Your sources are Wikipedia articles? That's fine... err no wait it's not. Why is the OPINION of the people who write Wikipedia pages superior than anyone else's? Categorising consoles by "generation" is highly subjective. In fact, this kind of non-objective categorisation doesn't belong in Wikipedia at all.
This is a perfect example of BAD articles in Wikipedia.
It looks cool and all but that integrated Intel graphics chip is shit. Too bad. At first I was sold but I want at least whatever lowest-grade graphics ati or nvidia currently deliver, which is still an order of magnitude superior to Intel's worthless excuse for graphics. So... no MacBook for me.
I completely agree. From day one I started exploring RoR due to all the hype, the first thing that came out of my mind was "Wait, they made this great new Web application framework, but it doesn't default everything to UTF8? Even worse, it assumes character sets don't exist? That's just dumb." Java and.Net don't just force Unicode strings for kicks. They do it because WE NEED TO GET RID OF CHARSET HELL NOW.
Who the fuck buys those horribly huge (and horribly expensive) 17" laptops anyway? If Apple were smart, they'd have given smaller models priority. I find it ridiculous that Apple released their 17" models before the 13.3" models. I bet their old 12" iBooks sold 20-to-1 over their old 17" PowerBooks.
Forget it. The iPod nano lacks the video decoding chip the iPod 5G has. And running DOOM or some simple screensavers is peanuts compared to decoding modern video algorithms, even on the nano's tiny screen.
If you sell the OS on any old PC hardware (as many have asked for) then suddenly Apple loses one of the legs or their product. If you open the OS then you lose another leg.
Absolutely! I'm definitely excited about the new controller, but I'm also excited about bringing home four systems (NES/SNES/N64/Rev, don't count the Cube because I already have one) instead of one.
Hey you forgot the Genesis and TG16! (no wait, OK maybe you can forget the TG16)
News to me (and I used Amarok before switching to the Mac). The most remarking memory I have of it was how often it crashed -- I don't recall iTunes ever crashing on me. Anyway, why do you claim that? Because it plays some obscure format no one cares about?
amaroK with the Xine backend is rock-solid. I'm guessing your past experiences were with GStreamer, which sadly is still the default on some distributions.
As for amaroK being better, well there's the automatic fetching of album covers, the larger format support (that of course Apple sheeps like yourself don't care about, because Apple told you to), the lack of an annoying built-in DRM selling store (yes, that's actually an *advantage* over iTunes), and lots of little things that make it fun to use.
iTunes is still nice though, I have to admit.
I could start on how it doesn't take half a minute to load, and 15 seconds to be swapped back from the HD whenever I've been away from it for a while, like Firefox does. Then there's the `Apple polish' which is never present on any open source app, even when they try to imitate Apple (since they always mess some details).
If Firefox takes half a minute to load, there's a problem elsewhere. I'm guessing this is under OS X, which proves again how much of a bloated mess it is. Under Windows or Linux it's pretty good, though I prefer Konq. You know, from the guys who MADE THE RENDERING ENGINE SAFARI USES.
As for the "Apple polish" thing, I'll give you that, even though it usually means "having as few features as possible". Those retards from Gnome are good at copying this.
Quicktime standard is fairly crippled, but I have no complaints about Quicktime Pro.
You had no problem with having to pay extra to uncripple something that came with your system? (rolls eyes)
It is certainly much better than the garbage media players available for Linux.
Ever tried VLC? Please tell me why it is garbage. C'mon go ahead, it runs on every OS anyway.
Also, I can encode small and good quality video without wading through hundreds of KBs of man pages for weird commandline compression options (*cough*mencoder*cough*).
Comparing an old and crummy command-line encoder to a GUI frontend? Apples and oranges.
Eclipse and Openoffice are both perfectly usable with 512MB of RAM under Windows or Linux. OS X is bloated POS if it can't run a few apps well on 512MB, which is more than sufficient for normal desktop usage on Windows and Linux.
As for the apps: * amaroK kicks iTunes' ass. * I have yet to understand what's so great about Safari, compared to Firefox or Konq. * Quicktime is crippled garbage. Apple should be ashamed to include a shareware-like app with their OS, especially after the consumer has spent a few grands on their overexpensive hardware.
Commercial software support is about the only plus OS X has over Linux.
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Your sources are Wikipedia articles? That's fine... err no wait it's not. Why is the OPINION of the people who write Wikipedia pages superior than anyone else's? Categorising consoles by "generation" is highly subjective. In fact, this kind of non-objective categorisation doesn't belong in Wikipedia at all.
This is a perfect example of BAD articles in Wikipedia.
What about H.264? Can it decode that? It's getting more and more popular these days.
What really needs to be produced is allergy-free people.
It looks cool and all but that integrated Intel graphics chip is shit. Too bad. At first I was sold but I want at least whatever lowest-grade graphics ati or nvidia currently deliver, which is still an order of magnitude superior to Intel's worthless excuse for graphics. So... no MacBook for me.
I completely agree. From day one I started exploring RoR due to all the hype, the first thing that came out of my mind was "Wait, they made this great new Web application framework, but it doesn't default everything to UTF8? Even worse, it assumes character sets don't exist? That's just dumb." Java and .Net don't just force Unicode strings for kicks. They do it because WE NEED TO GET RID OF CHARSET HELL NOW.
Why would you want to get your hands off the keyboard to manipulate the mouse? I fail to see what's so great about that Nedit of yours.
And for the record I'm not using "archaic editors that were designed for the days of consoles" when I code.
Not usable for a real programmer.
Hahaha. A real programmer doesn't use the mouse. He relies entirely on macros and hotkeys.
/. is made by racist Americans.
Who the fuck buys those horribly huge (and horribly expensive) 17" laptops anyway? If Apple were smart, they'd have given smaller models priority. I find it ridiculous that Apple released their 17" models before the 13.3" models. I bet their old 12" iBooks sold 20-to-1 over their old 17" PowerBooks.
My point exactly. He was comparing things that don't filful the same goals.
Bash or Perl? How about comparing C# to something that's actually in the same league, ie. Java?
Whatever... Who the hell wants speakers on his LCD screen? The sound must be terrible.
What I'm asking is, is there a USB drive with a capacity over 2 gigs that I can fit in my pocket, without it pulling my pants down?
Uh... a 4GB iPod nano?
Forget it. The iPod nano lacks the video decoding chip the iPod 5G has. And running DOOM or some simple screensavers is peanuts compared to decoding modern video algorithms, even on the nano's tiny screen.
Agreed. High Definition is cool and all, but the general public doesn't really give a damn. DVD will be Good Enough for quite a long time.
I am so tired of people saying: I love apple OS, but i will never pay for it until they sell it for my shitty dell hardware!
Dell: Generic Intel Hardware
Apple: Generic Intel Hardware with hardwired DRM
What's that about Dell having shitty hardware again?
If you sell the OS on any old PC hardware (as many have asked for) then suddenly Apple loses one of the legs or their product.
If you open the OS then you lose another leg.
That's okay, Apple would still have one leg left.
Ack, Visio is awful for UML.
But then again I have yet to find a really good UML modeler.
Parent speaks truth. Great game, even though it was basically just a cheap 3D-ified Smash Brothers ripoff.
Absolutely! I'm definitely excited about the new controller, but I'm also excited about bringing home four systems (NES/SNES/N64/Rev, don't count the Cube because I already have one) instead of one.
Hey you forgot the Genesis and TG16! (no wait, OK maybe you can forget the TG16)
A decent office suite would be a start.
Then please do tell us why OpenOffice 2 isn't "decent".
Because not enough people give a flying shit about Opera?
Maybe if Opera were to become free (as in free speech), it could become as popular as Firefox, and then we'll see many interesting Opera scripts.
News to me (and I used Amarok before switching to the Mac). The most remarking memory I have of it was how often it crashed -- I don't recall iTunes ever crashing on me. Anyway, why do you claim that? Because it plays some obscure format no one cares about?
amaroK with the Xine backend is rock-solid. I'm guessing your past experiences were with GStreamer, which sadly is still the default on some distributions.
As for amaroK being better, well there's the automatic fetching of album covers, the larger format support (that of course Apple sheeps like yourself don't care about, because Apple told you to), the lack of an annoying built-in DRM selling store (yes, that's actually an *advantage* over iTunes), and lots of little things that make it fun to use.
iTunes is still nice though, I have to admit.
I could start on how it doesn't take half a minute to load, and 15 seconds to be swapped back from the HD whenever I've been away from it for a while, like Firefox does. Then there's the `Apple polish' which is never present on any open source app, even when they try to imitate Apple (since they always mess some details).
If Firefox takes half a minute to load, there's a problem elsewhere. I'm guessing this is under OS X, which proves again how much of a bloated mess it is. Under Windows or Linux it's pretty good, though I prefer Konq. You know, from the guys who MADE THE RENDERING ENGINE SAFARI USES.
As for the "Apple polish" thing, I'll give you that, even though it usually means "having as few features as possible". Those retards from Gnome are good at copying this.
Quicktime standard is fairly crippled, but I have no complaints about Quicktime Pro.
You had no problem with having to pay extra to uncripple something that came with your system? (rolls eyes)
It is certainly much better than the garbage media players available for Linux.
Ever tried VLC? Please tell me why it is garbage. C'mon go ahead, it runs on every OS anyway.
Also, I can encode small and good quality video without wading through hundreds of KBs of man pages for weird commandline compression options (*cough*mencoder*cough*).
Comparing an old and crummy command-line encoder to a GUI frontend? Apples and oranges.
Eclipse and Openoffice are both perfectly usable with 512MB of RAM under Windows or Linux. OS X is bloated POS if it can't run a few apps well on 512MB, which is more than sufficient for normal desktop usage on Windows and Linux.
As for the apps:
* amaroK kicks iTunes' ass.
* I have yet to understand what's so great about Safari, compared to Firefox or Konq.
* Quicktime is crippled garbage. Apple should be ashamed to include a shareware-like app with their OS, especially after the consumer has spent a few grands on their overexpensive hardware.
Commercial software support is about the only plus OS X has over Linux.
You're basically asking for a revival of the Mac clones market. Forget it. Ain't gonna happen.