Operating Systems run higher than $80-120 if you're not buying an OEM pile of junk with a preinstalled Operating System. A boxed copy of Windows XP costs $300 CDN (~$250 USD) for Home and $450 CDN (~$360 USD) for Pro.
When I build comptuers for less geeky friends or family members they're always shocked to learn how much Windows costs.
Does anyone remember the good old days when you could save your Word 6 doc, open it in WordPefect, and work on it there? Or, hell, when you could save your GeoWrite document, open it it Word Writer, and work on it there? What the hell happened?
Microsoft.
On the other hand, importing and exporting between formats has always been rather shakey as I recall.
Some people still despise ATI's Windows drivers. The latest version of the Catalyst Drivers for Windows XP broke multi-monitor support on my Radeon 9000. Rolled back the driver to an older version and it works fine.
C'mon, guys. You make great cards, how about some decent drivers?
Sounds to me like the problem is the DRM, not the iPod. If Napster (or anybody else, for that matter) sold DRM-free music, nothing would keep it from working on the iPod.
People will generally opt for whatever gives them the best value. Integration with iTunes offers iPod users value in terms of ease of use. So far it looks like nobody else has matched that value.
If one considers that the iPod is not only competing against other MP3 players but also competing against portable CD players, a growing number of which can play Redbook and MP3 CDs, the iPod's market share is proportionally very small.
Even if the iPod wipes out all the other portable MP3 players (not likely in any case), Apple still wouldn't have a monopoly on portable music devices.
At this point I think they only reason Apple has any "near-monopoly" on legal music downloads is because the other alternatives are worse. I can't speak for other people but I won't buy DRM encumbered music regardless of price.
Apple could be toppled at any time should a better alternative become available. The same is not true for Microsoft largely as a result of Microsoft's (legal and illegal) efforts.
If iTunes / iPods accounted for 90% of the music player market and if Apple were trying to leverage this market share to take over other markets, I might agree with you.
Disclaimer: I don't really fit your "Apple fan" description since the last time I owned Apple hardware was in the 1980s.
IBM has had the means to buy SCO all along. They'll never do it because it sets a bad precedent: Launch a baseless lawsuit against IBM, get bought out.
There has been no change in the login procedure. If one types one's password in wrong several times in a row, GMail enforces an image recognition component to prevent brute force cracking of passwords.
I upgraded to XP primarily because I got sick of having to run Server to use Terminal Services. That said, I can get a Windows 2000 installation acting the way I want it to in just under ten minutes. To get Windows XP to work the way I want it to it takes me three hours minimum. Since my computer is limping along in need of a rebuild, I'm seriously considering blowing away XP and installing Linux or BSD.
I must respectfully disagree. Most users run as admins because they are admins by default. That makes it a Windows problem, not a user problem. If users weren't admins by default, application developers wouldn't rely on having those priveleges. I can't see any good reason why I should have to run a game as an Administrator.
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The way I understand it, SP2 is 400 MB because it replaces the entire core of the operating system with executables and libraries compiled with a newer version of the compiler.
If wireless grid computing takes off, battery and CPU time might be a good tradeoff for access to the massive computing power of the grid should one need it.
Some kind of a system where a client is given tit-for-tat access to grid CPU time might make a lot of sense.
I played ATITD and loved it. I was part of the guild that built the first Deep Well Mine and helped open up the petrolium tech tree. Many of the tasks that were very tedious at the beginning of the game (like growing flax or making bricks) grew less so as technology advanced - you could fill a brick making machines with supplies and let it run while you were logged off, for example. You would log back in some hours later and 500 bricks would be waiting for you.
All I can say is don't knock it until you've tried it.
I suspect MS deliberately keeps this quiet because they want people to use Hotmail - you can use MSN with any e-mail address that has a.net passport. Just go to Passport.net and register
(hell wasn't that the entire point of Linux in the first place)
Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't the entire point of Linux in the first place an academic exercise in writing a kernel?
Yes, sure, many commercial applications are buggy and have slow release times but at least they aren't 100% alpha quality with huge disclaimers that they aren't responsible for what happens to your computer when you run them
I'd say the shrinkwrap / clickwrap EULA that disclaims all liability for the correct function of the software counts as a huge disclaimer.
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Operating Systems run higher than $80-120 if you're not buying an OEM pile of junk with a preinstalled Operating System. A boxed copy of Windows XP costs $300 CDN (~$250 USD) for Home and $450 CDN (~$360 USD) for Pro.
When I build comptuers for less geeky friends or family members they're always shocked to learn how much Windows costs.
I recently picked up a Targus backpack. I spent an extra $40 CDN to get a bag from which I could remove the logo for exactly this reason.
Microsoft.
On the other hand, importing and exporting between formats has always been rather shakey as I recall.
P.S., hold the flames please, that's a joke.
Huh... Is that anti as in Antitrust?
My dad's brand new laptop has a Radeon 9000M in it. They're still selling them.
Some people still despise ATI's Windows drivers. The latest version of the Catalyst Drivers for Windows XP broke multi-monitor support on my Radeon 9000. Rolled back the driver to an older version and it works fine.
C'mon, guys. You make great cards, how about some decent drivers?
Sounds to me like the problem is the DRM, not the iPod. If Napster (or anybody else, for that matter) sold DRM-free music, nothing would keep it from working on the iPod.
People will generally opt for whatever gives them the best value. Integration with iTunes offers iPod users value in terms of ease of use. So far it looks like nobody else has matched that value.
If one considers that the iPod is not only competing against other MP3 players but also competing against portable CD players, a growing number of which can play Redbook and MP3 CDs, the iPod's market share is proportionally very small.
Even if the iPod wipes out all the other portable MP3 players (not likely in any case), Apple still wouldn't have a monopoly on portable music devices.
At this point I think they only reason Apple has any "near-monopoly" on legal music downloads is because the other alternatives are worse. I can't speak for other people but I won't buy DRM encumbered music regardless of price.
Apple could be toppled at any time should a better alternative become available. The same is not true for Microsoft largely as a result of Microsoft's (legal and illegal) efforts.
There's nothing that requires an iPod owner to purchase music from iTMS. What makes it "about guaranteed" they'll buy online music from iTMS?
If iTunes / iPods accounted for 90% of the music player market and if Apple were trying to leverage this market share to take over other markets, I might agree with you.
Disclaimer: I don't really fit your "Apple fan" description since the last time I owned Apple hardware was in the 1980s.
Wish I could mod this up. You make a very good point.
IBM has had the means to buy SCO all along. They'll never do it because it sets a bad precedent: Launch a baseless lawsuit against IBM, get bought out.
There has been no change in the login procedure. If one types one's password in wrong several times in a row, GMail enforces an image recognition component to prevent brute force cracking of passwords.
I upgraded to XP primarily because I got sick of having to run Server to use Terminal Services. That said, I can get a Windows 2000 installation acting the way I want it to in just under ten minutes. To get Windows XP to work the way I want it to it takes me three hours minimum. Since my computer is limping along in need of a rebuild, I'm seriously considering blowing away XP and installing Linux or BSD.
WinAmp 2.91 works for me under Windows 2000 with User priveleges. I haven't tried WinAmp 5 because I hated WinAmp 3 so much...
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Cars take a flying leap!
Okay, bad joke.
That doesn't change my point that the core was recompiled. Whether it's 80MB or 400MB, the reason it's large is the same.
I must respectfully disagree. Most users run as admins because they are admins by default. That makes it a Windows problem, not a user problem. If users weren't admins by default, application developers wouldn't rely on having those priveleges. I can't see any good reason why I should have to run a game as an Administrator.
The way I understand it, SP2 is 400 MB because it replaces the entire core of the operating system with executables and libraries compiled with a newer version of the compiler.
If wireless grid computing takes off, battery and CPU time might be a good tradeoff for access to the massive computing power of the grid should one need it.
Some kind of a system where a client is given tit-for-tat access to grid CPU time might make a lot of sense.
I played ATITD and loved it. I was part of the guild that built the first Deep Well Mine and helped open up the petrolium tech tree. Many of the tasks that were very tedious at the beginning of the game (like growing flax or making bricks) grew less so as technology advanced - you could fill a brick making machines with supplies and let it run while you were logged off, for example. You would log back in some hours later and 500 bricks would be waiting for you.
All I can say is don't knock it until you've tried it.
I suspect MS deliberately keeps this quiet because they want people to use Hotmail - you can use MSN with any e-mail address that has a .net passport. Just go to Passport.net and register
Oh come on now. Did whoever modded this offtopic even read the parent post? This is about as on-topic as you can get.
Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't the entire point of Linux in the first place an academic exercise in writing a kernel?
I'd say the shrinkwrap / clickwrap EULA that disclaims all liability for the correct function of the software counts as a huge disclaimer.