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I can't tell exactly what the differences are with .Mac, as I didn't use all the earlier features. The groups caught my attention though.
The hardware page talks about new iBooks, but I can't tell if they are old new iBooks or new new iBooks.
The hardware page talks about new iBooks, but I can't tell if they are old new iBooks or new new iBooks.
DJY
macrumors 6502a
Diatribe said:
I agree... but I would have liked to have easily allowed non Mac users to join mac groups. Seems non Mac users have to create a free triall account... to get a @mac.com email address - which they then use... even if they don't buy after the trial they use that email for Mac groups and iChat.
aswitcher
macrumors 603
.Mac and the future
What would rock for me is if .Mac full (not trial) members could what the keynotes live...
If they did that iPod Home thing so I could connect my iPod to another Mac (or even PC) and use my home account from their machine, passwords, email, bookmarks, keychains, cookies and all...
If they made an option for bigger icons for tars.
If they actually used the .Mac to distrubute early or immedetially all press releases to members so we get the juice directly when new stuff appears.
If they gave a discount on iLife and OS upgrades to .Mac full members worldwide.
If they bought Delicious Monster and incorporated it into iLife, using .Mac to support better regional support (ok, thats really an iLife upgarde I want 😉)
If .Mac tutorial vids were actually downloadable to save bandwidth for QTPro holders.
If .Mac worked better with multiple users on the same machine, so extra emails could be configured as full ones on the same machine only - family pakc is way to expensive to just be used to support user account switching (or is this a bug I haven;t figured out ?)
If they has a member since DATE loyalty system, for recognising and better discounts on online upgrades for loyal members.
What would rock for me is if .Mac full (not trial) members could what the keynotes live...
If they did that iPod Home thing so I could connect my iPod to another Mac (or even PC) and use my home account from their machine, passwords, email, bookmarks, keychains, cookies and all...
If they made an option for bigger icons for tars.
If they actually used the .Mac to distrubute early or immedetially all press releases to members so we get the juice directly when new stuff appears.
If they gave a discount on iLife and OS upgrades to .Mac full members worldwide.
If they bought Delicious Monster and incorporated it into iLife, using .Mac to support better regional support (ok, thats really an iLife upgarde I want 😉)
If .Mac tutorial vids were actually downloadable to save bandwidth for QTPro holders.
If .Mac worked better with multiple users on the same machine, so extra emails could be configured as full ones on the same machine only - family pakc is way to expensive to just be used to support user account switching (or is this a bug I haven;t figured out ?)
If they has a member since DATE loyalty system, for recognising and better discounts on online upgrades for loyal members.
Squire
macrumors 68000
DJY said:
Very true. Once I read the fine print, the whole Groups thing lost some of its shine. I was hoping to use it as a replacement for a message board and blog I've set up for my students. Not now. Perhaps I'll just use it for a kind of family gathering place online.
aswitcher said:
Great ideas. Please submit them to Apple if you haven't already. I'd like to add idiot-proof podcast hosting to that list.
Squire
Norse Son
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.Mac upgrade at MWSF '06?
Alright, I'm late to this game, but MWSF is just around the corner, so I think it's time to refresh the discussion.
I like .Mac - but then I had a hotmail address since 1995, and hated every minute of it once MS scooped it up. But here is what I'd like to see announced in the keynote:
.Mac Premium Level for $150.00 per year
Allow me to run Disk Utility on my main volume from a Tiger-install on Apple's servers? (my DVD drive stopped working in 2004 - 3rd failure within first 20 months of buying Pismo).
Same goes for running security program to check for hidden viruses, worms, trojan horses, spyware, malware, etc. - even if they are Windows' versions, I don't want them hidin' about my Mac.
Give them 5GB total disk space.
Offer direct connections to online retailers, who receive a discount for the traffic generated by .Mac members - perhaps free shipping.
Whatever happened to the "supposed" .Mac exclusive Widgets for Tiger?
Also, with the changes to iTMS, offer .Mac Premium Members:
"Global iTMS bazaar", wherein you can purchase music, videos, TV shows, etc. form any of the International versions of the iTMS - Apple handles currency exchange rates.
A "virtual backup" of your iTMS purchases, so that in the event you irretrievably lose your iTMS collection (fire, theft, etc.), Apple will allow you to replace it for free.
Unlimited "streaming video" of TV shows at present bit-rate - if you want to purchase them...
Buy higher bit-rate downloads of TV shows, music videos, short films, etc.
What about more software and/or software add-ons for applications? Give us more templates, transitions, effects, jampacks, etc. to iLife '06 (featuring Front Row 2.0 with DVR, and PhotoBooth) & iWork '06 (featuring Pages 2.0, Keynote 3.0, Calc. 1.0 - hell, just merge it with AppleWorks).
Bottomline; Apple needs to make .Mac everything that the ill-fated eWorld was hyped up to be, but was mercifully allowed to die. Turn it into a portal, a gateway community to the Net, the International Net... Enable me to dump my overly-priced and reality-tv-choked basic cable and rely solely on my hi-speed cable modem for news, entertainment & connections.
Alright, I'm late to this game, but MWSF is just around the corner, so I think it's time to refresh the discussion.
I like .Mac - but then I had a hotmail address since 1995, and hated every minute of it once MS scooped it up. But here is what I'd like to see announced in the keynote:
.Mac Premium Level for $150.00 per year
Allow me to run Disk Utility on my main volume from a Tiger-install on Apple's servers? (my DVD drive stopped working in 2004 - 3rd failure within first 20 months of buying Pismo).
Same goes for running security program to check for hidden viruses, worms, trojan horses, spyware, malware, etc. - even if they are Windows' versions, I don't want them hidin' about my Mac.
Give them 5GB total disk space.
Offer direct connections to online retailers, who receive a discount for the traffic generated by .Mac members - perhaps free shipping.
Whatever happened to the "supposed" .Mac exclusive Widgets for Tiger?
Also, with the changes to iTMS, offer .Mac Premium Members:
"Global iTMS bazaar", wherein you can purchase music, videos, TV shows, etc. form any of the International versions of the iTMS - Apple handles currency exchange rates.
A "virtual backup" of your iTMS purchases, so that in the event you irretrievably lose your iTMS collection (fire, theft, etc.), Apple will allow you to replace it for free.
Unlimited "streaming video" of TV shows at present bit-rate - if you want to purchase them...
Buy higher bit-rate downloads of TV shows, music videos, short films, etc.
What about more software and/or software add-ons for applications? Give us more templates, transitions, effects, jampacks, etc. to iLife '06 (featuring Front Row 2.0 with DVR, and PhotoBooth) & iWork '06 (featuring Pages 2.0, Keynote 3.0, Calc. 1.0 - hell, just merge it with AppleWorks).
Bottomline; Apple needs to make .Mac everything that the ill-fated eWorld was hyped up to be, but was mercifully allowed to die. Turn it into a portal, a gateway community to the Net, the International Net... Enable me to dump my overly-priced and reality-tv-choked basic cable and rely solely on my hi-speed cable modem for news, entertainment & connections.
