I don't care about openness for companies... i care which music format is most open for consumers. When we compare on that issue alone.... fairplay is the more open of the two as it allows me more opportunities to use my music in different ways that does WMA DRM.
Who cares of WMA allows for more stores? Why do I need more stores? I just need the one store that has the most music... and so far... that is iTMS.
Who would have guessed 5 years ago that Apple would be Wall street's darling and growing its stock by leaps and bounds while Microsoft software is languishing its stock is stagnant and not meeting expectations?
The rational behind most conservative's (myself included) view of what is right and wrong stems from ideals have been set fourth from the Bible.
It's not a coincidence that the most fundamental laws in society (not only here in the U.S. but throughout the world) are similar to those established in the Bible.
What you're asking is for an absolute or different (different because we already have an absolutely definition in the Bible) means to establish right and wrong. The problem with that is that everybody is likely to have an opinion of what defines that.
The primary problem with this is that the very definition of right and wrong must be an absolute. It can not change for us to be able to adopt it. It can't change with the times because that would make things that were deemed absolutely wrong at one time absolutely right during another.
So we must look back to the moral authority... the source which was given to us to make these complicated right vs wrong decisions. Of course I'm talking about the Bible.
Whether or not you disagree with the Bible is irrelevant at this point as it set the precedent by which we define what is moral and what is not.
Ask yourself this... if you find yourself disagreeing with the Bible and its definitions of morality is it because it happens to contradict your own lifestyle or possibly also because you don't like to live with the possibility that you might be in violation of a moral authority?
Nobody likes to think they're wrong. That respons is a natural (though incorrect) one.
It doesn't matter if you don't believe in God. He believes in you.
No, a monopoly is not bad. If a company produces such a wonderful product that competition can't match, and it gains monopoly status... thats great!
The problem comes when that monopoly is used illegally and anticompetativly. Worse yet, is what that company achieves monopoly status primarily by way of illegal or anticompetative business practices... and then retains that illegal monopoly by way of extension of that monopoly into new markets.
Apple is not guilty of either of these injustices, however I can think of at least a couple that are.
Haven't we already gone over this a few months ago. They wanted to raise the prices but were not able to because they already signed long term contracts which restrict the price to be where it currently is? And wasn't the base price of the song 90 cents... with the distributor getting only a dime for every download? I remember reading that somewhere.
Regardless, all this ruckus about music download prices increasing stinks of FUD from the non #1 music download stores who want to push their music subscription services.
Its important that people not misinterpret this headline... because it can been so easily misinterpreted. Apple is NOT backing away from firewire.
They are simply making a very logical business decision for their iPod line. There are a number of people who may opt to not buy an iPod because they do not have firewire inputs on their machine. Apple has got around this by including adapter cables in the past, but because the bulk of their business goes to Windows users (many of whom don't have firewire)... the cables are an unneded expense now that the iPod can be powered through USB2.
Firewire is still very intregal to Apple... the same way Firewire has become very intregal to the industry at large.
Apple and its compatriots have been highly innovative. These companies have proven that even if their ideas are well implemented, they cannot always promote them correctly. Other times, a good idea is implemented poorly, and despite their best marketing effort, the product fails. I have compiled 10 of the most notable products released by Apple or its comrades that have failed. Apple Pippin
Introduced under Spindler's rule as CEO, the Pippin should have won Apple a position in the console market, one Apple had yet to penetrate. Apple's goal was to make the Pippin a multimedia machine, capable of reading CD ROMs, surfing the internet and to play games. Apple had decided to share the Pippin's source code with developers for a licensing fee. The developers had a lot more flexibility, and would be able to redesign the Pippin's software to make it attractive for any number of markets. However, Apple was able to recruit only 4500 developers willing to pay the licensing fee.
The operating system of the Pippin was based on the MacOS and with a PowerPC 603 running at 66 MHZ, the Pippin used a similar processor to desktop macs at that time. Being a multimedia machine, the Pippin was capable of producing CD quality sound, and displaying up to thousands of colors. With the powerful Power PC processor, Apple thrashed Nintendo and Sega consoles performance wise, but never won a sizable portion of the market.
OpenDoc
The concept behind OpenDoc is an intuitive one. Many elements of applications are redundant (calculators, multimedia players, spreadsheets). Why not 'cut them up' and use different modules interchangeably. Each file would then make calls on these different modules as needed. With OpenDoc, if a user wished to create a word processor document that includes a spreadsheet, the user would not have to copy it over as a table, or use a gimped up version included with the word processor. Instead, they could call up the ClarisWorks for OpenDoc Spreadsheet module and have a full-blown spreadsheet in the middle of a word processing document. OpenDoc development started in 1995 in collaboration with Novell, IBM and Apple. In 1997, Apple integrated OpenDoc into its core strategy, releasing several OpenDoc apps, and including the technology in Mac OS 7.6. At the same time, the technology was being developed for Windows and UNIX. The companies created the Ci Labs which would authorize OpenDoc components that proved to be compatible as "Live Objects".
In accordance to Apple's vision, it became possible with the OpenDoc compatible version of ClarisWorks to create a document that integrated various OpenDoc modules. The example below has an integrated Video Conferencing session with QuickTime, a browser frame from CyberDog and a graph from another OpenDoc module.
Since 1996, Novell has ceased Windows development of OpenDoc, forcing IBM to take on responsibilities for the platform at the same time they continued development on their AIX (UNIX from IBM). The two versions both evolved and were mature commercial products in 1997. There were problems for OpenDoc, however. At the same time, Microsoft released ann updated version of OLE, and released ActiveX, that closely mimicked the OpenDoc principles. OpenDoc was embraced by major OS developers, but it had failed to attract third party developers. Mac OS 8 was the last release from Apple to include OpenDoc, and it was quietly killed at the hands of Gil Amelio.
Mac TV
Apple was the first major personal computer manufacturer to release a machine with a bundled TV tuner to the public. The Macintosh TV was Apple's first effort in merging the home theater and personal computer. The machine was also one of the only two black Macs ever made (the second being a special edition 5400 sold only in Europe). The Macintosh TV was first envisioned as a tenth anniversary Mac, but it was eventually cancelled. After the unexpected success of the Color Classic, John Sculley requested that a machine comparable to the Color Classic be made with a CD ROM
What make a statement on their web site to correct themselves for something they didn't say?
No, a comment to several news sites including the one I supplied is plenty.
"contrary to rumors around the Internet, Apple has told Macworld that you can even do it yourself without voiding your warranty "unless you break something when you open it.")
"And yet they haven't posted an official statement to their website about the Mac Mini not voiding the warranty when you either A) break the clips holding the case together or B) open the case in the first place."
Maybe because they never said that it voids your warranty in the first place.
That was nothing but FUD that was been corrected by statements Apple has made to correct the misconceptions... statements which I know you've read yet you continue to repeat in an effort to spread FUD.
You (like every other person on the web that has compared prices) is mitigating the cost of iLife on the PC. If you're going to compare them across the board, you need to find matches for iMovie, iDVD and Garageband for the PC. I've done the comparison and found that comparable products for Windows will set you back an additional $250 - $300.
So in reality, the price difference is $222.86 (conservative) in favor of the Mac mini.
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People have different ideas as to the sky being blue too it doesn't change the fact that the sky is still blue.
Life starts at conception. Why do we have to kill a human life (a cloned embryo is still a life) to get body parts?
How is this a break-thru?
Why would mac people be unaware of Windows. We go against the grain just as much (if not more so) than linux users.
I don't care about openness for companies... i care which music format is most open for consumers. When we compare on that issue alone.... fairplay is the more open of the two as it allows me more opportunities to use my music in different ways that does WMA DRM.
Who cares of WMA allows for more stores? Why do I need more stores? I just need the one store that has the most music... and so far... that is iTMS.
Who would have guessed 5 years ago that Apple would be Wall street's darling and growing its stock by leaps and bounds while Microsoft software is languishing its stock is stagnant and not meeting expectations?
The rational behind most conservative's (myself included) view of what is right and wrong stems from ideals have been set fourth from the Bible.
It's not a coincidence that the most fundamental laws in society (not only here in the U.S. but throughout the world) are similar to those established in the Bible.
What you're asking is for an absolute or different (different because we already have an absolutely definition in the Bible) means to establish right and wrong. The problem with that is that everybody is likely to have an opinion of what defines that.
The primary problem with this is that the very definition of right and wrong must be an absolute. It can not change for us to be able to adopt it. It can't change with the times because that would make things that were deemed absolutely wrong at one time absolutely right during another.
So we must look back to the moral authority... the source which was given to us to make these complicated right vs wrong decisions. Of course I'm talking about the Bible.
Whether or not you disagree with the Bible is irrelevant at this point as it set the precedent by which we define what is moral and what is not.
Ask yourself this... if you find yourself disagreeing with the Bible and its definitions of morality is it because it happens to contradict your own lifestyle or possibly also because you don't like to live with the possibility that you might be in violation of a moral authority?
Nobody likes to think they're wrong. That respons is a natural (though incorrect) one.
It doesn't matter if you don't believe in God. He believes in you.
No, a monopoly is not bad. If a company produces such a wonderful product that competition can't match, and it gains monopoly status... thats great!
The problem comes when that monopoly is used illegally and anticompetativly. Worse yet, is what that company achieves monopoly status primarily by way of illegal or anticompetative business practices... and then retains that illegal monopoly by way of extension of that monopoly into new markets.
Apple is not guilty of either of these injustices, however I can think of at least a couple that are.
Haven't we already gone over this a few months ago. They wanted to raise the prices but were not able to because they already signed long term contracts which restrict the price to be where it currently is? And wasn't the base price of the song 90 cents... with the distributor getting only a dime for every download? I remember reading that somewhere.
Regardless, all this ruckus about music download prices increasing stinks of FUD from the non #1 music download stores who want to push their music subscription services.
Thats because the PCs allows you to buy less and therefore spend less.
Thats not a fair comparison.
If you're going to do that... then compare every PC to a Mac mini.
what about didn't you like about about it?
Thanks!
That was me. =)
Considering the fact that they lowered the price MORE than $20... you don't have a point.
Things trolls invented:
oversimplifying and confusing the issue.
Its important that people not misinterpret this headline... because it can been so easily misinterpreted. Apple is NOT backing away from firewire.
They are simply making a very logical business decision for their iPod line. There are a number of people who may opt to not buy an iPod because they do not have firewire inputs on their machine. Apple has got around this by including adapter cables in the past, but because the bulk of their business goes to Windows users (many of whom don't have firewire)... the cables are an unneded expense now that the iPod can be powered through USB2.
Firewire is still very intregal to Apple... the same way Firewire has become very intregal to the industry at large.
personally, I would have opted for the red swingline stapler.
but why use AAC if it isn't DRM'd
AAC offers better quality at lower bit rates than other codecs.
5.6 is not a decline but it is declining.
if I make $20 per hour one month and then the next month I only make $10 per hour. Even though I'm still making money, is that a rise or a decline?
The comment was NOT fud.
"but I doubt Apple will be selling Mac OS X Cell Edition anytime soon"
Why not? The chip is totally PowerPC native.
I set mine to record Howard Stern at 5:30 am and stop at 10:30... then offset it to my ipod and then listen to the whole show at my leisure.
Apple and its compatriots have been highly innovative. These companies have proven that even if their ideas are well implemented, they cannot always promote them correctly. Other times, a good idea is implemented poorly, and despite their best marketing effort, the product fails. I have compiled 10 of the most notable products released by Apple or its comrades that have failed. Apple Pippin
Introduced under Spindler's rule as CEO, the Pippin should have won Apple a position in the console market, one Apple had yet to penetrate. Apple's goal was to make the Pippin a multimedia machine, capable of reading CD ROMs, surfing the internet and to play games. Apple had decided to share the Pippin's source code with developers for a licensing fee. The developers had a lot more flexibility, and would be able to redesign the Pippin's software to make it attractive for any number of markets. However, Apple was able to recruit only 4500 developers willing to pay the licensing fee.
The operating system of the Pippin was based on the MacOS and with a PowerPC 603 running at 66 MHZ, the Pippin used a similar processor to desktop macs at that time. Being a multimedia machine, the Pippin was capable of producing CD quality sound, and displaying up to thousands of colors. With the powerful Power PC processor, Apple thrashed Nintendo and Sega consoles performance wise, but never won a sizable portion of the market.
OpenDoc
The concept behind OpenDoc is an intuitive one. Many elements of applications are redundant (calculators, multimedia players, spreadsheets). Why not 'cut them up' and use different modules interchangeably. Each file would then make calls on these different modules as needed. With OpenDoc, if a user wished to create a word processor document that includes a spreadsheet, the user would not have to copy it over as a table, or use a gimped up version included with the word processor. Instead, they could call up the ClarisWorks for OpenDoc Spreadsheet module and have a full-blown spreadsheet in the middle of a word processing document. OpenDoc development started in 1995 in collaboration with Novell, IBM and Apple. In 1997, Apple integrated OpenDoc into its core strategy, releasing several OpenDoc apps, and including the technology in Mac OS 7.6. At the same time, the technology was being developed for Windows and UNIX. The companies created the Ci Labs which would authorize OpenDoc components that proved to be compatible as "Live Objects".
In accordance to Apple's vision, it became possible with the OpenDoc compatible version of ClarisWorks to create a document that integrated various OpenDoc modules. The example below has an integrated Video Conferencing session with QuickTime, a browser frame from CyberDog and a graph from another OpenDoc module.
Since 1996, Novell has ceased Windows development of OpenDoc, forcing IBM to take on responsibilities for the platform at the same time they continued development on their AIX (UNIX from IBM). The two versions both evolved and were mature commercial products in 1997. There were problems for OpenDoc, however. At the same time, Microsoft released ann updated version of OLE, and released ActiveX, that closely mimicked the OpenDoc principles. OpenDoc was embraced by major OS developers, but it had failed to attract third party developers. Mac OS 8 was the last release from Apple to include OpenDoc, and it was quietly killed at the hands of Gil Amelio.
Mac TV
Apple was the first major personal computer manufacturer to release a machine with a bundled TV tuner to the public. The Macintosh TV was Apple's first effort in merging the home theater and personal computer. The machine was also one of the only two black Macs ever made (the second being a special edition 5400 sold only in Europe). The Macintosh TV was first envisioned as a tenth anniversary Mac, but it was eventually cancelled. After the unexpected success of the Color Classic, John Sculley requested that a machine comparable to the Color Classic be made with a CD ROM
What make a statement on their web site to correct themselves for something they didn't say? No, a comment to several news sites including the one I supplied is plenty.
Quote from Mac World Article:
"contrary to rumors around the Internet, Apple has told Macworld that you can even do it yourself without voiding your warranty "unless you break something when you open it.")
"And yet they haven't posted an official statement to their website about the Mac Mini not voiding the warranty when you either A) break the clips holding the case together or B) open the case in the first place."
Maybe because they never said that it voids your warranty in the first place.
That was nothing but FUD that was been corrected by statements Apple has made to correct the misconceptions... statements which I know you've read yet you continue to repeat in an effort to spread FUD.
You (like every other person on the web that has compared prices) is mitigating the cost of iLife on the PC. If you're going to compare them across the board, you need to find matches for iMovie, iDVD and Garageband for the PC. I've done the comparison and found that comparable products for Windows will set you back an additional $250 - $300.
So in reality, the price difference is $222.86 (conservative) in favor of the Mac mini.
thousands?
Try millions...