Buying based on rumors is a gamble, at best. They've been saying it in the Mac rumor buying discussions for ages: it's the right purchase if it's the machine you need now.
There will always be something better in 6 months; so bite the bullet and snapshot the present.
Not a lot of people are buying iTunes TV shows because not a lot of people have a Digital Home Theater.
Not a lot of people with "Digital Home Theaters" would buy 320x240 resolution content to play on their HDTVs.
The iTunes TV shows as currently formatted are aimed heavily at the video iPod.
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A good list of things to address in the PVR Mini. However:
Cost -- It's an Apple; they cost more, we know it. I feel you're paying for quality and integration, YMMV.
Audio/Video -- I agree this is an issue. I will not replace my TiVo with something that doesn't do HD and surround sound. Apple's not known for shipping with these features, as of now. However, this is the sort of thing a purpose-built media center should include.
Remotes -- Pretty much solved, in the new iMac. I don't doubt the Media Mini will ship with either the same or improved.
Software -- Not at all worried about this. If they intend it as a PVR, it'll ship with PVR software. Apple has a pretty good history of bundling media apps for areas they are pushing.
Does he bear any moral responsibilty for this?
I would answer positively. If I leave a loaded gun lying on the sidewalk and someone picks it up and shoots someone else, I think I may get some bad karma.
You work in a place with construction. You have your keys in your pocket but your hands a numb because of the cold. You try to put your car keys in your pocket but miss. They fall in the snow which muffles the sound. You get into the construction vehicle put it in reverse and you drive over your keys, after you have feeling in your hands maybe after 5 minutes you realize that you don't have your car keys so you start looking for them. You will walk in the tracks of the truck because it is easier walking and you happen to find the glint of your keys for your car you pick it up.
This came out last March. I read it over a year ago. Why is Slashdot reviewing old fiction? Would it review year-old technical books as if they were new?
I don't get it. Administering Windows XP in a corporate environment isn't that hard. There is no reason why a company that hires a competent sys admin (or multiple sys admins) cant configure and administer Windows XP so they are nearly virus-free, spyware-free and spam-free.
I think you've hit the MCSE on the head.
I'm sure there must be great Windows admins out there. I just don't encounter them much. Companies seem to really like to hire MCSEs b/c certificates make PHBs feel like they are hiring people with "qualifications". The guys I know without all the certs are the ones who can really troubleshoot and keep things happy, but some places want a cert no matter what.
Compare the average MCSE you've met with the average Linux (or even Mac) admin. - Who knows their platform better? - Who keeps up-to-date with breaking developments? - Who has a real innate passion and curiousity? That's the guy I want running my network. And that guy is, usually, not the MCSE.
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The one problem here is that you're relying on your less casual guildies to be gathering materials and making Fire Resist potions and such.
They should be acknowledged and thanked.
(Not me, I was never hardcore, and quit a while back.)
point me in the direction of another manufacturer who's committed to ExpressCard and not still releasing PC card stuff
Apple.
I hear they run Windows pretty fast, and come with some other software you can try.
...my square watermelon?
I for one was counting on the rumors
Well, that's your first problem.
rumor != future truth
Buying based on rumors is a gamble, at best. They've been saying it in the Mac rumor buying discussions for ages: it's the right purchase if it's the machine you need now.
There will always be something better in 6 months; so bite the bullet and snapshot the present.
Microsoft announced today a new line of high-end graphics cards, with genuine "Glass-Blown Engine (tm)."
It's better than not having a day that causes discussion about it...
Learn to overlock, n00b.
umm...learn to spell "clock."
"n00b" not, lest thou be "n00bed."
Not a lot of people are buying iTunes TV shows because not a lot of people have a Digital Home Theater.
Not a lot of people with "Digital Home Theaters" would buy 320x240 resolution content to play on their HDTVs.
The iTunes TV shows as currently formatted are aimed heavily at the video iPod.
Well, that's $0.20 you'll never get back...
/target Violated /violin /jk /hug
Does anybody want a peanut?
Australia should be self-sufficient and make more goods out of their natural, renewable resources.
There are a lot of things you can make out of a kangaroo skeleton.
Does he bear any moral responsibilty for this? I would answer positively. If I leave a loaded gun lying on the sidewalk and someone picks it up and shoots someone else, I think I may get some bad karma.
karma != responsibility
You work in a place with construction. You have your keys in your pocket but your hands a numb because of the cold. You try to put your car keys in your pocket but miss. They fall in the snow which muffles the sound. You get into the construction vehicle put it in reverse and you drive over your keys, after you have feeling in your hands maybe after 5 minutes you realize that you don't have your car keys so you start looking for them. You will walk in the tracks of the truck because it is easier walking and you happen to find the glint of your keys for your car you pick it up.
You have been eaten by a grue.
It's always tomorrow in Australia.
True, but Monet's dolphin and white tiger montages were crap...
Now that we know what the underwater cable is for, will someone in Pakistan please tell me what's in that damned hatch?
This came out last March. I read it over a year ago. Why is Slashdot reviewing old fiction? Would it review year-old technical books as if they were new?
They're such copycats. Everyone knows Apple pioneered workplace nudity 4 years earlier...
What's Sealand's extradition policy?
I really don't want to know why you had that photo so readily available.
I don't get it. Administering Windows XP in a corporate environment isn't that hard. There is no reason why a company that hires a competent sys admin (or multiple sys admins) cant configure and administer Windows XP so they are nearly virus-free, spyware-free and spam-free.
I think you've hit the MCSE on the head.
I'm sure there must be great Windows admins out there. I just don't encounter them much. Companies seem to really like to hire MCSEs b/c certificates make PHBs feel like they are hiring people with "qualifications". The guys I know without all the certs are the ones who can really troubleshoot and keep things happy, but some places want a cert no matter what.
Compare the average MCSE you've met with the average Linux (or even Mac) admin.
- Who knows their platform better?
- Who keeps up-to-date with breaking developments?
- Who has a real innate passion and curiousity?
That's the guy I want running my network. And that guy is, usually, not the MCSE.
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So it looks like O'Gara has effectively silenced Groklaw for the moment at least.
More proof that 90% of /. moderators are ignorant, humourless wankers.
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