100% wrong. The iPod supports MP3, AAC, WAV, and AIFF, in -addition- to Fairplay. Any company would not have to pay a single penny to apple to become "compatible" with the iPod if they offered their music in any single one of those formats.
On the otherhand, they cannot offer the music in the format they would prefer (Fairplay), because Apple won't license it. They also couldn't offer music in another acceptable format (WMA) because Apple doesn't support it. So while you are technically correct, the parent's point still stands.
I consider it perfectly legit to download an ISO off of your favorite P2P program, and then use a legit key (like from an OEM sticker on the side of a computer) to install it. The only problem with this is that ISO's of XP Home are kind of scarce on P2P.
On the other hand, while looking at used computers on eBay, seeing the a picture of the laptop booted up and sitting at the Windows desktop demonstrates that it atleast has some functionality, and that is worth a premium over the "It has no OS, but it works, trust me" auctions. Though honestly, a laptop is something that I pretty much would avoid getting on eBay nowadays, new or used.
Maybe I hate Quicktime because it's ugly (and a completely different ugly than Windows itself), bloated, installs icons everywhere, steals file associations, has a lousy interface, doesn't do full screen*, installs programs into memory, and is slow? It's nice that they FINALLY got rid of the stupid nag message, but I had no idea because I don't let Quicktime anywhere near my systems (nor Real Player, for mostly the same reasons). Also, is it any wonder that someone who's only real experience with Apple products is their lousy software for Windows, doesn't like Apple?
*Just because it's a "dumb marketing decision" doesn't mean it's not a valid complaint.
They also claim that 1600x1200 at 60Hz is limited to 1 meter. I have piped 1600x1200 at 60hz through the 6' cable that came with my monitor with a 10' extension cable attached, with no problems. That's roughly 5 meters. As always, YMMV.
Remind us how stupid an idea this is when in two months you find your flash drive failing because you've used it too much just booting.
Why? Booting usually doesn't involve very much writing, just reading (Windows is probably an exception here). Throw in enough ram so you don't have swap much, and it would probably last forever - or atleast longer than the mechanical parts in a harddisk would.
I have found that 60C is pretty normal for the Athlon XP line of processors, especially if you have the stock retail cooler or one like it. They run pretty hot, and have to dissipate about 60-75W. In a warm room, my old Athlon XP 2000 (1.75V) used to idle at about 65-70C. In a cool room, about 55-65C. And that was with a dual fan power supply, the stock cooler, a side case fan directly above the CPU, and two other case fans keeping the rig cool. It ran stable, and I found (by experimenting) that it would be stable until about 85C.
I replaced the XP 2000 with a Sempron 3000 (Barton core, Socket A, 1.6V) and it is running about 41C right now in a cool room (about 62F/17C). If I pegged the CPU at 100% it would get to about 50C after a while.
Of course, the Athlon XP is not to be confused with the Athlon 64 line in terms of heat and power consumption.
I remember for quite a while after the PS2 launch, the first thing that always popped into my head when someone said "PS2" was the old IBM computers with the same name*.
*Yes, I know they were called PS/2, not PS2. But I have always heard them pronounced the same way.
Consumers (and Prosumers, and *most* Pros) don't care about 64-bit. It's nice to know it's there, but does not affect the vast majority of users. iMacs, Mac Mini's, iBooks, all won't care.
What about in a few years, when more people give a shit about 64bit, and when developers are going to have to look at making a 32bit and 64bit versions of their software for x86 Macs because Apple decided to sell 32bit x86 Macs for a breif period of time? I bet many of them will just take a shortcut and develop just the 32bit version knowing that the 64bit machine can run it too (especially considering that they also have to support PowerPC processors). My prediction is that Apple's 32bit x86 models are going to hold back development of 64bit software for the Mac in the future. But I could be wrong.
Perhaps he's refering to Apple's arbitrary resriction of not letting Tiger install on PPC Macs that lack Firewire. And no, a $20 PCI Firewire card won't do you any good either even if you have a PCI slot to stick it in - it must be integrated into the motherboard.
Windows will not remotely work right without one. You can knock it down to 512 or 256 megs if you life. Windows generally won't use it until you're out of memory. Generally.
Windows loves the page file. Windows is constantly paging out programs and data to the pagefile in order to have a block of memory available to launch a new program into. However, Windows still retains the data in ram so long as the ram isn't needed for something else, so if you have to pull up that program or data again, Windows won't have to go to the pagefile to get it. However, Windows still counts that memory as available (since it has already been paged out), hence the reason why the numbers in Task Manager tend to not add up quite right. Overall, the system works quite well, especially for computers with a modest amount of ram.
The problem is that Windows is still aggressively paging out data on high memory systems, when there really isn't a reason to have 800MB-1000MB or more of memory available at any time. The only way I know to really change Window's behavior is to disable the pagefile (which I don't do). What I do recommend is setting the page file to a set size, and using a defragging program to make it one large file at the beginning of the drive. If you have a second harddrive that is fast, it is probably better to put in on the beginning of the second drive.
If you're going to flame Office, that's fine. But at least qualify that you are stuck on a 5 year old copy that's soon going to be three major versions behind the curve.
I use Excel 2003 almost every day at work, and I can tell you that his complaints are some of the exact some ones that I have with Excel 2003. Quite simply, whoever designed the MDI for Excel 2003 was on crack, and deserves to be smacked. Seriously. And the copy/cut/paste thing pisses me off a lot too.
I justed checked store.apple.com, and the only G5 model they are selling is a 20" 2.1Ghz(!) model for $1500. I didn't remember hearing anything about the iMac G5's getting any speed boosts, so it looks like they slipped this one under the radar. It's kind of funny to click on the Core Duo version and read about how the much faster it is than the G5 model, when they are still trying to sell the same G5 model.
Ghetto-blaster: Basically a box with speakers, can be powered by batteries, and is meant to be portable. Percieved as cool by a certain segment of the population. iPod Hifi: Basically a box with speakers, can be powered by batteries, and is meant to be portable. Percieved as cool by a certain segment of the population.
Gee, I wonder why people are making the comparison? True, it's not exactly the same, one works with tapes, and the other works with iPods. And one sure costs a lot more. But the simularities are there.
Don't most music "pirates" get their music from ripping CDs, anyways? I can't say I've ever known anyone that pirated music by recording it off the radio and then distributing it.
I've downloaded dance mixes that were ripped from the radio, mainly from European stations like BBC Radio 1. Also, back in the 1990's when I was just a kid with a cheap dual cassette boombox, I would record "mix tapes" from the radio and swap them with my friends - though I would have to be crazy to do the same thing in 2006.
That's some strange math. If idiot 1 manages to get a virus on his Mac, it'll be because his system was vulnerable to attack. Now, he could be running some bizarre combination of software or something, but chances are he'll be running a pretty plain-jane MacOS install (the people who are most affected by malware are the less computer savvy ones, who also tend to be the ones who don't customize their installs much). So now idiot 1 has a virus that will attack a pretty normal OSX install. So the chances of him finding idiot 2 is going to be more like 99%. And so on.
Remember when Comcast tried to buy Disney? Disney will NEVER sell the company to Apple.
It doesn't work that way. Disney is a publicly traded company, all that Apple would have to do is start buying up enough stock until they own a large enough percentage that they would effectively control the company. Steve Jobs already owns 7% of Disney as it stands now.
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100% wrong. The iPod supports MP3, AAC, WAV, and AIFF, in -addition- to Fairplay. Any company would not have to pay a single penny to apple to become "compatible" with the iPod if they offered their music in any single one of those formats.
On the otherhand, they cannot offer the music in the format they would prefer (Fairplay), because Apple won't license it. They also couldn't offer music in another acceptable format (WMA) because Apple doesn't support it. So while you are technically correct, the parent's point still stands.
I consider it perfectly legit to download an ISO off of your favorite P2P program, and then use a legit key (like from an OEM sticker on the side of a computer) to install it. The only problem with this is that ISO's of XP Home are kind of scarce on P2P.
On the other hand, while looking at used computers on eBay, seeing the a picture of the laptop booted up and sitting at the Windows desktop demonstrates that it atleast has some functionality, and that is worth a premium over the "It has no OS, but it works, trust me" auctions. Though honestly, a laptop is something that I pretty much would avoid getting on eBay nowadays, new or used.
Well, if you use iTunes a lot (or even occasionally), Windows will put the binaries into the prefetch, which will also slow down Windows starting up.
Maybe I hate Quicktime because it's ugly (and a completely different ugly than Windows itself), bloated, installs icons everywhere, steals file associations, has a lousy interface, doesn't do full screen*, installs programs into memory, and is slow? It's nice that they FINALLY got rid of the stupid nag message, but I had no idea because I don't let Quicktime anywhere near my systems (nor Real Player, for mostly the same reasons). Also, is it any wonder that someone who's only real experience with Apple products is their lousy software for Windows, doesn't like Apple?
*Just because it's a "dumb marketing decision" doesn't mean it's not a valid complaint.
They also claim that 1600x1200 at 60Hz is limited to 1 meter. I have piped 1600x1200 at 60hz through the 6' cable that came with my monitor with a 10' extension cable attached, with no problems. That's roughly 5 meters. As always, YMMV.
Remind us how stupid an idea this is when in two months you find your flash drive failing because you've used it too much just booting.
Why? Booting usually doesn't involve very much writing, just reading (Windows is probably an exception here). Throw in enough ram so you don't have swap much, and it would probably last forever - or atleast longer than the mechanical parts in a harddisk would.
I have found that 60C is pretty normal for the Athlon XP line of processors, especially if you have the stock retail cooler or one like it. They run pretty hot, and have to dissipate about 60-75W. In a warm room, my old Athlon XP 2000 (1.75V) used to idle at about 65-70C. In a cool room, about 55-65C. And that was with a dual fan power supply, the stock cooler, a side case fan directly above the CPU, and two other case fans keeping the rig cool. It ran stable, and I found (by experimenting) that it would be stable until about 85C.
I replaced the XP 2000 with a Sempron 3000 (Barton core, Socket A, 1.6V) and it is running about 41C right now in a cool room (about 62F/17C). If I pegged the CPU at 100% it would get to about 50C after a while.
Of course, the Athlon XP is not to be confused with the Athlon 64 line in terms of heat and power consumption.
I remember for quite a while after the PS2 launch, the first thing that always popped into my head when someone said "PS2" was the old IBM computers with the same name*.
*Yes, I know they were called PS/2, not PS2. But I have always heard them pronounced the same way.
Why cant these programs just fill the empty data with real useless data.
Like pictures of flowers, and exe code segments of windows dlls'.
Windows already comes with a utility that does just that. It's called Disk Defragmenter.
Consumers (and Prosumers, and *most* Pros) don't care about 64-bit. It's nice to know it's there, but does not affect the vast majority of users. iMacs, Mac Mini's, iBooks, all won't care.
What about in a few years, when more people give a shit about 64bit, and when developers are going to have to look at making a 32bit and 64bit versions of their software for x86 Macs because Apple decided to sell 32bit x86 Macs for a breif period of time? I bet many of them will just take a shortcut and develop just the 32bit version knowing that the 64bit machine can run it too (especially considering that they also have to support PowerPC processors). My prediction is that Apple's 32bit x86 models are going to hold back development of 64bit software for the Mac in the future. But I could be wrong.
You are stuck a few years behind...
Perhaps he's refering to Apple's arbitrary resriction of not letting Tiger install on PPC Macs that lack Firewire. And no, a $20 PCI Firewire card won't do you any good either even if you have a PCI slot to stick it in - it must be integrated into the motherboard.
Windows will not remotely work right without one. You can knock it down to 512 or 256 megs if you life. Windows generally won't use it until you're out of memory. Generally.
Windows loves the page file. Windows is constantly paging out programs and data to the pagefile in order to have a block of memory available to launch a new program into. However, Windows still retains the data in ram so long as the ram isn't needed for something else, so if you have to pull up that program or data again, Windows won't have to go to the pagefile to get it. However, Windows still counts that memory as available (since it has already been paged out), hence the reason why the numbers in Task Manager tend to not add up quite right. Overall, the system works quite well, especially for computers with a modest amount of ram.
The problem is that Windows is still aggressively paging out data on high memory systems, when there really isn't a reason to have 800MB-1000MB or more of memory available at any time. The only way I know to really change Window's behavior is to disable the pagefile (which I don't do). What I do recommend is setting the page file to a set size, and using a defragging program to make it one large file at the beginning of the drive. If you have a second harddrive that is fast, it is probably better to put in on the beginning of the second drive.
Likewise, MS-DOS worked the same way. deltree c:\gamedir would pretty much eradicate any the game from your system.
If you're going to flame Office, that's fine. But at least qualify that you are stuck on a 5 year old copy that's soon going to be three major versions behind the curve.
I use Excel 2003 almost every day at work, and I can tell you that his complaints are some of the exact some ones that I have with Excel 2003. Quite simply, whoever designed the MDI for Excel 2003 was on crack, and deserves to be smacked. Seriously. And the copy/cut/paste thing pisses me off a lot too.
I justed checked store.apple.com, and the only G5 model they are selling is a 20" 2.1Ghz(!) model for $1500. I didn't remember hearing anything about the iMac G5's getting any speed boosts, so it looks like they slipped this one under the radar. It's kind of funny to click on the Core Duo version and read about how the much faster it is than the G5 model, when they are still trying to sell the same G5 model.
Ghetto-blaster: Basically a box with speakers, can be powered by batteries, and is meant to be portable. Percieved as cool by a certain segment of the population.
iPod Hifi: Basically a box with speakers, can be powered by batteries, and is meant to be portable. Percieved as cool by a certain segment of the population.
Gee, I wonder why people are making the comparison? True, it's not exactly the same, one works with tapes, and the other works with iPods. And one sure costs a lot more. But the simularities are there.
It means that now all consumer Apple computers (except the Laptops) are on Intel processors.
Last time I checked, Apple was still selling iMac G5's. Though, in my opinion, anyone buying one is nuts.
Don't most music "pirates" get their music from ripping CDs, anyways? I can't say I've ever known anyone that pirated music by recording it off the radio and then distributing it.
I've downloaded dance mixes that were ripped from the radio, mainly from European stations like BBC Radio 1. Also, back in the 1990's when I was just a kid with a cheap dual cassette boombox, I would record "mix tapes" from the radio and swap them with my friends - though I would have to be crazy to do the same thing in 2006.
You can pick up lots of those hockey-puck mice on eBay for about three bucks.
Yeah, but he said a decent mouse. If you only pay $3 for one of those useless hockey puck mice, you're still getting ripped off.
Oh yes, now back to hardware. Is that cheap Dell box two and one half inches tall and six inches square and compleatly silent
Yeah, but is the Intel Mac Mini silent? The Core Solo and Core Duo are going to run quite a bit warmer than the G4.
I worked for IBM, for a while, some time back. Everything on that list was practiced by IBM.
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Well, in that case, atleast the free laptops were Thinkpads
That's some strange math. If idiot 1 manages to get a virus on his Mac, it'll be because his system was vulnerable to attack. Now, he could be running some bizarre combination of software or something, but chances are he'll be running a pretty plain-jane MacOS install (the people who are most affected by malware are the less computer savvy ones, who also tend to be the ones who don't customize their installs much). So now idiot 1 has a virus that will attack a pretty normal OSX install. So the chances of him finding idiot 2 is going to be more like 99%. And so on.
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It should be of more relevance to Slashdot readers that the player supports Ogg Vorbis according to its spec sheet.
Maybe you should brush up on your reading comprehension skills?
Remember when Comcast tried to buy Disney? Disney will NEVER sell the company to Apple.
It doesn't work that way. Disney is a publicly traded company, all that Apple would have to do is start buying up enough stock until they own a large enough percentage that they would effectively control the company. Steve Jobs already owns 7% of Disney as it stands now.