Hmmm. I use my Mac every day for work and home. I do networking all kinds of techie shit with it, but I also use it for digital media.
That being said. I was given a T40 laptop at work. 2 days into using it I had problems with outlook (big surprise). I dumped that piece of shit and told my company "look, I'll use my mac, you buy me office X and we'll call it even"
You don't know what the fuck you're talking about. You obviously dusted off thaat apple II when you decided to make your comparison. I haven't looked back since I switched.
Oh, and as for linux... it's fun to play with but I'd rather spend my time doing other things instead of tweaking linux. I've used many dists, from debian to mandrake.
Wakeup.
Dude, that is the lamest ass argument I've ever heard. You think people that bought the first cars gave a fuck about the shortcomings? Gimme a break, it's hardly a crime to put out a product you make no claims about lasting for an unusually long time. It's about the design, the cool factor and the sonic quality. We aren't talking pharmecuticals that either greatly or gravely affect peoples lives here. It's a fucking audio player for gods sake. Am I gonna sue maglite because it eats my batteries? Keep your smart mass to yourself.
To that point, compare the subscription service of the Guitar Port device from line 6. You pay 169.00 for the device and then are forced to use it on a Windows machine. You then pay 7.99 a month for access to "guitar port online". It sounded great when I bought it, but the content isn't diverse enough to justify me paying as little as 8 bucks a month. Not only that, but if you stop your subscription, the tracks "time out" so you have to maintain a subscription to keep those tracks functioning.
Needless to say, now that I've had a chance to check out the Digitech GNX-3, I'll be dumping the guitar port and be platform free, since it works without a PC. It's line 6's own fault. Had the content been better, and not pissed me off that tracks I had payed for already failed to work because I let me subscription die, I'd have been loyal. Now, I'll dump it lock stock and barrel instead of throwing good money after bad.
Why hasn't anyone addressed the real issue here? The fact is, most CD's have one or two good songs, three tops. The rest is absolute crap. I don't want to pay 15 or 20 bucks for a CD that is 80% garbage. If record companies want to sell more "single artist" CDs they need to have a bit more in the way of expectations of the "artist".
Why not have a "kiosk" type of solution in record stores where you could mix your own CDs and only pay for the tracks you want? Not that you can't do that at home already with downloaded content from a p2p solution, but if they'd addressed this sooner, they might have been able to delay the problem they are facing right now. So instead, the same 15 year old that Jobs chooeses to insult flips the industry the middle finger and rips CDs to his/her hearts content. I say keep it up.
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It's free dork. Wow, you're attacking the good Samaritan, that's weak - very week.
Hmmm. I use my Mac every day for work and home. I do networking all kinds of techie shit with it, but I also use it for digital media. That being said. I was given a T40 laptop at work. 2 days into using it I had problems with outlook (big surprise). I dumped that piece of shit and told my company "look, I'll use my mac, you buy me office X and we'll call it even" You don't know what the fuck you're talking about. You obviously dusted off thaat apple II when you decided to make your comparison. I haven't looked back since I switched. Oh, and as for linux... it's fun to play with but I'd rather spend my time doing other things instead of tweaking linux. I've used many dists, from debian to mandrake. Wakeup.
well, let's see your proof intergalactic fatass........oh, I mean walrus
Wow, what a cunning linguist you are.
Ah, but how much is the "tool" (not a hack job with a screwdriver) ? Huh, answer that smart ass.
Dude, that is the lamest ass argument I've ever heard. You think people that bought the first cars gave a fuck about the shortcomings? Gimme a break, it's hardly a crime to put out a product you make no claims about lasting for an unusually long time. It's about the design, the cool factor and the sonic quality. We aren't talking pharmecuticals that either greatly or gravely affect peoples lives here. It's a fucking audio player for gods sake. Am I gonna sue maglite because it eats my batteries? Keep your smart mass to yourself.
Nokia brand name batter mmmmmm... what flavor is that?
can you say ... microdrive?
who gives a rat's ass....
To that point, compare the subscription service of the Guitar Port device from line 6. You pay 169.00 for the device and then are forced to use it on a Windows machine. You then pay 7.99 a month for access to "guitar port online". It sounded great when I bought it, but the content isn't diverse enough to justify me paying as little as 8 bucks a month. Not only that, but if you stop your subscription, the tracks "time out" so you have to maintain a subscription to keep those tracks functioning. Needless to say, now that I've had a chance to check out the Digitech GNX-3, I'll be dumping the guitar port and be platform free, since it works without a PC. It's line 6's own fault. Had the content been better, and not pissed me off that tracks I had payed for already failed to work because I let me subscription die, I'd have been loyal. Now, I'll dump it lock stock and barrel instead of throwing good money after bad.
Why hasn't anyone addressed the real issue here? The fact is, most CD's have one or two good songs, three tops. The rest is absolute crap. I don't want to pay 15 or 20 bucks for a CD that is 80% garbage. If record companies want to sell more "single artist" CDs they need to have a bit more in the way of expectations of the "artist".
Why not have a "kiosk" type of solution in record stores where you could mix your own CDs and only pay for the tracks you want? Not that you can't do that at home already with downloaded content from a p2p solution, but if they'd addressed this sooner, they might have been able to delay the problem they are facing right now. So instead, the same 15 year old that Jobs chooeses to insult flips the industry the middle finger and rips CDs to his/her hearts content. I say keep it up.