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  • Aug 28, 2007
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  • I'm not seeing Universal trying to pull its content. Jobs can point out the following: "Without iTunes people will still fill their iPods with content. They just won't be paying for it anymore and you will lose out on ANY reimbursement. Additionally they will go to illegal places to get them free and you won't be able to pull a dime." Remember, the RIAA has been getting hit for legal fees from their lawsuits being dismissed for lack of real evidence. The fact that their tactics of bullying are starting to fail against average people means they are pretty hosed against Apple.
    evilgenius had this to say on Dec 07, 2006 Posts: 9
    Is Microsoft counting on Steve Jobs' Obstinance?
  • Wow, 4 out of 10. You were being nice. Considering it is their own messenger system and they have video and audio in their Windows side, I would give them a 2 for being too lazy to get feature parity. At least it could have been a good Michael Jackson song...
    evilgenius had this to say on Oct 04, 2006 Posts: 9
    Messenger for Mac 6 Reviewed
  • Tablet + photoshop + Final cut pro or iMovie + iTunes = movies! Ever try hand drawing anything with a mouse? WHenever I try to manipulate a scan it ends up taking weeks to fix small subtle marks that got left off the scan.
    evilgenius had this to say on Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 9
    What Would You Do With An iTablet?
  • I'd love to see iTunes get split off and become what it used to be. iTunes = music. You can buy music, play it, stream it. That's it. Movies and podcasts and TV shows can go somewhere else. iMediaPlayer? Heh.
    evilgenius had this to say on Sep 07, 2006 Posts: 9
    Special Event 12 September 2006; Let's Not Get Hyped Up
  • The new iMac core 2 duo is already OUT. ;) 24" screen even. Check out the Apple front page.
    evilgenius had this to say on Sep 06, 2006 Posts: 9
    Special Event 12 September 2006; Let's Not Get Hyped Up
  • I didn't forget those $400 computers. Mind actually reading for content? "The difference is that Macs don’t really go low end. The mini is as cheap as they come and it still comes with a better chip than a few of the HPs I was looking at yesterday for about the same cost. " I referred to the Macs not going low end. I then say the mini is as cheap as they come. Cheapest Mac. I can see where the misread could happen. I did not say it is as cheap as PCs come. I did say it is as had a better chip than PCs at about the same cost. If you are going to insult someone that essentially AGREED with you on almost every point you are going to find the few people that ever agree with you are going to see less people agreeing with you. Picking and choosing what people say to make them sound bad when you couldn't even get the quote right ain't winning you any allies either. Having seen the difference in longevity for 5 years at a place with over 1500 computers, I can tell you that some PCs can last as long as Macs. Most will not. The better quality machines always last longer in any case. Cheap machines are just that. Cheap. Using my personal experience I said those cheap PCs would be dead in 2 years. Why? Because I have seen them fail first hand. And just like buying $50 boots every year for 4 years while someone else buys $150 boots once, it loses you money on the long term.
    evilgenius had this to say on Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 9
    What If Apple Did Sell Macs with Windows Pre-installed?
  • Low end is where TCO comes in. I was looking at those $400 machines yesterday, they were great for simple consumer or small business needs, definitely. But they were also machines I knew would be dead in 2 years at the most. Where I work we budget for them lasting 4 years without a RAM upgrade and another 2 with it. Figuring that you buy a machine 3 times in the same time as another you buy once, it suddenly starts looking like a good deal to the smart buyer. And there's the rub. Businesses are all about short term when it comes to spending. You are right Beeblebrox, the difference is huge. Could smart IT managers convince suits to spend more for quality? Or do the suits all act like quantity is a quality all its own. My money is on quality thanks to how short sighted people are in general. Apple getting its foot in the door isn't about bundling Windows. Its about watching PCs and Windows become such an expensive proposition that Apple becomes cheaper to the suits. Once the perception gets to the public, we might see their marketshare climb. In the mean time, they are still doing fine and that's good.
    evilgenius had this to say on Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 9
    What If Apple Did Sell Macs with Windows Pre-installed?
  • The figures already show the Mac Pro is probably about $300 less than an almost exactly configured Dell. Add a windows license and you can assume about the same cost. Price hasn't been a real issue for a while. The difference is that Macs don't really go low end. The mini is as cheap as they come and it still comes with a better chip than a few of the HPs I was looking at yesterday for about the same cost. When corporate IT managers have the ability to get equal hardware and get the extra software of OSX as a bonus, you might see more buy a few and experiment with one. Eventually this will translate into OSX being used more by the end client in places other than graphics.
    evilgenius had this to say on Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 9
    What If Apple Did Sell Macs with Windows Pre-installed?
  • Tab switching: CMD+SHIFT+left or right arrow. This is built into Safari so I wonder why one would bother rebinding the keys. This is one of the few features Safari has that Firefox doesn't have built in. Safari isn't bad. It is getting supported by more things with each week. GMail finially works right with it, as does calendar. I do wish Google Notifier would work with Firefox instead of it. I like to keep it in a browser that is supported for spreadsheets as well.
    evilgenius had this to say on Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 9
    Give Safari a Hand