let all the geeks do the hardwork of porting various hardware configs and such (i know little what im talking about here, but this sounds right). That way apple can just reverse steal the code in 3 years when they decide to support x86 and freeze over hell.
i highly highly double it would be useful if it could run on an x86 machine.
the reason windows it so flaky with hardware is because it has to work with so many different hardware configs... apple isnt really designed for that -- i think it would take a LOT of programming on apples part to make a version that would be smooth with so much generic hardware. But then who knows...
they might have time to take Windows XP and add a new gooey! hurray! im hopeing they give us the option to have red and black toolbars -- the blue/green/silver combo now looks retarded:-(. Or better yet, they should just incorporate apple's AQUA into their gooey... Oh wait, my computer already has that.
they already dropped a bomb, pentium 4, maybe youve heard of it?
Maybe they have something big coming, wouldnt surprise me... yet we have heard NO real news or rumors of anything in the works... just more of the same. Which will most likely lead to more of the same defeats when pitted against the rising warmachine known as Advanced Micro Somthing-or-other.
I had to yell at the screen when i heard them say "and intels processors run cooler"... someone forgot to check THG didnt they steve? Intel cares more about high clock speeds than power or heat consumption.... shame clock speeds dont mean much anymore.
Since when did Intel rethink heat and power consumption? they have done the opposite, they now waste more energy than ever, the new P4's because of that compeitition and an arms face for Speed, exactly the opposite of what you said.
Since when is apple x86? -- you can use an intel processor without using x86 platform, which is what they are going, only an idiot would switch TO x86.
btw -- it was competition from apple not linux that drove 3.1 to 95! Linux was barely in existance 15 years ago.
What drugs are you taking exactly? i get 0's and this post gets ++ points, oh you cruel moderator gods! (shakes fist at monitor)
did anyone explain to steve before this switch that intels run hot as hell and are only getting worse... so much for Steves poster on his bedroom wall "2006 Pentium 5 powerbook, years ahead of windows portables."
no one seems to be pointing out the obvious, that almost everyone needs and owns a PC. Its easier just to pay an extra $300 from dell and get a higher end computer that will both be more stable for regular use and okay for gaming. This rather than paying for an additional $300 toy.
PC gaming wont die for 3 reasons then in my opinion:
1. some gamers (like me) prefer to play FPS and RTS on a pc, with a mouse and a huge keyboard they a crippled controller. Not to mention the ability to multitask means i can have p2p and audio runnin g in the background 2. PC sales are increasing, undoubtedly people will use existing hardware for games... esspecially if they cant afford or dont want another console... this is esspecially true since even lower end computers are able to run many of the new pc games out there (aside from like doom 3) 3. theres YEARS inbetween new consoles, but computer components are always being updated, so in those lulls i feel the consoles tend not to be the strongest players. This and the pc is the most universal game platform what with the wars between Xbox and PS -- everything eventually makes it to PC.
$100 out of warranty replacement. other companies will do it for less. Not to mention that while under warranty, they replace for free (usually giving the customer a brand new ipod).
what a bunch of nonsense... ipod lithium ion battery not giving you max life? oh uh. just like your cell phone, laptop, digital camera and video camera. Welcome to modern battery technology folks, it SUCKS. Apple uses the same batteries everyone else uses, its the same bloody technology. Thats why they say MAX 8 hours. They also say how to maintain the lifespan of the battery on their website and that it will reduce over time, opps i guess you forgot to read about the batteries, what while you were coming up with this lousy litagation to make an extra buck for how you feel "wronged"! But who needs to read anyway, they said max. 8 hours, so down the road 3 years later when it only gives 4, you can go and sue there asses. what a bunch of nonsense this is. Apple is the only company that i know who is even reasonable with battery life and song storage capacity... ever go to Dell's site? they claim like 3,000 songs on their 4GB player -- yeah 3k or however many when your in 32 or 64 bitrate WMA (aka maybe half of radio quality) thats reasonable isnt it? Or what about Creatives older large Zen's, they said 8 hours, that get no more than 6 hours. Id say welcome to reality people, but those that sued are probably too busy planting fingers in chili or trying to figure out a way to sue mcDonalds for making them fat. Read some reviews people! (not slashdot people, most of you are probably more intelligent that the slobs behind this suit)
i say its mostly the user because the user is the one who benefits from the use of the product, and therefore must assume responsibility of safe disposal once the product is no longer useful to them.
However i feel the industry should share the burden, as you cant just get it out the door and forget about it i think. Either by making it easier to recycle and by raising awareness -- i find i have to explain to nearly everyone looking to toss there old computer that its illegal to throw out a monitor. I think a good compromise would be for companies to offer incentives on new machine with the recycling or taking of old machine... like at an apple store (where it is most realistic due to their storefronts) if they offer you 5-10% discount on new machines if you recycle your old one, either through them or from a recycling comppany. Its a win win win, as the consumer gets rid of old hardware and gets a discount, the company (apple in this case) would sell a computer (locking them into a brand, not that apple needs more fanatics) and the environment is slightly better off. Apple actually has started doing this for ipods btw, they offer 10% discount and dispose of ipods if you bring in your old model.
Just a thought... another thing i would add is if the government really cared about people recycling computer hardware they would educate and make an effort to simplify and make it less costly to do so. How about a tax refund? anything... thats *if* they really cared, and id say the environment seems to be on the bottom of this administrations list.
Better yet, find a school and donate the computer.
oh im sure youll still be able to find CRTs
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there are litterally thousands of them sitting around, you should have no problem finding CRT's for awhile, and they should be cheap as no one really wants them anymore.
As for this retirement coming early... idk, my LCD gives me fantastic color, turns on and off in 1 second flat, has brightness controls and uses a hell of a lot less energy... that and its a fraction of the weight of my old 21 inch CRT. So LCD's definately have some advantages, however i should point out i have a high end LCD (an Apple cinema 20). This still shows the great promise that is lcd technology.
their ATARC thingy didnt work the first time... in fact i believe they released a public admission it was a failure... yet they are back to their old games. when will companies learn people wont buy DRM crippled stuff when their are free non-DRM alternatives.
he was elected. norrowly, therefore he can put whatever policies he wants in place. If the laws are unconstituional than its the courts that we should be looking to, its their responsibility to strike down illegal practices by Government. Further its the congress whos job it is to draft and pass only constitutional laws (and if their not, we again turn to the courts).
Im concerned with what Bush does, but my real question is, why arnt the "activist judges" bush hates so much striking down this infingements on basic right. I, like most of you consider information through your ISP to be protected -- at least on the level that ISP's should not be forced to reveal info on EVERYONE which is against right to privacy.
damn straight. just another reason not to like intel. i guess rather than actually trying to catch up with AMD and IBM they will focus there efforts on DRM, good plan, getting tips from the beloved people at the RIAA.
the only OS's that average joe computer user would be able to use is Windows or Mac OS -- besides they make money by selling windows... Open source doesnt sell well, because its free. I mean you could sell manuals and stuff, but once again, the average user has more familiarity with nuclear fission than linux i believe. With open office and stuff, honesly, microsoft is the best office suite, and how to you sell something thats inheriently free -- its not worth the time, joe user would keep asking "so is this microsoft" or "is it word, can i buy word? Do you have that" etc... its not worth the time to make such a non-sale. AS far as spyware, i agree with the guy who said that they make money by "repairing" spyware ridden machines and anti-spyware software. I guess you could make an arguement to make sure you attach anti-spyware stuff to the computer, but honestly, its probably a huge hassle for the salestaff to explain about spyware and stuff, a real time waster... esspecially for the average guy who will forget in a week and be back in a month for a spyware cleaning. Im afriad i dont believe their is a good reasonable way to do what you wish.
the letters i have to enter to post this thing is nearly unreadable...:-(
"Larson added, 'They could get it wrong just as vigilantes in the Wild West got it wrong. We would rather see the industry itself find solutions.'"
Yeah well the wild west wouldnt have been wild if they solved the outlaw problem and had significant enforcement of law now would it? Its not "dont hack, wait for the industry to fix things", thats backwards. I say coutinue hacking these phishers UNTIL the industry addresses the problem.
id buy this mouse, i like the feel and the buttons... if not for that damned wireless thing. i dont like having to remember to charge my mouse or having to think about how to get it work right... Not to mention battries... why the hell isnt their a wired version, sorry but wireless just sucks (with the uneasy exception of wi-fi)
the wire really isnt a big deal, i wish these companies would stop acting like everything from printers and mice need to be wireless.
lets see.. a service that i can call to figure out what song is playing.
1. i only hear new music i like in the car, on the radio, and using a phone while driving is hard 2. using a phone while driving is both dangerous and illegal in some states 3. It usually takes till at least 30% through the song until i know if i like the song, thus leaving maybe 2 minutes (in an ideal situation) to locate my phone, dial in the number (luckily its 411-song rather than giving me just numbers so that i have to look for the tiny microprint letters on my phone) and then, if i manage to do this without somehow crashing into a tree, school bus or the ocean, it needs 15 seconds. Luckily after i have done this i have easy access to the title... on my phone... while im still driving... very useful? Unless someone calls i guess?
i could probably think of other reasons why this service is stupid... like why not just write down a line of the lyrics and google it, free of charge. Just a thought.
i mean if liquid cooling is 20th century, what about fans. sure would love to ditch the noisy pronged spinning devices in favorite of this liquid metal stuff for the cpu.
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honeslty, i like the ring to phoenixfire...
no clue on thunderbird...
yes i remember now, about a year ago, M. Dell pronouced apple dead in the water and said they should just sell it and give the money to shareholders?
Looks like michael dell should have gotten a college education afterall ^^
let all the geeks do the hardwork of porting various hardware configs and such (i know little what im talking about here, but this sounds right). That way apple can just reverse steal the code in 3 years when they decide to support x86 and freeze over hell.
i highly highly double it would be useful if it could run on an x86 machine.
the reason windows it so flaky with hardware is because it has to work with so many different hardware configs... apple isnt really designed for that -- i think it would take a LOT of programming on apples part to make a version that would be smooth with so much generic hardware. But then who knows...
outlook? yeah its okay if you dont mind security bugs, poor interface and second rate everything compared to ical.
Mac Mini: $500
ibooks: $1000
get them now before they have an intel under the hood.
they might have time to take Windows XP and add a new gooey! hurray! im hopeing they give us the option to have red and black toolbars -- the blue/green/silver combo now looks retarded :-(. Or better yet, they should just incorporate apple's AQUA into their gooey... Oh wait, my computer already has that.
mmm running dashboard on my pc... tis what i want.
btw why would you ever want to take a mac and make it x86? maybe our military could go back to bolt action rifles or swords too?
they already dropped a bomb, pentium 4, maybe youve heard of it?
Maybe they have something big coming, wouldnt surprise me... yet we have heard NO real news or rumors of anything in the works... just more of the same. Which will most likely lead to more of the same defeats when pitted against the rising warmachine known as Advanced Micro Somthing-or-other.
I had to yell at the screen when i heard them say "and intels processors run cooler"... someone forgot to check THG didnt they steve? Intel cares more about high clock speeds than power or heat consumption.... shame clock speeds dont mean much anymore.
Since when did Intel rethink heat and power consumption? they have done the opposite, they now waste more energy than ever, the new P4's because of that compeitition and an arms face for Speed, exactly the opposite of what you said.
Since when is apple x86? -- you can use an intel processor without using x86 platform, which is what they are going, only an idiot would switch TO x86.
btw -- it was competition from apple not linux that drove 3.1 to 95! Linux was barely in existance 15 years ago.
What drugs are you taking exactly? i get 0's and this post gets ++ points, oh you cruel moderator gods! (shakes fist at monitor)
did anyone explain to steve before this switch that intels run hot as hell and are only getting worse... so much for Steves poster on his bedroom wall "2006 Pentium 5 powerbook, years ahead of windows portables."
i agree, they are a "many" trick pony... just all of them bad.
Ill take AMD over micros-- err Intel anyday.
no one seems to be pointing out the obvious, that almost everyone needs and owns a PC. Its easier just to pay an extra $300 from dell and get a higher end computer that will both be more stable for regular use and okay for gaming. This rather than paying for an additional $300 toy.
PC gaming wont die for 3 reasons then in my opinion:
1. some gamers (like me) prefer to play FPS and RTS on a pc, with a mouse and a huge keyboard they a crippled controller. Not to mention the ability to multitask means i can have p2p and audio runnin g in the background
2. PC sales are increasing, undoubtedly people will use existing hardware for games... esspecially if they cant afford or dont want another console... this is esspecially true since even lower end computers are able to run many of the new pc games out there (aside from like doom 3)
3. theres YEARS inbetween new consoles, but computer components are always being updated, so in those lulls i feel the consoles tend not to be the strongest players. This and the pc is the most universal game platform what with the wars between Xbox and PS -- everything eventually makes it to PC.
$100 out of warranty replacement. other companies will do it for less. Not to mention that while under warranty, they replace for free (usually giving the customer a brand new ipod).
what a bunch of nonsense... ipod lithium ion battery not giving you max life? oh uh. just like your cell phone, laptop, digital camera and video camera. Welcome to modern battery technology folks, it SUCKS. Apple uses the same batteries everyone else uses, its the same bloody technology. Thats why they say MAX 8 hours. They also say how to maintain the lifespan of the battery on their website and that it will reduce over time, opps i guess you forgot to read about the batteries, what while you were coming up with this lousy litagation to make an extra buck for how you feel "wronged"! But who needs to read anyway, they said max. 8 hours, so down the road 3 years later when it only gives 4, you can go and sue there asses. what a bunch of nonsense this is. Apple is the only company that i know who is even reasonable with battery life and song storage capacity... ever go to Dell's site? they claim like 3,000 songs on their 4GB player -- yeah 3k or however many when your in 32 or 64 bitrate WMA (aka maybe half of radio quality) thats reasonable isnt it? Or what about Creatives older large Zen's, they said 8 hours, that get no more than 6 hours. Id say welcome to reality people, but those that sued are probably too busy planting fingers in chili or trying to figure out a way to sue mcDonalds for making them fat. Read some reviews people! (not slashdot people, most of you are probably more intelligent that the slobs behind this suit)
i say its mostly the user because the user is the one who benefits from the use of the product, and therefore must assume responsibility of safe disposal once the product is no longer useful to them.
However i feel the industry should share the burden, as you cant just get it out the door and forget about it i think. Either by making it easier to recycle and by raising awareness -- i find i have to explain to nearly everyone looking to toss there old computer that its illegal to throw out a monitor. I think a good compromise would be for companies to offer incentives on new machine with the recycling or taking of old machine... like at an apple store (where it is most realistic due to their storefronts) if they offer you 5-10% discount on new machines if you recycle your old one, either through them or from a recycling comppany. Its a win win win, as the consumer gets rid of old hardware and gets a discount, the company (apple in this case) would sell a computer (locking them into a brand, not that apple needs more fanatics) and the environment is slightly better off. Apple actually has started doing this for ipods btw, they offer 10% discount and dispose of ipods if you bring in your old model.
Just a thought... another thing i would add is if the government really cared about people recycling computer hardware they would educate and make an effort to simplify and make it less costly to do so. How about a tax refund? anything... thats *if* they really cared, and id say the environment seems to be on the bottom of this administrations list.
Better yet, find a school and donate the computer.
there are litterally thousands of them sitting around, you should have no problem finding CRT's for awhile, and they should be cheap as no one really wants them anymore.
As for this retirement coming early... idk, my LCD gives me fantastic color, turns on and off in 1 second flat, has brightness controls and uses a hell of a lot less energy... that and its a fraction of the weight of my old 21 inch CRT. So LCD's definately have some advantages, however i should point out i have a high end LCD (an Apple cinema 20). This still shows the great promise that is lcd technology.
their ATARC thingy didnt work the first time... in fact i believe they released a public admission it was a failure... yet they are back to their old games. when will companies learn people wont buy DRM crippled stuff when their are free non-DRM alternatives.
he was elected. norrowly, therefore he can put whatever policies he wants in place. If the laws are unconstituional than its the courts that we should be looking to, its their responsibility to strike down illegal practices by Government. Further its the congress whos job it is to draft and pass only constitutional laws (and if their not, we again turn to the courts).
Im concerned with what Bush does, but my real question is, why arnt the "activist judges" bush hates so much striking down this infingements on basic right. I, like most of you consider information through your ISP to be protected -- at least on the level that ISP's should not be forced to reveal info on EVERYONE which is against right to privacy.
damn straight. just another reason not to like intel. i guess rather than actually trying to catch up with AMD and IBM they will focus there efforts on DRM, good plan, getting tips from the beloved people at the RIAA.
the only OS's that average joe computer user would be able to use is Windows or Mac OS -- besides they make money by selling windows... Open source doesnt sell well, because its free. I mean you could sell manuals and stuff, but once again, the average user has more familiarity with nuclear fission than linux i believe. With open office and stuff, honesly, microsoft is the best office suite, and how to you sell something thats inheriently free -- its not worth the time, joe user would keep asking "so is this microsoft" or "is it word, can i buy word? Do you have that" etc... its not worth the time to make such a non-sale. AS far as spyware, i agree with the guy who said that they make money by "repairing" spyware ridden machines and anti-spyware software. I guess you could make an arguement to make sure you attach anti-spyware stuff to the computer, but honestly, its probably a huge hassle for the salestaff to explain about spyware and stuff, a real time waster... esspecially for the average guy who will forget in a week and be back in a month for a spyware cleaning. Im afriad i dont believe their is a good reasonable way to do what you wish.
:-(
the letters i have to enter to post this thing is nearly unreadable...
"Larson added, 'They could get it wrong just as vigilantes in the Wild West got it wrong. We would rather see the industry itself find solutions.'"
Yeah well the wild west wouldnt have been wild if they solved the outlaw problem and had significant enforcement of law now would it? Its not "dont hack, wait for the industry to fix things", thats backwards. I say coutinue hacking these phishers UNTIL the industry addresses the problem.
id buy this mouse, i like the feel and the buttons... if not for that damned wireless thing. i dont like having to remember to charge my mouse or having to think about how to get it work right... Not to mention battries... why the hell isnt their a wired version, sorry but wireless just sucks (with the uneasy exception of wi-fi)
the wire really isnt a big deal, i wish these companies would stop acting like everything from printers and mice need to be wireless.
lets see.. a service that i can call to figure out what song is playing.
1. i only hear new music i like in the car, on the radio, and using a phone while driving is hard
2. using a phone while driving is both dangerous and illegal in some states
3. It usually takes till at least 30% through the song until i know if i like the song, thus leaving maybe 2 minutes (in an ideal situation) to locate my phone, dial in the number (luckily its 411-song rather than giving me just numbers so that i have to look for the tiny microprint letters on my phone) and then, if i manage to do this without somehow crashing into a tree, school bus or the ocean, it needs 15 seconds. Luckily after i have done this i have easy access to the title... on my phone... while im still driving... very useful? Unless someone calls i guess?
i could probably think of other reasons why this service is stupid... like why not just write down a line of the lyrics and google it, free of charge. Just a thought.
Futurologist? what the hell... so its like whetherman except you wont be held accountable because by the time your proven wrong, your dead.
id love to sit around and make all sorts of predictions...
i mean if liquid cooling is 20th century, what about fans. sure would love to ditch the noisy pronged spinning devices in favorite of this liquid metal stuff for the cpu.