I'm not sure why his review is so irritating? Sounds to me like he's giving Apple credit, where it's due. Reviews by their very nature are subjective and if he feels this was a minor upgrade, who cares?
Regardless of what he says, Apple fans will continue to drink the Kool-Aid and Win32 fans will continue to ignore Macs, no matter who is doing the review!
The odds of having a fair and objective review of competing operating systems, by industry journalists, is slim at best. I thought his review was well-written and I learned more about Tiger than some other articles that have been written.
If the target market is first-time computer buyers (and the price suggests that it is), chances are they *don't* have a spare monitor laying around. So throw in a monitor (and they'll want a flat-screen) and you're up to $800 in a heartbeat. Regardless of how good the GUI is, this can leave a bad taste with the potential buyer.
Very interesting article, but we've been hearing about "smart homes" for years now but invariably, they're out of reach for the typical middle-class family with 2.3 kids. The coffee-maker itself has stood the test of time and hasn't had any significant changes for many years. And smart toilets? Please.
As an ex-Deccie (16 years) I only wish servers today ran with the reliability of VAX servers. Oh well, progress goes on. Have to say that VAXmail was the most efficient mail system I have ever used. Incredibly fast and tons of power.
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I'm not sure why his review is so irritating? Sounds to me like he's giving Apple credit, where it's due. Reviews by their very nature are subjective and if he feels this was a minor upgrade, who cares? Regardless of what he says, Apple fans will continue to drink the Kool-Aid and Win32 fans will continue to ignore Macs, no matter who is doing the review! The odds of having a fair and objective review of competing operating systems, by industry journalists, is slim at best. I thought his review was well-written and I learned more about Tiger than some other articles that have been written.
ReplayTV is probably not going to survive either, which is really sad given that not all cable companies are offering bundled PVR services.
Blah...blah...blah...blah.... Give a guy a website and a keyboard and all of a sudden he's the great philosopher.
If the target market is first-time computer buyers (and the price suggests that it is), chances are they *don't* have a spare monitor laying around. So throw in a monitor (and they'll want a flat-screen) and you're up to $800 in a heartbeat. Regardless of how good the GUI is, this can leave a bad taste with the potential buyer.
Now if Mattel would re-release the Intellivision games!
So what's the projected data for Gmail to accessible by the masses?
Very interesting article, but we've been hearing about "smart homes" for years now but invariably, they're out of reach for the typical middle-class family with 2.3 kids. The coffee-maker itself has stood the test of time and hasn't had any significant changes for many years. And smart toilets? Please.
Gotta believe this market window for this is very short, as the price of 3 and 4-megapixel cameras will continue to drop considerably.
As an ex-Deccie (16 years) I only wish servers today ran with the reliability of VAX servers. Oh well, progress goes on. Have to say that VAXmail was the most efficient mail system I have ever used. Incredibly fast and tons of power.