No, it is not a disincentive. The developers who are only interested in the majority market already do not make Mac-native software. A Mac that boots XP will not change that.
Boot Camp is just another convenience for the Mac users.
might be a fad, since it's more "hip" than calling the file an archive, but I can't imagine the freedom to listen to a given radio show at a time of your choosing to be a fad.
Then again I could be wrong. Has downloading music files gone lame yet?
While I agree with you, I have to say that Apple provides key software to specific markets specifically to sell Apple hardware. This makes them more a hardware company than anything else.
For example if a production company could run Final Cut Studio, Logic Pro or Shake on a no-name budget x86 box then they simply would.
Tiger is not the name of the OS, it's merely a designated title so one doesn't have to refer to the OS by its full & proper name: Mac OS X 10.4. I don't see how a reference to a wildcat infringes on anything belonging to TigetDirect. Now if it was actually named Tiger OS then I could understand.
Apple has an agreement with AOL to allow.Mac users access to the AIM service so therefore by using iChat to Log In to AIM you automatically agreed to AOL's TOS since it's their servers.
AIM Products
For purposes of these Terms of Service, the term "AIM Products" shall mean AIM software (whether preinstalled, on a medium or offered by download), AIM services, AIM websites (including, without limitation, AIM.COM and AIMTODAY.COM) and all other software, features, tools, web sites and services provided by or through AIM from America Online, Inc. and its business divisions (e.g., Netscape) (collectively "AOL") and AOL's third-party vendors.
Even if you don't count Apple's actions this week as a potential threat to first amendment rights (Apple's crackdown on Web sites that love the company), they do nothing to bolster Apple's public image.
Their public image is more than fine. As far as the general public knows, Apple makes products that are simple to use and look good. That's pretty much all they know.
In fact the company's success of late has yielded accusations of bullying...
Apple has always dealt with accusations of bullying. For every product they release, there is usually some smaller company that claims they did it first and Apple stole their idea.
...and potentially unlawful business tactics,...
I can't comment on this because I'm not aware of any of these tactics. Please enlighten me.
...along with complaints about the fact that songs purchased from its iTunes music service don't work with music players other than its own.
I feel that this is a poor argument simply because Apple is a hardware company. Music from the iTMS only work on iPods for the same reason their OS only works on a Macintosh: it's an incentive to purchase Apple hardware.
How does the iTunes store work?
It works very well.
Is every song $0.99?
For the most part, yes.
Do they offer a special if you download a full album?
Yes. Downloading most albums will only cost you $9.99. Occasionally you will pay more for a double album or box set.
Suppose you want a full CD, and the first track is a 20 second intro. Does this track still cost $0.99?
You have the option to purchace the whole album for $9.99 or the individual tracks for $.99 each.
GPS & lighthouses are aids to navigation and there can never be too many aids; especially when there are so many now and ships still run aground. They both can be used to compliment each other and if one fails the another can used.
Email and the postal services do not have that type of interoperability.
And yes, I am aware that most maritime accidents are related to human error and not to the navigation aids themselves.
To be honest, the only people I ever hear complain about Apple's mice, or anything Apple-design related, are geeks.
Geeks seem to have a problem accepting that somebody would want to use anything on or with a computer in a different manner than they do.
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Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-and a lot of courage-to move in the opposite direction. --Albert Einstein
When is the right time to jump on the Apple ship? Am I going to get burned by a sluggish overpriced laptop that is updated next month?"
I'm going to answer the questions that were actually asked.
1. The right time is when ever you are ready to jump. Before jumping, though, I'd suggest that you do some research on which one of Apple's currently shipping system meets your needs.
2. If you are the type that MUST have the latest and greatest all the time then the answer is yes. Apple has an unofficial policy that they should introduce something new every 90 days. Now that you know that time schedule, you will only get burned if you allow yourself to be.
Now to address your previous comment: It seems like the Power Books are getting very long in the tooth and the Ipods are due for a major rev.
Since it was the first Apple product to receive the, now ubiquitous, minimalist industrial redesign, I suppose the Powerbook is getting long in the tooth. I'm certain Apple is aware of this and is working on something.
As for the iPods, their current hardware designs, and software, are fairly new and they work as advertised. What more do you really need from a portable digital music player that is so incredibly easy to use?
Why, yes, you are right: Misappropriation of a trade secret is not a criminal offense, but if you don't mind me regurgitating text from law.freeadvice.com:
Apple will likely prove in court that a trade secret was misappropriated and will have the legal right to recover most of it's damages from Nick. When Nick realizes that this can seriously screw up his life, between having tarnished his chances of being hired by any tech company and having his wages garnished, he'll most likely "remember" who gave him the info in an attempt to reduce the amount he owes.
Rest assured that Apple will be going after whomever provided the info to Nick. As soon as Nick realizes that his sentence will be lighter once he squeals, Apple will then go and twist the screws to the informant.
Also Nick did commit a crime: he egged individuals in-the-know to provide him with trade secrets with the intent to publish it.
According to the article, the phone syncs with a computer and the iTunes Music Store like an iPod does, and incorporates the iPod interface for navigating and playing digital music
Pixo is the company that created the navigation interface that is used in the iPod. Before the iPod, and its eventual acquisition by Sun, their thing was making navigation systems for cellphones. Pixo created the system now known as the iPod OS specifically for navigating through thousands of music files on a cellphone. The original iPod software even gave credit for Pixo's contribution to the iPod project, along with the work of PortalPlayer (not certain, but I believe they came up with the scroll wheel).
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Hey, which crazy thing happening are you guys screaming about?
Well, IDRC. According to this article at LowEndMac the hardware of the first Mac can handle dates until A.D. 2040, the Mac OS can work correctly through A.D. 2019.
That's still not bad for early '80's thinking.
Even more interesting is the article also notes that Power Macs are designed to handle dates through A.D. 29,940.
The interesting bit about the development of the Mac and the Y2K story is that the Mac was built to address four digit years. IIRC the Date & Time control panel in the MacPlus my Dad brought home in '86 (System 3.2) could be manually set to about 2016 and the OS itself could recognize years into the late 2900's.
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Boot Camp is just another convenience for the Mac users.
Hold the Control key while clicking a one button mouse.
Also, every alphabet has an order in which it's characters are organized so as long as that alphanet has 13 or more characters ROT13 should work.
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might be a fad, since it's more "hip" than calling the file an archive, but I can't imagine the freedom to listen to a given radio show at a time of your choosing to be a fad.Then again I could be wrong. Has downloading music files gone lame yet?
See second paragraph of /. entry #12611991.
For example if a production company could run Final Cut Studio, Logic Pro or Shake on a no-name budget x86 box then they simply would.
Tiger is not the name of the OS, it's merely a designated title so one doesn't have to refer to the OS by its full & proper name: Mac OS X 10.4. I don't see how a reference to a wildcat infringes on anything belonging to TigetDirect. Now if it was actually named Tiger OS then I could understand.
AIM Products For purposes of these Terms of Service, the term "AIM Products" shall mean AIM software (whether preinstalled, on a medium or offered by download), AIM services, AIM websites (including, without limitation, AIM.COM and AIMTODAY.COM) and all other software, features, tools, web sites and services provided by or through AIM from America Online, Inc. and its business divisions (e.g., Netscape) (collectively "AOL") and AOL's third-party vendors.
In this case, Apple is a third party vendor.
Their public image is more than fine. As far as the general public knows, Apple makes products that are simple to use and look good. That's pretty much all they know.
In fact the company's success of late has yielded accusations of bullying...
Apple has always dealt with accusations of bullying. For every product they release, there is usually some smaller company that claims they did it first and Apple stole their idea.
I can't comment on this because I'm not aware of any of these tactics. Please enlighten me.
I feel that this is a poor argument simply because Apple is a hardware company. Music from the iTMS only work on iPods for the same reason their OS only works on a Macintosh: it's an incentive to purchase Apple hardware.
It works very well.
Is every song $0.99?
For the most part, yes.
Do they offer a special if you download a full album?
Yes. Downloading most albums will only cost you $9.99. Occasionally you will pay more for a double album or box set.
Suppose you want a full CD, and the first track is a 20 second intro. Does this track still cost $0.99?
You have the option to purchace the whole album for $9.99 or the individual tracks for $.99 each.
Email and the postal services do not have that type of interoperability.
And yes, I am aware that most maritime accidents are related to human error and not to the navigation aids themselves.
I thought the same thing. You /.ers are slackin'.
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Because it tries to be everything to everyone and that just can't be done.
Why haven't they jettisoned the foul beast from Redmond and migrated en mass to the Macintosh or even Linux?
Ignorance & fear.
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2. Some companies/schools don't like employees/students wasting their bandwidth on streaming music.
3. It helps block out the annoying and sometimes disgusting noises your coworkers/fellow students make.
4. The radio station at work/the common area really sucks.
5. Because they can.
Geeks seem to have a problem accepting that somebody would want to use anything on or with a computer in a different manner than they do.
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Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-and a lot of courage-to move in the opposite direction. --Albert Einstein
I'm going to answer the questions that were actually asked.
1. The right time is when ever you are ready to jump. Before jumping, though, I'd suggest that you do some research on which one of Apple's currently shipping system meets your needs.
2. If you are the type that MUST have the latest and greatest all the time then the answer is yes. Apple has an unofficial policy that they should introduce something new every 90 days. Now that you know that time schedule, you will only get burned if you allow yourself to be.
Now to address your previous comment: It seems like the Power Books are getting very long in the tooth and the Ipods are due for a major rev.
Since it was the first Apple product to receive the, now ubiquitous, minimalist industrial redesign, I suppose the Powerbook is getting long in the tooth. I'm certain Apple is aware of this and is working on something.
As for the iPods, their current hardware designs, and software, are fairly new and they work as advertised. What more do you really need from a portable digital music player that is so incredibly easy to use?
And if so, what did it smell like?
Apple will need it when Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft's lawyers squeeze it out of them for trademark infringement.
Most jurisdictions permit a recovery of both actual loss caused by the misappropriation and any unjust enrichment gained by the culprit so long as the enrichment is not also included in the "actual loss" portion of the equation. If such damages are not easily proved, the aggrieved party may seek to impose a "reasonable royalty" damages. In addition, if the conduct leading to the trade secret misappropriation was willful and malicious, most states permit the imposition of punitive damages and the award of attorney's fees.
Apple will likely prove in court that a trade secret was misappropriated and will have the legal right to recover most of it's damages from Nick. When Nick realizes that this can seriously screw up his life, between having tarnished his chances of being hired by any tech company and having his wages garnished, he'll most likely "remember" who gave him the info in an attempt to reduce the amount he owes.
Also Nick did commit a crime: he egged individuals in-the-know to provide him with trade secrets with the intent to publish it.
Pixo is the company that created the navigation interface that is used in the iPod. Before the iPod, and its eventual acquisition by Sun, their thing was making navigation systems for cellphones. Pixo created the system now known as the iPod OS specifically for navigating through thousands of music files on a cellphone. The original iPod software even gave credit for Pixo's contribution to the iPod project, along with the work of PortalPlayer (not certain, but I believe they came up with the scroll wheel).
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Hey, which crazy thing happening are you guys screaming about?
That's still not bad for early '80's thinking.
Even more interesting is the article also notes that Power Macs are designed to handle dates through A.D. 29,940.
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It was a bug, Dave.
The interesting bit about the development of the Mac and the Y2K story is that the Mac was built to address four digit years. IIRC the Date & Time control panel in the MacPlus my Dad brought home in '86 (System 3.2) could be manually set to about 2016 and the OS itself could recognize years into the late 2900's.
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It was a bug, Dave.