Honestly, since Airport Express came out, I don't need the dock anymore. When I'm at home, I just stream from my Mac to my stereo using APX instead of having my iPod next to the TV.
Wow, even as a Mac user, I find this thread annoying simply for the impending flame war that will inevitably erupt. Don't we have anything more worthwhile we could be discussing than just another lame Mac vs. PC debate?
Exactly! We Mac users now must go update all of our resumes with a link to the article.:)
Seriously, I'm a Mac user and I thought the article was funny. We have someone from LinuxInsider writing an article about how Mac users are smarter by using text from a very Linux-heavy website as proof. The underlying statement he is making is that Mac users are also smarter than Linux users. Wonder if his website is happy with that statement?
Ironic that you are asking about schizophrenia in a place where people lambast each other for having different views about subjects like Linux, Apple, etc.
The only thing about the iPod that strikes me as odd, is the "Hold" button. When you have it on "Hold" it shows bright orange - like saying "Caution!".
I think it harkens back to things like guns, where there is an orange band when the safety is off.
From the posting:I don't want a G5 on my lap anyway. It'd make me feel guilty, having that much power in a small package while other people can't even get it in a PC tower.
I've never felt guilty about having so much power in a small package -- oh wait.:)
Will Apple use a bit of additional money to pay back the money Microsoft invested in them back... oh, was it 5, 6, 7 years ago? That might revive the old OS wars, and make a lot of Mac fans (including myself) quite happy...
Bah. See my sig. MS sold their shares of Apple a long time ago.
Apple could make iSync work without needing HotSync, but what about 3rd party conduits like Desktop2Go? AddressBook and Calendar aren't the only games in town.
I'm taking the courses right now. I've completed Linux I and am on Linux II: Networking & DNS. What I like about the course is that there is an actual RH 7.3 machine that you can ssh into (or use the web interface if you like) and you can mess around on it. Kerry, my instructor, is very good about quickly grading quizes and responding to questions by the next day.
You do get some free books, but they are not meant to be used in the course directly. I got Unix in a Nutshell about 2 months after I started Linux I.
I'm taking the courses because I want to get into Linux admin, learn a little more about what's going on under the hood of Mac OS X, and to make myself more marketable.
BTW, Safari 1.2 doesn't seem to like the website very much (logging in just returns to the logon page), so I use Mozilla for the website and Terminal.app for working.
..I know people who still have original TiBooks that put them through the same stuff I do and they're still working fine. And this thing does everything I've thrown at it, from compiling applications to running games to editing audio and video.
Agreed. Hell I spilled beer on my TiBook 400 3 months after I got it. After a hairdryer and one scary night later, it still works to this day. I'm not saying that the other people are lying, but the very nature or the Internet is to see the problems, not people saying everything works.
Thank goodness that Apple made it an option to use the drawer input style or a separate window for appointment editing. Even on my Powerbook's widescreen, it seemed to take up too much room.
Isn't OSX supposed to be "so easy, even my grandmother can use it"? My grandmother doesn't like it when she tries to drag a document icon to the desktop and it goes POOF. Alias or not, this is as stupid as removable media to the trash to eject it.
When you click-and-drag any removable media, the trash icon turns into a nice eject icon. I'm sure even your grandmother has used a VCR and knows what the eject button does.
I agree, only more so. I won't buy any PDA device that has a keyboard. When the main input device is a stylus, I want to do everything with the stylus. I'm bad at Graffiti, but there's keyboards you can use with a stylus.
To each his own. My next PDA will have to have a keyboard. Using the older Treos has spoiled me. If the new 600 had a higher res screen, I would own one right now, but as it stands I will wait until Spring before deciding.
It's the fact that apple only sells LCD monitors, starting at $699. It's the fact that airport (which is a fancy name for 802.11b/g) is much more expensive than what is available for PCs. It's also the fact that systems have high initial costs ($1299 for JUST A BOX!).
So don't buy an LCD or basestation from Apple. PowerMacs also have DVI, so you can use it with most modern LCD screens from other manufacturers. Apple doesn't like to use technical jargon, so it gives user-friendly names when possible (Airport=802.11b, Airport Extreme=802.11g, Firewire=IEEE 1394). You don't have to use an Airport Basestation. Until I sold it to a friend, I used a Linksys wireless router for connecting my Mac and PC to the Internet. Now I have a ABSE, but I bought that for the USB print server more than anything else.
Note that you said "high initial cost." This is correct. The price is high at the beginning, but you get that extra cost back in spades over time. I've had a Powerbook for about 3 years now and the money spent is well worth the lack of frustration that I have when using it.
It's a rite of passage to do things like this. Hell when I was in highschool we learned how to do this on Unix, and every training course I have taken someone has done something similar, be it to reboot someone's machine or send messages.
For me the keynote was all about iLife. I'll buy it just for iPhoto alone. I have 1600+ photos in my library and iPhoto slows down pretty badly on it. My parents just bought a new iMac, and it's even slow there (although they have less RAM than I do). Rendezvous is also a very nice feature to have.
I really like the integration that the iLife apps have with each other. The pieces of integration makes since, unlike other apps I've seen where it seems like integration was tacked on at the end.
Of course it would have been nice if iLife would have been available for a free download, but since this will be the first time I've had to pay for it in the 3 years (has it been that long?!) of owning a Mac, I'll make it somehow.:)
Garage Band and the new version of Microsoft Office looks nice, and the iPod mini looks like it will be a good fit for active people.
Agreed. I use the T610 with iSync for my Powerbook G4 400, and the thing works great. It doesn't mind the cold Canadian weather and even took some hits from me falling while skiing. Still trucking along. The camera sucks though.
That article had more flamebait than a Dvorak article. Yes it's an op-ed piece, but that was specifically designed for getting hits. When I went to PC Magazine's homepage, here is what I see on breaking news:
12.10.2003
Internet Explorer Spoofing Vulnerability Found
12.10.2003
Security Experts Warn of New Way to Attack Windows
This same "exploit" Apple claims is normal. One "exploit" will not make Mac users eat crow. Let's see some real OS X viruses and Apple having to release so many patches that it moves to a monthly bug release program first.
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Honestly, since Airport Express came out, I don't need the dock anymore. When I'm at home, I just stream from my Mac to my stereo using APX instead of having my iPod next to the TV.
Exactly! We Mac users now must go update all of our resumes with a link to the article. :)
Seriously, I'm a Mac user and I thought the article was funny. We have someone from LinuxInsider writing an article about how Mac users are smarter by using text from a very Linux-heavy website as proof. The underlying statement he is making is that Mac users are also smarter than Linux users. Wonder if his website is happy with that statement?
Ironic that you are asking about schizophrenia in a place where people lambast each other for having different views about subjects like Linux, Apple, etc.
See? Macs are faster than PCs. PCs are too slow to run OS X! ;)
To more applause and laughter, one shareholder asked if Apple would put its innovation to work and make a voting machine for the state of California.
"We have no plans to do that," said a laughing Jobs. "Hopefully they won't base it on Windows when they do make one."
With this.
Or it's an overexposed pic of the Earth.
I think it harkens back to things like guns, where there is an orange band when the safety is off.
Maybe they should flip a coin to decide if the comets will be bright enough to see. ;)
"Lame." - CmdrTaco's response to the iPod introduction.
I've never felt guilty about having so much power in a small package -- oh wait. :)
Bah. See my sig. MS sold their shares of Apple a long time ago.
Apple could make iSync work without needing HotSync, but what about 3rd party conduits like Desktop2Go? AddressBook and Calendar aren't the only games in town.
You do get some free books, but they are not meant to be used in the course directly. I got Unix in a Nutshell about 2 months after I started Linux I.
I'm taking the courses because I want to get into Linux admin, learn a little more about what's going on under the hood of Mac OS X, and to make myself more marketable.
BTW, Safari 1.2 doesn't seem to like the website very much (logging in just returns to the logon page), so I use Mozilla for the website and Terminal.app for working.
Agreed. Hell I spilled beer on my TiBook 400 3 months after I got it. After a hairdryer and one scary night later, it still works to this day. I'm not saying that the other people are lying, but the very nature or the Internet is to see the problems, not people saying everything works.
Thank goodness that Apple made it an option to use the drawer input style or a separate window for appointment editing. Even on my Powerbook's widescreen, it seemed to take up too much room.
When you click-and-drag any removable media, the trash icon turns into a nice eject icon. I'm sure even your grandmother has used a VCR and knows what the eject button does.
To each his own. My next PDA will have to have a keyboard. Using the older Treos has spoiled me. If the new 600 had a higher res screen, I would own one right now, but as it stands I will wait until Spring before deciding.
So don't buy an LCD or basestation from Apple. PowerMacs also have DVI, so you can use it with most modern LCD screens from other manufacturers. Apple doesn't like to use technical jargon, so it gives user-friendly names when possible (Airport=802.11b, Airport Extreme=802.11g, Firewire=IEEE 1394). You don't have to use an Airport Basestation. Until I sold it to a friend, I used a Linksys wireless router for connecting my Mac and PC to the Internet. Now I have a ABSE, but I bought that for the USB print server more than anything else.
Note that you said "high initial cost." This is correct. The price is high at the beginning, but you get that extra cost back in spades over time. I've had a Powerbook for about 3 years now and the money spent is well worth the lack of frustration that I have when using it.
It's a rite of passage to do things like this. Hell when I was in highschool we learned how to do this on Unix, and every training course I have taken someone has done something similar, be it to reboot someone's machine or send messages.
I really like the integration that the iLife apps have with each other. The pieces of integration makes since, unlike other apps I've seen where it seems like integration was tacked on at the end.
Of course it would have been nice if iLife would have been available for a free download, but since this will be the first time I've had to pay for it in the 3 years (has it been that long?!) of owning a Mac, I'll make it somehow. :)
Garage Band and the new version of Microsoft Office looks nice, and the iPod mini looks like it will be a good fit for active people.
Now bring on the G5 Powerbooks! :)
Agreed. I use the T610 with iSync for my Powerbook G4 400, and the thing works great. It doesn't mind the cold Canadian weather and even took some hits from me falling while skiing. Still trucking along. The camera sucks though.
12.10.2003
Internet Explorer Spoofing Vulnerability Found
12.10.2003
Security Experts Warn of New Way to Attack Windows
This same "exploit" Apple claims is normal. One "exploit" will not make Mac users eat crow. Let's see some real OS X viruses and Apple having to release so many patches that it moves to a monthly bug release program first.
Methinks that /. is waiting for Apple to release a PDA, as all their iPod articles have a PalmPilot icon for some reason.
Shouldn't that be "from the tick-tick-boom dept" ? /90s hip-hop :)