Burn the CDs, see the show and buy a T-Shirt, the artist will get a much greater percentage of your money.
See the show: Very few tours make money for the artist. That's why some went for corporate sponsorship, just to help pay the bills. Do you know what it takes to put a show on the road? I do.
Buy a T-Shirt: The venue actually makes more money from the t-shirt sales than the artist does, due to the percentage of sales they get to keep.
The only people who really make money in the music business are the songwriters.
Sorry for the redundency, but something ate parts of my original reply.
It's quite possible there would be a healthy Macintosh clone market at this point. A whole bunch of nice PPC boxes from an array of manufacturers, that we could all be running Linux and BSD on. Maybe NT and BeOS. Oh, and MacOS.
But there wouldn't be a MacOS anymore. The clone companies would have undercut Apple's hardware profits so much that the hardware half of Apple would disappear. Problem is, the hardware division pays for the work of the software (OS) division. Who's gonna bother updating the MacOS when Apple's gone?
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Do these teams never communicate?
Having seen how much better the Mac M$ products are, I hope the teams never communicate. Why drag the Mac team down?
Consider this: currently 78% of the households of America own at least one car. If these tracking devices were to become widespread, just think of the opportunities for spying on our activities.
Maybe 78% of us are not ashamed of our activities.
sadly, you are indeed correct sir. why, just last week i was refused access at my local supermarket for non-payment of a bill to a company three states away!
Then pay your bills, ya deadbeat.
Did they not let you in the door somehow? They wouldn't accept your cash?
these bastards have formed a network of deceit all over the country. this hoodwinking is worse than the freemasons, and the alienation of our rights is comparable to the scouge of hitler in 1950s europe.
Live within society, or live without it. It's your choice, Mr Kazinski.
I'd go into a little more detail, but I sense you'd prefer to stick with that one small synapse that still manages to fire in your crumbling thought-process so you can at least spout off something that might make your drunken buddies giggle at you.
Translation: Deploy Macs instead of PC's and you'll can kiss 22% of your budget, headcount, and corporate influence good bye.
Unfortunately, you are exactly right. That's the reason IT departments don't like Macs. Techs have a hard time dealing with knowledgeable users; BOFHs can't run roughshod over users with various spyware and remote system controls. Eventually, IT's ego gets hurt.
So next you're going to say I can't compare a 1.8 GHz Athlon with a 2.53 GHz Pentium because the Athlon has a lower clock speed...?
Nope. Never even implied that.
Now, I find it rather odd that Affter Effects (mady by Adobe, which is traditionally an Apple partner) is so poorly optimised for the Mac, and so well optimised for the PC.
Adobe hasn't been that helpful to Apple is quite a while. Adobe's Mac releases lag behind their PC releases in features just like those of many other software companies. Adobe certainly hasn't been doing Apple any favors.
Can you post a link to any other independent test (ie, not made by Apple or a PC manufacturer) where the same program is shown running on two top (PC & Mac) workstations? Say, Photoshop, 3D Studio MAX, Lightwave, Combustion, etc...?
Why bother. The tests invariably come out the way the review wants them to. Even so-called "independent" tests are paid for by someone.
That link you posted compares single G4s to dual G4s, but (strangely enough) not to dual Athlon MPs or Xeons.
"Strangely enough"?? It was used to support my statement that the second processor is barely used by After Effects. It had nothing to do with other platforms.
And my message has everything to do with the subject.
Your message was nothing but an Apple-bashing. Maybe you can present your arguments without bashing next time.
The G4 is slower than the Intel / AMD alternatives (see this test [digitalvideoediting.com], for example)
Well, lets see: They tested software (After Effects) that does not take advantage of dual processors on a dual G4 of slower individual processor speed. How is it Apple's fault that the dual-G4 ran the tests slower?
From an article located at creativemac.com (from the same publishers as digitalvideoediting.com):
You might have read an article recently published by our company in which a dual 1 GHz G4 gets "toasted" by a dual 1.533 GHz Athlon running After Effects. You're about to find out why; After Effects does not take significant advantage of the Mac's second processor.
Maybe that's why Apple made this purchase, so that they can become a source for compositing software that takes advantage the G4's attributes.
Sorry, but your original message reads like a troll. It has little to do with the subject at hand, yet takes every opportunity to bash the overall subject matter of this category.
Seems to me that these ads cater to what Apple considers its strengths: ease of use, style, design, empowerment through simplicity, etc. They're a bit whimsical and quirky, which != "tough"; maybe that's why they aren't doing anything for you.
The Dell dude and Gateway's singing cow are whimsical and quirky. These ads are neither. They are dry and boring. The people in the ads seem like they are standing in front of their boss/IT department begging to keep their Macs on their desks. "I didn't like PCs. I love my Mac. Please let me keep it." is the impression I get.
Hopefully I'm completely wrong about the effectiveness of this campaign. The rest of the campaign is great, but the TV ads suck, IMHO.
Having middle-managers walking off the wintel cliff like lemmings was whimsical and quirky, but no one liked that either. Oh well.
First off, I'm a stereotypical Mac zealot, just in case you can't tell which side of the fence I'm on.
> That Dell Dude is cooler than any of the Mac
> users in these ads.
Well, he certainly explains why Apple unseated Dell as market leader in the education field.
Wow, is that so? I hadn't heard that. All I keep hearing is about how schools like Dartmouth are going Wintel.
> In one ad, the "chick"
Suddenly I see why you favor the "Dell Dude".;)
I'm sorry. Liza. So comes across as a "chick", though. No self-respecting DJs I know where a 45RPM adaptor necklace. I just call 'em as I see 'em.
Stigma? If someone says "You only bought it because it's pretty" to me, I say "Yeah, isn't it gorgeous. And look, it can do this, this, and this..."
Sorry, but Macs don't win any 'What can it do?' pissing contests. Much as I'd like them to, they don't. They look nice, and last a long time, but that's about it.
That's not a stigma, it's an opening for some serious advocacy. When your friends pick their jaws off the ground, you then help them pick out a Mac of their very own.
And them I have to explain why their USB device doesn't work in OSX, why the games they want are still 6 months out, why they can't find anywhere in the phone book that sells Mac stuff, etc, etc.
I really like Macs, and I've put up with quite a bit as a hardcore Mac advocate, but these ads don't sell. Sorry.
That's why Apple had to give in to users clamoring for a machine that Apple intended only for the educational market.
It could also be that they aren't getting the order numbers they needed just from the edu market, so they had to open them up. Neither of us know for sure.
The TV advertising is only part of what Apple does. They have a print advertising campaign that is highly focused depending on a magazine's target audience that lets them do more selling of products to a specific audience. The TV ads tend to be more branding style ads.
Let's see: No product is shown. Logo is seen once at the end. Brand name is only mention once or twice. Ads feel like documentary sidebars. There is nothing there that makes me want to sit through the ad more than once. No hook. No catch. Nothing.
Putting "real people" like this on TV, talking about their experience, is something I wish Apple did a long time ago! I think campaigns like this will get a lot of people's attention, and at least make them consider a Mac next time they buy a computer.
How often has this worked for other companies? I can't think of a single one at the moment. I'm not talking about computers, either. Any company. The most 'real' person that's been effective recently on the airwaves was Dave Thomas, and, well, he owned the place.
Parading a bunch of John Q Public anecdotes across the screen isn't going to get the general public's attention.
I don't see that these ads show people who were too stupid to make their Windows computers work. I think these are people who want to get something done with their computers, hated the experience they got with Wintel, and are happier now that they've switched.
Sarah Whistler "couldn't figure out how to open things" on her PC. She "couldn't figure out how to move things around." Ya know what? It ain't that hard and it ain't that much different on a Mac.
If they're going for anecdotal evidence, there had to be some better choices.
Out of 8 commercials only IT and creative arts are represented. Shouldn't their target audience be a bit bigger? Give me some truck driver telling me how he dropped his iBook out of his truck and it still worked (happened to me with a 520. 7' drop to asphalt.) Give me some middle-manager that's having a much easier time hooking his TiBook to projectors and giving Powerpoint demos than he ever had with the old tank of a 'laptop' he used to carry. Those are real people.
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Buy a T-Shirt: The venue actually makes more money from the t-shirt sales than the artist does, due to the percentage of sales they get to keep.
The only people who really make money in the music business are the songwriters.
wouldn't be a MacOS anymore. The clone companies would have undercut Apple's hardware profits so much that the hardware half of Apple would disappear. Problem is, the hardware division pays for the work of the software (OS) di
If you can't abide by the contract, don't agree to it.
Did they not let you in the door somehow? They wouldn't accept your cash?
Live within society, or live without it. It's your choice, Mr Kazinski.Nice troll, though.
Is plugging in a PC card really considered "upgrading"?
The white iMac looks like white sherbet in person; Sort of a slightly translucent matte white.
I've been to the clambake. Thanks.
There, I just saved you $30,000.00
You're welcome.
Apple can supply all of that starting at $1099, including Firewire and USB.
Mac: This decade's ports.
If living in the past is good enough for you, then fine. Have fun.
Thanks for playing.
We sure wouldn't want that.
From an article located at creativemac.com (from the same publishers as digitalvideoediting.com):
Maybe that's why Apple made this purchase, so that they can become a source for compositing software that takes advantage the G4's attributes.Sorry, but your original message reads like a troll. It has little to do with the subject at hand, yet takes every opportunity to bash the overall subject matter of this category.
Certainly both Sirius and XM fit.
Hopefully I'm completely wrong about the effectiveness of this campaign. The rest of the campaign is great, but the TV ads suck, IMHO.
Having middle-managers walking off the wintel cliff like lemmings was whimsical and quirky, but no one liked that either. Oh well.
I really like Macs, and I've put up with quite a bit as a hardcore Mac advocate, but these ads don't sell. Sorry.
It could also be that they aren't getting the order numbers they needed just from the edu market, so they had to open them up. Neither of us know for sure. Let's see: No product is shown. Logo is seen once at the end. Brand name is only mention once or twice. Ads feel like documentary sidebars. There is nothing there that makes me want to sit through the ad more than once. No hook. No catch. Nothing.Interesting branding style.
Parading a bunch of John Q Public anecdotes across the screen isn't going to get the general public's attention.
If they're going for anecdotal evidence, there had to be some better choices.
Out of 8 commercials only IT and creative arts are represented. Shouldn't their target audience be a bit bigger? Give me some truck driver telling me how he dropped his iBook out of his truck and it still worked (happened to me with a 520. 7' drop to asphalt.) Give me some middle-manager that's having a much easier time hooking his TiBook to projectors and giving Powerpoint demos than he ever had with the old tank of a 'laptop' he used to carry. Those are real people.
Sorry, I'm a 'tough crowd', I suppose.