>I wonder if the VT folks had to buy an OSX license for each node of their "cluster."
They bought full towers, all of which came pre-loaded with OS X. (no additional fee)
"This might be a historacle moment for Apple, releasing something price competitive."
All of Apple's hardware (and software) is price competitive. Apple simply doesn't sell low-end cheapy products, but of the products they do sell... they are VERY price competitive.
"Once again, I disagree. The current majority of the BT devices are used to support cell phones and pda's. KB/mice are very recent, and M$ had their BT enabled kb/mouse around the same time as Apple did (not sure who was precisely first, but they were close enough to call it even"
These devices only came after Apple created support for them in the operating system.
When Apple and Microsoft created their own Bluetooth devices is irrelivant. What I'm getting at is the fact that Apple was the first major computer manufacturer/OS supplier to create support for the standard.
it's not [Apple's] adoption that's pushing sales, it's all these other devices.
You are correct. What i was getting at was that nobody was making these devices until Apple supported the technology. Every PC OEM looked at BT with disdain, thus causing few if any hardware developers to make products that leverage the tchnology. Then, Apple decided to support it, more products were created, then PC OEMs followed suit.
You might say that Apple is the answer to the age old chicken and egg comparison. Developers wont come until there are users and users wont come until there are developers.
Funny... Bluetooth was considered totally dead only a short while ago... then Apple started integrating it into their products... pushing the technology very hard, and now, suddenly we get this news a short while after.
Anyone who says that Apple doesn't influence technology trends is either blind or ignorant.
Mac = PC with MacOS/lin/bsd/whatever (just not Windows)
Intel machine = PC with win/lin/bsd/whatever (just not MacOS)
Pet peeve #3 (people you make misleading comments like you did)
osViews.com has an interesting survey which asks its readers which of the paid music services people the plan on using to buy legal music. The results are very interesting.
The idea is to keep people from mass-producing CDs.
By throwing a small monkey wrench in the works it keeps the mass-producers of music out of the way (they're not allowed to re-sell these), but it doesn't hinder the average consumer who likely wouldn't want to make 10 duplicates of the exact same playlist anyways.
"Hmmm. I guess its O.K. when Apple shuns other platforms(quicktime for linux *cough*) but its not O.K. when someone does the same to Apple?"
No, its not okay, because Apple made MPEG4 Quicktime, which means... they not only made it for Linux... they made it for everybody.
You must be talking about sorenson because Quicktime is just a container format.
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thankfully their XServes have ECC ram... which would be more suitable for a G5 Cluster setup anyways.
When a company is doing THAT many great thaings as Apple is, it certinly deserves all the media coverage its getting.
>I wonder if the VT folks had to buy an OSX license for each node of their "cluster." They bought full towers, all of which came pre-loaded with OS X. (no additional fee)
Apple doesn't own sorenson... Sorenson does. Apple just licenses the codec
"This might be a historacle moment for Apple, releasing something price competitive." All of Apple's hardware (and software) is price competitive. Apple simply doesn't sell low-end cheapy products, but of the products they do sell... they are VERY price competitive.
As long as we're trolling... why not just say 10s?
hundreds or thousands?
Why are you people so quick to provide him an alternative to the iPod after the reasons he gave are so stupid.
He doesn;t want the iPod because he'll loss it or break it. Why is it that he wouldn't loose or break any other MP3 player.
and why does he kust not like them? That's stupid.
You're thinking zerox... (not IBM) and Apple bought the code... they didn't borrow.
"X"Box - OS X
"next" - NeXT
Those who previously doubted Bill Gates love obsession with Steve Jobs be damed...
"Once again, I disagree. The current majority of the BT devices are used to support cell phones and pda's. KB/mice are very recent, and M$ had their BT enabled kb/mouse around the same time as Apple did (not sure who was precisely first, but they were close enough to call it even" These devices only came after Apple created support for them in the operating system. When Apple and Microsoft created their own Bluetooth devices is irrelivant. What I'm getting at is the fact that Apple was the first major computer manufacturer/OS supplier to create support for the standard.
it's not [Apple's] adoption that's pushing sales, it's all these other devices.
You are correct. What i was getting at was that nobody was making these devices until Apple supported the technology. Every PC OEM looked at BT with disdain, thus causing few if any hardware developers to make products that leverage the tchnology. Then, Apple decided to support it, more products were created, then PC OEMs followed suit.
You might say that Apple is the answer to the age old chicken and egg comparison. Developers wont come until there are users and users wont come until there are developers.
Funny... Bluetooth was considered totally dead only a short while ago... then Apple started integrating it into their products... pushing the technology very hard, and now, suddenly we get this news a short while after. Anyone who says that Apple doesn't influence technology trends is either blind or ignorant.
Ya,
they're right...you're bitter.
What makes it not accurate?
It seems like a legit poll to me. Sounds to me like you're just bitter that an Apple technology is winning. LOL!
There is a survey on osViews that shows the choices people are making when buying music from the various services that have popped up.
The results are very interesting.
I think this is going to hinge on who has the best media player. According to this survey, iTunes has them all beat.
(If Microsoft's player doesn't favor WMP, it might have a better chance IMHO)
Regardless, the ipod is the leader in MP3 players anyways. I don't see why anyone would switch.
Mac = PC with MacOS/lin/bsd/whatever (just not Windows) Intel machine = PC with win/lin/bsd/whatever (just not MacOS) Pet peeve #3 (people you make misleading comments like you did)
Still impressive, but actually, the figure is closer to 62% rather than 75%. (The bottom three options give the responder to also choose:
Buy CD, rip MP3, repeat
Only the illegal stuff for me thanks...
DRM not compatible with my OS you insensitive clod
osViews.com has an interesting survey which asks its readers which of the paid music services people the plan on using to buy legal music. The results are very interesting.
i think the parent was just trolling
The idea is to keep people from mass-producing CDs. By throwing a small monkey wrench in the works it keeps the mass-producers of music out of the way (they're not allowed to re-sell these), but it doesn't hinder the average consumer who likely wouldn't want to make 10 duplicates of the exact same playlist anyways.
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"Hmmm. I guess its O.K. when Apple shuns other platforms(quicktime for linux *cough*) but its not O.K. when someone does the same to Apple?" No, its not okay, because Apple made MPEG4 Quicktime, which means... they not only made it for Linux... they made it for everybody. You must be talking about sorenson because Quicktime is just a container format.