Dictionary in Leopard, wikipedia support.

That's in addition to, not as a replacement for the real official dictionary already built in to tiger. (Which is it again, random house? Merriam Webster? I forget.)

 

your not getting a mac because of the extra functionality of being able to search wikipedia as well as a built in dictionary? well that sounds like cutting your nose off to spite your face but i suppose macs are reserved for the intelligent

 

so whats the problem? that they're including an additional source for people to use and gain more information?

how is wikipedia full of 'nonsense'?

 

Astonishing...

...Is this guy for real?

 

You can always get a white iMac from the refurb store. You have the advantages that a refurb has been through a quality assurance process twice, and that you're paying less. And, as I recall, it's eligible for Leopard up-to-date, and AppleCare.

When a new machine comes out, you'll get the usual cycle of every item of electronics - a fortnight of "wow!", where people buy unaware of problems; then a month or two of "omg beware!" as people realise anew that, actually, no new gadget is perfect, etc. One-two months later, the dust settles and fixes begin to appear. So you could buy in the glory fortnight of a new machine, but since your whole post indicates very conservative tastes, I wouldn't recommend it; this means waiting 4-5 months for a machine stable enough for your tastes, if nothing now suffices.

I think that Wikipedia is an affront to scholarship, damaging to the peer-to-peer spirit of the Internet and plagued by corrupt administration, but luckily, I'm not forced to use it. And Dictionary/Preferences might make it disappear entirely for you. Jumping into the application bundle might even suggest how to replace the Wikimedia search with something more appropriate to your tastes .

However, if you're the kind of person bothered by teething problems, I wouldn't advise upgrading to Leopard for at least a couple of months.

This is like complaining that you've bought a TV that could be used to tune into Christian programming/hardcore pornography (delete as unappropriate). You always have the option of not watching/doing what you don't want.

 

there is a lot more to wikipedia than your example.

and Apple doesn't make every program out there, could be the 3rd party app being buggy too. although i've yet to have any problems with my macs. and apple have always had a flair for being stylish. but i don't see any more faulty hardware than before. just hear about it more since their user base is growing rapidly.

i don't use multiple languages so i can't help you there.

i just don't get why Wikipedia support is such a bad thing. you know that Tiger came with the Wikipedia widget pre installed right?

 

I agree. Personally, I'm not buying Leopard and I'm selling my Mac as Safari allows me to create 'webclips' from web sites. Apple has gone too far imho.

 

You should upgrade to Leop...oh, wait

 

What an utterly absurd reasoning.

Enjoy Tiger.

 

You don't like using wikipedia? Then don't use it, there's nothing about leopard that forces you to. And if you want to go use vista, I say please do, good riddance. If you think things like having wikipedia available as an additional resource for you to choose to use is a problem worth complaining about, then I'm glad I don't go to any vista forums, because when you switch you'll find out what problems are.

 

The reason I'm not going to Leopard is Time Machine.

I mean, say what you will about Wikipedia - it's a community driven site, and some things will be wrong while most others are right. But still, yes, agreed, it's a terrible idea to include access to a site which might provide updated information when, as we all know, dictionaries should be static and unchanging.

But Apple really burns my butt calling that feature "Time Machine". I mean, there's absolutely no time travel involved whatsoever, and so I think it's deceptive advertising. I feel terrible for the people lined up tomorrow expecting wonders for $129 and being terribly disappointed when they open the box. I especially feel bad for the children and seniors, who are so often the target of this sort of marketing exploitation.

 

'nuff said.

 

I know what you mean, had to do my dissertation a few years back, if time machine actually worked so I could go into the future retrieve a copy of the finished article, and relaxed, maybe that will be in the next version of Mac os X

 

guys, i dont know why you're bagging out this guy...it's perfectly reasonable

i mean, i didn't upgrade to tiger because i didn't like some of the pictures they offered as desktops



but, on a serious note...wikipedia is superuseful...even as a uni student where they strictly enforce correct referencing i find it useful (even though i don't use it)

wikipedia is not useful as a research level resource...but for everything else from sheer curiosity to high school class papers it fits the bill

i don't know what people have against it...it's alright to say it's not a true reference (which only comes into play at university level), but to hate it...wtf?!?!

 

Eww...Wikipedia...

 

"The Wikipedia"- he makes it sound like a sinister organization in a post-apocalyptic parallel universe.

Keep away from the internet, i would. Wikipedia is on it.

 

Well I have decided not to use the internet unless I have to, or any search engine because Wikipedia comes up first on every result, as for 10.5, no way, I want my Mac to remain free of liberal rubbish.