You've obviously missed the bleeding obviousness of Apple's marketting strategy since Steve Jobs' return.
Apple just doesn't care about the business market. As a poster somewhere above points out, Jobs conceded the desktop wars back in 97. What Apple does care about is what's going on in your loungeroom, and your backpack/briefcase/handbag.
Have a look:
* easy to use - MacOSX
* small/attractive - iMac/mac mini
* portable - iPod/iBook/PowerBook/MacBook
And they are winning those markets. For the first time, I have actually put a computer in my living room instead of a TV. A 20" iMac to be precise. With the addition of an EyeTV, it's been absolutely brilliant. I would never put a PC in my living room simply on the aesthetics alone.
Apple is all over digital music - with iTunes Music store video and Front Row they are starting to put together a compelling solution for television as well. And as for the portable digital lifestyle, well Mac laptops have never had any problems selling, and I don't need to describe what's happening in mp3 player world.
Creating your own digital media, and managing bought media? There is quite simply nothing that compares to iLife as an integrated content management/creation system anywhere on the PC side of the fence.
Apple has conceded the business desktop. But they are fighting hard (and some may say winning) in the battle for the lounge room. Don't be expecting an Apple ad showing a suit any time soon....
As anyone that has ever had the misfortune to have to reverse anything done for the ST20 can confirm, stack based processors just hurt the brain. I personally take three times as long to grok a program on an ST20, which uses a transputer core, as I do when working on an ST40, which is based on an SH-4 RISC architecture.
That said, it would make life a bit more difficult for virus writers as well:-)
I don't know about anyone else, but my iMac 20" with EyeTV has completely changed how I watch TV.
Advantages:
1. Tivo-like recording functionality. When I get home there is always some TV goodness from the last 24hours just waiting for me, rather than having to deal with what's on at tye moment.
2. Space - I just have my iMac in the living room, no TV. The space savings are awesome. Think - no stereo, (speakers though), no dvd player, no cd player, tv, just one sleak Mac with decent speakers
3. For the shows that I really want to watch, and don't want to run the risk of missing episodes etc, there's always iTunes Music Store video. I get a fix of Battlestar Gallactica each Saturday and Sunday, except when I'm away from home. No ifs or buts, the servers are always there, and I can always access the program. Sweet!
Disadvantages:
1. The image can sometimes pause - although I expect this to become less and less of an issue as computers become more and more powerful
2. the fan can be a bit noisy, but only on hot days (30C+), otherwise I never hear it.
In other words, this is the best TV setup that I have ever had. It actually makes me want to watch TV.
You know, if you're going to shoot your mouth off, you should at least get it right, if you don't want to look like a complete dill.... For example, you forgot the fact that effect can also be used as a verb == "to do".... "He effected the changes on the server".
In other words, effect/affect can both be used as verbs/nouns, and I think that a little tolerance for those that misuse them should be practiced, as they are, in effect, rather confusing words;-)
Yeah, last time I remember scientists insisting that the explanation of a certain phenomena had two conflicting explanations, and that only one could be right, they were debating about whether light was a wave or a particle. It took a few geniuses and two whole new branches of physics to work out that infact both answers were right but incomplete.
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You've obviously missed the bleeding obviousness of Apple's marketting strategy since Steve Jobs' return. Apple just doesn't care about the business market. As a poster somewhere above points out, Jobs conceded the desktop wars back in 97. What Apple does care about is what's going on in your loungeroom, and your backpack/briefcase/handbag. Have a look: * easy to use - MacOSX * small/attractive - iMac/mac mini * portable - iPod/iBook/PowerBook/MacBook And they are winning those markets. For the first time, I have actually put a computer in my living room instead of a TV. A 20" iMac to be precise. With the addition of an EyeTV, it's been absolutely brilliant. I would never put a PC in my living room simply on the aesthetics alone. Apple is all over digital music - with iTunes Music store video and Front Row they are starting to put together a compelling solution for television as well. And as for the portable digital lifestyle, well Mac laptops have never had any problems selling, and I don't need to describe what's happening in mp3 player world. Creating your own digital media, and managing bought media? There is quite simply nothing that compares to iLife as an integrated content management/creation system anywhere on the PC side of the fence. Apple has conceded the business desktop. But they are fighting hard (and some may say winning) in the battle for the lounge room. Don't be expecting an Apple ad showing a suit any time soon....
As anyone that has ever had the misfortune to have to reverse anything done for the ST20 can confirm, stack based processors just hurt the brain. I personally take three times as long to grok a program on an ST20, which uses a transputer core, as I do when working on an ST40, which is based on an SH-4 RISC architecture. That said, it would make life a bit more difficult for virus writers as well :-)
I don't know about anyone else, but my iMac 20" with EyeTV has completely changed how I watch TV. Advantages: 1. Tivo-like recording functionality. When I get home there is always some TV goodness from the last 24hours just waiting for me, rather than having to deal with what's on at tye moment. 2. Space - I just have my iMac in the living room, no TV. The space savings are awesome. Think - no stereo, (speakers though), no dvd player, no cd player, tv, just one sleak Mac with decent speakers 3. For the shows that I really want to watch, and don't want to run the risk of missing episodes etc, there's always iTunes Music Store video. I get a fix of Battlestar Gallactica each Saturday and Sunday, except when I'm away from home. No ifs or buts, the servers are always there, and I can always access the program. Sweet! Disadvantages: 1. The image can sometimes pause - although I expect this to become less and less of an issue as computers become more and more powerful 2. the fan can be a bit noisy, but only on hot days (30C+), otherwise I never hear it. In other words, this is the best TV setup that I have ever had. It actually makes me want to watch TV.
You know, if you're going to shoot your mouth off, you should at least get it right, if you don't want to look like a complete dill.... For example, you forgot the fact that effect can also be used as a verb == "to do".... "He effected the changes on the server". In other words, effect/affect can both be used as verbs/nouns, and I think that a little tolerance for those that misuse them should be practiced, as they are, in effect, rather confusing words ;-)
Yeah, last time I remember scientists insisting that the explanation of a certain phenomena had two conflicting explanations, and that only one could be right, they were debating about whether light was a wave or a particle. It took a few geniuses and two whole new branches of physics to work out that infact both answers were right but incomplete.