Just like those [darn] PC companies *insist* that you need at least a two button mouse/trackpad, and how most *insist* that they must include Windows on it, and how Microsoft *insists* on making you use x86 architecture to run their most recent OSes? Some folks are unhappy with the standard Wintel setup too.
I like two button mice as much as most "power users", but why do you rag on Apple for things they insist on doing but not on other hardware companies do too, unless your being bias based on your own preferences.
I bought a car in 1970, it doesn't go as fast as other cars but it does what I need it to do, but why should I pay even more money for a new car just because the dealership won't support it, geesh I can't even find any new car parts to fix it myself .
Oh yeah, of course this is "flamebait" because I'm stating facts. Now had I been saying, "ooohhh Windows Media Player sucks and iTunes is mediocre" I'd probably have a +5 Insightful moderation.
Sorry, I used the enter key but I forgot that I had my posting mode set to HTML and not Plain Old Text (and of course I rarely preview before submitting).
"Internet TV implementation runs easier than I've seen with any other program"
That's called bulk. If I want to watch Internet TV I'd download a program specifically designed for it.
"Throw in all the customization possibilities as opposed to iTunes limiting look, and the strong community support with plug-ins for nearly anything imaginable"
iTunes supports plugins, I don't know what the limits are, as for skins, that's something Apple has always seemed to not try to implement on anything. I'm not bashing Winamp, it's been around for a while, but my last experiences with Winamp 3 (I stopped using it after that) were horrible, not only was I forced to mess around with technical settings to get rid of an annoying hiss in the background but in my opinion the sound quality of Winamp at that time was worse than Windows Media Player. Custom skins and visualizations are nice, but the primary function of the program is more important to me.
Maybe things have changed since then but now I use the rendezvous (did I spell that right) features of iTunes to allow me to stream my music from my powerbook to a desktop PC that's connected to full powered speakers (since I'm too lazy to keep unplugging and plugging in stuff). I prefer to conserve hard drive space and not have to worry about syncing libraries. The only other place I have my music is my iPod which dispite what Apple says, you can get your music library back off of without 3rd party utilities (unix terminal works).
As far as I can see, even with the features you mentioned, The Winamp developer's only invention was clashing features and improving on problems with their software previously. Just remember Winamp has been in development for a lot longer than iTunes for Windows has, you can't expect Apple to optimize and have every feature Winamp has within the first major version release, that's asking too much.
Last time I heard, iTunes supports music players other than the iPod, the iPod is just the only one that supports AAC and that's the fault of the companies that make the other players.
iTunes is definitely the best in terms of overall quality and and ability (note how many other jukeboxes are trying to rip off). I'm sure some people rather not have a meg added to their download just because people like you want 15 options in codecs, most of which are never going to be used. The music jukebox thing may not be original for Apple but there are plenty of other options that didn't invent the music jukebox idea either, including your beloved winamp5.
An invention is nothing more than a solution to a problem, and that is what Apple did, unless you have another definition then you're just another person again whining that Apple gets credit for something just because it's only an improvement on already existing concepts and not some totally new, unheard of, and unbelievable new program that has it's own new format that nobody else uses...oh wait then you'd be whining about it being proprietary.
He said 'this' PC, implying that he might have another PC for gaming. Perhaps 'this' PC is designated a work-only machine (poorly made games can fsck up computers you know, maybe he rather it not be the machine that brings in the money).
How bout just a panic button? You make it seem like only women can be victims and rape is the only situation in which that kind of emergency response might be needed.
This is a panther exploit that's been discovered for a while (i think even the same week panther was released). The "quick fix" don't leave sensitive stuff open (at least make it inactive by clicking on the desktop) when you lock your screen (active or let the screen saver activate). If you're really paranoid, activate fast user switching (if not already active) and switch to the login screen.
Though there's no excuse if this bug is still present in 10.3.2
This is one of the best comments I've read in a while. I'm currently 17 and have always had to keep the fact that I talk to "online strangers" secret from my mother (my father knew though and actually encouraged it the day we had an ISP). I've had good values and common sense instilled in me by my parents, unfortunately one of them is too frightened by the news of some idiot kid who thought it would be a good idea to go on a plane trip to some stranger's house without talking to somebody about it first.
Raising your kid right will keep them safer than any "parental controls" or "computer rules".
Depends on what school you go to, in my middle school I saw about as many fist fights between two girls as I did two boys and the verbal abuse was strong on both sides (girls bully boys, boys bully boys, girls bully boys, I never saw boys bully girls [in a violent way] though).
Uh, why would you strip it down just to table it? Any mac user who would otherwise pay for both a laptop and a drawing tablet would gladly pay even if it costs more than the non-tablet equivalent. They'd probably have an advantage in the tablet market for people who want high-end tablet machines if they didn't cheapen the hardware for it, since as of now you can't get a tablet PC that matches the highest end non-tablet laptop.
But I'm sure Apple won't be entering the tablet market until it's more stable, they don't need to try anything new right now as they're making money on iPods.
pinky on ctrl, ring finger on option, middle finger on 'pretty flower' better known as command, pointer on track-pad, thumb on track pad button. Other hand holding laptop.
Not that you really need the ctrl-click in OS-X, it's so transparent that the only place I ever use it is in browsers to download images (or command to open a new tab in safari). Also, I've never had to hold down all three of those at the same time for anything. So what are you talking about? You shouldn't be using a laptop in a situation where you have to hold it, you might drop it no matter what hardware you're using.
Nope, the way the case is designed, most of the air intake comes through the bottom (and the case's front part makes the tower's front prop off the surface). So air goes in through the bottom (which isn't covered) and out the back through the fan. The case is also big enough. The temperature increase is about 2 degrees, and it's a lowly Pentium 2. If I touch the the cover on the case it's still pretty cool. But I use this as a poor-mans server, not as my main machine. Otherwise I'd just turn it off at nights. My PS2 gets a lot hotter than this thing.
What if you sleep in the same room as the machine and it acts as a poor-mans server at the same time? I personally woke up with headaches before I quieted my machine down. Headaches first thing in the morning are not good.
Very true, except since I'm an amateur programmer I use a winter coat and cover the entire PC case (leaving the back uncovered for ports and fans. The machine doesn't run hot enough to cause any problems with the coat, but it's by far a lot quieter. however when the depths of winter roll around I'll have to find a substitute.
Well, I'm pretty sure the reason they only released it on XP and 2000 is because 1) It's best to support the newer OS first and 2) XP and 2000 is much better in terms of stability, hardware support, etc so iTunes should "just work" better on those OS versions.
The problem with using a processor serial number from the pentium is that there are again different brands of processors (AMD is one). So it's harder to do that stuff. But yeah, it's also possible that Apple is using some MS thing to help keep itunes music secure.
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You should be kicked in the face.
Try writing Microsoft to get HFS+ support added to Windows at all.
Just like those [darn] PC companies *insist* that you need at least a two button mouse/trackpad, and how most *insist* that they must include Windows on it, and how Microsoft *insists* on making you use x86 architecture to run their most recent OSes? Some folks are unhappy with the standard Wintel setup too.
I like two button mice as much as most "power users", but why do you rag on Apple for things they insist on doing but not on other hardware companies do too, unless your being bias based on your own preferences.
I bought a car in 1970, it doesn't go as fast as other cars but it does what I need it to do, but why should I pay even more money for a new car just because the dealership won't support it, geesh I can't even find any new car parts to fix it myself .
Oh yeah, of course this is "flamebait" because I'm stating facts. Now had I been saying, "ooohhh Windows Media Player sucks and iTunes is mediocre" I'd probably have a +5 Insightful moderation.
Sorry, I used the enter key but I forgot that I had my posting mode set to HTML and not Plain Old Text (and of course I rarely preview before submitting).
"Internet TV implementation runs easier than I've seen with any other program" That's called bulk. If I want to watch Internet TV I'd download a program specifically designed for it. "Throw in all the customization possibilities as opposed to iTunes limiting look, and the strong community support with plug-ins for nearly anything imaginable" iTunes supports plugins, I don't know what the limits are, as for skins, that's something Apple has always seemed to not try to implement on anything. I'm not bashing Winamp, it's been around for a while, but my last experiences with Winamp 3 (I stopped using it after that) were horrible, not only was I forced to mess around with technical settings to get rid of an annoying hiss in the background but in my opinion the sound quality of Winamp at that time was worse than Windows Media Player. Custom skins and visualizations are nice, but the primary function of the program is more important to me. Maybe things have changed since then but now I use the rendezvous (did I spell that right) features of iTunes to allow me to stream my music from my powerbook to a desktop PC that's connected to full powered speakers (since I'm too lazy to keep unplugging and plugging in stuff). I prefer to conserve hard drive space and not have to worry about syncing libraries. The only other place I have my music is my iPod which dispite what Apple says, you can get your music library back off of without 3rd party utilities (unix terminal works). As far as I can see, even with the features you mentioned, The Winamp developer's only invention was clashing features and improving on problems with their software previously. Just remember Winamp has been in development for a lot longer than iTunes for Windows has, you can't expect Apple to optimize and have every feature Winamp has within the first major version release, that's asking too much.
Last time I heard, iTunes supports music players other than the iPod, the iPod is just the only one that supports AAC and that's the fault of the companies that make the other players.
iTunes is definitely the best in terms of overall quality and and ability (note how many other jukeboxes are trying to rip off). I'm sure some people rather not have a meg added to their download just because people like you want 15 options in codecs, most of which are never going to be used. The music jukebox thing may not be original for Apple but there are plenty of other options that didn't invent the music jukebox idea either, including your beloved winamp5.
An invention is nothing more than a solution to a problem, and that is what Apple did, unless you have another definition then you're just another person again whining that Apple gets credit for something just because it's only an improvement on already existing concepts and not some totally new, unheard of, and unbelievable new program that has it's own new format that nobody else uses...oh wait then you'd be whining about it being proprietary.
He said 'this' PC, implying that he might have another PC for gaming. Perhaps 'this' PC is designated a work-only machine (poorly made games can fsck up computers you know, maybe he rather it not be the machine that brings in the money).
How bout just a panic button? You make it seem like only women can be victims and rape is the only situation in which that kind of emergency response might be needed.
This is a panther exploit that's been discovered for a while (i think even the same week panther was released). The "quick fix" don't leave sensitive stuff open (at least make it inactive by clicking on the desktop) when you lock your screen (active or let the screen saver activate). If you're really paranoid, activate fast user switching (if not already active) and switch to the login screen.
Though there's no excuse if this bug is still present in 10.3.2
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This should be modded better than that.
Raising your kid right will keep them safer than any "parental controls" or "computer rules".
But I'm sure Apple won't be entering the tablet market until it's more stable, they don't need to try anything new right now as they're making money on iPods.
pinky on ctrl, ring finger on option, middle finger on 'pretty flower' better known as command, pointer on track-pad, thumb on track pad button. Other hand holding laptop. Not that you really need the ctrl-click in OS-X, it's so transparent that the only place I ever use it is in browsers to download images (or command to open a new tab in safari). Also, I've never had to hold down all three of those at the same time for anything. So what are you talking about? You shouldn't be using a laptop in a situation where you have to hold it, you might drop it no matter what hardware you're using.
Shut-up, you make Apple and it's REAL fans look bad.
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That's got to be the biggest oxymoron I've ever seen in a while. That's like saying, "You idiot genius." You should be shot.
True, but the tower is in a place where it's a hassle to keep removing and putting it back, although i could probably rearrange stuff...
Nope, the way the case is designed, most of the air intake comes through the bottom (and the case's front part makes the tower's front prop off the surface). So air goes in through the bottom (which isn't covered) and out the back through the fan. The case is also big enough. The temperature increase is about 2 degrees, and it's a lowly Pentium 2. If I touch the the cover on the case it's still pretty cool. But I use this as a poor-mans server, not as my main machine. Otherwise I'd just turn it off at nights. My PS2 gets a lot hotter than this thing.
What if you sleep in the same room as the machine and it acts as a poor-mans server at the same time? I personally woke up with headaches before I quieted my machine down. Headaches first thing in the morning are not good.
Very true, except since I'm an amateur programmer I use a winter coat and cover the entire PC case (leaving the back uncovered for ports and fans. The machine doesn't run hot enough to cause any problems with the coat, but it's by far a lot quieter. however when the depths of winter roll around I'll have to find a substitute.
Well, I'm pretty sure the reason they only released it on XP and 2000 is because 1) It's best to support the newer OS first and 2) XP and 2000 is much better in terms of stability, hardware support, etc so iTunes should "just work" better on those OS versions. The problem with using a processor serial number from the pentium is that there are again different brands of processors (AMD is one). So it's harder to do that stuff. But yeah, it's also possible that Apple is using some MS thing to help keep itunes music secure.