charge $130 for incremental OS updates every 12-18 months, which is basically a subscription service.
The difference between.3,.4 and.5 are like the differences between XP and Vista. Just because it takes Microsoft 5 years to make a.1 increase that they just rename the damn thing, doesnt mean it takes others.
Apple's terminology currently for OSs goes, Complete change, major update, minor update. Thus Apples.# is equal to Microsofts name changes, and Apples.#.# is equal to their Service packs.
I honestly dont see why it confuses you Windows people, its not like it takes a rocket scientist to figure that out.
I'd rather pay 29 bucks for something like Boot Camp that gives me a full featured windows experience, than 60 bucks for Parallels or VM that have no graphics acceleration and poor perpetual support.
that would be true if it was really a point release. but its not, in comparison to the windows world Apples 10.# releases are the difference between XP and Vista.
The differences between 10,.1.2.3 and.4 have been major, but there has not been a complete overhaul of the system it's self, which is why its still a "10" release.
Besides you could pay 120 bucks for major additions to your software every 2-3 years instead of paying 400 dollars every 5 for fixes that should have been in service packs.
So 40-50% of randomly-selected songs by two major labels can't be shared between Zunes. How much do you want to bet that the songs that can't be shared are top 40 hits and everyone already has them anyway?
Your right, but the kicker is the fact that people who bought a Zune paid a Universal Music tax on them (Microsoft gave money to Universal for using their music on the Zune, with Universal threatening to try to pull the same shit on Apple and others) only to have Universal deny them the ability to USE the songs as the device is designed to use them AFTER paying that tax. As if the 3 play and dead deal wasnt enough, they are blocking you from even doing THAT on some songs. At that point why dont they just chain you up and throw you in maximum "pound me in the ass" prison while they're at it.
Basically Universal stole your money pulled down your pants and tripped you on the Zune. Regardless of them being top 40 hits or not, Universal really fucked over their customers.
Not to just pick on them though, supposedly its every label that has a bunch of songs you cant transfer.
Only reason we still use Appletalk on anything is because we still have roughly 500 machines who still run OS 9 and who cant use the HP Deskjet 6.0 drivers
Why would ANYONE using OSX subject themselves to using appletalk?
No it was to stop those bloggers who where being paid by the Republicans/Democrats to blog as if they where a grass roots organization when the truth was they where strongly linked financially BY the respective parties they where blogging for. If you cant do it on TV or radio, you certainly cant do it on the web. As it stands right now a person running for office could pay someone to post bullshit on the web, and doesnt have to disclose the fact it was paid for by that person.
basically it was the webs version of the little "paid for by the friends" tags. If your that stupid to not understand that, there really is no hope for this country.
the interesting thing being that the "law" was made up to suit what they where doing.
While I highly doubt that anything will be done to help these guys by their home government, imagine if this was a shareholder in a company like Sony or Toyota. Could you imagine the shitstorm it could create simply cause a bunch of pencilnecks in Washington where pissed off they didnt have their hand in the cookie jar.
you said that emusic sells music that iTunes does and doesnt have DRM on it.
I said your right, BUT eMusic doesnt sell major label which DOES require DRM to be on it, so thus its playing by a different set of rules than eMusic who if they have any major label has obscure or less popular bands that the majors arnt worried about losing money out on.
you assumed that just because emusic sells things without DRM that iTunes should be selling those things too. You never looked into the fact that iTunes doesnt discriminate between major label and indie music it just blankets the whole set with the DRM the major labels require.
If anyone needs to learn how to read more carefully, its the one who cant read that his statement was countered and shot down.
What's confusing about it? It's illegal to copy music owned by someone else.
except for that whole thing about it not being illegal if the person who owned it didnt complain about it, which is why the arrest has confused everyone. The artists in this case owned the music and where not complaining, the RIAA went after the guy anyway making up charges as they went.
Then again reading your sig I can see your the type of guy who has no problem making up charges and arresting people just cause you said so.
eMusic sells very few major label releases (most of which are older lesser known acts). iTunes doesnt discriminate between indie labels who dont use DRM and major labels who require it.
You should do a little bit of research before you go around saying emusic sells the same music Apple does, cause I used both services and the fact is, they dont, iTunes has a MUCH larger library of major labels.
The sheer amount of articles out there talking about how only now within the last 4 months labels are beginning to decide that DRM on CDs is costing them sales.
Of course, indie labels for years have known DRM is stupid, but the big 5 swore by it up till now despite you accusations of the contrary, or would you like me to google up 5 years of articles that prove you a liar?
Then how do you explain that *all* the labels on iTunes sell *all* that music in a higher quality (ie. not lossily compressed) unprotected form? It's called a CD.
Easy, they havent found a DRM that works well on a CD without breaking things all over the place and making them look bad.
Sony, Universal, Warner and EMI have all used copy protection on their CDs recently to mixed results. So your idea that the labels are not pushing it is completely and totally false.
oh your so full of it, its NOT a lie. It would be a lie if they DID infact have music on iTunes not DRMd but the fact is that they dont, because the major labels up until VERY recently have been of the camp of "no DRM bad bad"
Even now analysts are not sure how long this little group of "hmm maybe not so bad" camps in the labels will last. But your kidding yourself if you though that Apple was the cause of it 5 years ago. Many people wondered how the hell Apple would even be able to sell ANYTHING without there being some DRM on it.
Again, reinforcing the point that DRM isn't about preventing piracy, it's about maintaining control over other things. Like competitors in the marketplace.
ummmm NO SHIT? Steve Job himself said this to EVERYONE when they started the iTunes Music Store. The labels require it though (also to maintain control over your music unless you are living under a rock somewhere and wonder why about that too) so the honest question is, why not use it to your company's advantage when the people your licensing from require it anyway.
If another store sold music that would play on the iPod, would they be able to compete?
getting back to this late, but your example here already has a real world version. eMusic has non-drm titles that iTunes sells as well, yet has not seemed to get off the ground despite not only having titles iTunes has, but having it in a way cheaper (they have a subscription) So the answer is as of now, no, they still can't compete, which means there is something else at work for why people perfer iTunes over a cheaper subscription plan with pure MP3s over DRMd ACCs.
It takes the stance that if iTunes didnt have DRM, people would jump ship from using the iTunes/iPod combo... totally forgetting the fact that for a good year or two the iPod was a good seller without the iTunes Music Store EVEN EXISTING and that iTunes still works with other MP3 players out there, you just cant use restricted music on it. Worse never once does it mention the fact that people might be using the combo simply cause it works, only that they use it because they have to which anyone on slashdot and even anyone who goes to a site like iPod Lounge could show you is completely false, there are plenty of other ways to get music on a iPod.
This article nor the second one is infact not well written at all, a good article would not make such huge leaps of faith saying the market is one way, when there is plenty of evidence that exists now (such as the fact that much of the music on iPods comes from CD rips, NOT iTunes Music Store) that proves its not even that way today.
Wrong.
OSX is very portable, unlike XP. So while Windows has different versions of their OS for their different needs, OS X can be tailor fitted to work in a multitude of enviroments without changing the underlying code base.
well nothing says it wont come out as a 3G one later either, since everyone (Japan, US, and Europe) is slowly gearing up to move to it, even the carriers who dont use GSM.
But here is the other reason for Cingular being the carrier. Apple has a exisitng contract with them through the Rzer and Rker.
Its running OS X from what I have read. As to if this is a OS X I dont know, but from what people have said it will run normal Apps on it, so it might likely be the full blown version.
you didnt look hard enough. There where plenty of PS3s available in the tri-state area. Heck you just had to go over the bridge into NJ to find 2 best buys with over 60 of them, both models.
The Wii on the otherhand you cant even track down accurate shipping dates. But the PS3, not at all as hard if you looked for it beyond walking into a store.
The only thing insightful in this comment is how stupid the person making it is. Never mind the fact that Jobs gained nothing from the stocks since you cant profit from stocks you turned in, but for all purposes a internal investigation IS like the SEC going after them. All of the data gained from a internal audit is turned over to them and there are extremely strict rules for reporting these audits, meaning that if they couldnt find anything, then nothing the SEC could do would likely turn up anything either.
Thats not to say that some people where not being bad... but then they cleared CURRENT people, not people who left who could still be in deep trouble. But then this is nothing new these days. In the last year alone 78 CFOs have either resigned, quit, or been fired for stock option backdating. It was a dirty inside secret that a lot of CFOs abused and they are getting caught now thanks to Enron. In most cases the CEOs had nothing involved, or had no clue that what was being done WAS illegal.
I um guess you missed that whole "Batman" portion of the title there. Who DOESNT go to a batman movie and not expect to see brutal violence.... unless your into that whole 60's batman thing.
That being said, Begins was a lot LESS violent then say the original Burton films where the death count for villans was like a rolling counter in the upper right hand corner.
other than watching a movie, the rest of your argument Palms do very well, and who the hell really wants to edit pictures on their palm... its a dumb option that serves little purpose to anyone but to say you can.
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Apple's terminology currently for OSs goes, Complete change, major update, minor update. Thus Apples .# is equal to Microsofts name changes, and Apples .#.# is equal to their Service packs.
I honestly dont see why it confuses you Windows people, its not like it takes a rocket scientist to figure that out.
I'd rather pay 29 bucks for something like Boot Camp that gives me a full featured windows experience, than 60 bucks for Parallels or VM that have no graphics acceleration and poor perpetual support.
The differences between 10, .1 .2 .3 and .4 have been major, but there has not been a complete overhaul of the system it's self, which is why its still a "10" release.
Besides you could pay 120 bucks for major additions to your software every 2-3 years instead of paying 400 dollars every 5 for fixes that should have been in service packs.
Basically Universal stole your money pulled down your pants and tripped you on the Zune. Regardless of them being top 40 hits or not, Universal really fucked over their customers.
Not to just pick on them though, supposedly its every label that has a bunch of songs you cant transfer.
Why would ANYONE using OSX subject themselves to using appletalk?
basically it was the webs version of the little "paid for by the friends" tags. If your that stupid to not understand that, there really is no hope for this country.
While I highly doubt that anything will be done to help these guys by their home government, imagine if this was a shareholder in a company like Sony or Toyota. Could you imagine the shitstorm it could create simply cause a bunch of pencilnecks in Washington where pissed off they didnt have their hand in the cookie jar.
you assumed that just because emusic sells things without DRM that iTunes should be selling those things too. You never looked into the fact that iTunes doesnt discriminate between major label and indie music it just blankets the whole set with the DRM the major labels require.
If anyone needs to learn how to read more carefully, its the one who cant read that his statement was countered and shot down.
Thank you have a nice day.
Then again reading your sig I can see your the type of guy who has no problem making up charges and arresting people just cause you said so.
You should do a little bit of research before you go around saying emusic sells the same music Apple does, cause I used both services and the fact is, they dont, iTunes has a MUCH larger library of major labels.
Of course, indie labels for years have known DRM is stupid, but the big 5 swore by it up till now despite you accusations of the contrary, or would you like me to google up 5 years of articles that prove you a liar?
Sony, Universal, Warner and EMI have all used copy protection on their CDs recently to mixed results. So your idea that the labels are not pushing it is completely and totally false.
Even now analysts are not sure how long this little group of "hmm maybe not so bad" camps in the labels will last. But your kidding yourself if you though that Apple was the cause of it 5 years ago. Many people wondered how the hell Apple would even be able to sell ANYTHING without there being some DRM on it.
Only a business moron or naive fool would not.
This article nor the second one is infact not well written at all, a good article would not make such huge leaps of faith saying the market is one way, when there is plenty of evidence that exists now (such as the fact that much of the music on iPods comes from CD rips, NOT iTunes Music Store) that proves its not even that way today.
Wrong. OSX is very portable, unlike XP. So while Windows has different versions of their OS for their different needs, OS X can be tailor fitted to work in a multitude of enviroments without changing the underlying code base.
except the US REQUIRES you to have GPS just so they didnt have to get the info from every single carrier out there.
But here is the other reason for Cingular being the carrier. Apple has a exisitng contract with them through the Rzer and Rker.
Its running OS X from what I have read. As to if this is a OS X I dont know, but from what people have said it will run normal Apps on it, so it might likely be the full blown version.
The Wii on the otherhand you cant even track down accurate shipping dates. But the PS3, not at all as hard if you looked for it beyond walking into a store.
Thats not to say that some people where not being bad... but then they cleared CURRENT people, not people who left who could still be in deep trouble. But then this is nothing new these days. In the last year alone 78 CFOs have either resigned, quit, or been fired for stock option backdating. It was a dirty inside secret that a lot of CFOs abused and they are getting caught now thanks to Enron. In most cases the CEOs had nothing involved, or had no clue that what was being done WAS illegal.
RTFA. He said they name the PS3 a bust, which they did.
That being said, Begins was a lot LESS violent then say the original Burton films where the death count for villans was like a rolling counter in the upper right hand corner.
other than watching a movie, the rest of your argument Palms do very well, and who the hell really wants to edit pictures on their palm... its a dumb option that serves little purpose to anyone but to say you can.