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1. Comment - Review: Apple's Jaguar is One Cool Cat

   (Aug 23, 2002 - 2:05 AM)

   "Everything is so simplistic it looks like it's designed for ret***s."
   
   Ah, yes. "ret***s" like the former CTO of UUNet, who wrote: "But on the whole, Mac OS X is a dream come true for a Unix user who wants to use the system, not spend all his available cycles trying to get the desktop software to work right."
   
   From http://www.macdevcenter....8/21/switch.html?page=3

2. Comment - Apple Ships Updated 'Jaguar' Beta to Developers

   (Jul 24, 2002 - 6:03 PM)

   Macs are "too expensive" for the "average" person in what sense? I have a 12-year old Mac IIsi and a 10-year old PowerBook Duo 230 that are both still quite useful for word processing and light-duty graphics work. I also have a 6-year old PowerMac 7600/120 that is my webcam server and flatbed scanner workstation. My 2-year old G4/400AGP is my MacOS X 10.1.5 / Photoshop 7 / film scanning workstation, and my 7-month old iBook 500 is my main e-mail/websurfing machine. My main "problem" is that these things are useful for so long that I'm running out of desk space in the house!

3. Comment - Commentary: Apple's Switch Hit

   (Jul 6, 2002 - 3:41 AM)

   "there is no contract guaranteeing them continued use in the ads) and would therefore no longer receive compensation for thir likeness rights somehow does not equate to a financial incentive from Apple to keep uting their products?"
   
   Ever heard of a model release? (I have clients sign those when their pictures are to be used commercially). People who appear on TV in commcercials have to be paid according to standard rates, or else the company that featured them could be liable for litigation later on. Signing a release is not the same as being financially compensated for endorsement of a particular product. But why am I explaining this to you?
   
   Go and preach to the masses about "Firewire" not being free, despite Apple's clear and unambiguous licensing terms. LOL

4. Comment - Commentary: Apple's Switch Hit

   (Jul 6, 2002 - 3:29 AM)

   "And, in your opinion, the fact that if one of those users switched back to Windows they would no longer be featured in the ads (as far as I can tell, there is no contract guaranteeing them continued use in the ads) and would therefore no longer receive compensation for thir likeness rights somehow does not equate to a financial incentive from Apple to keep uting their products?"
   
   Look, why take my word for it? Read Aaron Adams' own blog, I've posted the URL several times, he's the Windows LAN admin who "switched": http://homepage.mac.com/adamsa
   
   Apple doesn't seem to mind that Aaron has a WinXP and FreeBSD machine at home, as well. LOL

5. Comment - Commentary: Apple's Switch Hit

   (Jul 6, 2002 - 3:16 AM)

   "Are there just as many users who have switched from a Mac to Windows and are happy witht he change? Yes. (Heck, there's two just in the office across the hall from me)"
   
   Two data points do not a statistical trend make.
   n = 2 is not a valid sample size
   
   Try finding some bigger numbers of people who ACTUALLY chose to switch TO Windows XP (or any flavor) after using MacOS X for, say, several months (gamers not included -- Windows PCs have many more game titles, so no argument there). But for video editing, graphic design, writing, photo editing, web design, audio engineering, software development, etc. Will someone put up a weblog for THOSE switchers, please, so we can hear THEIR stories?
   
   One restriction: the stories MUST be hosted on the website of a major Tier-1 PC vendor (IBM, Dell, HP, Compaq). :-)