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Apple files suit against Psystar for copyright infringement, mellow-harshing {Engadget}
Jul 15th 2008 12:00PM And thus ends the (not so) great retail Mac clone experiment from Psystar.
I only hope this Psystar shill factory hasn't compromised the entire community of developers who worked on the OSx86 project. Seems to me Apple will move to lockdown it's hardware/software combination better.
Rogers announces iPhone 3G plans, unlimited data isn't one of them {Engadget}
Jun 27th 2008 9:13AM Once again us Canadians get absolutely raped by our telcos.
It's so bizarre. For a country with wired broadband access so much ahead of the U.S. (by North American standards) I can't understand why we can't get our acts together on wireless.
Rogers really sucks. And to think that this is the plan they came out with after Apple probably had to beat them over the head to get the prices down. I can't imagine what it would have been otherwise...
2003 Bill Gates email reveals frustrations with Windows XP {Engadget}
Jun 25th 2008 4:03PM ...something got cut off...
As for WMA compatibility on all of their iPods, I mean, are you kidding? Why would Apple support a proprietary audio format from their competitor? They support industry standard AAC, mp3, wav, as well as a couple of their own, Apple Lossless and AIFF. I mean, Microsoft doesn't even support the PlaysForSure format it created on the Zune.
2003 Bill Gates email reveals frustrations with Windows XP {Engadget}
Jun 25th 2008 4:00PM @applefanboy
First of all, MMS could be easily implemented on the iPhone. They choose not too. It wouldn't be the first time Jobs has decided that a technology was now obsolete and would not be included in Apple's products (i.e., floppies, and now starts on optical disks). Email is how you can share pictures, it is far more flexible and cross-platform compatible.
As for WMA compatibility on all of their iPods, I mean, are you kidding? Why would Apple support on a proprietary
Then you say, "You come across a company like Apple and you think, hey, maybe this comapny is different. Maybe they care more about the consumer than the money they can get out of the consumer. But its never true."
What does that even mean? It has no connection to your previous points. If anything, the points you make argue that Apple is losing sales and money to people who would have otherwise bought Apple products with those features. It's not like Apple has a monopoly on the media player market. There are many other products, most with more features and format support, than the iPod. If you'd like that, then purchase that product. Capitalism works that way.
2003 Bill Gates email reveals frustrations with Windows XP {Engadget}
Jun 25th 2008 2:56PM Please explain how OS X is a too closed and confined environment? (i.e., how is it more closed and confined than Windows, which is also closed source?). OS X is arguably one of the richest and most elegant software development platforms that exists. Just because the market share is small doesn't mean that it is not superior.
Lack of software support? Aside from games, I would like to know what you're doing with Windows that I cannot do on OS X with equivalent or superior applications.
2003 Bill Gates email reveals frustrations with Windows XP {Engadget}
Jun 25th 2008 2:44PM You know, when you read the email it's very weird. Gates talks about Windows and Microsoft products in such a detached fashion - like he isn't familiar with certain features or procedures at all (i.e., experiencing them for the first time).
I hate to bring in Apple here, but, whether you like it or not, you know that Steve Jobs personally approves and guides the development of every feature, app, and product that Apple makes. When you have that kind of anal retentive oversight, it's no surprise that Apple products end up more polished than their Microsoft counterparts. It seems like Microsoft was, and is, such a lumbering beast now that even the chief isn't aware of how to function their flagship product.
OWC intros 7,200RPM 320GB Mercury On-The-Go bus-powered drive {Engadget}
Jun 25th 2008 1:54PM There are no Windows-based laptops on the market that have FW 800, it's exclusive to Apple. FW 400 is hard enough to find on most consumer PCs.
You can, however, buy laptop expansion cards with FW 400 or 800 ports. Although, they are called IEEE 1394 for most non-Apple manufacturers because Apple developed the specification and requires a royalty fee for use of the name "Firewire".
OWC intros 7,200RPM 320GB Mercury On-The-Go bus-powered drive {Engadget}
Jun 25th 2008 1:48PM The product may be cross platform, but, OWC is one of the largest Apple resellers on the Internet and that image is from their website. According to their banner they have been "serving the Mac universe since 1988".
OWC intros 7,200RPM 320GB Mercury On-The-Go bus-powered drive {Engadget}
Jun 25th 2008 1:47PM Other World Computing (OWC) is one of the largest and reputable Apple resellers. They are otherwise known as macsales.com
HP's TouchSmart 2 all-in-one PC now shipping {Engadget}
Jun 25th 2008 8:59AM In making a direct comparison to the iMac I think that some of the people posting here are forgetting that the fact that it lacks OS X makes it a non-starter for most people who would be in a toss up between this and the iMac.
Also, this computer has:
a 667 mhz FSB (vs. 1066 mhz on the iMac)
Intel graphics card w/128 mb ram (vs. ATI Radeon HD, up to 256 mb on the iMac))
starts at 2 Ghz (versus 2.4 - 3.06 ghz on the iMac)
and of course, from HP, "Stay safe from viruses, spam, spyware, and other on-line threats with the preinstalled security software", or just not have to think about any of that with the Mac.
For the average consumer a Mac is almost always going to be the most sensible choice. People in the market for a PC of this type (i.e. a higher end, more stylish PC) are going to be aware of the Mac and know it's the real deal.
