and the number of viruses and crap on the internet has gone down in two decades? i think it's the otherway around. management wants to reduce the cost of support. we don't use anything like this, but stopped giving users admin rights on their desktops a few years ago. we used to have 4-5 ppl staffing the helpdesk, now we only need 1. i think this is the way support will happen in the future. though i don't agree that just anyone connecting to the network should have to install it. if they are responsible for fixing my office machine, i'm fine with it. but not on my personal laptop.
even though the summary has little correlation with TFA, it was over-hyped. but not by apple. all apple events are prefixed by lots of sites guessing and rumour mill spinning. i think that's what caused a lot of people to go "a leather case and a speaker? what's the big deal?" (the intel a/v mac looks way cool though). this is not apple's doing directly, but the way they like to introduce stuff in secrecy and "one more thing", it leads to this kind of stuff.
yes, i have. though i don't have much experience beyond their corperate antivirus which hasn't caused any problems installing or uninstalling. they do offer a utility called SymNRT that can help most people.
u've got it all wrong. the mod handbook dictates the following
negative comments about indians = funny negative comments about microsoft = insightful negative comments about apple = troll negative comments about slashdot = redundant
I guess it depends on where they are buying their computer. If it's at best buy, they won't get a choice of OS. But they don't get a choice of components either, just move to the next model. If they are buying from a build to order website like dell or gateway, they get a choice like "for $60 more get xp professional". I don't think this will change. Of course next to the upgrade will be a "we recommend this", but upselling is not new to retail.
if someone gets the software right, we say it's the hardware. if someone gets the hardware right, we say it's the interface. if someone gets the interface right, we say it's the software. and on and on. the ipod has many strong points, like a well-rounded baskball team (and a little hyped like duke perhaps?). but it's straight fanboyism to always say "you got good shot-blocking? well it's not about blocks, it's about 3 pointers. you got good 3 pointers, well it's about rebounding."
very true. problem is, a lot of the consumer electronics guys getting into making mp3 players don't have experience writing good software. apple not only has experience with that, but makes some of the best looking and easiest to use interfaces out there. of course i am a fan of ums, so interface doesn't matter to me. but the software component is a huge factor to most people. and it doesn't hurt to have a huge advertising campaign either.
after i got an mp3 player that could hold my entire collection, i stopped burning cds. i am still on one of those huge spindles i bought back in the 50 for free after rebate days. i only really use cds to burn linux distros and stuff or to make bootable utility disks. most people who want a copy of some of my music ask for in in mp3 format anyway (thumbdrive). total cds burned in past 3 years is under 15.
ummm, the bookkeeping error is the irony. it's kind of like if ADT's offices got broken into. they goofed on the exact service they provide. i agree that no one is immune from error, but this is indeed ironic.
and that's assuming they've gotten training. we have users who fight us when upgrading from netscape 7 to thunderbird cuz "it looks different". even changing color scheme throws some users off.
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i'm guessing you are muslim when you say "they" won. otherwise everything from spain on eastward would be still be majority muslim.
my murderous religous nut is better than your murderous religious nut.
i actually thought frist.. which is probably not far off
you mixed up "bill" and then almost typed "frist" typing about it :)
i'm sorry you got accused for stealing those movies. i was sitting behind you and they were talking about me.
i didn't know open source meant non-profit
and the number of viruses and crap on the internet has gone down in two decades? i think it's the otherway around. management wants to reduce the cost of support. we don't use anything like this, but stopped giving users admin rights on their desktops a few years ago. we used to have 4-5 ppl staffing the helpdesk, now we only need 1. i think this is the way support will happen in the future. though i don't agree that just anyone connecting to the network should have to install it. if they are responsible for fixing my office machine, i'm fine with it. but not on my personal laptop.
so.. you work at hotmail?
this is what i'm refering to. http://www.applelinks.com/articles/1999/06/1999061 7103847.shtml
putting (selling?) the cart before the horse?
except when apple released a firmware "update" that didn't allow this to work.
even though the summary has little correlation with TFA, it was over-hyped. but not by apple. all apple events are prefixed by lots of sites guessing and rumour mill spinning. i think that's what caused a lot of people to go "a leather case and a speaker? what's the big deal?" (the intel a/v mac looks way cool though). this is not apple's doing directly, but the way they like to introduce stuff in secrecy and "one more thing", it leads to this kind of stuff.
information gathers you!
yes, i have. though i don't have much experience beyond their corperate antivirus which hasn't caused any problems installing or uninstalling. they do offer a utility called SymNRT that can help most people.
u've got it all wrong. the mod handbook dictates the following
negative comments about indians = funny
negative comments about microsoft = insightful
negative comments about apple = troll
negative comments about slashdot = redundant
read the comments? they don't even RTFA!
I guess it depends on where they are buying their computer. If it's at best buy, they won't get a choice of OS. But they don't get a choice of components either, just move to the next model. If they are buying from a build to order website like dell or gateway, they get a choice like "for $60 more get xp professional". I don't think this will change. Of course next to the upgrade will be a "we recommend this", but upselling is not new to retail.
if someone gets the software right, we say it's the hardware. if someone gets the hardware right, we say it's the interface. if someone gets the interface right, we say it's the software. and on and on. the ipod has many strong points, like a well-rounded baskball team (and a little hyped like duke perhaps?). but it's straight fanboyism to always say "you got good shot-blocking? well it's not about blocks, it's about 3 pointers. you got good 3 pointers, well it's about rebounding."
very true. problem is, a lot of the consumer electronics guys getting into making mp3 players don't have experience writing good software. apple not only has experience with that, but makes some of the best looking and easiest to use interfaces out there. of course i am a fan of ums, so interface doesn't matter to me. but the software component is a huge factor to most people. and it doesn't hurt to have a huge advertising campaign either.
unless you r watching video on this tiny screen, aspect ratio doesn't matter. it's actually better to have it longer for scrolling through songs.
after i got an mp3 player that could hold my entire collection, i stopped burning cds. i am still on one of those huge spindles i bought back in the 50 for free after rebate days. i only really use cds to burn linux distros and stuff or to make bootable utility disks. most people who want a copy of some of my music ask for in in mp3 format anyway (thumbdrive). total cds burned in past 3 years is under 15.
ummm, the bookkeeping error is the irony. it's kind of like if ADT's offices got broken into. they goofed on the exact service they provide. i agree that no one is immune from error, but this is indeed ironic.
and that's assuming they've gotten training. we have users who fight us when upgrading from netscape 7 to thunderbird cuz "it looks different". even changing color scheme throws some users off.
ahh, the "does it sound good?" vs "does it sound real?". the two aren't always the same. most ppl only ask "is it sound?" anyway...
if itunes were sellings lossless i would agree with you.