What an interesting world this has become if the primary reason people run Windows is to play games. A lot has changed since Microsoft positioned itself as the "business" computing company and derided all of its competitors for playing games.
Why? Because Apple doesn't offer accidental damage protection in their extended warranty, and Dell does.
Can't you just get this from your insurance company? Or is it particularly important to you that you get it directly from the manufacturer? When my wife got her iBook years ago, she got the accidental damage insurance through a third party company.
Hmmm, I'm guessing the release coming now, and not months ago, had something to do with Leopard not being ready.
That never stopped Microsoft. Just rev up the hype machine a little more, and throw them a Service Pack or Patch Tuesday bone if the lemmings bark too loud.
It also encourages a good computing habit in not having a lot of open Windows
Why is that a "good computing habit?" Isn't whatever makes you most productive a good computing habit? Since when are there rules about these sorts of things?
Sounds like you're apologizing for the way the Windows taskbar reduces titles to "..." if you have more than five programs working, or how XP piles them all into one icon that ZOMFG! requres... you... to... click... it! Just like Expose!
Mac OS X's "burn folders" are completely unreliable rubbish and a coaster factory.
I've had just the opposite experience. Moving from HP Wintel machines to Macs I've found the Macs far more reliable at burning. In the almost seven years since I switched, I can count the number of coasters I've had on one hand.
Your problem might be that you're using el cheap-o media. Just as Macs want high quality RAM chips, they want high quality blank discs. You don't buy a Porsche and fill it with no-name 86 octane gas.
The public explanation from Jobs is "better battery life". Now, that might be true, and that might be the only reason they went EDGE only. But it might also be salesman spin ("we know our valued customers want good battery life, so we limited the iPhone to EDGE for your benefit"), and the reasons for EDGE only might be completely unrelated to what Jobs is saying publicly. The point is - unless you are His Steveness using a pseudonym you can't categorically state that battery life is the one and only reason for his choice.
I didn't entirely believe the battery life argument at first, but more and more it's starting to ring true. In the last few months the chip makers have been falling all over themselves announcing how their latest and greatest and next generation chips will drastically cut power consumption and extend battery life compared to current chips. If 3G chips were OK already they wouldn't need to do that. I also think they're all vying to hit that sweet spot in power and price that will get Apple's attention and make the company buy their chips.
I think it depends on a lot of factors like the chipset and how much you use it.
I did some battery life tests on my SE M600i, and generally speaking (because I don't have the numbers in front of me) turning off the 3G function and relying purely on GSM about doubled the battery life. In fact, one of the first things many Americans who use this phone do is go into the settings and turn off the option to search for 3G networks in order to immediately get an extra hour of talk time out of it.
The chip makers seem to be in a rush to produce new low-power 3G mobile chips. I think they assumed Apple would settle for what they already had and were surprised that Apple went Edge with the iPhone. Jobs has always said it's about battery life, and when I see how the chipmakers are responding, it seems to be true.
Any why would that be any of AT&T's interest? One word: Skype.
That would make sense, except for T-Mobile's Hotspot At Home.
The cell phone companies are starting to realize that marrying wireless and VOIP is a good thing because it means they have to put less money into upgrading and expanding the expensive wireless netowrk. T-Mobile was first. Eveyone else will follow.
So are you saying that they shouldn't patch the vulnerabilities, that they shouldn't release new firmware at all
Sounds like SonyEricsson. One of the reasons I defected from Ericsson to the iPhone is Apple's long and well documented history of adding new features with its updates.
Meanwhile, Sony is EOLing $500 phones mere months after they're sold and refusing to put out firmware fixes for known bugs. *cough*M600i*cough*
Sorry, SE -- no more money for you. You forced me right into Apple's arms.
Don't you have to register for them and therefore bring yourself to the attention of the authorities? I know the illegal immigrants here in the UK try to keep away from the authorities as much as possible for fear of being arrested and sent home.
Not the case here. Many large cities (Houston leaps to mind) have declared themselves "asylum cities" where illegal immigrants are welcomed with open arms. The local police are prohibited by the city from inquiring about someone's immigration status. Although this is a conflict with federal law, since it's the cities signing their paychecks the cops go along with it.
The reason is that how much funding a city gets from the federal government is determined in part by the number of people living there, illegal or not. When census time comes around (every ten years) there are huge pushes by the cities and immigration advocacy groups to make sure illegals are counted. The Census Bureau doesn't care if you're legal or not -- it's not their job to care. They're just counters.
In the end, whoever has the most people (legal or otherwise) ends up with the biggest piece of the pie.
How many of us have to do business with Russian sites?
You might be surprised. I know I was.
I started blocking Russian, Nigerian, and other addresses from one of the forums I run. It's just a community forum for people in Houston, Texas. In a matter of hours I started getting complaints from regular users who I didn't realize were expat oil execs and workers in Russia, Nigeria, etc... who used my forum to keep up on things going on at home.
The lesson I learned is that even if I can't imagine why someone would want something doesn't mean it isn't something someone would want.
Our automated system noticed that your vehicle was parked on the 3500 block of AnyStreet and SomeAvenue. Our marketing info shows that this area of town is populated by the gay community. Please click on the following links if you would like to:
I'm so glad that Clippy managed to find a new job. I guess the Microsoft COBRA ran out.
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Actually, the moral of the story is that health-conscious doesn't always mean smart.
Asbestos isn't radioactive. It doesn't magically give you cancer from looking at it on the street or even touching it a few times.
Unless your friend planned to spend the next few years living under a tarp on top of the pile of asbestos in the street he had nothing to worry about. Your friend should read a book before he assumes he's smarter than everyone else and that the world is going to kill him but it's not his fault.
Why don't they just offer mp3's then? A lot more people would want mp3's because they work with everything.
Right click. Select "Convert to MP3." Problem solved.
Are there any digital music players sold outside of the third world in the last five years that can't play AACs? I know Sony, Nokia, and LG phones can. So can the PSP.
I've also missed a month or two when I did not remember to buy music. I just don't buy music that way. I like it a la cart - piecemeal - as the whim hits me.
Slightly off topic, but I think this is part of the Apple Plan For World Domination(tm) that a lot of people didn't see coming.
I didn't realize that a la carte, piecemeal, etc... is how I want to buy music, too. I didn't figure it out until the wifi iTunes was enabled on the iPhone. There have been lots of times when I've heard a song or thought about a song and shot myself an e-mail or made a mental note to buy it online later. Rarely have I followed through.
But now that I can download a song whenever I'm near a hotspot, I very often do. I've probably spent more on iTunes in the last couple of days than I have in the last couple of months. It's instant gratification. And it works very well.
I think if more people were exposed to this feature, more people would drink the Apple/iTunes Kool-Aid and leave the record companies screaming.
Crap. If I like an song a lot, I end up listening to it over and over and over incessantly. Longest was around 3 weeks. And when I say incessantly, I mean constantly -- just leave the song on repeat. If I'm that stuck and I turn it off, I get uncomfortable as it imperfectly echoes through my head. If I try to listen to something else, I just get frustrated.
There's a word for that: FM radio.
Remember what Clear Channel did to Creed? "...Let me take you hiiiigher..." After three weeks the nation went from loving it to hating it, and the song still persisted for months longer.
As much as I like Amazon, I like Apple's stance on the subject more. I'm sticking with iTunes.
Wow. I thought I was the only person who felt that way. I gladly pay $1.29 for DRM-free iTunes just because I believe it irritates the record companies. I'm intrigued by the Amazon offerings, but I'll check iTunes first, then go to Amazon if it's not available.
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So... what's your point?
What an interesting world this has become if the primary reason people run Windows is to play games. A lot has changed since Microsoft positioned itself as the "business" computing company and derided all of its competitors for playing games.
Sounds like you're apologizing for the way the Windows taskbar reduces titles to "..." if you have more than five programs working, or how XP piles them all into one icon that ZOMFG! requres... you... to... click... it! Just like Expose!
Your problem might be that you're using el cheap-o media. Just as Macs want high quality RAM chips, they want high quality blank discs. You don't buy a Porsche and fill it with no-name 86 octane gas.
I think it depends on a lot of factors like the chipset and how much you use it.
I did some battery life tests on my SE M600i, and generally speaking (because I don't have the numbers in front of me) turning off the 3G function and relying purely on GSM about doubled the battery life. In fact, one of the first things many Americans who use this phone do is go into the settings and turn off the option to search for 3G networks in order to immediately get an extra hour of talk time out of it.
The chip makers seem to be in a rush to produce new low-power 3G mobile chips. I think they assumed Apple would settle for what they already had and were surprised that Apple went Edge with the iPhone. Jobs has always said it's about battery life, and when I see how the chipmakers are responding, it seems to be true.
The cell phone companies are starting to realize that marrying wireless and VOIP is a good thing because it means they have to put less money into upgrading and expanding the expensive wireless netowrk. T-Mobile was first. Eveyone else will follow.
Meanwhile, Sony is EOLing $500 phones mere months after they're sold and refusing to put out firmware fixes for known bugs. *cough*M600i*cough*
Sorry, SE -- no more money for you. You forced me right into Apple's arms.
The reason is that how much funding a city gets from the federal government is determined in part by the number of people living there, illegal or not. When census time comes around (every ten years) there are huge pushes by the cities and immigration advocacy groups to make sure illegals are counted. The Census Bureau doesn't care if you're legal or not -- it's not their job to care. They're just counters.
In the end, whoever has the most people (legal or otherwise) ends up with the biggest piece of the pie.
I started blocking Russian, Nigerian, and other addresses from one of the forums I run. It's just a community forum for people in Houston, Texas. In a matter of hours I started getting complaints from regular users who I didn't realize were expat oil execs and workers in Russia, Nigeria, etc... who used my forum to keep up on things going on at home.
The lesson I learned is that even if I can't imagine why someone would want something doesn't mean it isn't something someone would want.
I have a vision of some sort of tubular metal bar and nylon belt contraption for securing a baby seat in the bed of an F-150.
It's probably already been done. In Texas.
Actually, the moral of the story is that health-conscious doesn't always mean smart.
Asbestos isn't radioactive. It doesn't magically give you cancer from looking at it on the street or even touching it a few times.
Unless your friend planned to spend the next few years living under a tarp on top of the pile of asbestos in the street he had nothing to worry about. Your friend should read a book before he assumes he's smarter than everyone else and that the world is going to kill him but it's not his fault.
And TVs. According to the fine print in the back of the manual my Samsung HDTV runs Linux.
Why don't they just offer mp3's then? A lot more people would want mp3's because they work with everything. Right click. Select "Convert to MP3." Problem solved.
Are there any digital music players sold outside of the third world in the last five years that can't play AACs? I know Sony, Nokia, and LG phones can. So can the PSP.
I didn't realize that a la carte, piecemeal, etc... is how I want to buy music, too. I didn't figure it out until the wifi iTunes was enabled on the iPhone. There have been lots of times when I've heard a song or thought about a song and shot myself an e-mail or made a mental note to buy it online later. Rarely have I followed through.
But now that I can download a song whenever I'm near a hotspot, I very often do. I've probably spent more on iTunes in the last couple of days than I have in the last couple of months. It's instant gratification. And it works very well.
I think if more people were exposed to this feature, more people would drink the Apple/iTunes Kool-Aid and leave the record companies screaming.
Remember what Clear Channel did to Creed? "...Let me take you hiiiigher..." After three weeks the nation went from loving it to hating it, and the song still persisted for months longer.
I'm sorry, you are thinking waaaay to rationally for Slashdot.
Turn in your geek card and pick up a tinfoil hat on the way to re-education camp.