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version conflicts...dunno.
>I use Macs on a fairly regular basis, and if you could see my PC desktop,

>you would see Rocket Dock displayed prominently at the bottom ala
>Mac....(btw, I do own a Mac, just don't use it very often.)"Robert" <

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Re: The PostModernism Generator! [message #76859 is a reply to message #76855] Fri, 08 December 2006 06:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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=TopTechSTD" target="_blank"> http://www.highspeedpc.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY &Category_Code=TopTechSTD
>>>
>>>I bought one back in October and have been too busy to unbox it until
>>>today. Terrible QC. Surfaces were predrilled exactly backwards and
>>>hardware assembly components were missing. It would have cost me more in
>>>time that it was worth to box it back up and ship it back so I redrilled
>>>it and went to Home Depot because I needed to finish this project, but I'm
>>>pissed off and would never buy another one of these. It's a good design
>>>once it'
Re: The PostModernism Generator! [message #76867 is a reply to message #76855] Fri, 08 December 2006 12:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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>> wrote in message
>>>>>news:45a5ca84$1@linux...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "LaMont" <jjdpro@ameritech.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The Treo 700wx does all those things: With a touch screen to boot.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>And while the Iphone syncs perfectly with itunes, the Treo 700 wx

>>>>>>>syncs
>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>Win Media player (with Play for sure technology) which is wayyy
>>>>>>>bettter
>>>>>> than
>>>>>>>itunes..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not knocking the Treo or the BB. I think for a windows user they
>>>> are
>>>>>> p
Re: The PostModernism Generator! [message #76869 is a reply to message #76867] Fri, 08 December 2006 16:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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l, it's a phone/media player/PDA/camera (what did I leave out?).
>> The
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>"reinvention" really has to do with the finger-touch-screen
>>>>>>>>interface,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>right? So we'll see if it lives up to the hype when it ships.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Man, that guy (Mr Jobs) does not quit with his BS.. Please Mr Jobs
>>>> stop
>>>>>>>with
>>>>>>>>> the propaganda.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Heh. It's a good thing you're immune to hyped advertising because

>>>>>>>>we're
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>surrounded by it from all directions.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Next week, if Apple comes out with a new version of Logic, they'll
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> claim
>>>>>>>>> to ahve Re-Invented the DAW..
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>They can claim whatever they want, as long as the next version is
at
>>>>>>>>least as sol
Re: The PostModernism Generator! [message #76870 is a reply to message #76869] Fri, 08 December 2006 16:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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id as the current version, further streamlined in the
UI,
>>>>>>>>and no less capable. :^)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Cheers,
>>>>>>>> -Jamie
>>>>>>>> www.JamieKrutz.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Jamie K <Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Liking a product from a particular company isn't necessarily a
>>>>>>>>>> koolaid
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> proposition. Sometimes engineers earn their fans.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> In this case, it looks like Apple's engineers have done something
>>>>>>>>>> different from other options, with some unique interactive
>>>>>>>>>> features
>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> UI implementations that may well be useful to a lot of people.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Just as Palm and Blackberry have engineered products that have
>>>>>>>>>> earned
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> the loyalty and praise of people who have found they need the
>>>>>>>>>> features
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> they provide.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> We can speculate before the iPhone ships but I'll withhold my

>>>>>>>>>> final
>>>>>>
>>>>>
Re: The PostModernism Generator! [message #76871 is a reply to message #76870] Fri, 08 December 2006 16:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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;>>>>> judgment until it's available to try.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Having said that, my first impression of all three, the iPhone,
>> the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Treo, the Blackberry, is that they ALL seem too big and clumsy
for
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> phones.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> So far, all I want from my phone is that it be a phone, and that
>> it
>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> compact and pocketable. My little fliptop LG does the trick. That
>>>> it's
>>>>>>>a
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> speakerphone is a bonus.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> When I want a computer, I want something with a real screen and
>> a
>>>>>>>>>> keyboard I can really type on, that runs my goto productivity
>>>>>>>>>> applications (video, audio, animation, and graphics apps, plus
all
>>>> my
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> open source office, web and email apps). Which means for those

>>>>>>>>>> times
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> when I need a computer with me, I take my PowerBook.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> When I need a camera, I want a real camera, currently a Canon
>>>>>>>>>> digital
>>>>>>>SLR.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> If I can get by with something small that I can type on, I use
a
>>
>>>>>>>>>> Psion
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> PDA (like a mini-laptop). Also works as a voice recorder. Cool
>>>>>>>>>> little
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> box but long discontinued.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'm resisting the all-in-one device. What if it fails? That's
a
>> lot
>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> eggs in one basket. But I can see the appeal of the all-in-one
if
>>>> it
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> could really cover what I need. None of them quite do that now.
>> None
>>>>>>>of
>>>>>>>>>
>>&g
Re: The PostModernism Generator! [message #76883 is a reply to message #76869] Sat, 09 December 2006 11:23 Go to previous message
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from Apple.
>
>>Some
>>>>recent examples are, Media player, Vista, and Zune. MS just announced
>>at
>>>>CES, that they are going to come out with set top boxes that are like
>the
>>>>Apple TV box. MS/Sony's will be round instead of square, but what color?
>>>> Gloss white like the apple products! It's the same thing. Hey, may
>be
>>>>MS's branded products will be shit brown like the LG products. LOL!
>>>>
>>>>I mention new products to give people here a heads up here. I have mention
>>>>all kinds of products including PC only products. It's the Mac bashing!
>>>> You can't mention any thing Mac or Apple without some bashing here.

>It's
>>>>always the same guys. You have stated in the past that Mac OSX crashes.
>>>> That the guys you work with have told you and you've see it. I've been
>>>>using Mac OSX every day for over five years now with out a crash. I
think
>>>>the other Mac guys here would tell you pretty much the same thing. I
>don't
>>>>know why they would have so much problems, but OSX is for the most part
>>>problem
>>>>free for most users. To state other wise is not correct generally speaking,
>>>>and sounds like typical mac bashing.
>>>>
>>>>I've never had a virus on a Mac and I've been using them everyday since
>>>1994!
>>>> I would say, most of the guys here that use PCs for audio, don't use
>the
>>>>same machine for the internet, to a Mac user that's crazy and laughable.
>>>> A lot of people say that a Mac cost twice as much as a PC, yeah, but
>you
>>>>have to have two of them to safely do what a Mac does. So what's it
cost???
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