Thats great and all but has nothing to do with an internal wireless card.Not only that but where on Apples site does it show or say "includes USB key/device" ??
I call bunk on this rumor.
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Thats great and all but has nothing to do with an internal wireless card.Not only that but where on Apples site does it show or say "includes USB key/device" ??
I call bunk on this rumor.
Not a SOX expert here but to take a stab at this, I would assume they are limiting you because they are archiving 100% of all corporate emails in an attempt to not get charged with destroying evidence in the case of a law suit. Many companies are doing this as an overreaction to SOX and the Enron/Tyco suits that were it's genesis.
Source: Google for "SOX email quota" and read a couple links
actually has a lot to do.
At this point its purely a software hindering 802.11n support. A USB key would allow that software to run.
Now I dont know about the validity of the rumor, but I can tell you how and why it could potentially work even though it seems quite an archaic solution.
With all of this wireless speed and Air Disk capacity, I hope they fix Aperture so you can back up over a network.
To Panoz7
No I wasn't referring to you, there is another guy here who has no knowledge of the subject matter and seems intent on insisting his personal reasoning through the issue has some special validity, when it doesn't at all. This isn't a debate and if complicated accounting issues could be looked up on a website we wouldn't have leagues of highly educated accounting and MBA's trying to determine appropriate accounting treatments for various business issues. I am trying an educated perspective from a lot of familiarity with Apple's 10-K's and their analysis.
In an attempt to be somewhat defferential and inclusive here, I'll say that I see a significant difference in a small enhancement to iPod functionality versus the "n" speed networking upgrade. Was anyone else selling the iPod enhancement? What did it cost? Was there a market for getting that enhancement? No, Zero, No would be the answers. Was the feature valuable to consumers? Maybe. What was the feature worth? Who knows. Those questions and answers are all opposite of the same asked about the "n" upgrade we're discussing. Does that help point you in the direction of recognizing how the accounting treatment would be different? If it is different, then I can't tell you how Apple decided to charge a few dollars, but can you start to see how a fee for one versus the other might be reasonable and streamline accounting?
No I wasn't referring to you, there is another guy here who has no knowledge of the subject matter and seems intent on insisting his personal reasoning through the issue has some special validity, when it doesn't at all. This isn't a debate and if complicated accounting issues could be looked up on a website we wouldn't have leagues of highly educated accounting and MBA's trying to determine appropriate accounting treatments for various business issues. I am trying an educated perspective from a lot of familiarity with Apple's 10-K's and their analysis.
In an attempt to be somewhat defferential and inclusive here, I'll say that I see a significant difference in a small enhancement to iPod functionality versus the "n" speed networking upgrade. Was anyone else selling the iPod enhancement? What did it cost? Was there a market for getting that enhancement? No, Zero, No would be the answers. Was the feature valuable to consumers? Maybe. What was the feature worth? Who knows. Those questions and answers are all opposite of the same asked about the "n" upgrade we're discussing. Does that help point you in the direction of recognizing how the accounting treatment would be different? If it is different, then I can't tell you how Apple decided to charge a few dollars, but can you start to see how a fee for one versus the other might be reasonable and streamline accounting?
I like the additional USB port and the Airport Disc feature - I want one!
I'm getting one! Wish they'd release sooner! I'll let you know how it works...
Third party software can access the iTunes database (~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml) just fine without iTunes running. Elgato's EyeHome (which will die an unceremonious death with the release of AppleTV), AccessTunes and MyTunes RSS, both of which stream your iTunes over the internet, can all access the iTunes Library (playlists and all) from a host while iTunes is not running. I'm sure there are others as well.
Clearly it's possible, and Apple could obviously do it if they wanted. All that's needed is an iTunes daemon that runs in the background of the host computer, the prefs could be set from an "iTunes" tab in the "Sharing" preference pane at the system level. Maybe it's because there would be no consisent way to mirror this behavior in Windows??
All I know is any law that requires Apple to charge (against their will) for enabling a feature they have preinstalled should be changed.
IF that is the case.
Rocketman
IF that is the case.
Rocketman
iTunes and iPhoto Libraries compatibility with AirPort Disk
I really hope putting the iTunes and iPhoto Libraries on an "AirPort Disk" shared drive will work. I would like to update iTunes and iPhoto from multiple computers in my house. This would be the only reason I'd upgrade to an Airport Extreme.
I really hope putting the iTunes and iPhoto Libraries on an "AirPort Disk" shared drive will work. I would like to update iTunes and iPhoto from multiple computers in my house. This would be the only reason I'd upgrade to an Airport Extreme.
If you buy a BMW M5, you'll find it's artificially limited to 155mph. To get the full benefit of the engine, transmission, etc, you've paid for would require the installation of a 3rd party engine management chip, which will cost you $$
Just another person who hates SOX with a vengeance. I encounter it nearly every day at work because we have customers who are listed on Wall Street and the Canadian Stock Exchange. We need SOX authorisation just to do software updates or fix a problem on their servers! But then again, it's just they way they have interpreted SOX. That's what it's all about. If you interpret it like Nazis it gets bad, otherwise it's not so bad.
That is the best analogy I've seen on here yet. And it isn't only the BMW that has this... are we all going to demand these be removed by the auto manufacturers because they are crippling something that we paid for?If you buy a BMW M5, you'll find it's artificially limited to 155mph. To get the full benefit of the engine, transmission, etc, you've paid for would require the installation of a 3rd party engine management chip, which will cost you $$
I'll say it again; one of the main reasons for this has got to be the fact that Apple doesn't want to have to handle all the calls stemming from incompatible draft-n hardware.
802.11n airport card/Powerbook G4
Sorry if this is a duplicate post but I don't have time right now to read 7 pages.
Does anyone know if 802.11n works with Powerbooks? I have a G4 Powerbook and I would like to buy the new airport extreme base station and buy a new airport 802.11n card.
Thanks
Sorry if this is a duplicate post but I don't have time right now to read 7 pages.
Does anyone know if 802.11n works with Powerbooks? I have a G4 Powerbook and I would like to buy the new airport extreme base station and buy a new airport 802.11n card.
Thanks
It's no joke
Sarbanes Oxley (sp?) is going to force a LOT of companies to charge for software that used to be bundled. It's not a joke, so the story should be updated to not reflect the idea that this is something Apple is making up. They are not.
Sarbanes Oxley (sp?) is going to force a LOT of companies to charge for software that used to be bundled. It's not a joke, so the story should be updated to not reflect the idea that this is something Apple is making up. They are not.
Very Astute
Apple doesn't have to charge anything. But they are more compelled to because beyond a simple low cost software patch they have to pay taxes based on the value of the upgrade that millions of people are enabling. So they charge enough to establish a defensible value and pay the taxes on it per person who upgrades. Apple could always eat the costs. If those costs were $100k maybe, sure. But at millions owed in taxes, why not pass that on to the consumer. Especially if we are getting so much more than $5 out of the new functionality.
Apple doesn't have to charge anything. But they are more compelled to because beyond a simple low cost software patch they have to pay taxes based on the value of the upgrade that millions of people are enabling. So they charge enough to establish a defensible value and pay the taxes on it per person who upgrades. Apple could always eat the costs. If those costs were $100k maybe, sure. But at millions owed in taxes, why not pass that on to the consumer. Especially if we are getting so much more than $5 out of the new functionality.
Thats the thing Rocketman.
This new feature is NOT pre-installed.
Another theory for folks.
What if like folks are saying.iLife comes included with OS X Leopard due to tighter intergration?
How are they to help recover the cost?
Charge for the update to the .n cards.
With all due respect it is prosecutors who interpret it like NAZI's and lawyers have their own chat websites to share experiences. The result is this new layer of SOX crap, and that is exactly what it is.
Rocketman
I agree, the firmware and possibly even part of the software is not installed, but the hardware is, and I have updated both firmware and software without fees in the past. This particuar case is the exception. The law has changed. Apple has not.
Rocketman
What I want to know is now that it is public that the new Macs have wireless-n, will they come enabled?
I disagree. The new feature IS pre-installed. It is just disabled. Otherwise, you would need new hardware. Everyone who bought a C2D machine paid for an 11.n card. It's built into the cost of the hardware.
As for the software driver to "uncripple" it, as I keep pointing out, it's no different than the drivers we get in Software Update, the security patches, the upgraded functionality for the OS and software (e.g. iTunes, QuickTime).
in summary, I'm happy on the one hand that the cost is only $5 rather than having to buy a new card. On the other hand, it's ******** that we're being asked to pay period.