Because I'm already well ahead of the barbaric century that this has become, and regression doesn't befit me. Seems to do well for you though, anonymous barbarian.
"they pick 800x640 screens vs the new retina display"
And that simple lie discredits everything you just said, as no laptop screen (barring netbooks) has had a native resolution that low for the past DECADE.
Macs do NOT use business-class hardware. Still using the same shit-binned Hynix/Infineon RAM that anyone can get for $50 yet Apple charges almost $200 for the exact same module. Same shitty HDDs that fails like any other. Same shitty GPUs that would get put in any other system - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377
I worked Apple Repair for Flextronics. I know what the insides of Macs actually use. It's the SAME SHIT.
You must be a child if you can't get Windows 7 to behave. Any half-assed teenager knows how to make Windows work and stop being an annoyance.
Your credibility as a person with any authority on technology is rapidly waning.
But in all honesty, any OS you could send to me is a piece of shit. Not one of them beats mine, which boots in 2 seconds flat even on Pentium3 hardware, is fully functional, and also runs my research facilities, 100% realtime. No need for pre-emptive anything.
Oh, and it's a mere 2.3 megs in size. That's including audio, networking, 2D video (don't need 3D since it is not for gaming) ten 'desktops' and a slew of other features.
Come back when you've rolled your own pure ASM OS.
You want to talk about substandard parts? How about receiving boxes of Apple logic boards, filled with sand?
How about roughly 2/3 new Macs failing off the line and needing to go back for repairs?
How about getting charged $200 for THE EXACT SAME BINNED RAM that would only cost you $50 for a non-Apple PC?
Give me a break.
"Do work in professional audio/video or work in graphics, a Mac is the cheapest route to go."
Nope. $300 Windows Box and Audacity + Tracktion, which came free with my $80 Mackie mixer, plus a $150 swap-meet special Alesis electronic drum kit with software.
My guitar cost more than most Macs. Better build quality, too. Even comes with MIDI pickups.
Oh, did I mention I did audio and video work for several local Los Angeles bands, as well as record my own music?
Yes, it does, and we have this discussion every fucking week on/g/ and a new price comparison chart comes out which proves it time and time again using the latest prices from various manufacturers.
EVERY. TIME. Apple is AT MINIMUM 1.5X the price of a similarly-specced Windows Boxen.
Try Li-Fi sometime when you want to work with real manly wireless technology.
A. Unless you're inside my building, you aren't connecting to the Li-Fi network, period. Visible range light doesn't get through walls. Useful for stopping drive-by attacks from someone outside with a powerful boosted antenna B. HUGE amounts of bandwidth are available, well more than sub-IR wavelengths C. You can make it unidirectional (lasers) or almost omnidirectional (use a plain SMD LED with wide viewing angle.) D. As an added bonus, you can just look at the access point to see if it's even working. If it's not flashing, it's not working. E. We have the stuff built into common light bulb form factors, and they can form mesh networks easily.
There are disadvantages, but as it goes, Li-Fi offers much more security and bandwidth than your typical wireless network ever will, just by nature of how it works.
Visible-Range EM wireless works just fine and is nearly impervious to even the bright light emitted from welding (because it's not emitting a proper signal that the station recognizes as data, its just random noise at that point and time. Plus, you can tune to specific wavelengths that are not emitted by welding to further reduce any possible chance of interference.)
We can run wireless using visible-range EM radiation. We have LED bulbs that do this already.
Pretty secure, you'd have to have the equipment to interface, plus be inside the building since visible-range EM doesn't penetrate walls, window blinds, etc.
At that point, the only security issue is your doorman.
Seriously, a huge chunk of your operating costs are just going to be on lighting and the removal of heat generated by said lighting. Go LED now. There are also LED fixtures that work as Wi-Fi access points/mesh networking, so you can nail several birds with one stone.
" Intent is specifically NOT adequate. The actual or probable effect must be to incite imminent lawless action. "
THAT IS INTENT BY THE VERY DEFINITION.
I've spent countless hours in courtrooms watching things like this unfold. Every judge has made the same damned decision.
I think your understanding of law in general is flawed. Call me when you've racked up over 300 hours in a courtroom, with 100 of those spent whipping EA's lawyers in court.
Look at the anonymous coward that doesn't have a clue.
No logic skill, I see.
Think about the intended target demographic of this film. Think about the way this person went about constructing it, its message, and then releasing it to a group of people known for being volatile when it comes to their religious beliefs, which was part of that message.
To think that there was no intent to cause such a reaction is absolutely foolish.
If you yell 'fire' a *RATIONAL* person would look for the fire and then find a route to get away from it. If no fire is present and no signs of such can be detected (smell, sight of smoke/flames, rising temperatures) a rational person will take it as someone talking garbage and simply say "Shut your lying whore mouth" and get back to what they were doing originally.
Given how shitty and out of date TomTom maps are (with false turns that get me lost all the time, just for the purposes of 'protecting copyright') making fun of them is quite acceptable to me.
Given what happened because of the film, I foresee manslaughter charges and incitement to riot charges being brought up.
Not to mention the wrongful death lawsuit that will very likely be filed against him by the families of those killed thanks to this video and the subsequent reaction.
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"Why don't you fucking join the 21st century?"
Because I'm already well ahead of the barbaric century that this has become, and regression doesn't befit me. Seems to do well for you though, anonymous barbarian.
"they pick 800x640 screens vs the new retina display"
And that simple lie discredits everything you just said, as no laptop screen (barring netbooks) has had a native resolution that low for the past DECADE.
"Yes, on paper, but the Apple has a superior IPS display."
No, it's the same IPS display made by Samsung that many other manufacturers use, from Sager to Sony.
Realize Apple doesn't make ANYTHING at a component level. Apple has near-nil fab capability.
You proved nothing. In fact, the Dell still has the superior GPU, unless you're one of those idiots that does buttcoin mining and gayming.
It's quite obvious you don't know what the Quadro is for or what it is capable of. You don't get double-precision with your shitty 5770, for starters.
Macs do NOT use business-class hardware. Still using the same shit-binned Hynix/Infineon RAM that anyone can get for $50 yet Apple charges almost $200 for the exact same module. Same shitty HDDs that fails like any other. Same shitty GPUs that would get put in any other system - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377
I worked Apple Repair for Flextronics. I know what the insides of Macs actually use. It's the SAME SHIT.
You must be a child if you can't get Windows 7 to behave. Any half-assed teenager knows how to make Windows work and stop being an annoyance.
Your credibility as a person with any authority on technology is rapidly waning.
But in all honesty, any OS you could send to me is a piece of shit. Not one of them beats mine, which boots in 2 seconds flat even on Pentium3 hardware, is fully functional, and also runs my research facilities, 100% realtime. No need for pre-emptive anything.
Oh, and it's a mere 2.3 megs in size. That's including audio, networking, 2D video (don't need 3D since it is not for gaming) ten 'desktops' and a slew of other features.
Come back when you've rolled your own pure ASM OS.
"and the use of substandard parts"
Hi, former Apple Tech here.
You want to talk about substandard parts? How about receiving boxes of Apple logic boards, filled with sand?
How about roughly 2/3 new Macs failing off the line and needing to go back for repairs?
How about getting charged $200 for THE EXACT SAME BINNED RAM that would only cost you $50 for a non-Apple PC?
Give me a break.
"Do work in professional audio/video or work in graphics, a Mac is the cheapest route to go."
Nope. $300 Windows Box and Audacity + Tracktion, which came free with my $80 Mackie mixer, plus a $150 swap-meet special Alesis electronic drum kit with software.
My guitar cost more than most Macs. Better build quality, too. Even comes with MIDI pickups.
Oh, did I mention I did audio and video work for several local Los Angeles bands, as well as record my own music?
Yes, it does, and we have this discussion every fucking week on /g/ and a new price comparison chart comes out which proves it time and time again using the latest prices from various manufacturers.
EVERY. TIME. Apple is AT MINIMUM 1.5X the price of a similarly-specced Windows Boxen.
Try Li-Fi sometime when you want to work with real manly wireless technology.
A. Unless you're inside my building, you aren't connecting to the Li-Fi network, period. Visible range light doesn't get through walls. Useful for stopping drive-by attacks from someone outside with a powerful boosted antenna
B. HUGE amounts of bandwidth are available, well more than sub-IR wavelengths
C. You can make it unidirectional (lasers) or almost omnidirectional (use a plain SMD LED with wide viewing angle.)
D. As an added bonus, you can just look at the access point to see if it's even working. If it's not flashing, it's not working.
E. We have the stuff built into common light bulb form factors, and they can form mesh networks easily.
There are disadvantages, but as it goes, Li-Fi offers much more security and bandwidth than your typical wireless network ever will, just by nature of how it works.
Visible-Range EM wireless works just fine and is nearly impervious to even the bright light emitted from welding (because it's not emitting a proper signal that the station recognizes as data, its just random noise at that point and time. Plus, you can tune to specific wavelengths that are not emitted by welding to further reduce any possible chance of interference.)
We can run wireless using visible-range EM radiation. We have LED bulbs that do this already.
Pretty secure, you'd have to have the equipment to interface, plus be inside the building since visible-range EM doesn't penetrate walls, window blinds, etc.
At that point, the only security issue is your doorman.
You must be into necrophilia with a response like that.
Seriously, a huge chunk of your operating costs are just going to be on lighting and the removal of heat generated by said lighting. Go LED now. There are also LED fixtures that work as Wi-Fi access points/mesh networking, so you can nail several birds with one stone.
" Intent is specifically NOT adequate. The actual or probable effect must be to incite imminent lawless action. "
THAT IS INTENT BY THE VERY DEFINITION.
I've spent countless hours in courtrooms watching things like this unfold. Every judge has made the same damned decision.
I think your understanding of law in general is flawed. Call me when you've racked up over 300 hours in a courtroom, with 100 of those spent whipping EA's lawyers in court.
Look at the anonymous coward that doesn't have a clue.
No logic skill, I see.
Think about the intended target demographic of this film. Think about the way this person went about constructing it, its message, and then releasing it to a group of people known for being volatile when it comes to their religious beliefs, which was part of that message.
To think that there was no intent to cause such a reaction is absolutely foolish.
How's that pink elephant working out for you?
If you yell 'fire' a *RATIONAL* person would look for the fire and then find a route to get away from it. If no fire is present and no signs of such can be detected (smell, sight of smoke/flames, rising temperatures) a rational person will take it as someone talking garbage and simply say "Shut your lying whore mouth" and get back to what they were doing originally.
"So if a new law causes a riot all the politicians that voted for it will be jailed?"
No, because of immunity granted in the constitution for lawmaking process.
"So doing things that piss people off is now equal to inciting a riot?"
Given the specific nature and intended target demographic of the video, YES.
"these people clearly had no choice"
I see you fail to understand what incite means and implies - choice included.
"It was organized by an outrage machine and carried on by people who had not even seen the film."
That's how a LOT of riots happen, actually. Outrage machine, a bunch of ignorant people that never saw/heard and just jumped on the bandwagon.
Live in LA sometime.
Given how shitty and out of date TomTom maps are (with false turns that get me lost all the time, just for the purposes of 'protecting copyright') making fun of them is quite acceptable to me.
It is still incitement. The INTENT is what matters, not the speech itself.
And this film was clearly made to incite people to do violence, knowing the target demographic of the film itself.
"This guy exercises free speech"
If you watched the video, you'd clearly see that this was designed to incite people.
This was an incitement to riot. That is a danger to the community.
Given what happened because of the film, I foresee manslaughter charges and incitement to riot charges being brought up.
Not to mention the wrongful death lawsuit that will very likely be filed against him by the families of those killed thanks to this video and the subsequent reaction.
"His film killed no one."
Try incitement to riot with manslaughter being the result. Clearly a probationary violation.
Corn *IS* a grass.
Cows weren't meant to eat the FRUIT of that grass.