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Who wants a product from a company that does not give you choice.
I know you're big on HD. Notice that the 24" iMac is 1920x1200 res? And it also has a $29 VESA mounting kit for wall mounts and swivels to give it that nice "floating effect". Combine with a wireless mouse and keyboard and you've got one sweet setup.
as of now, there really isnt that much of a diff between the highend MB and the low end MBP, apple needs to change that because as of now, in my mind, there isnt enough to justify the extra $500 to get a pro.
My first task for a MB is Parallels so I can test software on multiple platforms without reboots. OSX, XP, Ubuntu and FreeBSD...woohoo!
As for Apple product news, I have a wish but not any sort of prediction. I want to see Apple use their approach on design and usability to bring a PDA/Palm/whatever handheld to the market.
There has not been a handheld computing device worthy of cult following since the HP 200LX. I would love to see Apple go after handheld computing the way they reinvented portable music.
I didn't realize Dell and HPs 30inch LCD screens had full fledged PCs built into them.
you can always upgrade the harddrive toa 160gig 7200RPM yourself. and it would be bigger than the MBP.
Although, I already have a portable desktop (Sager). This will be my first portable, which will probably see lots of batter time. 7200 does suck up da juice.
I don't why the peanut gallery is claiming only Disney will be on board. At least one other studio is already in the fold and the others will come along.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...
Music and TV started out slow on iTMS, after all.
Joe and Kermit, the train has left the station.
Between new Apple products, back to school, the video game platform releases, and the holiday season, I don't know how people will be able to afford it all! And that's not even mentioning things like Zune.
That said, I am an Apple fan, and like Patrick, will be bugging you to buy me whatever they release! :)
The path to a 9-12 announcement of a deal to distribute Disney films on iTunes runs through directly through 9-11.
Turns out that the Disney-ABC brands are collecting a lot of mud because of what many are claiming to be a biased and inaccurate fictionalization of "The Path to 9-11." It's bound to turn into a serious side-bar in coverage of the Apple announcement.
As someone posted to my Daily Kos diary:
Gates: Uber-Philanthropy.
Jobs: peddling neo-con fever dreams.
who saw that coming?
Do you have a recipe for dealing with this one?
It's a shame the latest Mac Mini update went with Core Duo instead of Core 2 Duo - there goes another chance to migrate OS X to 64-bit only and simplify things a bit. I can't wait to the the LV and ULV versions of Merom...
"I asked what was actually *better* about Apple’s movie store, and you provided no answer except that the movies will only be playable on iPods."
Since Apple's movie store is new (in fact, not even yet launched) your question is rather premature. However, some of the factors that will make it a success are already present:
• Direct downloads to iTunes/iPods instead of having to go through a somewhat difficult, and arguably illegal process, of reformatting,
• Lower prices than buying the DVD, and
• Portablility on a small device.
People looking for those assets will find the Apple service better. Those who aren't will not be forced to participate, obviously. Methinks that movie buffs will use the Apple movie store and other means of obtaining content. There's no need to be exclusive.
JoeM, if you would overcome your obsessive Apple bashing, you could learn some things. For example, there's no reason to run iTunes in the background. Unless one is actually using the application, it can remain closed. Nor is iTunes 'additional software.' It comes with OS X and is available free for both Macs and Windows computers. Furthermore, it is considered one of the most elegant and effective applications in existence.
You are defintely free to download to your Windows gadget. However, most people prefer the iPod for its greater portability. The phenomenal success of iTMS is instructive to those open to information.
I have used OSX and Linux, both of which turned me off. Even Apple's which a few people said to me looks like a kids toy (worse then XP).
iPods and iTunes are compatible with more platforms than any other comparable products. I really don't know why you are claiming otherwise. Macs. Windows. Cingular and Motorola cell phones. Linux, with a little tweaking. What's to complain about, really?
iPod users are encouraged to buy from the biggest and best purveyor of digital content. However, they are also free to rip their own CDs and movies to iTunes and to use non-DRM sites such as eMusic.