Daryle, this is the third e-mail I've gotten today on this. In the other two, I pointed out my problem with the potential closure issue, and tossed in my worries about the Potential Rambunctious Child/Puppy Problem. The drive issue is a place I never thought to go. Sometimes, I *want* to throw my own stuff into a computer, because the stuff it comes with doesn't always float my boat. I don't always like working over a network, because, sometimes, stuff I pick up online is stuff I pick up for *myself*, not everyone else on the line. Downloading movies? Not a massive priority for me anymore, surprisingly. The friend who sent me the second missive on the matter sent it with the subject line, "I WANT ONE." (She's also Apple-for-Life.) Can't fault her. I have done some work on Apples, and they fly fine. Just not my cuppa. Sometimes, I *like* to fight my system. Helps provide stress relief.
Daryle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yeah I saw this. It¹s basically iPod Mega, and though this is a great machine for kids and students, I would wait until they fix what¹s wrong with this one (like the battery life on a machine that turns on when it opens -- or is left open,which is pretty likely on a machine one inch thick) and re-release it for $900 in colors you actually want. And don¹t miss THIS part, folks: ³The machine doesn't come with a built-in optical drive for reading CDs > and DVDs, a feature Jobs says consumers won't miss because they can > download movies and music over the Internet and access the optical drives on other PCs and Macs to install new software.² Screeeeeech so wait. You can install and RUN software from another computer on your wireless network on this new Macbook? Are you MAD?!! Go Go Gadget PIRACY! This is one of the craziest things I¹ve heard in a long time, and this is EXACTLY why the music industry is mad at Apple. Here comes Microsoft halting development of Office for Mac because peple won¹t need to buy it anymore. All I need is to go to Starbucks and find someone with the program on their HD, upload, install -- and boom. $800 in software for the cost of a latte. I have been an Apple person since the 80s but this is not the Apple Computer, Inc. I signed on for. I may be using that HP TX 1200 soon, folks. But uhm...hold the Vista. On 1/15/08 3:03 PM, "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > ASAN FRANCISCO Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs took the wraps > off a super-slim new laptop at Macworld Tuesday, unveiling a personal > computer less than an inch thick that turns on the moment it's opened. > > Jobs also confirmed the tech giant's foray into online movie rentals, > revealing an alliance with all six major movie studios to offer films > over high-speed Internet connections 30 days after they're released on DVD. > > Always a showman, Jobs unwound the string on a standard-sized manila > office envelope and slid out the ultra-thin MacBook Air notebook > computer to coos and peals of laughter from fans at the conference. > > At its beefiest, the new computer is .76 inches thick; at its thinnest, > it's .16 inches, he said. It comes standard with an 80-gigabyte hard > drive, with the option of a 64GB flash-based solid state drive as an > upgrade. > The machine doesn't come with a built-in optical drive for reading CDs > and DVDs, a feature Jobs says consumers won't miss because they can > download movies and music over the Internet and access the optical > drives on other PCs and Macs to install new software. They can buy an > external drive, however, that will retail for $99. > > Trading in Apple stock was heavy Tuesday, the first day of the Macworld > Conference & Expo in San Francisco. It fell 5.52 percent to $168.91 at > midday. > > The new laptop, which has a 13.3-inch screen and full-sized laptop > keyboard, will cost $1,799 when it goes on sale in two weeks, though > Apple is taking orders now. The company's Web site is already touting > the machine. The price is competitive with other laptops in its market > segment. > > The machine helps fortify Apple's already-sizzling Macintosh product > lineup and burnish its polished image as a purveyor of cool. > > Apple's Macintosh business hit record sales of 7 million units in the > company's fiscal 2007, up more than 30 percent from the previous year. > > After hovering for years with a 2 percent to 3 percent share of the > personal computer market in the United States, Apple's slice has grown > to almost 8 percent, making it the nation's third-largest PC vendor, > according to the latest figures from market researcher Gartner Inc. > > Other revelations during Jobs' keynote address reflected the > Cupertino-based company's intensifying efforts to push deeper into > consumers' living rooms with technologies that blend Internet technology > into home entertainment devices. > > The movie-rental announcement capped months of speculation that an Apple > movie rental service was in the offing. The service launched Tuesday in > the United States and will roll out internationally later this year. > > Apple will have more than 1,000 movies for online rental through iTunes > by the end of February, with prices of $2.99 for older movies and $3.99 > for new releases. Users can watch instantly over a broadband Internet > connection, or download and keep the movie for 30 days while having 24 > hours to finish the movie once it's started. > > Titles will be available within 30 days of their DVD release. > > Apple is partnering with 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers, Walt Disney, > Paramount, Universal and Sony on the service, which will work on Macs, > Windows-based machines, iPhones, iPods or Apple TV set-top boxes. > > Jobs also unveiled a string of new features for the iPhone, showing how > users of the combination iPod-cell phone-Internet surfing device can now > pinpoint their location on Web maps, text-message multiple people at > once and customize their home screens. > > Jobs also said Apple has sold 4 million iPhones during their first 200 > days on sale. > > The crowd applauded when Jobs demonstrated mapping upgrades to the > iPhone. Other features rolling out Tuesday included the ability to > switch around icons on the iPhones home screen. Users also can create up > to nine home screens. > > Jobs also unveiled new software for the iPod Touch music player. New > models will have be able to process e-mail and perform new mapping > functions. > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/15/thinnovation-jobs-announ_n_81612.html > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country" --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
