I ran two marathons last year, and when you get into the phase of your training where 10 mile runs are you thrice-weekly "short run", you really need something that has quite a bit of storage capacity. Without a number of songs at your disposal, things can get exceedingly repetitive.
I found the iPod to be an excellent companion, and it stood up to running through really lousy Rochester, NY winters over very long distances. The battery life and storage capacity make it perfect for running for hours on end.
The downsides? Not many. It is too slick to grip in your hand without a case, so I'd consider that mandatory. I prefer holding it to putting it on a belt clip, just because the repeatitive up/down motion can be a bit much unless anything you have is well-secured (a beltpack and work well for it).
A port to cover the firewire jack for inclimate weather is useful as well -- they ship with them on newer models now, and you can pick a cover up pretty cheap for older models too.
I have no idea how well it works with brands of Unix other than Mac OS X, though (on OS X, it works perfectly, of course).
The Apple Cinema Display (a gorgeous display, btw, I use one at work) is not the largest Apple display. At MacWorld Tokyo, Apple came out with the Apple Cinema Display HD, which supports a resolution of 1920x1200, which is significanly more screen real estate than the already generous 1600x1024 that the old Cinema Display offers.
Both products are still available. The main reason for the Cinema HD display is that it can do full screen HD TV video at native resolution.
I played with one of the Cinema HD displays at MacWorld/Tokyo, and it is a stunningly huge display, with all of the great viewing angle/contrast/brightness and design that made the original Cinema display so wonderful -- but with an extra 665,600 pixels.
1) Just because something is popular, and people want it, does not mean it should come to pass. Of course getting music for free is popular -- what do you expect?
2) The Russian economy is in the shitter; I wouldn't be holding them up as an example the music industry should follow.
Funny, we've been making a living solely selling shareware for over a decade. Perhaps you should only make blanket statements when you understand the topic at hand?
As for trying to get something for free, that's nonsense. We do quite a bit of marketing, purchasing of ad space (both online banner ads, and also in print publications).
I dare say that we are faring better than most open source companies are -- Loki -- VA Linux -- the list goes on and on. We've found a business model that works -- they never had a business model to begin with.
The bottom line here is this: if you find our software useful/enjoyable, we ask that you support us by paying for it. The rewards ultimately are for the entire community, not just Ambrosia -- we will continue to develop software as long as we're supported. If you don't like our software, or find it overpriced, we simply ask that instead of pirating it, simply don't use the software. Or better yet, write us and tell us what you'd like to see changed so that we can make our software better.
We've been extremely responsive to our customers, both those who have already paid, and those who have told us what changes they'd like to see in order for them to become our customers.
Regardless of your stance on this issue, I think it is great that it has brought the issue to the forefront, and caused some really interesting discussion. Thanks to everyone for your contribution.
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I ran two marathons last year, and when you get into the phase of your training where 10 mile runs are you thrice-weekly "short run", you really need something that has quite a bit of storage capacity. Without a number of songs at your disposal, things can get exceedingly repetitive.
I found the iPod to be an excellent companion, and it stood up to running through really lousy Rochester, NY winters over very long distances. The battery life and storage capacity make it perfect for running for hours on end.
The downsides? Not many. It is too slick to grip in your hand without a case, so I'd consider that mandatory. I prefer holding it to putting it on a belt clip, just because the repeatitive up/down motion can be a bit much unless anything you have is well-secured (a beltpack and work well for it).
A port to cover the firewire jack for inclimate weather is useful as well -- they ship with them on newer models now, and you can pick a cover up pretty cheap for older models too.
I have no idea how well it works with brands of Unix other than Mac OS X, though (on OS X, it works perfectly, of course).
Both products are still available. The main reason for the Cinema HD display is that it can do full screen HD TV video at native resolution.
I played with one of the Cinema HD displays at MacWorld/Tokyo, and it is a stunningly huge display, with all of the great viewing angle/contrast/brightness and design that made the original Cinema display so wonderful -- but with an extra 665,600 pixels.
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(look carefully -- I wonder what element *that* is... ;) ).
You're missing two salient facts:
1) Just because something is popular, and people want it, does not mean it should come to pass. Of course getting music for free is popular -- what do you expect?
2) The Russian economy is in the shitter; I wouldn't be holding them up as an example the music industry should follow.
Funny, we've been making a living solely selling shareware for over a decade. Perhaps you should only make blanket statements when you understand the topic at hand?
As for trying to get something for free, that's nonsense. We do quite a bit of marketing, purchasing of ad space (both online banner ads, and also in print publications).
I dare say that we are faring better than most open source companies are -- Loki -- VA Linux -- the list goes on and on. We've found a business model that works -- they never had a business model to begin with.
The bottom line here is this: if you find our software useful/enjoyable, we ask that you support us by paying for it. The rewards ultimately are for the entire community, not just Ambrosia -- we will continue to develop software as long as we're supported. If you don't like our software, or find it overpriced, we simply ask that instead of pirating it, simply don't use the software. Or better yet, write us and tell us what you'd like to see changed so that we can make our software better.
We've been extremely responsive to our customers, both those who have already paid, and those who have told us what changes they'd like to see in order for them to become our customers.
Regardless of your stance on this issue, I think it is great that it has brought the issue to the forefront, and caused some really interesting discussion. Thanks to everyone for your contribution.
http://www.AmbrosiaSW .com/Ambrosia_Times/May_98/5.3HowTo.html"
Andrew Welch
el Presidente
Ambrosia Software, Inc.