I find it odd Apple put their software on it? Isnt it just "iTunes" on the thing though? With a 100 song limit or something? Crazy. Its not like Apple sold it as their retails stores? Correct me if Im wrong. I dont even know if it were for sale outside America?
Trying not to troll here, but I have an imported Jailbroken Original iPhone, and would like to know exactly what was failing on original iPhones? I could understand if they had a bad case of Sony Battery (TM) etc, but I havnt known anyone personally to have had an iPhone thats died. I looked online and found a few odd cases, but nothing that seems to be a plague?
I think its funny you mention sliding phones breaking in half etc:) Its a funny image. Theres basically nothing to go wrong with the iPhones "candybar" form factor , except perhaps if you get chewing gum stuck in the headphone jack?
Nothing against you, just would like to know more about mass1st gen iPhone failures.
glad you like your G1, Adam Curry also loves his. Im firmly in the iPhone camp, couldnt consider anything else, but Im not blind to other phones features. Syncing to Google would be very useful for many different features. Glad you're happy:)
buy a secondhand iPhone, or get an unlocked phone. Im sad you are locked into a contract etc where you are? I bought my Original iPhone before they were out here in New Zealand, we only got the iPhone 3G on. My imported brand new iPhone, jailbroken to work off AT&T cost SLIGHTLY under $500 american all up, and I run it off a plan. I felt like a rockstar, having the most sought after ever device, nobody else could buy them in the country, apart from the hundred or so who also imported. I pay 20c a txt message that I send, use wifi for data etc. You could have an unlocked iPhone for basically nothing, if you either find an online seller that sells imported (or whatever) iPhones, or perhaps buy a secondhand, barely used iPhone.
I feel sorry for people who want an iPhone, but cant afford the service charges that come from being locked into a carrier! You CAN have an iPhone for essentially nothing!
Not annoyed with you, just thought I'd mention, I believe its only really in America that Apple is marketed at all. Just offering this as a bit of a correction, I understand that in America, every ad break (and I hear american tv has more of them) is filled with the Mac VS PC ads? Well, we dont have them, AT ALL. Yup, move to New Zealand if you dislike the smug mac character:)
I do believe I've Apple ads on tv ONCE or TWICE over a few years, such as when the iPhone came here (iPhone 3G), I dont even remember what the ad was, but it wasnt a massive thing. In large cities, Apple might have a billboard or two, and maybe skins on buses, but outside of America, I'd be willing to bet that Apple does not market anywhere near as much as people on/. suggest. I am very jealous of the Apple Stores, as I myself am a "fan boi", typing this on a apple keyboard, with apple mouse, Apple Cinema HD Display, PowerMac G5, Airport router.....:)
Just want to make it clear: I hear that Apple is some sort of ultra present company in America? This isnt so in most countries worldwide, Apple is sold based on its apparent quality ("a 5K laptop you have to order? must be special!"/ "Macs are used by A list celebrities, people who live in cardboard boxes use HP/Dell computers, every A list celeb/audio producer/graphic artist/movie producer uses a Mac so they must be good". Apple doesnt advertise here, so we dont have quite the annoying cult aspect as is portrayed in peoples comments.
A lot of MS fanbois complain about OS X "updates" costing money, however, if you look at the history of the Mac OS X (10), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X
then you will see all the changes over the years.
Often new features are added, many of which I couldnt live without! I see no problem with Apple charging for full updates, 10.5, 10.6, more commonly known under their names "you need to run Tiger for this program". What, you want Apple to instead have "Mac OS 11", OS12, OS13 each year? Sounds pretty stupid.
There are generally fairly large additions of new programs you might fall in love with, as well as general bug fixing and performance increases, basically every new version of OSX will give you a performance boost, even on elderly hardware!
Very interesting point. I often feel very bad about the electronics "thrown out", and yet have only heard of very young children in poor nations melting down pcb boards etc for copper, gold, etc in large pyres, who knows EXACTLY whats its doing to their health. I am glad to learn that there is a RIGHT way to export, I'll look into this further, thank you story submitter!
Funny signature, but seriously, go vegan:)
I actually have started buying music from iTunes, in NZ its 1.79 for most songs (like the american 99c songs), our 1.79 is about 1.17 us, so we are basically another 20 american cents more expensive per song. Our iTunes store came online around 2006 or so I think? It seems "recent" and yet far away whenever it were.
I feel guilty stealing music, so I will buy music assuming its a fair price. I dont mind paying basically 2 bucks for a song I cant get out of my head, but I've never bought a full album (about 20 nzd, only 2 dollars or so cheaper than a cd from a cheap store).
I always encode my own cd rips at 320 AAC, I sometimes feel I can notice the difference between that and lower formats, I dont think I've ever felt an honest difference listening to an unlossy copy before, and also it makes a "lag" when you play it back on an iPod etc, the loading times are longer per track? I would guess battery life takes a hit, which when you listen to music for a few hours a day, would add up, it could be majorly annoying on a long trip for example, without power, it DOES happen, imagine being the only one in a group of friends without music (the horror!) "because I can hear the difference between lossless and lossy audio compression...", my friends would say "enjoy your silence loser".
Do you have a good new format that Apple should use on the iTunes store? Apple Lossless is sort of Apple only isnt it, in that only Apple would use it, if Microsoft sold music, they wouldnt use that format. So, Apple should sell.ogg format or something? What would be the absolute best audio quality, to buy and listen to for decades to come? Perhaps if you have a realistic option (good quality AAC) and then something out there (metre wide vinyl records, half a track per side).
Personally, I wish Apple would rip high quality masters into different levels, and people could pick which version they wanted based on space (and possibly battery life) vs sound quality. I use archive.org to host my podcast, and it automatically encodes down (and up!?!?) my AAC files into wave, ogg, VBR mp3 etc, it is quite doable on a large scale apparently. Under my proposed system, if you wanted a higher, or lower copy, then you could redownload it, for free, you would essentially own that song forever, with no need to rebuy. A bit of a pipe dream eh?
The thing at the bottom of OS X is called "the dock", you can keep programs, folders on it, to be opened by being clicked, or else it adds new icons when you open something. I've dragged my Application folder to it, so it works almost exactly like the start bar on a Windows operating system, I click the Application folder and a list of my apps appear, to be scrolled through.
Theres not much "flashy" about OS X, it does have high resolution icons etc, and the 10.5 doc does "reflections", if I drag a window close to the dock it accurately reflects the window above for example. But there are no fireworks etc:)
I cannot stand the Vista start bar, that blue orb thing? That thing makes me angry just looking at it! Also, now looking at XP makes my eyes bleed with the bright blue and green of Luna. I'm so used to OS X which is generally a brushed metal type look, with high quality, high resolution colours for icons and their like. There are no attempts at extravagance !
Not sure what you meant about things minimising, and you can just use Command + Tab to switch applications that are open. Of course, there is Expose which is somewhat uniquely mac, although Vista attempted to one up it. Expose is a godsend, I couldnt live without it. Just hit one button on an Apple keyboard and you can rearrange all open windows etc in many different ways, hold down command etc and it can do many different operations.
Isnt it expected that computers have a lifespan of about 5 years? I keep many old things, I work in an Antique store, but if you read slashdot you will hear people mentioning how they must get the new version of their cellphone because the other one is a year old, eww! how icky is that!
To say that my G5 is useless because its not X86, well, a 286 CPU is X86 isnt it? Just because "its the right chip family" doesnt prevent things from being useless. I would think that all Pentium 4's are pretty close to useless now , but many people are still using them! You dont need to update all the time if it gets the job done.
RE modern Adobe software etc, I dont buy multi thousand dollar software every 2 minutes:) I could care less about Windows XP. Mac's have never been about gaming really, well not since the Woz Days. I have a PS3 for gaming, it cost a few hundred bucks, about the same as a decent graphics card by itself.
AMD? oh, how cute:) AMD is pretty much screwed in the same way my G5 is, no matter how much we like AMD as a company they are not competing well with Intel.
What software am I missing out on? Whats something that I'm going to spend $7000 NZD on a new Mac Pro to run? My iPod, iPhone work, Firefox works, what am I missing?
Saying that my G5 wont run a Snow Leopard is like saying a P3 wont run Vista. Big deal, its old, I wouldnt expect it to be up to date.
Sad to hear you dont like Quicktime or iTunes, I love both pretty much, well, its hard to say "love" really, compared to what? iTunes, or Quicktime vs Windows Media Player?!?! Damn, then I REALLY LOVE the apple software:)
Do you have Apple stores where you live? We dont really in New Zealand, go to somewhere where Macs are sold and play around on them, try to use them if you can for normal tasks. This may not be easy, NZ computer stores dont let you use the machines at all really. Perhaps with the idiot staff watching you, trying to sell the extended warranty:)
I love my Apple gear, I truly do, Im not sure how to explain what I like in many ways as it could be what you are used to, or prefer. For example, the Vista start bar thing, that blue orb logo, that looks like shit to me. You might love it. I'd rather have the Start bar again.
My advice, try a mac, or meet someone who owns a mac, and try using it for an hour or so.
My secondhand PowerMac G5 would have have put a whomping on any near or more expensively priced Dell etc of 2003 odd. Sure, I can admit my G5 is not fast by current standards, but I'd rather use it still, put a generic windows running pc on a desk next to my baby (cost me 1050 including 23 Apple Cinema Display) and try and convert me:) Its not fast, but I have 10.5, and Im pretty confident thats better than a new computer running Vista:)
Toyota is a marvellous brand, but can you say the same about Generic PC Maker?
I use old Apple computers, typing this on my 5 year old PowerMac G5 with a 23 inch ACD, the thing is still "post modern" in terms of design, and whilst not kicking a modern Intel computers butt, it was jaw dropping when it were new.
Thing is, a PC from 2005 would be far more "shit" in comparison. I love using this machine, it only cost $1600 NZD (1050 usd) all up (thats less than the display itself costs new) preloved.
Lets assume you have a spare couple grand, what would you WANT to buy, WANT to use if price were not an issue? If you are a millionaire, would you still buy a dell "because its half the price of an iMac"? Its still shit to use! Toyotas last forever, Lamborghinis can break down easily, they are different in that way, perhaps the Lamborghini is not a wise decision for a daily drive, parking in a bad area, being stuck in traffic etc. But a Mac is always better, I think, its only negative is price~!
MS tries to compete on price, they say "the macs too expensive for you!" in their ads, they dont advertise any unique features, Windows Movie Maker vs iMovie, Windows Media Player vs iTunes etc. That sort of admits that the PC is "less", if its only selling point is "cheaper than X" doesnt it? I wouldnt buy an american car even if it were cheaper than a reliable Toyota, which they are not! You dont buy a X brand car and say "yeah that Y brand car is fast and sexy, but it costs an extra thousand bucks!" So, if you have enough money for a Mac, why wouldnt you buy one? Genuine question.
Very True, my main computer is a 5 year old Power Mac G5 with 23 inch ACD, and love it thiiiiiiiis much.
I like the Dell Adamo vs MacBook Air argument, the Adamo is a piece of shit in every way, its more expensive, slower, and hideously ugly. I dont even know if its on sale in New Zealand, like the Zune isnt.
Why must non-Apple tech be utter shit in terms of design and quality?
In NZ and most of the rest of the world they dont feel any need to hide that you are getting a Japanese car, many now equate Japanese cars as best in the world in fact.
I think of it as an American market thing, with one parent company owning many brand names. A Honda is a Honda, and all the Honda's are good.
People mention "vista" alot but NOBODY seems to think its a good thing:) Is that advertising? yes. Is it "I heard its good, lets pay $200" kind of advertising? NO!
I'd hazard that it's something in the common implementation of 'honor' and self-value that predisposes people towards a massive breakdown in the face of 'public disgrace'
Damn that honour and self value! We should be teaching people they are worthless!
I think its a terrible thing, suicide in any case, Im very sad for this young mans family.
I agree with you Starturtle, and to the commenters making jokes, why? If this were someone you had known I doubt you would have said such awful things. I dont think you can blame Apple for this, guy happened to work for the company that makes Apple hardware, Steve Jobs himself didnt shoot this guy you know, we dont have proof of any wrong doing etc etc etc.
Suicide is always a terribly sad thing, even if its one of ~1.3 Billion people on the other side of the world.
Im not some troll you know, I've had quite reasonable points so far dont you think?
I didnt think you could have a BB though, sorry.
My cousin just moved from her Pearl to a iPhone 3G, got it secondhand, and loves it very much so far. She paid about $600 american for a 6 month old iPhone, sold exclusively by Vodafone NZ, put her new Telecom XT (other carrier's new GSM network) sim card in...it just works! No hacking needed, most phones worldwide are not locked to a carrier like in the US market.
Have you played around with an iPhone before? If you are dead against an iPhone and love your Blackberry, thats cool, maybe think about an iPod Touch then, you can probably get most of the cool things of the iPhone on that, no GPS tracking your every move, no data plan/carriers to worry about...:)
Ridiculously Expensive? How much is a new Pearl? And a new iPhone, if you bought them brand new and "unsubsidised" or whatever you might call it where you live. Here in NZ I never see people with BlackBerries, and they often cost more than the iPhone does outright! Checking vodafone NZ here, a brand new out of stock (maybe not on sale here yet?) iPhone 3GS 32GB is....1320 NZD, a standard Blackberry Bold is 1200, the Pearl (its called the 8110) is 900, so 400 dollars more for a top of the line iPhone, the 32GB most expensive one, than the cheapest, not so new Blackberry. The cheapest iPhone 3G (8GB) is basically 980 NZ. http://www.vodafone.co.nz/iphone/8gb-iphone-3g.jsp
For all the cool features, the sex appeal, the apps, you wouldnt pay an extra 80 NZD (probably about $50 american) for an iPhone? 50 american dollars, my guess, is really not that much money if you really want the iPhone.
If people want to steal iPhones, its because they are so cool! Nobody goes "oh man, lets steal a 30GB brown Zune!" do they? They want something cool! You really consider "mass appeal", "coolness" to be a negative thing?!
We've said all we really can expect to say, I dont expect you to rush off and buy an iPhone, I just wanted to mention some of the things you were not 100% right about. I know there are people who like their Crackberries, dont worry, I wont put you in rehab:)
Ok, so what phone do you currently have? Windows Mobile? Pre? G1? Put those against an iPhone and tell me you really luuuuuurve the non iPhone:)
I'll stop being silly now. If a removable battery is a big deal, I'm sorry ok, its a bit like having the money to buy a Ferrari etc, the car of your dreams, and then not doing it because you want a diesel version. I understand that for some very heavy users having replaceable batteries COULD be a very important thing, but I think for basically normal people, >majority, it wouldnt be a dealbreaker.
Privacy issues? Compared to what, a G1 running Android, Googles OS? You cant really trust anyone with your data, I'm sure its being stockpiled against us. But its like the Mcnealy quote, "you have zero privacy. Get over it" or whatever. If you trust Google over Apple, thats cool, I dont see them as any different really.
Dude, look up "jailbroken" ok? Im not blowing sunshine up your butt, its pretty much a "get out of jail free" card for you. As I said, I got an iPhone that never came out in my country, naturally my iPhone thats sitting on the desk in front of me, it wanted to connect to Cingular/AT&T, it was basically saying "hey, cant find AT&T, so emergency calls only". I updated to 3.0 recently and found it did that until re-jailbroken with QuickPWN. It wouldnt do anything but ask me to activate it (to AT&T which I cant do obviously) in different languages on the screen, and it showed "no sim" with my Vodafone NZ sim inside.
Jailbreak it, 20 minutes or so later, and its up and running on Vodafone. Switching carriers for a phone? Thats only in America! Seriously!
Buy an iPhone online, get a secondhand one if you cant find them easily new, although you should be able to, pay "500 bucks" or whatever, and the phone is yours. You can put any sim on it, you could put a sim card from a chinese network in it, anything. Thats what unlocking is, it was part of the Jailbreak that I did, jailbreak and unlock.
If you want an iPhone, really want one, you can get around "no removable battery and waaa I have to change carriers". Just jailbreak and unlock, and try living without multiple batteries, Im sure you can do it:)
Good luck Amigo.
People have been complaining since before the iPhone came out, you dont see Jobs at a Stevenote saying "user 630123 of slashdot.org, we have granted your request, now please buy our phone, please?" do you? No!:)
I hope Apple do pay attention to sites to get new ideas, but I dont think its likely they will change based on one persons opinion. You can always pray though!:)
I love hearing about people who swear they will buy an iPhone as soon as Apple does X, ha! I'm sure Steve Jobs sits about reading/. all day, and when he sees a comment like "i wont buy an iPhone until...." he must bolt upright and say "cripes! I'll get right on it!"
I hope you do get an iPhone soon! I got an unlocked original iPhone before they were out in my country, I dont see a point for jailbroken iPhones (unless its to get around the activation like I needed) as the App Store is AMAZING. Im sorry there are people having problems, however there are so many gems in the App Store that I truly dont believe exist elsewhere, and I definitely dont think there are any better phones out! I love my iPhone, and wouldnt trade it just for a greater MP camera or a clamshell form factor. Its built like a piece of jewellery, even the box is amazing, the iPhone OS is far beyond other phones, I love my iPhone and couldnt consider anything else! I do see places for improvement, nothing is perfect remember! I wish multitasking were available, however the Pre etc is not available here in New Zealand, and its that crummy CDMA that 2 countries in the world use, whats up with that! Thats a far worse thing than "no multitasking" wouldnt you agree? If you cant even make a phone call on your smartphone, who cares about App switching?
Hope you get an iPhone soon! Get it off plan, jailbroken etc. Mine cost under 500 american, I got it before it were out in my country and I only pay for what I use, my phone costs me $50 american or less a YEAR to run.
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that "rokr" sucked eh? Its the Vista of phones!
I find it odd Apple put their software on it? Isnt it just "iTunes" on the thing though? With a 100 song limit or something? Crazy. Its not like Apple sold it as their retails stores? Correct me if Im wrong. I dont even know if it were for sale outside America?
Trying not to troll here, but I have an imported Jailbroken Original iPhone, and would like to know exactly what was failing on original iPhones? I could understand if they had a bad case of Sony Battery (TM) etc, but I havnt known anyone personally to have had an iPhone thats died. I looked online and found a few odd cases, but nothing that seems to be a plague?
:) Its a funny image. Theres basically nothing to go wrong with the iPhones "candybar" form factor , except perhaps if you get chewing gum stuck in the headphone jack?
I think its funny you mention sliding phones breaking in half etc
Nothing against you, just would like to know more about mass1st gen iPhone failures.
glad you like your G1, Adam Curry also loves his. Im firmly in the iPhone camp, couldnt consider anything else, but Im not blind to other phones features. Syncing to Google would be very useful for many different features. Glad you're happy :)
buy a secondhand iPhone, or get an unlocked phone. Im sad you are locked into a contract etc where you are? I bought my Original iPhone before they were out here in New Zealand, we only got the iPhone 3G on. My imported brand new iPhone, jailbroken to work off AT&T cost SLIGHTLY under $500 american all up, and I run it off a plan. I felt like a rockstar, having the most sought after ever device, nobody else could buy them in the country, apart from the hundred or so who also imported. I pay 20c a txt message that I send, use wifi for data etc. You could have an unlocked iPhone for basically nothing, if you either find an online seller that sells imported (or whatever) iPhones, or perhaps buy a secondhand, barely used iPhone.
I feel sorry for people who want an iPhone, but cant afford the service charges that come from being locked into a carrier! You CAN have an iPhone for essentially nothing!
Not annoyed with you, just thought I'd mention, I believe its only really in America that Apple is marketed at all. Just offering this as a bit of a correction, I understand that in America, every ad break (and I hear american tv has more of them) is filled with the Mac VS PC ads? Well, we dont have them, AT ALL. Yup, move to New Zealand if you dislike the smug mac character :)
/. suggest. I am very jealous of the Apple Stores, as I myself am a "fan boi", typing this on a apple keyboard, with apple mouse, Apple Cinema HD Display, PowerMac G5, Airport router..... :)
I do believe I've Apple ads on tv ONCE or TWICE over a few years, such as when the iPhone came here (iPhone 3G), I dont even remember what the ad was, but it wasnt a massive thing. In large cities, Apple might have a billboard or two, and maybe skins on buses, but outside of America, I'd be willing to bet that Apple does not market anywhere near as much as people on
Just want to make it clear: I hear that Apple is some sort of ultra present company in America? This isnt so in most countries worldwide, Apple is sold based on its apparent quality ("a 5K laptop you have to order? must be special!"/ "Macs are used by A list celebrities, people who live in cardboard boxes use HP/Dell computers, every A list celeb/audio producer/graphic artist/movie producer uses a Mac so they must be good". Apple doesnt advertise here, so we dont have quite the annoying cult aspect as is portrayed in peoples comments.
Quite *blinking* amazing eh?
A lot of MS fanbois complain about OS X "updates" costing money, however, if you look at the history of the Mac OS X (10), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X then you will see all the changes over the years.
Often new features are added, many of which I couldnt live without! I see no problem with Apple charging for full updates, 10.5, 10.6, more commonly known under their names "you need to run Tiger for this program". What, you want Apple to instead have "Mac OS 11", OS12, OS13 each year? Sounds pretty stupid.
There are generally fairly large additions of new programs you might fall in love with, as well as general bug fixing and performance increases, basically every new version of OSX will give you a performance boost, even on elderly hardware!
Very interesting point. I often feel very bad about the electronics "thrown out", and yet have only heard of very young children in poor nations melting down pcb boards etc for copper, gold, etc in large pyres, who knows EXACTLY whats its doing to their health. I am glad to learn that there is a RIGHT way to export, I'll look into this further, thank you story submitter! :)
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I actually have started buying music from iTunes, in NZ its 1.79 for most songs (like the american 99c songs), our 1.79 is about 1.17 us, so we are basically another 20 american cents more expensive per song. Our iTunes store came online around 2006 or so I think? It seems "recent" and yet far away whenever it were.
.ogg format or something? What would be the absolute best audio quality, to buy and listen to for decades to come? Perhaps if you have a realistic option (good quality AAC) and then something out there (metre wide vinyl records, half a track per side).
I feel guilty stealing music, so I will buy music assuming its a fair price. I dont mind paying basically 2 bucks for a song I cant get out of my head, but I've never bought a full album (about 20 nzd, only 2 dollars or so cheaper than a cd from a cheap store).
I always encode my own cd rips at 320 AAC, I sometimes feel I can notice the difference between that and lower formats, I dont think I've ever felt an honest difference listening to an unlossy copy before, and also it makes a "lag" when you play it back on an iPod etc, the loading times are longer per track? I would guess battery life takes a hit, which when you listen to music for a few hours a day, would add up, it could be majorly annoying on a long trip for example, without power, it DOES happen, imagine being the only one in a group of friends without music (the horror!) "because I can hear the difference between lossless and lossy audio compression...", my friends would say "enjoy your silence loser".
Do you have a good new format that Apple should use on the iTunes store? Apple Lossless is sort of Apple only isnt it, in that only Apple would use it, if Microsoft sold music, they wouldnt use that format. So, Apple should sell
Personally, I wish Apple would rip high quality masters into different levels, and people could pick which version they wanted based on space (and possibly battery life) vs sound quality. I use archive.org to host my podcast, and it automatically encodes down (and up!?!?) my AAC files into wave, ogg, VBR mp3 etc, it is quite doable on a large scale apparently. Under my proposed system, if you wanted a higher, or lower copy, then you could redownload it, for free, you would essentially own that song forever, with no need to rebuy. A bit of a pipe dream eh?
Some good points raised.
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The thing at the bottom of OS X is called "the dock", you can keep programs, folders on it, to be opened by being clicked, or else it adds new icons when you open something. I've dragged my Application folder to it, so it works almost exactly like the start bar on a Windows operating system, I click the Application folder and a list of my apps appear, to be scrolled through.
Theres not much "flashy" about OS X, it does have high resolution icons etc, and the 10.5 doc does "reflections", if I drag a window close to the dock it accurately reflects the window above for example. But there are no fireworks etc
I cannot stand the Vista start bar, that blue orb thing? That thing makes me angry just looking at it! Also, now looking at XP makes my eyes bleed with the bright blue and green of Luna. I'm so used to OS X which is generally a brushed metal type look, with high quality, high resolution colours for icons and their like. There are no attempts at extravagance !
Not sure what you meant about things minimising, and you can just use Command + Tab to switch applications that are open. Of course, there is Expose which is somewhat uniquely mac, although Vista attempted to one up it. Expose is a godsend, I couldnt live without it. Just hit one button on an Apple keyboard and you can rearrange all open windows etc in many different ways, hold down command etc and it can do many different operations.
Hope you can try OSX sometime.
Isnt it expected that computers have a lifespan of about 5 years? I keep many old things, I work in an Antique store, but if you read slashdot you will hear people mentioning how they must get the new version of their cellphone because the other one is a year old, eww! how icky is that!
:) I could care less about Windows XP. Mac's have never been about gaming really, well not since the Woz Days. I have a PS3 for gaming, it cost a few hundred bucks, about the same as a decent graphics card by itself.
To say that my G5 is useless because its not X86, well, a 286 CPU is X86 isnt it? Just because "its the right chip family" doesnt prevent things from being useless. I would think that all Pentium 4's are pretty close to useless now , but many people are still using them! You dont need to update all the time if it gets the job done.
RE modern Adobe software etc, I dont buy multi thousand dollar software every 2 minutes
Thank you for your opinion
"run a snow leopard", dammit, should have used the mandatory preview :) Im working on a new podcast episode and was in a rush.
AMD? oh, how cute :) AMD is pretty much screwed in the same way my G5 is, no matter how much we like AMD as a company they are not competing well with Intel.
What software am I missing out on? Whats something that I'm going to spend $7000 NZD on a new Mac Pro to run? My iPod, iPhone work, Firefox works, what am I missing?
Saying that my G5 wont run a Snow Leopard is like saying a P3 wont run Vista. Big deal, its old, I wouldnt expect it to be up to date.
Have a swell day
Sad to hear you dont like Quicktime or iTunes, I love both pretty much, well, its hard to say "love" really, compared to what? iTunes, or Quicktime vs Windows Media Player?!?! Damn, then I REALLY LOVE the apple software :)
:)
Do you have Apple stores where you live? We dont really in New Zealand, go to somewhere where Macs are sold and play around on them, try to use them if you can for normal tasks. This may not be easy, NZ computer stores dont let you use the machines at all really. Perhaps with the idiot staff watching you, trying to sell the extended warranty
I love my Apple gear, I truly do, Im not sure how to explain what I like in many ways as it could be what you are used to, or prefer. For example, the Vista start bar thing, that blue orb logo, that looks like shit to me. You might love it. I'd rather have the Start bar again.
My advice, try a mac, or meet someone who owns a mac, and try using it for an hour or so.
My secondhand PowerMac G5 would have have put a whomping on any near or more expensively priced Dell etc of 2003 odd. Sure, I can admit my G5 is not fast by current standards, but I'd rather use it still, put a generic windows running pc on a desk next to my baby (cost me 1050 including 23 Apple Cinema Display) and try and convert me :) Its not fast, but I have 10.5, and Im pretty confident thats better than a new computer running Vista :)
Toyota is a marvellous brand, but can you say the same about Generic PC Maker?
I use old Apple computers, typing this on my 5 year old PowerMac G5 with a 23 inch ACD, the thing is still "post modern" in terms of design, and whilst not kicking a modern Intel computers butt, it was jaw dropping when it were new.
Thing is, a PC from 2005 would be far more "shit" in comparison. I love using this machine, it only cost $1600 NZD (1050 usd) all up (thats less than the display itself costs new) preloved.
Lets assume you have a spare couple grand, what would you WANT to buy, WANT to use if price were not an issue? If you are a millionaire, would you still buy a dell "because its half the price of an iMac"? Its still shit to use! Toyotas last forever, Lamborghinis can break down easily, they are different in that way, perhaps the Lamborghini is not a wise decision for a daily drive, parking in a bad area, being stuck in traffic etc. But a Mac is always better, I think, its only negative is price~!
MS tries to compete on price, they say "the macs too expensive for you!" in their ads, they dont advertise any unique features, Windows Movie Maker vs iMovie, Windows Media Player vs iTunes etc. That sort of admits that the PC is "less", if its only selling point is "cheaper than X" doesnt it? I wouldnt buy an american car even if it were cheaper than a reliable Toyota, which they are not! You dont buy a X brand car and say "yeah that Y brand car is fast and sexy, but it costs an extra thousand bucks!" So, if you have enough money for a Mac, why wouldnt you buy one? Genuine question.
I like the Dell Adamo vs MacBook Air argument, the Adamo is a piece of shit in every way, its more expensive, slower, and hideously ugly. I dont even know if its on sale in New Zealand, like the Zune isnt.
Why must non-Apple tech be utter shit in terms of design and quality?
I think of it as an American market thing, with one parent company owning many brand names. A Honda is a Honda, and all the Honda's are good.
I hope FSJ covers this more :) This was hillarious!
http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2009/07/ruby-on-rails.html
Its a vista-ster!
I'd hazard that it's something in the common implementation of 'honor' and self-value that predisposes people towards a massive breakdown in the face of 'public disgrace'
Damn that honour and self value! We should be teaching people they are worthless!
I think its a terrible thing, suicide in any case, Im very sad for this young mans family.
Suicide is always a terribly sad thing, even if its one of ~1.3 Billion people on the other side of the world.
I didnt think you could have a BB though, sorry.
My cousin just moved from her Pearl to a iPhone 3G, got it secondhand, and loves it very much so far. She paid about $600 american for a 6 month old iPhone, sold exclusively by Vodafone NZ, put her new Telecom XT (other carrier's new GSM network) sim card in...it just works! No hacking needed, most phones worldwide are not locked to a carrier like in the US market.
Have you played around with an iPhone before? If you are dead against an iPhone and love your Blackberry, thats cool, maybe think about an iPod Touch then, you can probably get most of the cool things of the iPhone on that, no GPS tracking your every move, no data plan/carriers to worry about ... :)
Ridiculously Expensive? How much is a new Pearl? And a new iPhone, if you bought them brand new and "unsubsidised" or whatever you might call it where you live. Here in NZ I never see people with BlackBerries, and they often cost more than the iPhone does outright! Checking vodafone NZ here, a brand new out of stock (maybe not on sale here yet?) iPhone 3GS 32GB is ....1320 NZD, a standard Blackberry Bold is 1200, the Pearl (its called the 8110) is 900, so 400 dollars more for a top of the line iPhone, the 32GB most expensive one, than the cheapest, not so new Blackberry. The cheapest iPhone 3G (8GB) is basically 980 NZ. http://www.vodafone.co.nz/iphone/8gb-iphone-3g.jsp
For all the cool features, the sex appeal, the apps, you wouldnt pay an extra 80 NZD (probably about $50 american) for an iPhone? 50 american dollars, my guess, is really not that much money if you really want the iPhone.
If people want to steal iPhones, its because they are so cool! Nobody goes "oh man, lets steal a 30GB brown Zune!" do they? They want something cool! You really consider "mass appeal", "coolness" to be a negative thing?!
We've said all we really can expect to say, I dont expect you to rush off and buy an iPhone, I just wanted to mention some of the things you were not 100% right about. I know there are people who like their Crackberries, dont worry, I wont put you in rehab :)
Have a great day :)
I'll stop being silly now. If a removable battery is a big deal, I'm sorry ok, its a bit like having the money to buy a Ferrari etc, the car of your dreams, and then not doing it because you want a diesel version. I understand that for some very heavy users having replaceable batteries COULD be a very important thing, but I think for basically normal people, >majority, it wouldnt be a dealbreaker.
Privacy issues? Compared to what, a G1 running Android, Googles OS? You cant really trust anyone with your data, I'm sure its being stockpiled against us. But its like the Mcnealy quote, "you have zero privacy. Get over it" or whatever. If you trust Google over Apple, thats cool, I dont see them as any different really.
Dude, look up "jailbroken" ok? Im not blowing sunshine up your butt, its pretty much a "get out of jail free" card for you. As I said, I got an iPhone that never came out in my country, naturally my iPhone thats sitting on the desk in front of me, it wanted to connect to Cingular/AT&T, it was basically saying "hey, cant find AT&T, so emergency calls only". I updated to 3.0 recently and found it did that until re-jailbroken with QuickPWN. It wouldnt do anything but ask me to activate it (to AT&T which I cant do obviously) in different languages on the screen, and it showed "no sim" with my Vodafone NZ sim inside.
Jailbreak it, 20 minutes or so later, and its up and running on Vodafone. Switching carriers for a phone? Thats only in America! Seriously!
Buy an iPhone online, get a secondhand one if you cant find them easily new, although you should be able to, pay "500 bucks" or whatever, and the phone is yours. You can put any sim on it, you could put a sim card from a chinese network in it, anything. Thats what unlocking is, it was part of the Jailbreak that I did, jailbreak and unlock.
If you want an iPhone, really want one, you can get around "no removable battery and waaa I have to change carriers". Just jailbreak and unlock, and try living without multiple batteries, Im sure you can do it :)
Good luck Amigo.
I hope Apple do pay attention to sites to get new ideas, but I dont think its likely they will change based on one persons opinion. You can always pray though! :)
I hope you do get an iPhone soon! I got an unlocked original iPhone before they were out in my country, I dont see a point for jailbroken iPhones (unless its to get around the activation like I needed) as the App Store is AMAZING. Im sorry there are people having problems, however there are so many gems in the App Store that I truly dont believe exist elsewhere, and I definitely dont think there are any better phones out! I love my iPhone, and wouldnt trade it just for a greater MP camera or a clamshell form factor. Its built like a piece of jewellery, even the box is amazing, the iPhone OS is far beyond other phones, I love my iPhone and couldnt consider anything else! I do see places for improvement, nothing is perfect remember! I wish multitasking were available, however the Pre etc is not available here in New Zealand, and its that crummy CDMA that 2 countries in the world use, whats up with that! Thats a far worse thing than "no multitasking" wouldnt you agree? If you cant even make a phone call on your smartphone, who cares about App switching?
Hope you get an iPhone soon! Get it off plan, jailbroken etc. Mine cost under 500 american, I got it before it were out in my country and I only pay for what I use, my phone costs me $50 american or less a YEAR to run.