I'd like to see each program have a library function, then it would also be nice if Apple made one central media management application that has all of the libraries in it. That way you can just have one app open if you are sorting through files on your computer, or multitasking etc...
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I'd like to see each program have a library function, then it would also be nice if Apple made one central media management application that has all of the libraries in it. That way you can just have one app open if you are sorting through files on your computer, or multitasking etc...
Some results from a quick Google search for "fox news fabricate":
http://www.atlargely.com/atlargely/...-fox-fabricated-the-denied-access-story-.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/oct/04/digitalmedia.uselections2004
(interesting because Fox admitted that its news correspondent fabricated the story)
http://mediamatters.org/research/200910220047
(fox admitted editing the news footage to mislead viewers)
http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2009/03/fox-news-caught-in-outright-fabrication.html
http://www.rawcritics.com/alternate...icating-sexual-content-in-mass-effect-2-again
(fox news forced to apologize for fabricating a story covered in their hard news programs)
http://www.e-thepeople.org/article/35573/view?viewtype=
(fox admitted, and apologized for, fabrication)
There are hundreds of thousands of Google results. Happy reading.
Oh please....
Fox News Fabricate: 311,000 Results
CNN Fabricate: 457,000 Results
CBS Fabricate: 467,000 Results
Reuters Fabricate: 466,000 Results
Counting Google hits doesn't mean crap for one. And secondly, all 24 hour news channels have made crap up to fill time in the past, everyone knows that.
Also, places like CNN and just as, if not more left wing loony as Fox news is right wing loony. At the end of the day they get viewers by being as much entertainment as news, and that's how they make money.
Any news channel could recieve a tip like this, and they could go with it for a bit of air/web traffic, and it could be true or completely false no matter who it is.
On a more related note. I really hope to see iLife '10, but the fact that they recently re branded iLife '09 to just iLife, indicates they don't plan on release a '10 in the first part of the the year and they don't want '09 to seem outdated... Maybe they will just show an iLife Multitouch update or an iSlate (or whatever) edition...
LOL!
News outlets are a business. Their business is to attract viewers. Hence, they tell you what they think you want to hear. It's hilarious to hear people savage Rupert Murdoch yet have nothing negative to say about Ted Turner.
And MSNBC is just as bad as Fox News. One of MSNBC's commentators yesterday said on his radio show that he would cheat to keep Brown from winning in Massachusetts.
There's unbiased reporting for you.
It's all propaganda - and anyone who doesn't realize that is a fool. The right-leaning slant of Fox is obvious, and so is the left-leaning slant of most of the others. The only reason Fox has such a huge viewership is because they don't have to share their audience with other outlets like the left-leaning networks do. Fox has a monopoly on right-wing propaganda, while CNN, MSNBC, Time, NYT, CBS and all the others have to share the left-wing propaganda pie.
You can't blame Murdoch for spotting a solid business opportunity.
FNC has made a concerted effort to market themselves as giving a political take to the news. That's been great for them-- they've done quite well for themselves. But they can't have it both ways-- they can't market themselves as drum major to a band of tea partying lunatics one day and expect no one to question their journalistic integrity the next.
You'll notice there's none of this political bickering on the very next thread quoting the Wall Street Journal-- another conservative leaning property of News Corp. WSJ has a conservative leaning editorial page, but they don't revel in and harness a reputation as a FUD engine to corner market share, so they don't warrant the same level of extreme skepticism.
All news sources should be double checked, but some should be disregarded. As I mentioned above, however, I see no issue with FNC as a rumor source. Rumor, speculation and innuendo are their bread and butter and I expect them to be better than most in this arena. I find it interesting though that half their news headlines end with a question mark, but their rumor headlines end with a period.
Anyone? I use Mac since i'm 12 (ok, i'm not that old neither) and converted hundreds (litterally) of people from PC to Mac.
But I'm considering abandonning it.
Off course there will be an Iphone update, but do you think it will even match half of the simple but yet must-have things the nexus one and the palm pre do ? (after all most of what the jailbreaking community has been doing recently is cover the lack of function as simple as multi-tasking, notification and better app browsing or even themes)
Do you think that any Itunes updates will add the hundreds of functions people have been longing for years and fix the thousands of bugs, while making it lighter ?
Do you think MPB will ship with Arrandale, will it be enough ?
What will the iSlate bring to the table for the price it'll cost ?
I'm really going to decide if i'm going to continue using Apple platform, with this event.
But I'm considering abandonning it.
Off course there will be an Iphone update, but do you think it will even match half of the simple but yet must-have things the nexus one and the palm pre do ? (after all most of what the jailbreaking community has been doing recently is cover the lack of function as simple as multi-tasking, notification and better app browsing or even themes)
Do you think that any Itunes updates will add the hundreds of functions people have been longing for years and fix the thousands of bugs, while making it lighter ?
Do you think MPB will ship with Arrandale, will it be enough ?
What will the iSlate bring to the table for the price it'll cost ?
I'm really going to decide if i'm going to continue using Apple platform, with this event.
But I do own one, likely to be my last. I've been using the high end Macs for nearly 20 years now, the latest ones offer less value than ever before. Yes it is pretty, but not much else when compared to what is available on a vibrant PC market. Value is the keyword here, value they do not offer, leading edge they are not. Personally, I need a computer to make a living. For that I need value for my money. Ultimately what it looks like is irrelevant, it sits under my desk, where it belongs. It is a tower.
Apple has reached critical mass. With a fanatical hands on approach to management, its leader can only focus on one thing at a time. Currently that is the iPhone. Everything else, including its crown jewel, Mac OS, is being neglected. Once a year hardware refreshes, dated video cards, lack of Blu-Ray, eSATA, HDMI, and countless other omitted technologies, make current Macs a huge rip off.
I got stuck with an Apple with ADC connectivity, only to get screwed in the process. Don't bet on the new Mini Display port just yet, no one else is adopting them. Hence, Apple experiments with our money with dubious innovations, the few they are coming up with that is. Meanwhile the PC market marches on, ahead of "cool" Apple. Companies like Dell and Asus are showing more innovation and far better value. Too bad Windows sucks. But hey, Chrome will be here soon enough, and that may very well be good for greedy Apple. Competition is good, very good for everyone involved.
As for the tablet, we will see. Maybe it will prove me wrong, or maybe it will be yet another flop like the Air and the Apple TV. We will see. As for me, ultimately I will buy what suits and serves me, not what Apple tells me I need to pad their bottom line.
So you're not really arguing for a "redesign," you're arguing for a hardware spec upgrade. I think the design of the Mac Pro (and MacBook Pro) will be great for many years to come, but I agree Apple needs to pull their heads out of the sand and join the rest of the pack in the hardware specification department. The long span between hardware refreshes (again, specs not design) is embarrassing, and the value gap between Mac and PC rises and falls like tsunami waves because Apple drags their feet on spec upgrades. Sure, the PC laptops sold at Best Buy for $700 are flimsy, cheesy plastic crap, but they have 500 GB hard drives while their MacBook Pro competitors sit at 250 GB at a far higher price.
I have no problem paying a premium for Apple hardware (and the software, which of course is the key factor), but geez Apple, at least give me specification parity for my extra dollars.
Apple Tablet? "Big Bulldog Template" Code on New York Times Skimmer Site
If you view the page source on the new york times skimmer site http://www.nytimes.com/timesskimmer/ you see a lot of commented out code for "big bulldog template"- I know this is pure speculation (but hey- mac rumors are fun) but could this be the framework for a larger viewing experience- ie- tablet?
Posted a screenshot of the page source here: http://trunc.it/4u21y
If you view the page source on the new york times skimmer site http://www.nytimes.com/timesskimmer/ you see a lot of commented out code for "big bulldog template"- I know this is pure speculation (but hey- mac rumors are fun
) but could this be the framework for a larger viewing experience- ie- tablet?Posted a screenshot of the page source here: http://trunc.it/4u21y
The price is really an issue. But when living in the USA it is still good.
EU prizes are 30% (!!!) higher for the MacBook Pros which i compared.
It is cheaper to buy it at Amazon or anywhere else, and that really sucks ass. Actually it is cheaper to take a round trip flight over the Atlantic and buy a MacBook Pro 13" in NY. saves 60Eur or more compared to buy it at home(!!!)
eSata is a HDD only connector, so maybe they do not include if cause of that. on the other hand we also have a dedicated display port.
Display port is something good, at least for mobile computing where the DVI connectors where eating up too much space already.
Staying focused on the factual claims and not getting bogged down in the judgement calls, why not use the same system all businesses use for business needs. Buy the proper tool for the job.
If I were in your position and had you needs for Blu-Ray, HDMI, eSATA and the other things you list, I would configure a PC tower with the most stable version of Windblows or Linux I could get my hands on and network it to my primary Mac so I have all the practical functionality of both.
Remote desktop and Virtualization programs allows a very wide swath of hardware and OS access to any Mac.
I would put a PC desktop and a generation old Mac desktop side to side with things on each suited to task and control it remotely via a MacBookPro or even a Polybarbonate MacBook. Or a PC desktop, an iMac, and again a portable for use in other rooms or locations with good inter(tra)net access.
Everything, all the time. All for about $1000 in new expense.
The new tablet will replace the MacBook for this application I suspect.
When you do it, please post a how-to. That would be interesting. Not enough folks use headless PC's as expansion boxes for their Macs. Nobody officially carries that flag.
Rocketman
Smaller display size and touchscreen input instead of mouse/keyboard for two. Also, "runs" ≠ "runs well."Sure - it runs on the G3 iMac, so why not on an iPod touch?
I've hoped for something like this in iWork at least for some time. Extending it to more apps would be good too.
I am sorry, but that sounds to me like circular reasoning. My judgements come from nearly 20 years of hardware and, above all, software investments. The end price to switch would be far more than $1,000. Hence the underlying bitterness in my tone.
Here again, like Apple, you are asking me to spend more of my own money to get around Apple product deficiencies. I am old enough to have other, more important priorities. If I am here, if I use a Mac, it is because of the OS. For now. If I was to do as you suggest, it would make better sense to abandon the Mac altogether.
I am here because I still hope for a better Apple, a better Mac. For that we must all be critical and not accept more and more compromised products with hidden agendas. It is well known how many billions Apple has accumulated this past decade. No one can tell me they would not do better by offering more widely compelling products at all levels. Value is still the measure for anything we "value" and acquire. There is subjective value in a painting or an Elvis memento. When it comes to computers, only objectivity need apply.
FWIW, I've had a hard time finding a machine that matches the Mac Pro in raw computational power at a better price. I've started bringing them into our corporate lab as workhorse machines.
Are you referring to the OS? Either way, you may find these articles interesting:
(A little dated, but you can imagine what a newer, cheaper PC could do)
http://www.macintouch.com/reviews/efix/
As far as OS neglect, here is one aspect:
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1585830/apple-slowly-opengl
...oh, and don't forget how much they touted and bragged about OpenGL, Java, etc.. Ya.
Don't buy into their hype.
I'm not about to pull no name machines into a critical development path, nor am I going to make buying decisions based on my imagination. I need many fast cores churning on simulation data, and the Macs are the best value I found. Comes out cheaper than Dell for the config I need (8 core, 2.6GHz, 16GB RAM).
You mentioned you use these machines to make a living and you seem to have quite a laundry list of required technologies-- what are you using them for?