered why Safari doesn't have tabs. ALL, miss auto complete - some want password/keychain interaction.
It's called "Holographic Time Traveller" - it was made by Sega in 1991 - previewed in arcades in 1990
http://www.geocities.com/wiredlounger/mpog/reviews /timetraveler/timetraveler.html
That is a link to full detail webite if anyone else is interested