The Wide, Wide World of Apple

Started by Barrister, August 24, 2009, 01:50:38 PM

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MadImmortalMan

At the DT concert I went to this weekend, Jordan Rudess was playing an iPhone like an instrument. OMG what can't they do!!!!!!!!!111  :P
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DontSayBanana

Quote from: MadImmortalMan on September 01, 2009, 12:13:10 PM
At the DT concert I went to this weekend, Jordan Rudess was playing an iPhone like an instrument. OMG what can't they do!!!!!!!!!111  :P

You saw DT this weekend? I hate your guts, man. :P

Incidentally, Jordan's a fan of some oddball instruments- I want one of these as soon as I have the ~$6K for a full-size one: Haken Audio Continuum

:mmm:
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DontSayBanana

Oh, and Beeb, a force-eject script wouldn't help- the drive was physically damaged and needed to be replaced. ;)
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MadImmortalMan

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"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers

Eddie Teach

Quote from: DontSayBanana on September 01, 2009, 07:04:54 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on September 01, 2009, 12:13:10 PM
At the DT concert I went to this weekend, Jordan Rudess was playing an iPhone like an instrument. OMG what can't they do!!!!!!!!!111  :P

You saw DT this weekend? I hate your guts, man. :P


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Barrister

Quote from: The Minsky Moment on August 27, 2009, 09:31:27 AM
Quote from: Barrister on August 26, 2009, 05:23:24 PM
the iPod Classic hasn't changed at all for a couple of years.

Exactly.  On release the Classic was at least as good if not slighlty better than the Zune.  Now it is plainly inferior.  Apple has taken its eyes off the core DAP functionality and put all its eggs into the iphone/itouch basket.

For a supposedly superior product then it is interesting that MS is discontinuing all Zunes and focusing their efforts solely on the Zune HD.   :huh:

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/confirmed-all-current-zunes-are-dead-long-live-the-zune-hd.ars
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Barrister

My RAM is here!!!11111

Upgrading now...

:shifty:
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BuddhaRhubarb

:p

Barrister

Quote from: Barrister on September 04, 2009, 08:33:52 PM
My RAM is here!!!11111

Upgrading now...

:shifty:

And done.  That was disappointingly easy.  It took what - 10 minutes?

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Barrister

Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on September 04, 2009, 08:37:43 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 04, 2009, 08:33:52 PM
My RAM is here!!!11111

Upgrading now...

:shifty:

um why the :shifty: :unsure:

Because now I have 10 GB of RAM... :shifty:


And my copy of Snow Leopard only shipped today - a week after ordering :ultra:
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BuddhaRhubarb

apple is notoriously slow for delivery. I have more than one friend waiting for their Iphone they bought last month.
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Barrister

Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on September 04, 2009, 08:52:32 PM
apple is notoriously slow for delivery. I have more than one friend waiting for their Iphone they bought last month.

On the one hand I probably ordered at a bad time - I placed my order the day before SL was "officially" released.  Lots of internet reports of people who pre-ordered well in advance getting the day of release.

But still - not shipping for a week seems poor to me.  :(
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jimmy olsen

Quote from: Barrister on September 04, 2009, 08:45:24 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on September 04, 2009, 08:37:43 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 04, 2009, 08:33:52 PM
My RAM is here!!!11111

Upgrading now...

:shifty:

um why the :shifty: :unsure:

Because now I have 10 GB of RAM... :shifty:


And my copy of Snow Leopard only shipped today - a week after ordering :ultra:
What the hell do you need 10 GB of RAM for? I can run Crysis on medium settings with 4.
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derspiess

Quote from: Barrister on September 03, 2009, 11:58:41 AM
For a supposedly superior product then it is interesting that MS is discontinuing all Zunes and focusing their efforts solely on the Zune HD.   :huh:

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/confirmed-all-current-zunes-are-dead-long-live-the-zune-hd.ars

Which does nothing to disprove the claim that the Zunes are better media devices. 

FWIW, I think it's a mistake.  They should at least keep the Zune 120, just like Apple should keep the iPod Classic.  Until there are 128GB devices out on the market, and they are affordable, there is still a place for high capacity hdd-based media players.

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derspiess

Quote from: Barrister on September 04, 2009, 08:45:24 PM
And my copy of Snow Leopard only shipped today - a week after ordering :ultra:

Make sure you update your version of Flash as soon as you install SL  :!:
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