I used one of those for a while, as I kept my mp3s backed up to CD (until I hit 100, then moved to DVD)
However, a player like that denies you support for ordered playlists, something most every user seems to want. I know I much prefer having my newest-added tracks in one list, mixdowns from my band in another, etc. compared to having to scroll through a massive directory of artists to find what I want.
Companies made docking stations for Mac laptops too, it's just that not one of them for Mac or PC has ever been a good solution. It has always been more expensive to buy a docking station than just to connect the few cables you need. The convenience really is not worth it, especially when you can't use that same dock for another laptop down the road.
The people in this thread should be able to take care of their own computers without hand-holding from others. I screw up my machine, I screwed it up. I can't expect slashdot to take care of it.
Why should Apple have to put in a warning for something that isn't even enabled? You used an unsupported method of obtaining other options that your system does not let you see by default. They shouldn't have to worry about that.
Look up NVRAM reset on google and try that. If not, well, best of luck, guess it's time to change your/. name.
The reason it wasn't included in the list is that the option only appears on machines with a certain type of Radeon video card or higher. Machines with GeForce cards will not see the option.
no, no, I buy my music. I don't rent it. I get to keep it. Do you understand? Keep, not rent. My music will continue to play long after I stop shipping at the iTMS. Your songs require a constant payment to stay useful.
If you stop paying, your music will stop playing. It's very simple.
How can you live with this arrangement, of not actually owning the media you enjoy, knowing it could be gone the next day or after your drive crashes?
My 110GB of mp3s and mp4s is backed up, playable on any computer or portable music device in my house, and the music itself is not going anywhere. You cannot say the same.
Make sure you save your receipts, they may let you actually own a track or two once you've been paying them for 4 years.
Actually, if you look at every Widget that has come out thus far, you will find that not one of them updates until you activate Dashboard. I'm running Tiger on 12 machines at work, how about you?
Read the studies/reviews/etc.. there's no better UI than the iPod. Have you used one? Try it. Go on, it won't affect your closed mind.
How about the amount of hassle required to get your music on one of those other players? MusicMatch Jukebox? WMP? RealPlayer? WinAMP? I don't think so, they all have cruddy interfaces that have not been thought out very well. Dragging music from one folder into another in Explorer has got to be the worst way to have to think about your music. You mean you can't make a playlist in your music prgram and then drag it over to your mp3 player? What's that, you need to go through folders on your hard drive until you've assembled the songs from that playlist and then drag them over in the right order that you want them to play? How sad.
Do they play.mp4 or.aif? All my exports from the music studio are in.aif, and I rip most of my CDs to.mp4 because it sounds a bit better at the same bit rate, and takes up less space on my HD.
We sell those other devices at the store I work at. We have sold 3 since January. We sell over 30 iPods a day. Tell me that all these people are just following a trend, that not one of them has done their homework and research to see which mp3 player is the best overall.
Acessories? Let's see now.. what can you get for those other players? mmm.. not much, if anything. We have over 200 accessories for different models of iPod.. cases, FM stuff, camera crap, custom-designed speakers, all sorts of items that just won't work with those other players.
You won't see a G5 PowerBook. Ever. It's not good on power. Period.
You will, however, see dual-G4 PowerBooks. This makes the most sense and would provide the biggest gain in performance for not much tradeoff in heat and power consumption.
The only wonder I would have is whether these cause much strain on the Dock itself. I used to run the SlashDock plugin but found my Dock would always end up using most of my processor(s).
...and Dashboard's widgets only update when you pull them into view, which is sort of lame and not at all keeping with the 'dash' idea.
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...and bands that don't write their own material shouldn't be respected or given a chance.
Anyone can learn an instrument and perform someone else's song, it takes talent to write it and perform it.
Here's hoping it will fix the MIDI issues that occurred with Reason and 10.3.6. It's getting very frustrating to have to troubleshoot this stuff all the time with the Audio MIDI Setup Utility.
Any word on if Safari has been updated to support type-ahead-find yet? I won't be updating until I hear some Reason users speak up, and this is a sweet feature that should be in Safari by now.
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It's actually from South Park, from the Underpants Gnomes episode.
Artificial inflation sucks, but there's no way they're going to let us resell the songs to anyone else.
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I used one of those for a while, as I kept my mp3s backed up to CD (until I hit 100, then moved to DVD)
However, a player like that denies you support for ordered playlists, something most every user seems to want. I know I much prefer having my newest-added tracks in one list, mixdowns from my band in another, etc. compared to having to scroll through a massive directory of artists to find what I want.
Companies made docking stations for Mac laptops too, it's just that not one of them for Mac or PC has ever been a good solution. It has always been more expensive to buy a docking station than just to connect the few cables you need. The convenience really is not worth it, especially when you can't use that same dock for another laptop down the road.
Hope that's clearer.
The people in this thread should be able to take care of their own computers without hand-holding from others. I screw up my machine, I screwed it up. I can't expect slashdot to take care of it.
you're getting rid of the mini, no?
Why should Apple have to put in a warning for something that isn't even enabled? You used an unsupported method of obtaining other options that your system does not let you see by default. They shouldn't have to worry about that.
/. name.
Look up NVRAM reset on google and try that. If not, well, best of luck, guess it's time to change your
The option only appears on machines with a certain type of Radeon video card or higher. Your machine does not have a compatible card.
docking stations are for loser PCs. They are shit design and have never been a good solution, just a waste of money.
This option only appears on machines with a certain type of Radeon video card or higher. Machines with GeForce cards will not see the option.
The reason it wasn't included in the list is that the option only appears on machines with a certain type of Radeon video card or higher. Machines with GeForce cards will not see the option.
no, the mp3 player market faltered for a while before Apple picked up the slack.
The tablet market has faltered for a while too, let's see what comes of it.
no, no, I buy my music. I don't rent it. I get to keep it. Do you understand? Keep, not rent. My music will continue to play long after I stop shipping at the iTMS. Your songs require a constant payment to stay useful.
If you stop paying, your music will stop playing. It's very simple.
How can you live with this arrangement, of not actually owning the media you enjoy, knowing it could be gone the next day or after your drive crashes?
My 110GB of mp3s and mp4s is backed up, playable on any computer or portable music device in my house, and the music itself is not going anywhere. You cannot say the same.
Make sure you save your receipts, they may let you actually own a track or two once you've been paying them for 4 years.
Actually, if you look at every Widget that has come out thus far, you will find that not one of them updates until you activate Dashboard. I'm running Tiger on 12 machines at work, how about you?
hahaha just reset your PRAM, it will fix itself and sync to a resolution the monitor supports. You poor knee-jerker.
Read the studies/reviews/etc.. there's no better UI than the iPod. Have you used one? Try it. Go on, it won't affect your closed mind.
.mp4 or .aif? All my exports from the music studio are in .aif, and I rip most of my CDs to .mp4 because it sounds a bit better at the same bit rate, and takes up less space on my HD.
How about the amount of hassle required to get your music on one of those other players? MusicMatch Jukebox? WMP? RealPlayer? WinAMP? I don't think so, they all have cruddy interfaces that have not been thought out very well. Dragging music from one folder into another in Explorer has got to be the worst way to have to think about your music. You mean you can't make a playlist in your music prgram and then drag it over to your mp3 player? What's that, you need to go through folders on your hard drive until you've assembled the songs from that playlist and then drag them over in the right order that you want them to play? How sad.
Do they play
We sell those other devices at the store I work at. We have sold 3 since January. We sell over 30 iPods a day. Tell me that all these people are just following a trend, that not one of them has done their homework and research to see which mp3 player is the best overall.
Acessories? Let's see now.. what can you get for those other players? mmm.. not much, if anything. We have over 200 accessories for different models of iPod.. cases, FM stuff, camera crap, custom-designed speakers, all sorts of items that just won't work with those other players.
Those poor other players.
..iPod interface, not iTunes. Get your facts straight before whining. It's a design patent. Don't make me have to explain what that is. Please.
Don't forget to keep paying rent on your music. Did you know that if you don't keep renting it it will cease to work? That's gotta suck.
Yes. The OGG crowd is marginal.
.. I don't know, I've only seen one on the subway/bus so far this year. I really don't think they're all that popular.
You won't see a G5 PowerBook. Ever. It's not good on power. Period.
You will, however, see dual-G4 PowerBooks. This makes the most sense and would provide the biggest gain in performance for not much tradeoff in heat and power consumption.
The only wonder I would have is whether these cause much strain on the Dock itself. I used to run the SlashDock plugin but found my Dock would always end up using most of my processor(s).
...and Dashboard's widgets only update when you pull them into view, which is sort of lame and not at all keeping with the 'dash' idea.
...and bands that don't write their own material shouldn't be respected or given a chance. Anyone can learn an instrument and perform someone else's song, it takes talent to write it and perform it.
too far? It's a case for the iPod. Apple doesn't make a case for the iPod. Now they do, what's the problem?
So after the MS programs are disabled, why can't they be deleted? why must they be left on the hard drive?
The iPod is not a MP3 player, it doesn't even support MP3 files.
huh? what the hell? where did this guy come from?
try it and find out. don't post something you know nothing about. iPod plays mp3, mp4 (aac), wav, aif, audible, and apple lossless.
Here's hoping it will fix the MIDI issues that occurred with Reason and 10.3.6. It's getting very frustrating to have to troubleshoot this stuff all the time with the Audio MIDI Setup Utility.
Any word on if Safari has been updated to support type-ahead-find yet? I won't be updating until I hear some Reason users speak up, and this is a sweet feature that should be in Safari by now.
It's actually from South Park, from the Underpants Gnomes episode.
Artificial inflation sucks, but there's no way they're going to let us resell the songs to anyone else.