I guess it boils down to what you consider "best of breed." For instance, I consider all of the following, "best of breed" and all are available for the Mac (quite a few are NOT available on Wintel):
Final Cut Studio (Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Motion 2, DVD Studio Pro) Digidesign ProTools Propellerhead Reason MOTU Digital Performer Ableton Live Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, InDesign, GoLive) Dreamweaver Fireworks Flash Lightwave 3D MS Office Logic Pro Shake Aperture iLife (Garageband, iTunes, iPhoto, iWeb, iDVD, iMovie) QuickTime Pro
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I know you're kidding, but you'd probably be hard pressed to find a Mac user that hasn't already had to suffer through Windows. This is why they use a Mac at home. This is a great time for Apple! They have a win/win situation with Boot Camp and now with Parallel's virtualization software.
But, you forget. Apple developes most of the really cool software, too! Final Cut Pro, Logic, Shake, iLife, etc. Pretty soon they may reveal a Photoshop killer. Remember how Final Cut Pro knocked the Hell out of Adobe Premier and pretty much all the truly hi-end stuff as well? I'm sure they can do the same with Photocrap. Shoot, if the put some serious muscle behind iWeb, they may even have an answer to Dreamweaver. They're probably dreaming up a serious contender to MS Office as well.
DIY, if necessary! That's what I like about Apple.
Due to the popularity of the iPod, there are a helluva lot of Windows PCs out there with QuickTime and iTunes installed In fact, QuickTime is doing some serious damage to the share of WMP around the world. Seems to me that its just plain stupid not to include a solution that works for both technologies.
I suspect Apple will have to rescue the movie industry just as it did the music industry.
Um, isn't pretty much because of Windows' all-around crappiness that anti-spyware applications are even necessary? So, in typical MS fashion, they will treat the symptoms, not the disease and gain a whole new source of revenue in the process! The really sad part is, clueless Windows users will buy it hook, line and sinker.
What incentive does MS even have to keep the OS secure now that they have an "anti-spyware" service to sell?
And Apple would still win. You people just don't get it. Until a competitor comes up with a slick, easy-to-use player, the right software and the right store, Apple will stay on top. It isn't the DRM that keeps people on iPods. It's the fact that everything works seamlessly. To tell you the truth, I bet a lot of iPod owners don't even know the music they buy is DRM'd.
For all you clod-hoppers out there who say they don't give a flying poo about Apple, you certainly waste a whole ton of words on them. Yes, indeed, it must be envy.
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...how this is good for France, since the businesses will just pack up and leave.
Uh...yeah, whatever.
Agreed. I wonder why this isn't so obvious to everyone.
Open source may look "great on paper", but in reality, it's mostly a kludge. Sometimes, you get what you pay for.
Yes, but it still doesn't have OS X.
"It seems you have to run a virtual PC enviro to get anything done."
Tell that to the millions of film makers, musicians, recording engineers, photographers, publishers, etc. that use Macs every day. Please, get a clue.
Yeah, right.
And people thought the Motorola Rokr was ugly!
Setting the bar? With what? MS dicated "web standards" and blatant non-compliance with existing standards?
I guess it boils down to what you consider "best of breed." For instance, I consider all of the following, "best of breed" and all are available for the Mac (quite a few are NOT available on Wintel):
Final Cut Studio (Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Motion 2, DVD Studio Pro)
Digidesign ProTools
Propellerhead Reason
MOTU Digital Performer
Ableton Live
Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, InDesign, GoLive)
Dreamweaver
Fireworks
Flash
Lightwave 3D
MS Office
Logic Pro
Shake
Aperture
iLife (Garageband, iTunes, iPhoto, iWeb, iDVD, iMovie)
QuickTime Pro
I know you're kidding, but you'd probably be hard pressed to find a Mac user that hasn't already had to suffer through Windows. This is why they use a Mac at home. This is a great time for Apple! They have a win/win situation with Boot Camp and now with Parallel's virtualization software.
But, you forget. Apple developes most of the really cool software, too! Final Cut Pro, Logic, Shake, iLife, etc. Pretty soon they may reveal a Photoshop killer. Remember how Final Cut Pro knocked the Hell out of Adobe Premier and pretty much all the truly hi-end stuff as well? I'm sure they can do the same with Photocrap. Shoot, if the put some serious muscle behind iWeb, they may even have an answer to Dreamweaver. They're probably dreaming up a serious contender to MS Office as well.
DIY, if necessary! That's what I like about Apple.
Or, it could do the opposite. These companies, and the creative community in general, have large percentages of Mac users.
"I frankly don't buy much music from itunes or anywhere, because I can't hear it first. I'm not going into a store, and I don't listen to the radio."
Interesting...
So, where and how do you find the music you DO listen to?
Due to the popularity of the iPod, there are a helluva lot of Windows PCs out there with QuickTime and iTunes installed In fact, QuickTime is doing some serious damage to the share of WMP around the world. Seems to me that its just plain stupid not to include a solution that works for both technologies.
I suspect Apple will have to rescue the movie industry just as it did the music industry.
Um, isn't pretty much because of Windows' all-around crappiness that anti-spyware applications are even necessary? So, in typical MS fashion, they will treat the symptoms, not the disease and gain a whole new source of revenue in the process! The really sad part is, clueless Windows users will buy it hook, line and sinker.
What incentive does MS even have to keep the OS secure now that they have an "anti-spyware" service to sell?
And Apple would still win. You people just don't get it. Until a competitor comes up with a slick, easy-to-use player, the right software and the right store, Apple will stay on top. It isn't the DRM that keeps people on iPods. It's the fact that everything works seamlessly. To tell you the truth, I bet a lot of iPod owners don't even know the music they buy is DRM'd.
For all you clod-hoppers out there who say they don't give a flying poo about Apple, you certainly waste a whole ton of words on them. Yes, indeed, it must be envy.
...is MS Antispyware going to attempt to remove iTunes and Quicktime?
Please, cut it with the hardware price level crap. Besides, those that want to have a dual boot system can run those craptastic MS apps when "needed".
Uh. Apple lost that fight. So, your post makes absolutely no sense.
Well, bully for you. Please put that tired old argument to rest.
When was the last time that MS (or Adobe, for that matter) EVER had a 1.0 release as amazing as Aperature???
Also, it's quite amusing to read the negative opinions by those who have obviously never even used Aperature. No that's what I call credibility.
That's funny. I've been with Vonage for over 1 and a half years and I've never had ANY trouble.