No, maybe you don't stick a disc in an iPhone, but neither do you stick a
thumb drive in your iPhone. You can't back up your phone without using a
computer, thus your comparison is irelivant.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Moore" <moor...@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: Digital Distribution, was Re: macbook pro or macbook air?
I have a pile of blank CDs, to be honest I can't see me using them, I do not
even create MP3 or Audio CDs anymore. The only thing I have on Disc are DVD
or Blu-ray, but with my Apple TV I can see them being boxed up and placed in
storage soon. Can anyone remember how expensive blank CD and DVD used to
cost? Thumb drives will come down in price soon enough, but do we stick a
CD in our iPhones? no and we have managed to live without it too and the
PC/Mac or whatever the post computer device will be, will also live without
it.
Who knows maybe the basic OS will become embedded and then you just download
all the bells and whistles.
I know this was tried before by Sun in the 90s with their net computing, but
that failed because data speeds were too slow then unless you had ISDN or a
posh 56k US Robotics :)
On 17 May 2011, at 08:22, Isaac Obie wrote:
Hello Brandt,
I have two computers on my desk and one has no floppy drive. there's a n
occassional need to transfer a single file between the two units. I use a
thumbdrive for this.
I use the same thumbdrive to transfer files between my pc and macbook. So
I am already using jthis format.. I don't spend a lot of time debating
which format to use. I just use what's handy and this is the simplest
method at the present. It's certainly cheaper than putting a single file
on a cd to transfer it.
Isaac
----- Original Message ----- From: "brandt" <brandt.steenk...@gmail.com>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 1:58 AM
Subject: Re: Digital Distribution, was Re: macbook pro or macbook air?
I still don't believe that thumb drives is the solution, not for now, at
least. They are still more expensive than disks.
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Brandt Steenkamp
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Howell" <scottn3...@gmail.com>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 12:05 AM
Subject: Re: Digital Distribution, was Re: macbook pro or macbook air?
Not at all since you can always use a flash disk or external drive. In
fact the MacBook Air is shipped with a flash disk that contains the OS.
On May 16, 2011, at 12:36 PM, brandt wrote:
If as you say, optical drives go the way of the Dodo, what will you do
if whatever opperating system die? If whare as of now, you can install
off of a DVD, what will you do when you don't have that anymore? If your
only computer whent crash, you're truely screwed!
Warm regards,
Brandt Steenkamp
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Howell" <scottn3...@gmail.com>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: Digital Distribution, was Re: macbook pro or macbook air?
I have to agree with Ricardo. There are risks no matter what form of
commerce you engage in, but digital commerce is generally more secure
and efficient. APple would not have gone in this direction if it was not
a benefit to them and their customers.
Sony screwed themselves and in all fairness and as I have always said,
any computer connected to a network is subject to being hacked. The
issue is really being on top of your systems and always watching for
these issues. THis does apply to companies as well as individuals.
On May 16, 2011, at 11:19 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
So what?
For most, the convenience will out weigh the risk. There will always
be security risks. This doesn't stop most of us from using credit
cards? And digital music downloads has already passed CD sales. So,
the writing is already on the wall.
Ricardo Walker
rwalker...@gmail.com
Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296
www.mobileaccess.org
On May 16, 2011, at 7:04 AM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote:
Hey. Ricardo said he following statement.
Yeah but optical drives are going the way of the dinosaur. We have
iTunes, amazon, netflix, and other sources to obtain media content.
You want an app, just download it from the web or the Mac app store.
Don't be surprised in 2 years, if all macbooks follow the air and get
rid of their optical drives.
I don't think digital distribution will take over CD's or DVD's just
yet. I know most of you don't play video games, but if you heard it on
the radio, you'd know that Sony's Playstation Network has been down
for the past month. As it was down, people were concerned about
identity thef, because the reason why it was down is because someone
hacked into the network. So if you ask me, it'll take more than 2
years for digital distribution to take effect. I wouldn't be surprised
if someone hacks into Itunes or the App Store.
Shawn
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