The PS3 without Blu Ray is cheaper and maybe easier to make, but if Blu Ray is a success because of the PS3 and/or vice versa, well lets just say Sony will get the last laugh as they dominate to huge markets.
So in other words, Sony's longterm goal is to try and control an emerging market based on a new media type and make lots of money off of it.
This definitely has worked in the past for Sony. (cough cough)
Microsoft Money never crushed Quicken, and after all these years Internet Explorer is playing catchup to an open source browser. Perhaps things aren't exactly the same as they used to be.
More proof there's more to the iPod than marketing
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Sure, we all understand nobody likes the king of the hill, no matter if it is deserved or not.
But I hope this helps put to rest the continued notion that iPods only sell so well only because they are a marketing gimmick or some status symbol only to be worn to look 'cool'.
The iPod is, for years now, been a well designed and well executed product. The scroll wheel introduced with the first iPod minis soon appeared on the complete iPod line when everyone including Apple realized it is what seperates it from all the other mp3 player interfaces. Well, it did until Zune and many others tried to imitate it.
The iTunes interface won over many converts from Winamp and Musicmatch Jukebox before they even owned an iPod. Simplicity and power won over again. The iTMS isn't the best selling store by accident.
Sure, the iPod is hyped, but perhaps it is for a good reason. People aren't dropped hundreds of dollars because they're stupid. At least for not this long and for this many years and different iPod models. Has there been a single iPod model that flopped?
The only reason the PS2 is/was popular in college towns is because it was cheap and it doubled as a DVD player. In college it's all about money and the lack of it. The PS2 will continue to hang on in many dorm rooms because it's still a good DVD player but expect the cheap Wii to creep in as the cheap gaming upgrade.
The only people on campus you'll see with those $600 consoles like the PS3 are the kids who have parents who also bought their car/rent/textbooks/food/beer/tuition and don't have to ever worry about working and going to school at the same time.
That said, I won't buy another. I've had way too many disc read errors watching movies, especially discs rented from Blockbuster.
$600 for a PS3? See, this is what kills me about the "hardcore" gamers. These guys will drop insane amounts of cash just so game that's not really fun has more shading textures and slighty more blingy 3d effects than you had $1000 before.
I'll be getting a Wii for cheap and having more fun than you, with enough cash left over to buy a 30 pack of Natty Light all for myself.
I wonder how long Apple is going to produce PowerPC based macines, which is, really to ask, how long until the PowerMacs are replaced.
Well, during Steve Job's keynote in January, he said the whole year of 2006 would be the complete product line transition to Intel. It's only May, and we've already seen the iMac, the Mac Mini, and the MacBook Pros. That only leaves MacBooks and then the desktops. Not bad for a few months.
True enough for the lighter business, but the personal computer market has always thrived off of the stupidity of consumers. This has been evidenced time and time again by ads by AOL (want a better Internet?), Intel (all these things on the Internet run better through an Intel processor), PeoplePC, etc.
Remember around 1997 or 1998 when every other yahoo in your area with a dialup modem and too much free time was collecting links to stores around your area and making those glorified bookmark collections and calling them an "Online Mall"?
Spent $399 for it at Micro Center. Sure, it was a big improvement over the ATi 9500 Pro I had in there before. But in the long run all i got out of it was the three games I played ran just a bit smoother than before. That's it.
And I'm done with the PC "ricing" subculture. All these wonderful Antec case fans from 2002 are loud, all the money I've dropped upgrading this thing still leaves me with the same crappy Windows XP experience. Think about it, 1GB of Corsair RAM, Athlon XP 2800 processor and two Serial-ATA drives all idle, I click on Control Panel and WAIT 5 seconds for Explorer to redraw my screen twice as all the icons flicker and reload.
And Apple's lawyers reply back to Sony "Let's talk about this 'DRM Application' money you have been holding onto, we think it may have something to do with us and FairPlay."
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The PS3 without Blu Ray is cheaper and maybe easier to make, but if Blu Ray is a success because of the PS3 and/or vice versa, well lets just say Sony will get the last laugh as they dominate to huge markets.
So in other words, Sony's longterm goal is to try and control an emerging market based on a new media type and make lots of money off of it.
This definitely has worked in the past for Sony. (cough cough)
Why not? What is it about the iTunes interface that you don't like?
And no offense PJ if you're reading this - but I seriously doubt you're a better story teller than the Old Professor.
Everyone needs an editor. And anyone who writes more Liv Tyler With Elf Ears scenes onto the screen can't be all that bad.
Proof: the more you drink, the more attractive Windows becomes.
I remember hearing about the Origami project last year, what ever became of it?
There's other examples.
Microsoft PictureIt/Digital Image Pro vs Photoshop
IIS vs Apache
MSN Search vs Google/Yahoo
Microsoft Money never crushed Quicken, and after all these years Internet Explorer is playing catchup to an open source browser. Perhaps things aren't exactly the same as they used to be.
Sure, we all understand nobody likes the king of the hill, no matter if it is deserved or not.
But I hope this helps put to rest the continued notion that iPods only sell so well only because they are a marketing gimmick or some status symbol only to be worn to look 'cool'.
The iPod is, for years now, been a well designed and well executed product. The scroll wheel introduced with the first iPod minis soon appeared on the complete iPod line when everyone including Apple realized it is what seperates it from all the other mp3 player interfaces. Well, it did until Zune and many others tried to imitate it.
The iTunes interface won over many converts from Winamp and Musicmatch Jukebox before they even owned an iPod. Simplicity and power won over again. The iTMS isn't the best selling store by accident.
Sure, the iPod is hyped, but perhaps it is for a good reason. People aren't dropped hundreds of dollars because they're stupid. At least for not this long and for this many years and different iPod models. Has there been a single iPod model that flopped?
The only reason the PS2 is/was popular in college towns is because it was cheap and it doubled as a DVD player. In college it's all about money and the lack of it. The PS2 will continue to hang on in many dorm rooms because it's still a good DVD player but expect the cheap Wii to creep in as the cheap gaming upgrade.
The only people on campus you'll see with those $600 consoles like the PS3 are the kids who have parents who also bought their car/rent/textbooks/food/beer/tuition and don't have to ever worry about working and going to school at the same time.
I would equate the roar of an old car more to the PC's post beep than I would the Vista startup sound, but perhaps you are right.
Does anyone know the name of the sound Macs play when you press the power button?
Lamp 15 years ago? Feh. I used to have this TV 20 years ago where TV stations would come in by standing near the TV and gesturing wildly with my arms.
If Zune encroaches on iPod's market share, as an iPod owner what do I care?
If the 16 year old teenage girls only buy the pink iPod nanos but only load music on them from their Dells, as an iMac owner what do I care?
As long as there are good choices out there for everyone, isn't that living in a monopoly-free free market is all about?
And it was somewhat affordable at the time.
That said, I won't buy another. I've had way too many disc read errors watching movies, especially discs rented from Blockbuster.
$600 for a PS3? See, this is what kills me about the "hardcore" gamers. These guys will drop insane amounts of cash just so game that's not really fun has more shading textures and slighty more blingy 3d effects than you had $1000 before.
I'll be getting a Wii for cheap and having more fun than you, with enough cash left over to buy a 30 pack of Natty Light all for myself.
"One major concern was that the startup sound not grow grating after a time."
How about getting rid of the sound? What else does a startup sound inspire other than the sour feeling of having to restart the PC all the time?
I wonder how long Apple is going to produce PowerPC based macines, which is, really to ask, how long until the PowerMacs are replaced.
Well, during Steve Job's keynote in January, he said the whole year of 2006 would be the complete product line transition to Intel. It's only May, and we've already seen the iMac, the Mac Mini, and the MacBook Pros. That only leaves MacBooks and then the desktops. Not bad for a few months.
True enough for the lighter business, but the personal computer market has always thrived off of the stupidity of consumers. This has been evidenced time and time again by ads by AOL (want a better Internet?), Intel (all these things on the Internet run better through an Intel processor), PeoplePC, etc.
Remember around 1997 or 1998 when every other yahoo in your area with a dialup modem and too much free time was collecting links to stores around your area and making those glorified bookmark collections and calling them an "Online Mall"?
Ok, maybe I'm the only one.
I was with you up until you started talking about a third half of something.
I've used Macs professionally for over 6 years now. My experience has been nothing like yours.
Spent $399 for it at Micro Center. Sure, it was a big improvement over the ATi 9500 Pro I had in there before. But in the long run all i got out of it was the three games I played ran just a bit smoother than before. That's it.
And I'm done with the PC "ricing" subculture. All these wonderful Antec case fans from 2002 are loud, all the money I've dropped upgrading this thing still leaves me with the same crappy Windows XP experience. Think about it, 1GB of Corsair RAM, Athlon XP 2800 processor and two Serial-ATA drives all idle, I click on Control Panel and WAIT 5 seconds for Explorer to redraw my screen twice as all the icons flicker and reload.
Can't wait for my Mac.
And Apple's lawyers reply back to Sony "Let's talk about this 'DRM Application' money you have been holding onto, we think it may have something to do with us and FairPlay."
What, you mean having to buy an add-on device to play DVDs isn't dumb too? :(
The Norwegians dug too deep and greedily.
Here's a good place to get them. Apparently there have been some variations over the years:
http://www.digital-audio.net/sounds_o.shtml
Looks like I'm amongst an army of horndogs when it comes to her.