Macintosh computers not only require an admin password to update the firmware, but also require you to shut down and then startup holding the power button for about 5 seconds to trigger the update process so physical access and intention are required.
While Harley doesn't make sport bikes under the Harley brand name, they first partnered and then bought the Buell Motorcycle Company to sell to the market that wanted a sport bike.
The purpose of exposing military personnel to tear gas is not to give them experience with the effects, but rather make them confident that their gas masks are effective. When I went through boot camp at Great Lakes for the Navy, they preferred to call it the 'Confidence Room' rather then gas chamber. In combat the enemy are not too likely to use tear gas, but rather biological or fatal chemical weapons and the military leaders don't want troops panicking because they fear their gas masks won't keep them safe.
The 'extra run time' of Blu-Ray might not seem or even be very important for entertainment content, but for the sake of the using the discs for data storage the extra capacity is crucial, at least to me.
Wow, touched a nerve uh? The sad thing is you have no freaking idea who I am. And my comments were in response to you trying to talk down or bully me. I don't give a flying fuck if you have been 'PROFESSIONALY' doing anything for 13 years. Stupid people survive in every industry, and based on your reasoning, knowledge of issues, you are either inexperienced or stupid. I never tried to talk down to or bully you, but maybe you're just projecting a bit if reading many of your previous posts is any indication. It's just getting annoying when you keep using absolutes with broad generalizations and opinions as facts e.g. 1. And whether you want to believe this or not, Macs are more at risk, because of the social aspect of this virus, and Mac users assume they are immune to viruses and are less relunctant or knowledgeable about clicking on links to update a codec. 2. The most successful Windows 'desktop' viruses have been spread through an initial compromised user and then using that system to socially engineer their friends to get infected. Most 'problems' out there are not randomly attacked over the net without user interaction, Windows is not that insecure. 3. Well in the Windows world, do a survey of most average users, they NEVER have had to update a codec. Since 1998, Windows Media Player obtains non installed codecs for the users without any 'clicking' at all. 4. Take this one little fact, you will find more Mac users upgrading RAM to run leopard than you will find people having to make ANY adjustments to run Vista based even on a equal market percentage.
I merely pointed out that 1. Mac users would have the same proportion of Mac and PC using friends/contacts as PC users and average users of any platform are unfortunately all too susceptible to trojan based attacks. 2. After rereading this comment I see you used the word 'desktop' viruses, but I still repeat that the most successful and expensive viruses were worms that required no user interaction like Code Red, Code Red II, and not leaving out the 'desktops' running 2K or XP, Sasser which was fairly recent. Most 'desktops' are just lucky to be spared most worm attacks because they sit behind NAT routers. 3. I almost don't need to respond to this (you like that, I notice it's a technique you like to use) but WMP only automatically downloads specific codecs and you ignore the common reality of users needing to download something to view this or that especially in our DRM'd world. 4. Again, a so called fact which is based on what evidence?
The biggest problem I have with you though (aside from your numerous misspellings and incorrect grammar such as referring to your spouse in the plural, which is all forgivable since everyone is guilty of it especially in the heat of a rebuttal) is that you are guilty of exactly what you accuse so many others of doing, specifically being so invested in a platform that you feel compelled to deride anyone that has decided that while evaluating all the tradeoffs any tech company has to make in designing their product their decision to use something different than you is just wrong. The only time you can say anything remotely complimentary is immediately before you go on about how MicroSoft's solution is "so obviously" better.
The only reason I explained my tech background was to not to "bloviate" but to let you know that my decisions don't come from simple regurgitation of a companies talking points or features listed in tech manuals, but from years of using and supporting technologies from many vendors and deciding what works best in the real world for me or my clients.
Stupid people survive in every industry I guess it's obvious that someone can say the same to you, but if I'm stupid, it's a profitable stupidity that has made well sought after. Now go away, you are out of your league (oohhh burn, except it's not just like every time you've used it.)
Well in the Windows world, do a survey of most average users, they NEVER have had to update a codec. Since 1998, Windows Media Player obtains non installed codecs for the users without any 'clicking' at all.
If users 'choose' to use other codecs, chances are they know what they are doing already. We're talking about about a trojan on a website telling you you need to update the codec to view the porn movie... the 'average' user is either going to fall for it or not and with many sites telling people they need to update their flash, etc to view something they aren't going to be sitting there and wonder, gee why didn't Windows Media Player automatically obtain the codec...
As someone that has been using computers since the 70's, including most versions of DOS and Windows, several distributions of Linux, and Macs since the mid-90's, you do not 'live in the Windows world' you are in the 'subset' of fairly experienced users and seem to know nothing of the 'average' user whether they be Windows or Mac users.
Try a Mac with a ATI Rage era Video card, you won't be quite as happy. You're talking about computers built no later than 2001, guess what they aren't supported, if you choose to use a hack to get Leopard installed you already know the experience isn't going to be great just like the people installing Vista on Pentiums III. Apple chooses to limit what computers people can install their new OS's on to maintain a minimum experience level, if people decide to use hacks to get around that you can't blame Apple for any problems.
And FYI, what does this have to do with the point? One of my spouse's laptops is over 4 years old, is an HP, has 1GB of RAM, and runs Vista faster than XP as well. It even does Glass perfectly, and is their main gaming system. So, your point here is? the point is you were trying to say people getting Leopard are going to need to run out and upgrade their computers, and I was merely showing that a laptop (far from the pinnacle of performance) from 4 years ago didn't need anything before the upgrade. Now I do have to question why you feel it's important to mention your spouse using her laptop for gaming because if she is using a laptop that is over 4 years old (so I know no DX10 support and questionable DX9) as her main gaming system... I'm guessing she's not playing anything too intense.
And FYI, what does this have to do with the point? One of my spouse's laptops is over 4 years old, is an HP, has 1GB of RAM, and runs Vista faster than XP as well. It even does Glass perfectly, and is their main gaming system. So, your point here is? How the fuck did a conversation about a trojan using social engineering to get people to install it ever become anything about Apple advertising? Oh that's right I merely pointed out how wrong you were about the many worms that targeted Windows computers and required zero user interaction to cost businesses billions trying to clean their machines despite your claim that Windows is not as insecure as people believe.
Take this one little fact, you will find more Mac users upgrading RAM to run leopard than you will find people having to make ANY adjustments to run Vista based even on a equal market percentage. While I love how often you use absolutes and opinions as facts in your arguments, I bet you're right about this, because most people will be receiving Vista on a new computer, while many people with a 4 or 5 year old Mac will happily continue to use them with a simple RAM upgrade.
If you choose to believe the Job's reality distortion, then good for you, have a good time with your computer, but don't try to lecture others when you technically are already out of your field of understanding. If you mean the field of understanding based on pulling shit out of your ass, then yes I'm out of your field of understanding, however as someone with roughly 28 years of high level computer experience on multiple platforms, a degree in computer science, and 13 years of professionally supporting computer users in multiple fields, when I make decisions it's based on reason and a better understanding than you have.
With Mac users and their 'community' this would be the perfect way to target 'other' Macs, as people running Macs tend to have at 'least' one friend that is also running a Mac. Multiple this by X and you have a lot of Mac users adding the virus to their system.
Outside of specific fields or industries like the creative arts where Macs dominate, users of Macs have the same proportion of Mac to PC users as friends and contacts.
And whether you want to believe this or not, Macs are more at risk, because of the social aspect of this virus, and Mac users assume they are immune to viruses and are less relunctant or knowledgeable about clicking on links to update a codec.
I can tell you from 13 years of experience fixing people's computers, PC users are no less reluctant and no more knowledgeable about "clicking on links to update a codec" even though they should be.
The most successful Windows 'desktop' viruses have been spread through an initial compromised user and then using that system to socially engineer their friends to get infected. Most 'problems' out there are not randomly attacked over the net without user interaction, Windows is not that insecure.
I don't know where you pulled this from, but the most widespread and expensive problems have been worms that required no user interaction, so while Vista today may be the most secure version of Windows ever, Windows has had a long history of insecurity. And to put it in perspective, Vista is a long way from being the most dominate version of Windows, so the world has several years before it's increased security makes a major impact. P.S. the same is true for IE 7... it will be while before it's the dominate version on PC's let alone running on Vista.
(Apple already made the mistake of making fun of Vista for increased hardware requirements in their ads, and Leopard is far more demanding less backward compatible with old hardware than Vista. Do you think Apple will re-run their ads, and this time show the Mac guy getting upgraded with new RAM and new video cards just so it is as fast as Tiger and applications like Time Machine can run properly?)
FYI, Leopard is running as fast or faster on my 4 year old Powerbook with no upgrades that it didn't have with Tiger and it's far from the minimum supported computer.
the local privilege escalation is of the social engineering type. The person is going to a porn site and being told they need to install a 'codec' in order view the movie. The trojan is downloaded and then asks for the password in order to be installed.
In Safari you move between tabs with "shift+command+[" and "shift+command+]", however because Firefox is cross platform it conforms to the Windows standard of using ctrl instead of command, so for Firefox to move between tabs is "ctrl+tab" and "shift+ctrl+tab".
As far as quitting/closing windows I understand recent converts' problem with the way Apple handles it. While still using various versions of Windows (when I have to) and Linux, I made the switch to Mac in the mid 90's and using "command+q" is second nature. However, when acclimating people used to PC's it's something I try to make them aware of and with each release of OS X more and more of Apple's included apps will quit when the window is closed by the red button.
There have been five releases of OS X, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4 and some could argue a sixth as OS X Server 1.0
OS X Server can be installed on any Mac, an XServe is not required or alternately you can also run OS X (client) on an XServe without any problem. Also technically there are two versions of Server, 10 connections or unlimited.
Now don't get me wrong, Apple's product family is nothing compared to MS's. In the late 90's I worked for the company that designed the packaging for MS (yes they are a Mac shop) and one day I saw the chart that tried to explain the product families and it looked ridiculous with how many versions that existed then let alone now.
While I agree with you in part, most studies show that you retain the knowledge better if you write notes for yourself because it helps implant what is being said. I have a problem with teachers that have their notes pre-written on overhead sheets or now powerpoint presentations and don't pace them to allow students to write notes and think about what is being said.
a US spy plane crashed in China a couple of years ago.
Are you talking about the EP-3 that was rammed in midair by a Chinese military jet while flying in International airspace and forced to land at a Chinese military base? Also Google Earth's images come from privately owned satellites, not government controlled spy satellites, or do you mean anything Google Earth has has already been photographed by spy satellites previously?
Ironically enough, the one instance I can think of is Apple.
MS's $500 million investment probably saved the company from bankruptcy. This was at the low point of Apple's market share, reputation and stock price. MS propped them up because they knew Apple customers were potential MS customers too, even if they didn't use their OS.
$500 million? Saved Apple from bankruptcy? Microsoft invested $150 million in non voting shares and Apple had over $6 billion in cash in the bank at the time. They were nowhere near going bankrupt. Also Apple customers aren't "potential" MS customers, MS is the largest supplier of Mac software after Apple. What saved Apple was the return of Steve Jobs and his focusing the company on profitable products like the rollout of the iMac.
Also, except for Office 6 when MS tried to use the same code base for Mac and Windows versions, the Mac version, starting with it's debut for Mac before any PC version existed, has often been thought of as better. Partly due to MS' use of the smaller Mac market to test new features that if well received become part of the Windows version, but also due greatly to the developers in the Mac Business Unit at Microsoft which are true Mac users.
The listed product requirements mention XP and Vista, but didn't (and at the time of writing still don't) mention anything about incompatibility with 64-bit versions.
Apple explicitly lists which versions of Windows (almost comically thanks to how many versions MS insists on creating) the iPhone is compatible with. The fact that it doesn't list the 64-bit versions is an indication of an incompatibility. MS explicitly lists Windows XP Professional x64 as a separate product from Windows XP Professional. For Vista the 64 bit media only comes with Ultimate edition and must be requested from MS if you have any other version. This is a non-issue for the majority of Windows users.
Should they have made an even greater effort to indicate a problem with Windows x64 versions? Possibly, but I would lay most of the problem on MS for having such a confusing (arbitrarily so?) product family, and to be honest this has to affect such a tiny fraction of a percent of all iPhone buyers it's probably just better to deal with the returns then to further confuse most consumers.
Apple sells two OS's for users to choose from, OS X and OS X Server, and has made moves from one architecture to another basically invisible to the average user. The G3, G4, and Core Duo processors are 32-bit, G5 and Core Duo 2 are 64-bit, but the user never had to worry about software incompatibilities. PPC software runs on Intel hardware through Rosetta allowing, for better or worse, many software developers to wait until their next product release to create a Universal binary, again the user didn't have to worry about software incompatibilities.
It's reasonable to assume
It's never reasonable to assume (especially on a $500-$600 purchase) because it makes an ass(of)u(and)me.
insurance isn't that big of a deal if you have a good driving record, I own a truck and when I added a grand Cherokee to my policy it only increased my payments by about $150 a year. Living in a big city it's more about the parking spot as you mentioned.
Combined mp3-phones will not take over until battery life is substantially better. Having a dead battery in your iPod sucks, but having a dead battery in your phone is unaccetable.
that's a bunch of bull. Doing the right thing even when it may not be personally advantageous and you think no one is watching (as an atheist believes) is more noble than someone doing the right thing because they are afraid their "final judgement" depends on it.
Before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the US was their main supplier of oil and steel. I can only guess that the "interfering" you are referencing was the three previous years of threats to suspend oil and steel shipments in protest of Japan's invasion of China.
Maybe you're not too familiar with weather in the US, but the main reason Hollywood setup in Southern California was because of the number of days of clear, dry weather. The east coast has rain through out the entire year, whereas in California (and Southern California especially) we have a (short) wet season and (long) dry season and moderate temperatures. Also there was plenty of space for studios to film and tons of varied geography within a relatively short distance.
According to this wiki Diesel only has about 15% more energy than gasoline. It usually gets 40% better fuel milage due to the 15% more energy per volume and the greater efficiency of the diesel engine. It does create 15% more greenhouse gasses per volume burned, but because of the greater fuel efficiency, it's miles vs. emissions is better than gasoline engines (non-hybrid.) A major problem with diesel in America is the fine particulate that is produced, but hopefully the stricter regulations coming will help that.
I've considered buying a used diesel, but only to convert it to use vegetable oil or other alternative fuels. Otherwise my next vehicle will probably be a hybrid.
They have definitely tried on the price by announcing an entry price lower than the Ipod.You do realize that the 30GB Zune is the same price as the 30GB iPod don't you?
MS originally planned to price the Zune lower than the iPod, but Apple lowered the price for the 30GB iPod (lower than the rumored price of the Zune) before MS officially announced their price and MS decided they couldn't afford to go any lower than matching the iPod.
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Macintosh computers not only require an admin password to update the firmware, but also require you to shut down and then startup holding the power button for about 5 seconds to trigger the update process so physical access and intention are required.
While Harley doesn't make sport bikes under the Harley brand name, they first partnered and then bought the Buell Motorcycle Company to sell to the market that wanted a sport bike.
In 'Trading Places' the bet was for only $1
The purpose of exposing military personnel to tear gas is not to give them experience with the effects, but rather make them confident that their gas masks are effective. When I went through boot camp at Great Lakes for the Navy, they preferred to call it the 'Confidence Room' rather then gas chamber. In combat the enemy are not too likely to use tear gas, but rather biological or fatal chemical weapons and the military leaders don't want troops panicking because they fear their gas masks won't keep them safe.
The 'extra run time' of Blu-Ray might not seem or even be very important for entertainment content, but for the sake of the using the discs for data storage the extra capacity is crucial, at least to me.
1. And whether you want to believe this or not, Macs are more at risk, because of the social aspect of this virus, and Mac users assume they are immune to viruses and are less relunctant or knowledgeable about clicking on links to update a codec.
2. The most successful Windows 'desktop' viruses have been spread through an initial compromised user and then using that system to socially engineer their friends to get infected. Most 'problems' out there are not randomly attacked over the net without user interaction, Windows is not that insecure.
3. Well in the Windows world, do a survey of most average users, they NEVER have had to update a codec. Since 1998, Windows Media Player obtains non installed codecs for the users without any 'clicking' at all.
4. Take this one little fact, you will find more Mac users upgrading RAM to run leopard than you will find people having to make ANY adjustments to run Vista based even on a equal market percentage.
I merely pointed out that
1. Mac users would have the same proportion of Mac and PC using friends/contacts as PC users and average users of any platform are unfortunately all too susceptible to trojan based attacks.
2. After rereading this comment I see you used the word 'desktop' viruses, but I still repeat that the most successful and expensive viruses were worms that required no user interaction like Code Red, Code Red II, and not leaving out the 'desktops' running 2K or XP, Sasser which was fairly recent. Most 'desktops' are just lucky to be spared most worm attacks because they sit behind NAT routers.
3. I almost don't need to respond to this (you like that, I notice it's a technique you like to use) but WMP only automatically downloads specific codecs and you ignore the common reality of users needing to download something to view this or that especially in our DRM'd world.
4. Again, a so called fact which is based on what evidence?
The biggest problem I have with you though (aside from your numerous misspellings and incorrect grammar such as referring to your spouse in the plural, which is all forgivable since everyone is guilty of it especially in the heat of a rebuttal) is that you are guilty of exactly what you accuse so many others of doing, specifically being so invested in a platform that you feel compelled to deride anyone that has decided that while evaluating all the tradeoffs any tech company has to make in designing their product their decision to use something different than you is just wrong. The only time you can say anything remotely complimentary is immediately before you go on about how MicroSoft's solution is "so obviously" better.
The only reason I explained my tech background was to not to "bloviate" but to let you know that my decisions don't come from simple regurgitation of a companies talking points or features listed in tech manuals, but from years of using and supporting technologies from many vendors and deciding what works best in the real world for me or my clients.
Stupid people survive in every industry I guess it's obvious that someone can say the same to you, but if I'm stupid, it's a profitable stupidity that has made well sought after. Now go away, you are out of your league (oohhh burn, except it's not just like every time you've used it.)
If users 'choose' to use other codecs, chances are they know what they are doing already. We're talking about about a trojan on a website telling you you need to update the codec to view the porn movie... the 'average' user is either going to fall for it or not and with many sites telling people they need to update their flash, etc to view something they aren't going to be sitting there and wonder, gee why didn't Windows Media Player automatically obtain the codec...
As someone that has been using computers since the 70's, including most versions of DOS and Windows, several distributions of Linux, and Macs since the mid-90's, you do not 'live in the Windows world' you are in the 'subset' of fairly experienced users and seem to know nothing of the 'average' user whether they be Windows or Mac users. Try a Mac with a ATI Rage era Video card, you won't be quite as happy. You're talking about computers built no later than 2001, guess what they aren't supported, if you choose to use a hack to get Leopard installed you already know the experience isn't going to be great just like the people installing Vista on Pentiums III. Apple chooses to limit what computers people can install their new OS's on to maintain a minimum experience level, if people decide to use hacks to get around that you can't blame Apple for any problems. And FYI, what does this have to do with the point? One of my spouse's laptops is over 4 years old, is an HP, has 1GB of RAM, and runs Vista faster than XP as well. It even does Glass perfectly, and is their main gaming system. So, your point here is? the point is you were trying to say people getting Leopard are going to need to run out and upgrade their computers, and I was merely showing that a laptop (far from the pinnacle of performance) from 4 years ago didn't need anything before the upgrade. Now I do have to question why you feel it's important to mention your spouse using her laptop for gaming because if she is using a laptop that is over 4 years old (so I know no DX10 support and questionable DX9) as her main gaming system... I'm guessing she's not playing anything too intense. And FYI, what does this have to do with the point? One of my spouse's laptops is over 4 years old, is an HP, has 1GB of RAM, and runs Vista faster than XP as well. It even does Glass perfectly, and is their main gaming system. So, your point here is? How the fuck did a conversation about a trojan using social engineering to get people to install it ever become anything about Apple advertising? Oh that's right I merely pointed out how wrong you were about the many worms that targeted Windows computers and required zero user interaction to cost businesses billions trying to clean their machines despite your claim that Windows is not as insecure as people believe. Take this one little fact, you will find more Mac users upgrading RAM to run leopard than you will find people having to make ANY adjustments to run Vista based even on a equal market percentage. While I love how often you use absolutes and opinions as facts in your arguments, I bet you're right about this, because most people will be receiving Vista on a new computer, while many people with a 4 or 5 year old Mac will happily continue to use them with a simple RAM upgrade. If you choose to believe the Job's reality distortion, then good for you, have a good time with your computer, but don't try to lecture others when you technically are already out of your field of understanding. If you mean the field of understanding based on pulling shit out of your ass, then yes I'm out of your field of understanding, however as someone with roughly 28 years of high level computer experience on multiple platforms, a degree in computer science, and 13 years of professionally supporting computer users in multiple fields, when I make decisions it's based on reason and a better understanding than you have.
Outside of specific fields or industries like the creative arts where Macs dominate, users of Macs have the same proportion of Mac to PC users as friends and contacts.
And whether you want to believe this or not, Macs are more at risk, because of the social aspect of this virus, and Mac users assume they are immune to viruses and are less relunctant or knowledgeable about clicking on links to update a codec.
I can tell you from 13 years of experience fixing people's computers, PC users are no less reluctant and no more knowledgeable about "clicking on links to update a codec" even though they should be.
The most successful Windows 'desktop' viruses have been spread through an initial compromised user and then using that system to socially engineer their friends to get infected. Most 'problems' out there are not randomly attacked over the net without user interaction, Windows is not that insecure.
I don't know where you pulled this from, but the most widespread and expensive problems have been worms that required no user interaction, so while Vista today may be the most secure version of Windows ever, Windows has had a long history of insecurity. And to put it in perspective, Vista is a long way from being the most dominate version of Windows, so the world has several years before it's increased security makes a major impact. P.S. the same is true for IE 7... it will be while before it's the dominate version on PC's let alone running on Vista.
(Apple already made the mistake of making fun of Vista for increased hardware requirements in their ads, and Leopard is far more demanding less backward compatible with old hardware than Vista. Do you think Apple will re-run their ads, and this time show the Mac guy getting upgraded with new RAM and new video cards just so it is as fast as Tiger and applications like Time Machine can run properly?)
FYI, Leopard is running as fast or faster on my 4 year old Powerbook with no upgrades that it didn't have with Tiger and it's far from the minimum supported computer.
the local privilege escalation is of the social engineering type. The person is going to a porn site and being told they need to install a 'codec' in order view the movie. The trojan is downloaded and then asks for the password in order to be installed.
In Safari you move between tabs with "shift+command+[" and "shift+command+]", however because Firefox is cross platform it conforms to the Windows standard of using ctrl instead of command, so for Firefox to move between tabs is "ctrl+tab" and "shift+ctrl+tab".
As far as quitting/closing windows I understand recent converts' problem with the way Apple handles it. While still using various versions of Windows (when I have to) and Linux, I made the switch to Mac in the mid 90's and using "command+q" is second nature. However, when acclimating people used to PC's it's something I try to make them aware of and with each release of OS X more and more of Apple's included apps will quit when the window is closed by the red button.
the quality of Monster Inc's Sully was incredible with his fur looking extremely real.
Just a couple of corrections.
There have been five releases of OS X, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4 and some could argue a sixth as OS X Server 1.0
OS X Server can be installed on any Mac, an XServe is not required or alternately you can also run OS X (client) on an XServe without any problem. Also technically there are two versions of Server, 10 connections or unlimited.
Now don't get me wrong, Apple's product family is nothing compared to MS's. In the late 90's I worked for the company that designed the packaging for MS (yes they are a Mac shop) and one day I saw the chart that tried to explain the product families and it looked ridiculous with how many versions that existed then let alone now.
While I agree with you in part, most studies show that you retain the knowledge better if you write notes for yourself because it helps implant what is being said. I have a problem with teachers that have their notes pre-written on overhead sheets or now powerpoint presentations and don't pace them to allow students to write notes and think about what is being said.
$500 million? Saved Apple from bankruptcy? Microsoft invested $150 million in non voting shares and Apple had over $6 billion in cash in the bank at the time. They were nowhere near going bankrupt. Also Apple customers aren't "potential" MS customers, MS is the largest supplier of Mac software after Apple. What saved Apple was the return of Steve Jobs and his focusing the company on profitable products like the rollout of the iMac.
Also, except for Office 6 when MS tried to use the same code base for Mac and Windows versions, the Mac version, starting with it's debut for Mac before any PC version existed, has often been thought of as better. Partly due to MS' use of the smaller Mac market to test new features that if well received become part of the Windows version, but also due greatly to the developers in the Mac Business Unit at Microsoft which are true Mac users.
Should they have made an even greater effort to indicate a problem with Windows x64 versions? Possibly, but I would lay most of the problem on MS for having such a confusing (arbitrarily so?) product family, and to be honest this has to affect such a tiny fraction of a percent of all iPhone buyers it's probably just better to deal with the returns then to further confuse most consumers.
Apple sells two OS's for users to choose from, OS X and OS X Server, and has made moves from one architecture to another basically invisible to the average user. The G3, G4, and Core Duo processors are 32-bit, G5 and Core Duo 2 are 64-bit, but the user never had to worry about software incompatibilities. PPC software runs on Intel hardware through Rosetta allowing, for better or worse, many software developers to wait until their next product release to create a Universal binary, again the user didn't have to worry about software incompatibilities.
It's never reasonable to assume (especially on a $500-$600 purchase) because it makes an ass(of)u(and)me.
It's inconceivable!
insurance isn't that big of a deal if you have a good driving record, I own a truck and when I added a grand Cherokee to my policy it only increased my payments by about $150 a year. Living in a big city it's more about the parking spot as you mentioned.
Combined mp3-phones will not take over until battery life is substantially better. Having a dead battery in your iPod sucks, but having a dead battery in your phone is unaccetable.
that's a bunch of bull. Doing the right thing even when it may not be personally advantageous and you think no one is watching (as an atheist believes) is more noble than someone doing the right thing because they are afraid their "final judgement" depends on it.
a minor point, but 480p is only enhanced definition, high definition is at least 720p.
Before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the US was their main supplier of oil and steel. I can only guess that the "interfering" you are referencing was the three previous years of threats to suspend oil and steel shipments in protest of Japan's invasion of China.
Maybe you're not too familiar with weather in the US, but the main reason Hollywood setup in Southern California was because of the number of days of clear, dry weather. The east coast has rain through out the entire year, whereas in California (and Southern California especially) we have a (short) wet season and (long) dry season and moderate temperatures. Also there was plenty of space for studios to film and tons of varied geography within a relatively short distance.
According to this wiki Diesel only has about 15% more energy than gasoline. It usually gets 40% better fuel milage due to the 15% more energy per volume and the greater efficiency of the diesel engine. It does create 15% more greenhouse gasses per volume burned, but because of the greater fuel efficiency, it's miles vs. emissions is better than gasoline engines (non-hybrid.) A major problem with diesel in America is the fine particulate that is produced, but hopefully the stricter regulations coming will help that. I've considered buying a used diesel, but only to convert it to use vegetable oil or other alternative fuels. Otherwise my next vehicle will probably be a hybrid.
They have definitely tried on the price by announcing an entry price lower than the Ipod.You do realize that the 30GB Zune is the same price as the 30GB iPod don't you?
MS originally planned to price the Zune lower than the iPod, but Apple lowered the price for the 30GB iPod (lower than the rumored price of the Zune) before MS officially announced their price and MS decided they couldn't afford to go any lower than matching the iPod.