Nothing is simplified, nothing is made cheaper by your plan. Do you have any idea how much it costs someone to have a 50 pound suitcase shipped? Lots. How do email/voicemail receipts work for those who dont use either of those (yes, there are many such people, and yes, they travel too)?
and how can i play frozen throne on the plane if they wont let me bring my laptop onboard?
about how (insert media player name here) doesn't support ogg. look, id love to see open audio codecs used more, but with format wars heated enough between formats backed by big money (MP3/WMA/AAC), ogg really cant compete.
but i still dont see why all the ogg-philes have to complain every time something doesnt support ogg, or why such comments get modded up. Just buy a Rio Karma and get over it!
The Archos Recorder is a lot heavier (12.3 oz. plus the 4 AA batteries vs. 5.6oz for the iPod). With batteries, its probably at least a pound, maybe more? Archos Recorder has much larger dimensions as well... size is obviously a major consideration for portable devices. And yes, USB is slow, slow, slow...
Are these considerations enough to warrant an extra ~$150 for the iPod? Possibly, possibly not.
Notably, Archos' newest HD mp3 player is the Gmini, which uses Lithium ion batteries as well.
When you buy an iPod, nothing in the fine print of the owner's manual prepares you for the eventual, final power drain, or gives you any estimate of how far down the road death awaits. This appears to be less an omission or deceit on Apple's part and more of a callous assumption: All electronics go to heaven, kids.
A "callous assumption?" The fact that some people are getting screwed over on the battery life of their iPods is more easily attributable to a bad design decision that some giant, anti-replacable battery conspiracy with Steve Jobs at the helm. This is less an informative article than an opinion piece, with the usual Washington Post slant.
In Software Update (on OS X v10.3.2), an XCode update also shows up:
The Xcode 1.1 Update provides overall stability and performance enhancements to Xcode IDE, as well as improvements to debugging, workflow, the Xcode build system and CodeSense. It is recommended that all Xcode users install this update.
Thats some changelog... By the way, does anyone know if 10.2.3 has fixed the buffer overflow found the other day?
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Wait, are you sure you're talking about Windows?
and how can i play frozen throne on the plane if they wont let me bring my laptop onboard?
It might be hard to beat metallica, but here's doing my part. Litigious bastards
Linus Blasts SCO's Header Claims
but i still dont see why all the ogg-philes have to complain every time something doesnt support ogg, or why such comments get modded up. Just buy a Rio Karma and get over it!
Are these considerations enough to warrant an extra ~$150 for the iPod? Possibly, possibly not.
Notably, Archos' newest HD mp3 player is the Gmini, which uses Lithium ion batteries as well.