1) Apple NEVER does whatever analysts or other "professionals" say they should do. 2) Apple's MAJOR part of the revenue comes from hardware. 3) The clones did NOT work, remember? 4) Maybe they should license their iPods and upcoming iPhones to Dell as well?
So there you have it. Apple can sit back and relax while others fixe their "hot MacBook" problems. I think anyone who uses this app should return their machine to the store and claim a cooler machine or their money back. If we simply install a tool and then be happy, when is Apple ever gonna fix problems like these?
If I buy from the Dutch iTunes Store, I get a bill from iTunes PLC Ireland. iTunes Store is definitely a separate company from Apple, although you won't see that in advertising.
Well, I for one was not talking about Mozilla, but rather about the insane policy of building work-arounds rather than solving the actual problem itself, which Microsoft often does.
1. create product with security leaks
2. receive complaints
3. do not solve security leaks but instead, build a wall around them
4. go to sleep and forget about 1.
So, it's just a CEO that sits around a board meeting a couple of times per year giving advice. It's NOT a merger, it's NO co-operation in products, there IS NO alliance.
It's just that the media and a lot of lame bloggers make a big hype out of this. Everybody else just yawns along with Redmond.
Both of these guys were long time Mac users. They were old skool.
In the year 2001, Mac OS X came out and a set of new skool users gathered around it. A large amount of users could easily adjust to Mac OS X and automatically became new skool users and forgot about Apple and Mac OS in the old days. But a certain amount of people just could not grow along. These are the sort of whiners that still run Mac OS9 today because they don't like the Dock.
I have found that new skool users stick by Mac OS X and would not even consider another OS. Old skool users OTOH keep complaining that Apple and Mac OS is going down the drain with "only iPods", "DRM", and "they should start making computers again". And of course other "claims" that are more based on nostalgia than proper reasoning.
I'm happy to let those old skool whiners go. And Apple is too.
I think that is very strange. Isn't there a law that protects customers in the US? In the Netherlands, you may return and request a refund within 7 days after purchase, no need to give a reason.
How can they sell you something that is broken and then charge to have it replaced?
Someone must explain something to me. I am a European (Netherlands) so possibly it's to do with consumer laws or something.
When I buy a new computer / household device that does not live up to my expectations, I return it to the store and demand a refund or a new one that works properly. I always get what I want, including from vendors such as Apple.
Now why does no-one in the blogosphere think of that? Why start fiddling around with pieces of paper, toothpicks, reinstalling software, "trying this and that because a friend told me". Why? WHY?
Parallels lets me run any Windows version + apps inside a window on my OS X desktop.
Being a web designer, I can now do all my work on Mac OS X and switch back and forth to Windows + Internet Explorer in seconds (to check how barfingly ugly my work will look to MSIE visitors). Well worth it's money, even though gaming is not supported.
Boot Camp is just total nonsense in my situation. I'm just NOT willing to reboot for anything.
Lastly, Parallels with Windows XP Home Edition with no running apps takes up 6-7% CPU on my 1,66 GHz Core Duo Mac mini.
At least Jobs is trying. I'm happy to pay $10 to own a movie as long as they're new releases and not old crap. Oh, and better than iPod-quality.
The problem though with movie downloads is lack of instant-satisfaction. A movie download of, say 700 MB, will take a while to be finished. If Apple can fix that (play-while-downloading), I'm game.
From TFA: "Johansen noted that many other firms produced portable music players, and music purchased via iTunes could be bought on CDs or other Web sites."
Many bloggers, newssites and posters-of-comments seem to think this is about DRM. It is not. Norway just wants iTunes to abide Norwegian law, which means that iTunes is repsonsible for security leaks etc. in the software.
This is basically any IT / Helpdesk employee's story, not a lot of "inside Apple" info here. And the guy sucked at it because the most important part of being a good support guy/girl is to be able to get the customer to trust you and let you help them, EVEN if they're total bastards and very mad because something does not work.
Knowlegde and understanding of tech is just 50% of the support-job, knowledge and understanding of people is the rest.
Whereas everything that can be seen on teh internet seems to be true, nothing about this story can be found on Apple's press page or BAPCo's website. The Apple logo is Photoshopped into the picture that BAPCo uses on their about page.
Joomla is awesome and I hope it will continue to grow;. However I always advise my clients to use Mambo (4.5.1 even) simply because Mambo and Joomla (> 4.5.1) have compatibility problems with Safari and most of my clients are Safari users.
The problem is that buttons like Save / Cancel / etc. do not work when editing an article either in the front-end or the back end. Sometimes even in FireFox they fail. And no, IE is not an option. All these buttons work fine in any browser in Mambo versions right up to 4.5.1.
... people will buy Vista anyway because they will see Microsoft ads on TV 4 times a day. Microsoft as a company may be rotten, Vista as a project may have failed, but still.
Who the HELL needs Google to find BMW's German webpage?
If you cannot think of www.bmw.de you will at least get there if you can think of www.bmw.com. If you can think of neither, you're likely to be a complete web-noob in which case you are very likely not to have heard of Google in the first place.
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1) Apple NEVER does whatever analysts or other "professionals" say they should do.
2) Apple's MAJOR part of the revenue comes from hardware.
3) The clones did NOT work, remember?
4) Maybe they should license their iPods and upcoming iPhones to Dell as well?
So there you have it. Apple can sit back and relax while others fixe their "hot MacBook" problems. I think anyone who uses this app should return their machine to the store and claim a cooler machine or their money back. If we simply install a tool and then be happy, when is Apple ever gonna fix problems like these?
Well yes.
If I buy from the Dutch iTunes Store, I get a bill from iTunes PLC Ireland. iTunes Store is definitely a separate company from Apple, although you won't see that in advertising.
Well, I for one was not talking about Mozilla, but rather about the insane policy of building work-arounds rather than solving the actual problem itself, which Microsoft often does.
He broke the silence but still isn't saying anything. Clever.... cleverrrrr!
1. create product with security leaks
2. receive complaints
3. do not solve security leaks but instead, build a wall around them
4. go to sleep and forget about 1.
So, it's just a CEO that sits around a board meeting a couple of times per year giving advice. It's NOT a merger, it's NO co-operation in products, there IS NO alliance.
It's just that the media and a lot of lame bloggers make a big hype out of this. Everybody else just yawns along with Redmond.
Thank god for this newsitem. I had been wondering the past few weeks why I visit Slashdot anyway.
Now how long before someone starts a "be the first to install Mac OS x86 on this machine" competition?
when you are with 500 people, it's a fine line between negotiating and threatening to get a discount.
Both of these guys were long time Mac users. They were old skool.
In the year 2001, Mac OS X came out and a set of new skool users gathered around it. A large amount of users could easily adjust to Mac OS X and automatically became new skool users and forgot about Apple and Mac OS in the old days. But a certain amount of people just could not grow along. These are the sort of whiners that still run Mac OS9 today because they don't like the Dock.
I have found that new skool users stick by Mac OS X and would not even consider another OS. Old skool users OTOH keep complaining that Apple and Mac OS is going down the drain with "only iPods", "DRM", and "they should start making computers again". And of course other "claims" that are more based on nostalgia than proper reasoning.
I'm happy to let those old skool whiners go. And Apple is too.
I think that is very strange. Isn't there a law that protects customers in the US? In the Netherlands, you may return and request a refund within 7 days after purchase, no need to give a reason. How can they sell you something that is broken and then charge to have it replaced?
Someone must explain something to me. I am a European (Netherlands) so possibly it's to do with consumer laws or something.
When I buy a new computer / household device that does not live up to my expectations, I return it to the store and demand a refund or a new one that works properly. I always get what I want, including from vendors such as Apple.
Now why does no-one in the blogosphere think of that? Why start fiddling around with pieces of paper, toothpicks, reinstalling software, "trying this and that because a friend told me". Why? WHY?
GO BACK TO THE STORE AND DEMAND A PROPER PRODUCT!
Parallels lets me run any Windows version + apps inside a window on my OS X desktop.
Being a web designer, I can now do all my work on Mac OS X and switch back and forth to Windows + Internet Explorer in seconds (to check how barfingly ugly my work will look to MSIE visitors). Well worth it's money, even though gaming is not supported.
Boot Camp is just total nonsense in my situation. I'm just NOT willing to reboot for anything.
Lastly, Parallels with Windows XP Home Edition with no running apps takes up 6-7% CPU on my 1,66 GHz Core Duo Mac mini.
At least Jobs is trying. I'm happy to pay $10 to own a movie as long as they're new releases and not old crap. Oh, and better than iPod-quality.
The problem though with movie downloads is lack of instant-satisfaction. A movie download of, say 700 MB, will take a while to be finished. If Apple can fix that (play-while-downloading), I'm game.
From TFA: "Johansen noted that many other firms produced portable music players, and music purchased via iTunes could be bought on CDs or other Web sites."
How come you think it's the "Mac fanboys" that do this?
Many bloggers, newssites and posters-of-comments seem to think this is about DRM. It is not. Norway just wants iTunes to abide Norwegian law, which means that iTunes is repsonsible for security leaks etc. in the software.
This is basically any IT / Helpdesk employee's story, not a lot of "inside Apple" info here. And the guy sucked at it because the most important part of being a good support guy/girl is to be able to get the customer to trust you and let you help them, EVEN if they're total bastards and very mad because something does not work.
Knowlegde and understanding of tech is just 50% of the support-job, knowledge and understanding of people is the rest.
Shame however that the "old green" theme is still mightily ugly.
But that just shows that techies mostly do not care about user interface design, or indeed estethics.
"and it's an American company."
Yes, that is indeed a great reason to base your choices on.
Whereas everything that can be seen on teh internet seems to be true, nothing about this story can be found on Apple's press page or BAPCo's website. The Apple logo is Photoshopped into the picture that BAPCo uses on their about page.
So, nice headline, but where are the facts?
Joomla is awesome and I hope it will continue to grow;. However I always advise my clients to use Mambo (4.5.1 even) simply because Mambo and Joomla (> 4.5.1) have compatibility problems with Safari and most of my clients are Safari users.
The problem is that buttons like Save / Cancel / etc. do not work when editing an article either in the front-end or the back end. Sometimes even in FireFox they fail. And no, IE is not an option. All these buttons work fine in any browser in Mambo versions right up to 4.5.1.
... people will buy Vista anyway because they will see Microsoft ads on TV 4 times a day. Microsoft as a company may be rotten, Vista as a project may have failed, but still.
Who the HELL needs Google to find BMW's German webpage? If you cannot think of www.bmw.de you will at least get there if you can think of www.bmw.com. If you can think of neither, you're likely to be a complete web-noob in which case you are very likely not to have heard of Google in the first place.