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  • Jan 22, 2007
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  • What the hell is this? A column to interpret the Mac ads for us? I couldn't bear to read it closely, so maybe there's something else going on here, but for crying out loud, get a real topic to write about.
    ray.gos had this to say on Jan 22, 2007 Posts: 8
    Apple Debuts New 'Get a Mac' Ads
  • 1. Apple is reportedly targeting 1% market share in the first year. That's hardly "domination". 2. Phrases like "The RAZR not only brought upon the status of cool to it’s holder . . ." just make me cringe. For starters, the word you want is "its" (the possessive of it), not "it's" which means "it is". But that's not the worst of it. The point is, if you're going to call yourself a writer, get thee back to school, and get some learning in ya.
    ray.gos had this to say on Jan 22, 2007 Posts: 8
    Can Apple Really Dominate The Mobile Market?
  • Ooh! No I have to come in and say that I don't agree with Beeblebrox who is in danger of lookiing like a raving, ranting lunatic, or at least sounding like one. If you're going to accuse others of being overly fanatical, it's best not to be too much of an extremist yourself. Oops, I just used the words fan*cal and extr*ist. I have to go now. The cops are surely on their way already.
    ray.gos had this to say on Jan 30, 2006 Posts: 8
    Playing To Their Strengths, Microsoft To Create iPod Competitor (suckPod anyone?)
  • I have to agree totally with Beeblebrox. You've already decided that the MS mp3 player will totally suck, as will the yet-to-be-announced on-line music store. Maybe they will and maybe they won't. We have to wait and see. And if they are good - that will be good: a little real competiton (no pun there) would be good for the folks working on the next generations of iPods.
    ray.gos had this to say on Jan 28, 2006 Posts: 8
    Playing To Their Strengths, Microsoft To Create iPod Competitor (suckPod anyone?)
  • I suppose Pixar is in the news, so the resemblence of this story to (a better) one in Low-End Mac could just be a coincidence.
    ray.gos had this to say on Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 8
    How To Turn 10 Million Into 7 Billion: A Brief History Of Pixar
  • Quote: The FireWire standard may not be as prevalent as USB but it certainly popular enough to be sustained. Response: Uh, says who? Firewire is going downhill fast. Most of the new stuff (hard discs, etc.) available with Firewire ports also has USB 2.0, and the reverse is definitely not true. Quote: There are plenty of people who use iBooks for iMovie and those people depend on the FireWire port. Response: Again, all the new video cams have USB 2.0 and Firewire, or they have USB 2.0 only. Quote: At the end of the day, one suspects, the likely exclusion of FireWire will cause a lot of consternation among Mac users but will go largely unnoticed in the end. The entire affair will be just another example of Apple telling the faithful how great a feature is, getting them dependent on said flower of technology, and then doing an about face and expecting the user to foot the bill. Apple might be well served to remember that these things build ill will over time, especially among people who have been faithful to the Mac for years. Response: Another whine about how Apple owes it to me to support whatever features I want, no matter the reality on the ground. Now, some of the responses make a lot more sense: the bootability of FW is a real issue, unlike the ones raised in the original article. So, no, I don't think Apple is going to abandon FW, though it may be relagated to a lesser role, with new Macs coming with several USB ports and only one FW. Time will tell.
    ray.gos had this to say on Dec 14, 2005 Posts: 8
    Long time Users Facing yet Another Dope Slap From Apple?
  • For the past few years, ever since OS X came out, there's been this strand in discussions about Apple by Mac fans, complaining about how Apple isn't playing nice. Part of this is that Apple is getting more and more attention and is putting out some very successful products, and it's losing some of its cultishness (like when your favourite obscure band hits the big-time and a bunch of jerks who have no idea what the band's music is really about are suddenly acting like they are the band's greatest fans - but I digress). It's just that Apple is acting like a real company instead of the high school computer club. Yeah, it's losing some of its goofy friendliness, but it's becoming a powerful player in the world computer scene. Considering that it wasn't long ago that reports of Apple's imminent demise were coming pretty regularly (and were probably not that far from being true), I say bravo Steve. And if you don't want to take it from me, just ask anyone who's had Apple stock for the past 5 years or so.
    ray.gos had this to say on Oct 26, 2005 Posts: 8
    To Steve Jobs Apple Fans are Just Another Snack Cake
  • It sounds like Gregory Ng and some of the repliers are suffering from that mid-life crisis/ nostalgia phase where everything old is better than anything new. I mean, he even adopts the position that crashes are good. I can't comment on his pining for the good old version of Quark, but you know, if you love it so much, you can go ahead and use it. You can probably find an old 233MHz G3 tower out there cheap, and then you can relive your glory days to the fullest. Dig out your old LPs, grow your hair long, whatever turns you on.
    ray.gos had this to say on Mar 29, 2005 Posts: 8
    Mac OS 7.5: Better than Tiger Will Ever Be