Again and again, we have embraced the technological advances that have allowed millions upon millions of people around the world to enjoy the music we create.
As with most of their products, Apple tends to dictate the user experience to an unusually high degree. For whatever reason.
And if you ask their users, the vast majority will tell you that it's the best user experience in the world.
But no... you're right... Apple probably doesn't have a good reason for it or anything. I'll bet the possibility of third party apps never even dawned on the them during the what, four years this thing was being developed?
It's not really about watching it on the iPod. Apple is gunning for the living room media center market with the introduction of the Apple Remote and Front Row. We've ditched TV and cable altogether in our house and now have a Core Duo mini,.5TB drive and a 23" Cinima display as our media center, and it's flawless. Plus, the videos encoded at the iPod resolution hardly show any pixelization or artifacts when viewed on our display from 6 feet or so.
I just watched the videos on that site... none of them said anything about what Vista itself actually does. They talked about ski jackets and power grids. Oh, and apparently Vista allows me to go to the Mercedes website and have "an advertising experience more engaging than anything on television", according to Tom Skerritt.
Well, the only other model that would have been replaced would be the 12" PowerBook. As the high end MacBook meets that PowerBook's price point, I can't see them introducing anything else for a while. Besides, the differences between the MacBook and the MacBook Pro are very few. I don't know what they would introduce on a 12" MacBook Pro that would manage to differentiate itself from the MacBook without overshadowing the MacBook Pro.
Of course, at some point in the future, we may see new models (like the sub-notebook or tablet), but I imagine that they are done introducing new portables for at least a year (upgrades to current models excluded of course).
From 2003 to 2005, the annual rate of vulnerability discovery on Apple's Mac O S platform has increased by 228 percent (Figure 2), compared to Microsoft's produ cts which only saw a 73 percent increase.
That's because it's harder to put more holes in swiss cheese that it is in chedder.
MSN's sponsored link at the very top of the search results: Linux webhosting from webhosting.net.
Google's sponsored link at the very top of the search results: www.microsoft.com/getthefacts.
Well duh, if Microsoft is going to spend a ton of cash on a sponsored link, they would of course want to do so on the most popular search engine. You don't really have to worry about all those other little search engines when your ads are on Google.
Have you every tried paying cash in the US Health Care system? I had a dentist that I loved dearly, compared to some of the other dentists I've seen - this guy is the best in the field I've come across. My insurance used to pay him $650 for a root canal and crown. But he charged a cash customer $1500 for the same thing.
It's not the doctors fault, he's not out to rape cash customers, he's trying to make ends meet. The reason that uninsured medical costs are so high is partially the fault of private insurance companies. Your doc could charge $800 for a root and crown, cover his expenses (lets say $650), and have some money left over to take home ($150). If he got $800 bucks every time, it would work. Unfortunately, the private insurance companies use their muscle to reduce the amount that they will pay, so the doc is forced to accept this lower payment ($650). Well that covers his expenses, but it certainly won't leave him with a paycheck, so he has to charge the uninsured a bit more to make up for it.
However, MedicAid and MediCare are the real reason why healthcare is out of control in this country. Docs are required by law to accept both, and neither of them pay anywhere near enough to cover expenses. While the insurance companies will haggle down the price to $650 with your dentist, MedicAid and MediCare give him $200, take it or leave it. The fact that the doc has to accept these programs leaves him screwed. He loses money on every procedure, and has to hike rates to make up for it.
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From that RIAA FAQ:
HA!
And they're welcome to fix it when they break it.
And if you ask their users, the vast majority will tell you that it's the best user experience in the world.
But no... you're right... Apple probably doesn't have a good reason for it or anything. I'll bet the possibility of third party apps never even dawned on the them during the what, four years this thing was being developed?
And keep in mind that Apple didn't partner with AT&T, they partnered with Cingular.
Thanks!
Hey, thanks for ruining the magic.
I thought Vuja De was when you didn't have the slightest fscking clue what was going on.
It's not really about watching it on the iPod. Apple is gunning for the living room media center market with the introduction of the Apple Remote and Front Row. We've ditched TV and cable altogether in our house and now have a Core Duo mini, .5TB drive and a 23" Cinima display as our media center, and it's flawless. Plus, the videos encoded at the iPod resolution hardly show any pixelization or artifacts when viewed on our display from 6 feet or so.
"Well, like I said, there's about a 1 in 5 chance that it won't ship. It's hardly a sure thing. So I'll bet... say... a billion dollars."
"If you're not planning on abusing this law, then you have nothing to fear if we tighten up the wording, do you Senator?"
I just watched the videos on that site... none of them said anything about what Vista itself actually does. They talked about ski jackets and power grids. Oh, and apparently Vista allows me to go to the Mercedes website and have "an advertising experience more engaging than anything on television", according to Tom Skerritt.
W00t.
iPhoto with iLife '06 lets other users subscribe to your photo libraries. Might suit your needs.
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Unless you consider successfully running a business to be evil,
Duh... we're liberals.
Maybe step 1 could be not having all this information on a laptop.
Much like my roommate, who edited Twin Peaks to make sense.
I hate Microsoft. Hate. Hate. Hate.
That said:
How long would it be before you actually pay the amount that a new PC/Windows would cost for this?
Probably about the same amount of time it would take for that PC and all the software you bought outright to become obsolete.
Don't forget to wash it down with either rain-water or pure grain alcohol.
It has the same mic as the Pro.
Well, the only other model that would have been replaced would be the 12" PowerBook. As the high end MacBook meets that PowerBook's price point, I can't see them introducing anything else for a while. Besides, the differences between the MacBook and the MacBook Pro are very few. I don't know what they would introduce on a 12" MacBook Pro that would manage to differentiate itself from the MacBook without overshadowing the MacBook Pro.
Of course, at some point in the future, we may see new models (like the sub-notebook or tablet), but I imagine that they are done introducing new portables for at least a year (upgrades to current models excluded of course).
.... but it's digitaaaaal!
...that the big bang is a dupe?
That's because it's harder to put more holes in swiss cheese that it is in chedder.
Well duh, if Microsoft is going to spend a ton of cash on a sponsored link, they would of course want to do so on the most popular search engine. You don't really have to worry about all those other little search engines when your ads are on Google.
Have you every tried paying cash in the US Health Care system? I had a dentist that I loved dearly, compared to some of the other dentists I've seen - this guy is the best in the field I've come across. My insurance used to pay him $650 for a root canal and crown. But he charged a cash customer $1500 for the same thing.
It's not the doctors fault, he's not out to rape cash customers, he's trying to make ends meet. The reason that uninsured medical costs are so high is partially the fault of private insurance companies. Your doc could charge $800 for a root and crown, cover his expenses (lets say $650), and have some money left over to take home ($150). If he got $800 bucks every time, it would work. Unfortunately, the private insurance companies use their muscle to reduce the amount that they will pay, so the doc is forced to accept this lower payment ($650). Well that covers his expenses, but it certainly won't leave him with a paycheck, so he has to charge the uninsured a bit more to make up for it.
However, MedicAid and MediCare are the real reason why healthcare is out of control in this country. Docs are required by law to accept both, and neither of them pay anywhere near enough to cover expenses. While the insurance companies will haggle down the price to $650 with your dentist, MedicAid and MediCare give him $200, take it or leave it. The fact that the doc has to accept these programs leaves him screwed. He loses money on every procedure, and has to hike rates to make up for it.
In other news, computers get faster, cell phones get smaller and Microsoft upgrades their operating system.
Oh, wait...