Because currently Tivo's support for Apple users sucks nads. They've given up supporting AAC, TivoToGo directly, and have yet to release a standalone HDTivo. If the Mini can do it, and keep the price point _relatively_ low, they'll pick up the folks like me that have put their Tivos on the shelf and cancelled the contract.
I carry the Audiovox Windows Mobile phone, and have for over a year. If you can't fit this phone in your pocket, you need to buy clothes in the adults section perhaps. Just tested the m.gmail this morning, and it works like a champ.
Great to see this company getting some attention. We're using their devices, and it borders on black magic how much data reduction they're able to do over our WAN. I highly recommend them for anyone setting up a branch office!
And I'm sure the consumers will reap the vast portion of that 300M, right? We lost money due to Samsung's fixing, right?
Oh, the Justice department FINED them. Guess it'll be going to prosecute 12-year olds for mp3 swapping or some such good use. Whew, I don't know what I would have done with my $0.12 after the lawyers got paid.
I guess the fines are nice, but I much prefer a nice class action lawsuit when gouged.
Part of it would depend on how you acquired your seat of Windows. Remember that most copies are OEM, and would be tied to the hardware they shipped on. In that case, you _would_ have to buy that seat of XP if you wanted to run it on the new box.
Office etc are all the same when buying OEM. We just had a burglary a few months back, and had to repurchase Office (covered, so not a big thing,) because the CDs I had were OEM tied to the hardware that was no longer in my possession.
Every one of the interview subjects sounded like a mouthful of sour grapes. Why is it so hard to admit that you got your ass kicked, and are noew attempting to do something to come back?
Every single one of them had some dig at the iPod, and then a marketing spiel about their own POS product that's in the clearance bin at Sam's. Tell us something NEW and we'll consider your product.
Damn, Dell purchasing power and Apple technology. My fan boy pants just don't know which way to dance.
Could be a great opportunity for Steve, but after Michael Dell's comments on the iPod being less than impressive, does anyone see it really happening? I think Jobs' penchant for holding a grudge will kill this before it even gets past the discussion stage.
It's probably a reference to the fact that five days in recirculated air eating too much and drinking too much is never good for your body. I've attended Autodesk University at the MGM Grand for the past five years, and EVERY SINGLE TIME I get sick the week after. Your body just doesn't tolerate that environment well if you're not acclimated.
Volume goes up and down, but we're all used to round nobs for that. I can think of very few instances where a up-down lever is used to control a device instead of a circular mechanism.
Car stereos, but that's relatively recent, what else?
That's the way I read it as well, but I was (am) hoping to see an option for multiple sets. The ability to pump to multiple room sets would make it considerably more valuable to me.
As it is now, I probably won't buy one. I've got an iPod with a dock wired to the MD input on my stereo. Not much improvement to have to walk back to the iMac just to switch playlists. No, I haven't forgotten the wireless components, it's just not quite what I need.
I'm curious to see how AirTunes works with multiple speaker sets. If I can pump the same playlist to the stereo in my front room, my bedroom, my living room and the one outside, then Apple has just sold 4 Airport Express boxes. The cost of four will be much less than the cost (dollars+personal time) of running all that wiring and getting the speaker sets to all work well.
True, but most businesses aren't in business to "hack" anything. At least not the fully legit ones.
I'd never let one in the business door here, but I'm going to buy one to throw in my travelling bag. VERY cool toy for the road warrior.
As a test, I sent a giftcard from my account to a friend in Manchester. Worked like a charm, and he never had to use a CC (which is part of the trigger process to kill Euro users.)
ITMS has been available in Europe for a while, you just had to pay from the US.
Ever dealt with CAD? Rendering software? Financial analysis tools?
There are a ton of legitimate reasons to have a ton of RAM in a machine, and only about half can be written off as luxury items.
When the price of a workstation for my CAD users rises by 10% due to RAM jumps, it's a real concern and I can't tell them to play less games or ask for less RAM hungry apps. When you're configuring machines with 2GB of RAM in them. this sort of incremental price jump hurts.
Apple admits readily that they don't make any money off the ITMS, but use it to try and sell iPods. If MS is singing the same song (weak pun, I know,) then what are they trying to sell?
They already have WMA pimps, and will have a hell of a time competing for selection since they have to stay mainstream to have their name on it. The MS iPod killer? What a joke.
This is one of those cases when MS should have just walked away. Let the other guys handle the store and drive users to your products. There's nothing to be gained.
If you're going to throw that much horsepower in a laptop, you're really talking about two markets: gamers and cad guys that need to do demos. In either case, the video is woefully underpowered, and there's no upgrade path. When Alien and Dell both offer laptops with upgradable video cards, how can this possibly succeed? Seems like a last gasp at relevance.
I thought one of the main complaints of hardcore gamers was the millisecond lag in wireless would get them killed.
Did I miss something that changes all this? Every rig from Alien, etc all use wired mice.
Nothing like an entertainment company taking a viable product in beating it into the ground so that no one gives a rip anymore.
Way to go, marketing hacks!
OT I know, but DAMN I wish I hadn't used up all my mod points earlier today. Funniest comment all day.
I had one of those Newtons as well. Pretty much hit it dead on, Mr. Die.
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I find it interesting to look at the number of high-end replacement devices exist for home theaters. That's a market that's added every feature known to man, and the most loved component is often the Universal Remote that can simplify it to the point of actual usability by Mom. All of the power is still there, but there's a simple, unified interface for MOST users.
Apple has done the same thing for years, and does it best in OSX. All the power is there, but the usability is so great that most people never notice.
Tivo is an amazingly complex system behind the scenes (by normal person standards,) but the usability is such that again, Mom can use it.
You don't have to have a simple product, you just have to make it usable for simple people.
The fan(s?) on my iMac are considerably less noisy than the PII box I previously had stuck under my desk. I'm not sure what the difference is under the hood, but the difference in the noise level coming from my office at night when everything else is quiet is noticeable, even to my wife.
Yeah, I paid the premium, but it's well worth it.
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Because currently Tivo's support for Apple users sucks nads. They've given up supporting AAC, TivoToGo directly, and have yet to release a standalone HDTivo. If the Mini can do it, and keep the price point _relatively_ low, they'll pick up the folks like me that have put their Tivos on the shelf and cancelled the contract.
I carry the Audiovox Windows Mobile phone, and have for over a year. If you can't fit this phone in your pocket, you need to buy clothes in the adults section perhaps. Just tested the m.gmail this morning, and it works like a champ.
Great to see this company getting some attention. We're using their devices, and it borders on black magic how much data reduction they're able to do over our WAN. I highly recommend them for anyone setting up a branch office!
And I'm sure the consumers will reap the vast portion of that 300M, right? We lost money due to Samsung's fixing, right?
Oh, the Justice department FINED them. Guess it'll be going to prosecute 12-year olds for mp3 swapping or some such good use. Whew, I don't know what I would have done with my $0.12 after the lawyers got paid.
I guess the fines are nice, but I much prefer a nice class action lawsuit when gouged.
Part of it would depend on how you acquired your seat of Windows. Remember that most copies are OEM, and would be tied to the hardware they shipped on. In that case, you _would_ have to buy that seat of XP if you wanted to run it on the new box.
Office etc are all the same when buying OEM. We just had a burglary a few months back, and had to repurchase Office (covered, so not a big thing,) because the CDs I had were OEM tied to the hardware that was no longer in my possession.
Every one of the interview subjects sounded like a mouthful of sour grapes. Why is it so hard to admit that you got your ass kicked, and are noew attempting to do something to come back?
Every single one of them had some dig at the iPod, and then a marketing spiel about their own POS product that's in the clearance bin at Sam's. Tell us something NEW and we'll consider your product.
Damn, Dell purchasing power and Apple technology. My fan boy pants just don't know which way to dance.
Could be a great opportunity for Steve, but after Michael Dell's comments on the iPod being less than impressive, does anyone see it really happening? I think Jobs' penchant for holding a grudge will kill this before it even gets past the discussion stage.
It's probably a reference to the fact that five days in recirculated air eating too much and drinking too much is never good for your body. I've attended Autodesk University at the MGM Grand for the past five years, and EVERY SINGLE TIME I get sick the week after. Your body just doesn't tolerate that environment well if you're not acclimated.
Any plans to rerun the miniseries so that those of us that missed out can get the backstory?
Inquiring Tivos want to know!
Volume goes up and down, but we're all used to round nobs for that. I can think of very few instances where a up-down lever is used to control a device instead of a circular mechanism.
Car stereos, but that's relatively recent, what else?
If not, he's going to a special level of hell. Your- Possesive You're- Contraction, You Are. Get it right, damnit!
That's the way I read it as well, but I was (am) hoping to see an option for multiple sets. The ability to pump to multiple room sets would make it considerably more valuable to me.
As it is now, I probably won't buy one. I've got an iPod with a dock wired to the MD input on my stereo. Not much improvement to have to walk back to the iMac just to switch playlists. No, I haven't forgotten the wireless components, it's just not quite what I need.
I'm curious to see how AirTunes works with multiple speaker sets. If I can pump the same playlist to the stereo in my front room, my bedroom, my living room and the one outside, then Apple has just sold 4 Airport Express boxes. The cost of four will be much less than the cost (dollars+personal time) of running all that wiring and getting the speaker sets to all work well.
Can't wait to get my hands on this tonight!
I like the idea, but couldn't the wording of the alert be simpler?
Why not ask "The document you're opening is trying to open and run _____. If you don't want to do this, click CANCEL."
The message makes sense to a geek, but I'm with an earlier poster, many users will just click OK out of confusion.
True, but most businesses aren't in business to "hack" anything. At least not the fully legit ones. I'd never let one in the business door here, but I'm going to buy one to throw in my travelling bag. VERY cool toy for the road warrior.
As a test, I sent a giftcard from my account to a friend in Manchester. Worked like a charm, and he never had to use a CC (which is part of the trigger process to kill Euro users.)
ITMS has been available in Europe for a while, you just had to pay from the US.
Ever dealt with CAD? Rendering software? Financial analysis tools?
There are a ton of legitimate reasons to have a ton of RAM in a machine, and only about half can be written off as luxury items.
When the price of a workstation for my CAD users rises by 10% due to RAM jumps, it's a real concern and I can't tell them to play less games or ask for less RAM hungry apps. When you're configuring machines with 2GB of RAM in them. this sort of incremental price jump hurts.
When it doesn't even work on their own partners' sites? Ever try to update any information you have actually given to MS for whatever reason?
.net passport: blah blah blah. Change pages again, move to something else inside MS' own site:
.net passport: blah blah blah.
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Please Login using your
The stupid thing doesn't even work on your site, why would I pay you to use it on mine?
Apple admits readily that they don't make any money off the ITMS, but use it to try and sell iPods. If MS is singing the same song (weak pun, I know,) then what are they trying to sell?
They already have WMA pimps, and will have a hell of a time competing for selection since they have to stay mainstream to have their name on it. The MS iPod killer? What a joke.
This is one of those cases when MS should have just walked away. Let the other guys handle the store and drive users to your products. There's nothing to be gained.
If you're going to throw that much horsepower in a laptop, you're really talking about two markets: gamers and cad guys that need to do demos.
In either case, the video is woefully underpowered, and there's no upgrade path. When Alien and Dell both offer laptops with upgradable video cards, how can this possibly succeed? Seems like a last gasp at relevance.
I thought one of the main complaints of hardcore gamers was the millisecond lag in wireless would get them killed.
Did I miss something that changes all this? Every rig from Alien, etc all use wired mice.
Nothing like an entertainment company taking a viable product in beating it into the ground so that no one gives a rip anymore.
Way to go, marketing hacks!
OT I know, but DAMN I wish I hadn't used up all my mod points earlier today. Funniest comment all day. I had one of those Newtons as well. Pretty much hit it dead on, Mr. Die.
I find it interesting to look at the number of high-end replacement devices exist for home theaters. That's a market that's added every feature known to man, and the most loved component is often the Universal Remote that can simplify it to the point of actual usability by Mom. All of the power is still there, but there's a simple, unified interface for MOST users. Apple has done the same thing for years, and does it best in OSX. All the power is there, but the usability is so great that most people never notice. Tivo is an amazingly complex system behind the scenes (by normal person standards,) but the usability is such that again, Mom can use it. You don't have to have a simple product, you just have to make it usable for simple people.
The fan(s?) on my iMac are considerably less noisy than the PII box I previously had stuck under my desk. I'm not sure what the difference is under the hood, but the difference in the noise level coming from my office at night when everything else is quiet is noticeable, even to my wife. Yeah, I paid the premium, but it's well worth it.