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Erika Maroonmark Shock Trooper Member # 5969	written Friday, April 28 2006 17:28 Profile #25 What I think are weird are Windows iPods. -------------------- A C, an E-flat, and a G walk into the Tower of the Magi. Ambrin walks up to them and says, "Hey! It's the Triad!" Kelner snorts and says, "Pretty minor Triad if you ask me." Posts: 242 \| Registered: Thursday, June 16 2005 07:00
Tyranicus Law Bringer Member # 6489	written Friday, April 28 2006 17:33 Profile Homepage #26 Very true. The iPod is most definitely designed for Macintosh users. The fact that it can play AAC and not WMA proves this. For Windows users, a better choice would probably be the Zen line of media players from Creative Labs. They play WMA and WMV files without conversion and can be synchronized with Windows Media Player 10. -------------------- "You're drinking liquor because you're thirsty? How nasty is your freaking water?" —Lazarus Spiderweb Chat Room Avernum RP • Summaries • OoC • Roster Shadow Vale - My site, home of the Spiderweb Chat Database, BoA Scenario Database, & the A1 Quest List, among other things. Posts: 1556 \| Registered: Sunday, November 20 2005 08:00
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Friday, April 28 2006 21:47 Profile Homepage #27 But do they have the iPod's panache? I think not! —Alorael, who finds it absurd that there are still websites that require IE (or Netscape, usually). The world needs to acknowledge the advent of Firefox. Some love for Safari would be nice too. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
E=MC Hammered Infiltrator Member # 1092	written Saturday, April 29 2006 00:18 Profile Homepage #28 quote: Originally written by Kelandon: Do you also find the idea of Microsoft Word (and the rest of Office) or Windows Media Player on Macs odd? These programs all exist in Mac versions, too. I remeber someone telling me that people rather use windows because its more compatibale with everything. Anything you can do on Windows you can do on a Mac but no chance vice versa. -------------------- When you think you can't get any lower in life and hit rock bottom, God hands you a shovel. Why should I say somthin intelligent when idiots like you make me look intelligent in the first place. Posts: 615 \| Registered: Friday, May 3 2002 07:00
E=MC Hammered Infiltrator Member # 1092	written Saturday, April 29 2006 00:20 Profile Homepage #29 quote: Originally written by Kelandon: Do you also find the idea of Microsoft Word (and the rest of Office) or Windows Media Player on Macs odd? These programs all exist in Mac versions, too. I remeber someone telling me that people rather use windows because its more compatibale with everything. Anything you can do on Windows you can do on a Mac but no chance vice versa. -------------------- When you think you can't get any lower in life and hit rock bottom, God hands you a shovel. Why should I say somthin intelligent when idiots like you make me look intelligent in the first place. Posts: 615 \| Registered: Friday, May 3 2002 07:00
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, April 29 2006 01:51 Profile Homepage #30 I remember someone telling me the world was flat. I decided not to believe him. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Drew By Committee Member # 4233	written Saturday, April 29 2006 07:02 Profile #31 quote: Originally written by Tyranicus: Very true. The iPod is most definitely designed for Macintosh users. The fact that it can play AAC and not WMA proves this. For Windows users, a better choice would probably be the Zen line of media players from Creative Labs. They play WMA and WMV files without conversion and can be synchronized with Windows Media Player 10. What sort of logic is that? I guarantee there are more iPod owners using Windows than Macs. AAC is a format type that Apple uses as a part of its business strategy. I'm pretty certain if they wanted to they could adapt iTunes and iPod software to support WMA. Posts: 2242 \| Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00
Tyranicus Law Bringer Member # 6489	written Saturday, April 29 2006 07:54 Profile Homepage #32 iTunes can convert WMA files, but Creative's players can actually play them without conversion. I fail to see how saying that "everyone has an iPod" can be used to say that they are the best players for Windows. This simply is not true. If you look at it based soley on feature, as opposed to the cultural "OMG teh iPod is so kewl!", Creative makes a better product for Windows users quote: Originally written by Kelandon: Do you also find the idea of Microsoft Word (and the rest of Office) or Windows Media Player on Macs odd? These programs all exist in Mac versions, too. Office for Macs does not seem odd to me. It is basically the standard for business applications. Internet Exporer is an integral part of Windows though. -------------------- "You're drinking liquor because you're thirsty? How nasty is your freaking water?" —Lazarus Spiderweb Chat Room Avernum RP • Summaries • OoC • Roster Shadow Vale - My site, home of the Spiderweb Chat Database, BoA Scenario Database, & the A1 Quest List, among other things. Posts: 1556 \| Registered: Sunday, November 20 2005 08:00
The Almighty Doer of Stuff Shaper Member # 73	written Saturday, April 29 2006 08:32 Profile #33 Except Zen players are massively enormous and freeze all the time. Still, I like it. No stupid circular interface. -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 \| Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Tyranicus Law Bringer Member # 6489	written Saturday, April 29 2006 08:35 Profile Homepage #34 Mine has never frozen on me, and the newest ones are about the same size as iPods. I think I'll stop now though. If sing any more praises, don't hesitate to silence me. :P [ Saturday, April 29, 2006 08:39: Message edited by: Tyranicus ] -------------------- "You're drinking liquor because you're thirsty? How nasty is your freaking water?" —Lazarus Spiderweb Chat Room Avernum RP • Summaries • OoC • Roster Shadow Vale - My site, home of the Spiderweb Chat Database, BoA Scenario Database, & the A1 Quest List, among other things. Posts: 1556 \| Registered: Sunday, November 20 2005 08:00
dareva Infiltrator Member # 3220	written Saturday, April 29 2006 08:59 Profile #35 quote: Originally written by Cairo Jim: quote: Originally written by Kelandon: Do you also find the idea of Microsoft Word (and the rest of Office) or Windows Media Player on Macs odd? These programs all exist in Mac versions, too. I remeber someone telling me that people rather use windows because its more compatibale with everything. Anything you can do on Windows you can do on a Mac but no chance vice versa. Isn't the reason for that that simply more people use Windows? Why make something for relatively few users when you could make something for more users? Posts: 437 \| Registered: Sunday, July 13 2003 07:00
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Saturday, April 29 2006 09:46 Profile Homepage #36 quote: Originally written by Easel of Utility: Some love for Safari would be nice too. Yay Safari! Almost as good as Firefox! -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
E=MC Hammered Infiltrator Member # 1092	written Saturday, April 29 2006 19:01 Profile Homepage #37 quote: Originally written by dareva: quote: Originally written by Cairo Jim: quote: Originally written by Kelandon: Do you also find the idea of Microsoft Word (and the rest of Office) or Windows Media Player on Macs odd? These programs all exist in Mac versions, too. I remeber someone telling me that people rather use windows because its more compatibale with everything. Anything you can do on Windows you can do on a Mac but no chance vice versa. Isn't the reason for that that simply more people use Windows? Why make something for relatively few users when you could make something for more users? Macs are more reliable. They have less, if at any, viruses. They seem to go as fast as a Windows machine at least three times the processor speed. -------------------- When you think you can't get any lower in life and hit rock bottom, God hands you a shovel. Why should I say somthin intelligent when idiots like you make me look intelligent in the first place. Posts: 615 \| Registered: Friday, May 3 2002 07:00
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Saturday, April 29 2006 19:40 Profile Homepage #38 Ah, the good old Macs vs. Windows debate. :P Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Tyranicus Law Bringer Member # 6489	written Saturday, April 29 2006 20:48 Profile Homepage #39 quote: Originally written by Cairo Jim: They seem to go as fast as a Windows machine at least three times the processor speed. Au contraire, that is no longer true. Now that Macs and PCs use the same processors, speed is as much a factor for Macs as it is for PCs. Also, the clock rate of a processor means very little these days anyway. What really matters is the front-side bus speed. [ Saturday, April 29, 2006 20:51: Message edited by: Tyranicus ] -------------------- "You're drinking liquor because you're thirsty? How nasty is your freaking water?" —Lazarus Spiderweb Chat Room Avernum RP • Summaries • OoC • Roster Shadow Vale - My site, home of the Spiderweb Chat Database, BoA Scenario Database, & the A1 Quest List, among other things. Posts: 1556 \| Registered: Sunday, November 20 2005 08:00
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Saturday, April 29 2006 21:07 Profile Homepage #40 quote: Originally written by Tyranicus: Now that Macs and PCs use the same processors, speed is as much a factor for Macs as it is for PCs. Also, the clock rate of a processor means very little these days anyway. What really matters is the front-side bus speed. If there were any such quick and easy way to determine speed, benchmarks wouldn't exist. They do, and Macs still seem to perform better than their numbers would indicate, or so I have been led to believe. Of course, there are also claims that Mac hardware running Windows with Boot Camp outperform "comparable" PC hardware. That seems rather odd. —Alorael, who hopes someone will investigate the placebo effect in computing. Does attaching an Apple logo inspire processors to greater efforts? Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Croikle Shock Trooper Member # 125	written Saturday, April 29 2006 22:12 Profile #41 I really don't want this to degenerate into a flamewar, so I'll be careful here, and advise others to do the same. Disclaimer: I am a Mac person, and I don't know that much about the other side of the fence. I'm not sure how a current Mac compares to a similarly equipped Core Duo-based system from another manufacturer (which is probably what you're talking about), but I do know that on a Mac some software runs faster on Windows (through Boot Camp) than natively on OS X, and sometimes it's the other way around. This is likely because of differing amounts of optimization, though operating system efficiency might come into play. It is interesting that we can now compare OS X and Windows on the same machine, and this may provide insight into the speed of the inner workings of the systems. I like the idea of an Apple logo placebo effect. However, maybe it's more sinister than that: Steve Jobs places a piece of his soul inside every logo, and his legendary mercurial management technique scares the hardware into performing better. Separate components actually influence each other to work harder, since the logic board (for example) won't have much fun if the power supply gets fired. I guess we could test this effect by using those stickers that they give you with a new Mac; however, they're likely to be less potent, and may simply employ mind control to influence viewers to buy more Macs. Ack, now I'm thinking of an RPG where there are magic Apple logos enchanted with special properties: rainbow grants an armor bonus (or maybe the metallic on the tank-like G5 tower should do that..), an Aqua bubble logo allows the user to walk on water, and so on. Hm, I seem to have wandered rather far from whatever I meant to say when I started this post. Perhaps I should stop now. -------------------- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup. Posts: 256 \| Registered: Monday, October 8 2001 07:00
E=MC Hammered Infiltrator Member # 1092	written Saturday, April 29 2006 22:25 Profile Homepage #42 quote: Originally written by Erika Maroonmark: What I think are weird are Windows iPods. Are you kidding me? How blasphemous... -------------------- When you think you can't get any lower in life and hit rock bottom, God hands you a shovel. Why should I say somthin intelligent when idiots like you make me look intelligent in the first place. Posts: 615 \| Registered: Friday, May 3 2002 07:00
Tyranicus. Dollop of Whipped Cream Member # 391	written Sunday, April 30 2006 01:58 Profile Homepage #43 quote: Originally written by Erika Maroonmark: What I think are weird are Windows iPods. I think that comment was weird. 99% of the people I know, irl, have windows. And at least 80% of them have ipods. Although, honestly, now that I think about it: we are all a bunch of weirdos! -------------------- "Tyranicus is about the only one that still posts in the Nethergate Forum." —Randomizer Spiderweb Chat Room Shadow Vale - My site, home of the Spiderweb Chat Database, BoA Scenario Database, & the A1 Quest List, among other things. Posts: 562 \| Registered: Friday, December 14 2001 08:00
Dallerdin with a custom moniker. Shock Trooper Member # 3898	written Sunday, April 30 2006 04:00 Profile #44 quote: Originally written by Croikle: I like the idea of an Apple logo placebo effect. However, maybe it's more sinister than that: Steve Jobs places a piece of his soul inside every logo, and his legendary mercurial management technique scares the hardware into performing better. Separate components actually influence each other to work harder, since the logic board (for example) won't have much fun if the power supply gets fired. ...see, now I'm thinking about those Intel Inside logos. -------------------- ~Note : The professional newbie's advice should not be taken seriously, or at all.~ L I N K A G E Posts: 364 \| Registered: Saturday, January 17 2004 08:00
Erika Maroonmark Shock Trooper Member # 5969	written Sunday, April 30 2006 06:53 Profile #45 But aren't there any number of MP3 players that work with Windows? Will porting iTunes and iPods to Windows help Apple that much? Because if iTunes is so great, there's one less perk of having a Mac… [ Sunday, April 30, 2006 06:53: Message edited by: Erika Maroonmark ] -------------------- A C, an E-flat, and a G walk into the Tower of the Magi. Ambrin walks up to them and says, "Hey! It's the Triad!" Kelner snorts and says, "Pretty minor Triad if you ask me." Posts: 242 \| Registered: Thursday, June 16 2005 07:00
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Sunday, April 30 2006 08:57 Profile Homepage #46 Phrase that question in the past tense. Apple already ported iTunes to Windows and made iPods compatible with it. I think it's fairly safe to say that it did help Apple's business, given how much money they've made off of selling iPods to Windows-users without an appreciable decline in Mac sales. In fact, I think that, statistically, buying an iPod makes a person more likely to buy a Mac, not less. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
dareva Infiltrator Member # 3220	written Sunday, April 30 2006 13:57 Profile #47 Yawn...the old debate bores me to tears. I have no feeling one way or another, as I have used Macs for years and currently have a rather crotchety laptop running Win XP. It does what I want it to do, and that's all that I ask. If someone wishes to buy me a new Mac for comparison purposes, I won't say no to it. Posts: 437 \| Registered: Sunday, July 13 2003 07:00
The Immortal BANNED Member # 4	written Sunday, April 30 2006 18:00 Profile Homepage #48 I like the computer where I can type on a keyboard and do the thingies and play games and see and hear what I do and things. I use the kind that does that. -------------------- * Posts: 6936 \| Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00