They chose a contactless option because typical smart chips that rely upon contact for data transfer do not stand up to the 10 year life of modern passports. Also, it's very difficult to place a smart chip on the non-rigid surface of a passport that is made of paper; it's one thing to stick it onto your MasterCard, but even the cardboard of the passport cover isn't that sturdy.
as soon as I can play all my games on it, buy the hardware I want for it, and not have to pay thousands of dollars for it.
You can get the MacMini, the eMac, and the iBook for less than the "thousands of dollars" you quote.
If I was doing multimedia only (audio/video editing) I'd already own one.
This is the typical anti-mac argument used, and would have been true five years ago. Today though the majority of people who buy don't just do multimedia on their macs.
I'm not saying you're wrong in your arguments about games or hardware customization, but stick to these valid arguments and not the over-used "too expensive" and "graphic designer" arguments.
It may be annoying, but what do you want from a free news site? I don't mean to be inflamatory, but you can chose the browser you use as well as the news sources - albeit free ones - that you choose to patron.
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They chose a contactless option because typical smart chips that rely upon contact for data transfer do not stand up to the 10 year life of modern passports. Also, it's very difficult to place a smart chip on the non-rigid surface of a passport that is made of paper; it's one thing to stick it onto your MasterCard, but even the cardboard of the passport cover isn't that sturdy.
You can get the MacMini, the eMac, and the iBook for less than the "thousands of dollars" you quote.
If I was doing multimedia only (audio/video editing) I'd already own one.
This is the typical anti-mac argument used, and would have been true five years ago. Today though the majority of people who buy don't just do multimedia on their macs. I'm not saying you're wrong in your arguments about games or hardware customization, but stick to these valid arguments and not the over-used "too expensive" and "graphic designer" arguments.
It may be annoying, but what do you want from a free news site? I don't mean to be inflamatory, but you can chose the browser you use as well as the news sources - albeit free ones - that you choose to patron.