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Confirmed: MacBook Air SuperDrive does NOT work with other machines {Engadget}
Jan 24th 2008 9:05PM A bunch of MS waterboys who don't know there ass from a hole in the ground....keep feeding them Gizmodo!!!! So they can all be happy with there DRM, Virus & malware infested 300 dollar pieces of crap computers. They can use their 25 dollar low DPI erratic mice. Play with a 2 year old iPod called the Zune & use an operating system that if you took away the GUI ideas they "borrowed from Apple' & left what they took from Xerox Parc would do absolutely nothing. The Macbook Air is comparable & beats most notebooks in price in the thin notebook category that it is in, even with the additional 99 bucks for the superdrive....OH NO....but that's reality. Here's your reality check.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/01/22/how_the_macbook_air_stacks_up_against_other_ultra_light_notebooks.html
iTunes and Apple TV rentals and purchases: what you can (and can't) do {Engadget}
Jan 16th 2008 10:28PM Proprietary as MS? Check your facts. WMV, WMA, Windows media player, Office formats, DRM lockdown on the OS, Direct X the list goes on & on. With MS's ecosystem you get the illusion of choice. If the software sucks the hardware really doesn't matter. Then there of course is the Zune & Zune marketplace that are even more closed than theiPod & iTunes (NOT CROSSPLATFORM). Then of course there is MS's Play-for-sure DRM initiative which came before The Zune. If you bought music with plays-for-sure DRM attached they will not play on MS's own Zune. Talk about screwing not only customers but, also screwing your hardware partners. There seem to be a lot of PC centric people here who have no clue about anything on the other side of the fence. They also seem to have no clue as to the history of events (in digital music & tech). Jobs has said from the start that DRM's music makes no sense. The only reason Amazon has DRM Free music is because the Music moguls are trying to leverage there power againts Apple. Apple was one of the first companies to sign a major music label to DRM free music (EMI). MS makes money from licensing there DRM schemes. Apple does not own the content it sells. AAC is a standard that anyone can license (MPeg4). Apple does not own it. It is a better quality standard than MP3. Why isn't Amazone selling it? Because most of the devices that are MS based don't support Mpeg4. That will probably change in the future. Stick a fork in it WMA is done. We will all be better off in the future if this is the case.
iTunes and Apple TV rentals and purchases: what you can (and can't) do {Engadget}
Jan 16th 2008 10:07PM As many times as you want.
(xiv) Movie Rentals:
(aa) Movies are viewable only on your Mac or Windows computer (using iTunes 7.6 or later), iPhone, video-enabled iPod (iPod touch, iPod nano (3rd generation), or iPod classic), or on TVs using your Apple TV. Movies in high definition resolution (HD) are viewable only on TVs using your Apple TV and must be downloaded directly to your Apple TV. Movies are viewable only on one device at a time.
(bb) You must be connected to the Service when moving or streaming movies. Once a movie is moved, it is no longer viewable on the sending device. You may only move movies to another device from your Mac or Windows computer. Movies downloaded directly to your Apple TV may not be moved.
(cc) You have thirty (30) days after downloading a movie to begin viewing. Once you begin viewing, you have twenty-four (24) hours to view the movie (the “Viewing Period”). You may view the movie an unlimited number of times during the Viewing Period. Movies are not viewable after the thirty (30) day period. Stopping, pausing or restarting a movie does not extend the available time for viewing.
(dd) If you move a movie to an iPod or iPhone and then use the Service to restore the iPod or iPhone before you finish watching it, the movie will be deleted and will not be recoverable. This also applies to choosing Settings > Reset > Erase all content and settings on iPod touch and iPhone.
(ee) Broadband Internet connection required.
Bill Gates: the exit interview {Engadget}
Jan 11th 2008 9:27PM 1984:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0FtgZNOD44&feature=related
1984:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6203506464570325295
1993
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j02b8Fuz73A
Some people need to get a clue.
Army working in more Macs to diversify systems, thwart attackers {Engadget}
Dec 23rd 2007 2:44PM Well you had me at the beginning then it turned into some irrational name calling episode. If you check the posts here you will find that it is usually the comments are just as negative, usually more so from windows users. Is the Mac less secure than Windows? Are you saying that the typical Windows user is better at securing their systems? Most people have lives to lead. They are not security experts on either side. PC users that shut the fuck up? Since when. Both communities are a mixed bag. Except most PC users have never used a Mac for any long period of time. That's fine...I could care less. Again read the posts or any other story on the net that is a positive story about Apple. See where the negative comments start. Like I said nothing is perfect. What denotes the quality of a product is the amount of imperfections. Read your own comments:
"My favorite thing in the whole world, is when large corporations take free ideas, labor, and theory; bundle it up into their own 'product', create a pompous niche in the market, and then urinate into that niche until it is filled with cry baby know-it alls that thumb their nose at the rest of the lowly OS world. We bow down to you all mighty mac user."
Ah...Okay.
Army working in more Macs to diversify systems, thwart attackers {Engadget}
Dec 23rd 2007 12:59PM Sorry about the location of the post...Maybe you ( or the person I was actually was responding to) could explain exactly what the problems are.
Right now all I hear is theory & conjecture. Like I said nothings perfect but, that's a far cry from making the hyperbolic statements that the original post made.
You have done nothing to clear them up. Like I said he is just making things up. A virus on OSX (maybe someday, of course) but show me an actual in the wild virus. There were maybe 50 Viruses in existence for the classic Mac OS & most of them had to be transfered by floppy & were dead years ago. His statements on the security of the OS are absurd & he has nothing to back them up.
Army working in more Macs to diversify systems, thwart attackers {Engadget}
Dec 22nd 2007 11:56PM Going back to the late 80s & early 90s- PCs were cheaper than macs, and you could build your own, so even if you couldn't afford a MAC or PC, at least you could start piece-mealing them together. So you had more hackers on PCS than MACs. Then came the fall of the wall.
Most former east-block (communist) programmers, couldn't find jobs that paid them well, and they worked on older OSs and such. Many of them turned to work where they were paid at least somewhat decent and immigrated, while others began working for small Russian mafiya outfits. Trying to buy a MAC was impossible over there, especially for the prices. Many used discarded pieces and built their own- PCs. Result- more PC hackers.
Don't go thinking you're safe though. Today there are viruses for the MAC- I've had to help repair many MACs that had been damaged by exploits and viruses- and each of them claimed there were no viruses for the MAC. To each I've said "whatever" and continued working on their machine.
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Really? what Virus are you speaking of? Which OS version?
The whole MAC vs PC thing used to really be:
MAC vs Intel (because they would argue over performance and speed, even though since the mid 90s if you spent the same amount on a PC as you did on a MAC, the PC often won)
So did the Mac. It has always gone back & forth.
However, as we all know- Apple lost that war, and now they use Intel Inside. :) But the Apple fan bois don't like to lose, so now it's:
MAC OS vs Microsoft Windows- which is a matter of taste, so there is no winner. However price/performance wise- PCs still come out on top, and all the latest benchmark figures show that
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Wrong again. Unless of course you build your own (less expensive). Seriously, I think you are just making shit up.
As for security- the basic built in MAC security blows- pure and simple. Regardless of if there are less people who know how to/bother to pick the lock- it's still a crappy lock.
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Now you're really just making shit up....please explain oh wise one. Unix has been around for thirty years. That's what OSX is.
The underlying code is open. How exactly is there a crappy lock on OSX? Please explain. Maybe you got confused & wanted to say windows.
Nothings perfect OSX is not invulnerable....but you are just talking out of your ass. Maybe you're a MS waterboy?
Army working in more Macs to diversify systems, thwart attackers {Engadget}
Dec 22nd 2007 11:38PM "Actually, Apple has more issue than XP, lately. They can't even touch Vista:"
Actually you're wrong...George Ou is a hack. That article is full of so much incompetence that it is really sad.
It's there for ignorant people such as yourself to pick up on.
Here's why:
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/12/21/vista-vs-mac-os-x-security-why-george-ous-zdnet-vulnerability-numerology-is-absurd/
Is the VW Space Up! interface developed by Apple? {Engadget}
Nov 16th 2007 7:00PM Microsoft still hasn't figured out how to miniaturize there PC hidden by coffee table.
Jobs praises Nokia's 3rd party app scheme, but he has it wrong {Engadget}
Oct 17th 2007 11:06PM The point is: look at the uproar over no SDK for the iPhone...there were digs galore in this site. They even assume what Jobs said was a dig. I saw no dig in his statement...he was just stating the reality of the situation. I just posted reality...no dig.
