THX1139
Nov 13, 04:26 PM
Yeah I know Apple's policy on low pricing to sell hardware and I think it's brilliant. I don't know why they drop the software after a while though, discontinuing Shake didn't make any sense.
I'm going to speculate about what happened. When Jobs brought Pixar to Disney and joined their board of directors, he was thinking that would be a good fit for the Macpro line of computers and software. It probably bothered him that Pixar (and Disney) were not using Apple computers and software to crunch all of those pixels. I'm pretty sure he saw that as an opportunity to get Apple further into that market.
Then along comes the success of iPhone and consumer level products that began to consume most of Apple resources. It was a fairly fresh market with much potential for massive profits. Shortly after that, Apple Computer changed it's name to just "Apple" and then diverted most of it's attention towards the market that we see today. Apple sold off any professional applications that they deemed to niche or required extensive resources to develop. I'm sure they hung onto FCS simply because there was some profit, and to feed Steve's ego. However, they haven't been that motivated to keep it on the forefront because they didn't have the resources, nor the motivation.
I'm pretty sure that if you were to ask most of the people on the board of directors at Apple if they should keep the professional line, I'm sure that most of them would say no. The money is not in that sector compared to consumer devices and content delivery. As each day goes by, the Mac professional line of computers and software are becoming more and more a niche product and I think that Apple will eventually discontinue them and become solely a consumer product company. They will make devices for the everyday consumer and sell/rent/commission content to deliver to those devices. It's a multi-billion dollar industry that is only going to get bigger. The professional line is not close to being as profitable and it takes a lot of resources to stay current. My guess is that it will be phased out over the next 5 years. How? By slowing down the updates until the pros migrate to other systems. Eventually, Apple will declare the market dead and stop production. By then, no one will care. But don't worry, you'll have a really cool iPhone and still be able to buy an iMac. :rolleyes:
I'm going to speculate about what happened. When Jobs brought Pixar to Disney and joined their board of directors, he was thinking that would be a good fit for the Macpro line of computers and software. It probably bothered him that Pixar (and Disney) were not using Apple computers and software to crunch all of those pixels. I'm pretty sure he saw that as an opportunity to get Apple further into that market.
Then along comes the success of iPhone and consumer level products that began to consume most of Apple resources. It was a fairly fresh market with much potential for massive profits. Shortly after that, Apple Computer changed it's name to just "Apple" and then diverted most of it's attention towards the market that we see today. Apple sold off any professional applications that they deemed to niche or required extensive resources to develop. I'm sure they hung onto FCS simply because there was some profit, and to feed Steve's ego. However, they haven't been that motivated to keep it on the forefront because they didn't have the resources, nor the motivation.
I'm pretty sure that if you were to ask most of the people on the board of directors at Apple if they should keep the professional line, I'm sure that most of them would say no. The money is not in that sector compared to consumer devices and content delivery. As each day goes by, the Mac professional line of computers and software are becoming more and more a niche product and I think that Apple will eventually discontinue them and become solely a consumer product company. They will make devices for the everyday consumer and sell/rent/commission content to deliver to those devices. It's a multi-billion dollar industry that is only going to get bigger. The professional line is not close to being as profitable and it takes a lot of resources to stay current. My guess is that it will be phased out over the next 5 years. How? By slowing down the updates until the pros migrate to other systems. Eventually, Apple will declare the market dead and stop production. By then, no one will care. But don't worry, you'll have a really cool iPhone and still be able to buy an iMac. :rolleyes:
MaxBurn
May 3, 04:57 PM
Thanks.
g30ffr3y
Dec 28, 06:07 PM
i cant get to a mac right now and my girlfriend
is bothering me about what the tracks are...
thanks.
is bothering me about what the tracks are...
thanks.
Hisdem
Apr 14, 05:53 PM
You have no idea, I would put more into a car than I would a relationship.
/inb4 maybethatswhyyouveneverhadagirlfriend
Story of my life.
/inb4 maybethatswhyyouveneverhadagirlfriend
Story of my life.
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forkspoon
Sep 1, 07:46 AM
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ericinboston
Mar 23, 11:23 AM
Like OMG, I had the craziest thought! What if MacRumors had more articles about...Mac Rumors?! Whoa whoa wee wow, that would be so cool.
*Face Palm.
Boring stuff.
Exactly....so many articles about NON Mac stuff....like:
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*Face Palm.
Boring stuff.
Exactly....so many articles about NON Mac stuff....like:
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rxse7en
Jul 26, 11:28 PM
Just make sure your cable provider allows you to record from it. Make sure the signals are not encrypted.
I purchased EyeTV500 and after I figure out the only way to record HDTV was from over the air antenna. I returned it to Elgato after I found out I would have to spend good amount of money buying a really good outdoor antenna plus make holes in the wall and etc. to be able to connect it to my EyeTV and computer.
That's a good point! Grrrr... Always something. I just checked ElGato's site and they don't offer an HDTV over Sat solution that I can see.
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I purchased EyeTV500 and after I figure out the only way to record HDTV was from over the air antenna. I returned it to Elgato after I found out I would have to spend good amount of money buying a really good outdoor antenna plus make holes in the wall and etc. to be able to connect it to my EyeTV and computer.
That's a good point! Grrrr... Always something. I just checked ElGato's site and they don't offer an HDTV over Sat solution that I can see.
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heyp
Oct 9, 03:26 PM
can anyone confirm no additional themes like in the original tweetie? it may sound lame but i liked the chat bubble theme and was one of the reasons i bought tweetie in the first place
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rdowns
Feb 14, 12:19 PM
iMod.
Damn you, seafood bisque all over my KB and monitor. Good thing I'm at work on the Dell.
Damn you, seafood bisque all over my KB and monitor. Good thing I'm at work on the Dell.
nicname
Apr 19, 07:56 AM
ok so my new 2010 MBP has been extremely slow and I was instructed to go into my disk utilities and to repair disk permissions and to verify them. I did so.
I was also instructed to take this pics here and hopefully someone can help me speed up my mac.
Would i need to use Onyx. file:///Users/Nick/Desktop/Screen%20shot%202011-04-19%20at%208.51.46%20AM.png
I was also instructed to take this pics here and hopefully someone can help me speed up my mac.
Would i need to use Onyx. file:///Users/Nick/Desktop/Screen%20shot%202011-04-19%20at%208.51.46%20AM.png
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shakerhead
Dec 15, 03:35 PM
Why isn't the iPad listed under the Buyer's Guide?
tinman0
Apr 28, 08:40 AM
They are still expecting to sell 5 million.
5m at an average turnover of $650 EACH....
5m at an average turnover of $650 EACH....
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ten-oak-druid
Apr 29, 03:39 PM
Sounds like everything Apple just went through with Antenna-Gate and the White iPhone 4. It happens to everyone.
I don't think this is the case. RIMM is not doing well.
Unusual Price Movement Detected - (TSE: RIM.TO) (http://www.tickrwatch.com/2011/04/unusual-price-movement-detected-tse_29.html)
Posted by Eric Savoie at 3:30 PM
Shares of Research In Motion Limited (TSE: RIM) fell by 15.1% or $-8.13/share to $45.7. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $44.94 and as high as $73.98. On average, 1956300 shares of RIM.TO exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 8273998. The shares are currently trading below the 50-day and 200-day moving averages which indicates that the shares have been experiencing downward momemtum. The stock may bounce back to test the 200-day moving average. Thus, you may want to pay close attention for a move up to the $55.63 area but be careful because the stock may face selling pressure at this level.
I don't think this is the case. RIMM is not doing well.
Unusual Price Movement Detected - (TSE: RIM.TO) (http://www.tickrwatch.com/2011/04/unusual-price-movement-detected-tse_29.html)
Posted by Eric Savoie at 3:30 PM
Shares of Research In Motion Limited (TSE: RIM) fell by 15.1% or $-8.13/share to $45.7. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $44.94 and as high as $73.98. On average, 1956300 shares of RIM.TO exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 8273998. The shares are currently trading below the 50-day and 200-day moving averages which indicates that the shares have been experiencing downward momemtum. The stock may bounce back to test the 200-day moving average. Thus, you may want to pay close attention for a move up to the $55.63 area but be careful because the stock may face selling pressure at this level.
LightSpeed1
Apr 4, 08:37 PM
They will. Most likely - free DROID :pAs funny as that is your probably right. So sad :(
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xPismo
Jan 9, 03:57 PM
I should thank Steve Jobs...Amount to be spent as a result of this keynote - �0
AppleTV - pointless.
iPhone - beautiful. I'm NEVER spending that much on a phone. EVER.
New Airport Extreme - cost twice what it should.
Yeah, I dont have component or an HD TV at the moment, I have a better box for wireless than any airportex, and I'd rather have a cheap phone that wont be janked than such a flash phone with only 8gb ipod ability.
I want my widescreen 80gb iPod please.
AppleTV - pointless.
iPhone - beautiful. I'm NEVER spending that much on a phone. EVER.
New Airport Extreme - cost twice what it should.
Yeah, I dont have component or an HD TV at the moment, I have a better box for wireless than any airportex, and I'd rather have a cheap phone that wont be janked than such a flash phone with only 8gb ipod ability.
I want my widescreen 80gb iPod please.
mdelvecchio
Apr 4, 05:08 PM
So because you don't like Financial Times it's okay for everyone that they are holding out iPad subscriptions. This is exactly what's wrong with you Apple fanboys.
You should be penalizing Apple for allowing this to happen. but instead you jump for joy.
...clearly you dont value your privacy as much as i do. *i* want to own my customer data. *i* want to decide who gets to use it.. i do *not* want a newspaper to own and sell my data to others.
thus, im pleased w/ iOS policies, at the expense of devious marketeers.
You should be penalizing Apple for allowing this to happen. but instead you jump for joy.
...clearly you dont value your privacy as much as i do. *i* want to own my customer data. *i* want to decide who gets to use it.. i do *not* want a newspaper to own and sell my data to others.
thus, im pleased w/ iOS policies, at the expense of devious marketeers.
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Neo91
May 14, 05:13 AM
Hallo,
I want to know, when the next Macworld is, because I am waiting for the new MacBook Pro and I hope it will be presented on the next Macworld!
Thx
CYa
I want to know, when the next Macworld is, because I am waiting for the new MacBook Pro and I hope it will be presented on the next Macworld!
Thx
CYa
ECUpirate44
Feb 4, 06:53 PM
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maclaptop
May 1, 08:59 PM
.mac then mobile me, now castle.
Change, again. ugh. Let's hope it's free this time!
Steve will go on and on about how revolutionary it is, then inform us its only $29.00 per month on a one year contract.
First my address was @mac.com, then @me.com,
I'm not about to sign up for @screwed.com
Change, again. ugh. Let's hope it's free this time!
Steve will go on and on about how revolutionary it is, then inform us its only $29.00 per month on a one year contract.
First my address was @mac.com, then @me.com,
I'm not about to sign up for @screwed.com
munkle
Feb 8, 02:34 PM
Try the Search button... ;)
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=99780&highlight=ipod+download
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=101451&highlight=ipod+download
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=100589&highlight=podworks
etc, etc.
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=99780&highlight=ipod+download
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=101451&highlight=ipod+download
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=100589&highlight=podworks
etc, etc.
cecildk9999
Nov 20, 02:16 PM
As for design, I'm REALLY hoping for a flip phone -- but something tells me Apple is going to go with a candy bar design. The only reason I hate those is because no matter HOW complicated it is to lock/unlock the keys, it manages to ALWAYS happen in my pocket. And then I unknowingly place calls to people without realizing it, which is my worst nightmare.
Yeah, the candybar design seems to be the general consensus, though I'd consider one depending on what it has to offer. I made the switch to a flip phone after my old candybar type accidentally made calls to the police (even if the keys are locked, apparently 911 still goes through); I had a very awkward conversation over the phone, as I got a call back after one of these calls was placed asking if everything was alright :o . I think because I was watching Goldfinger, they heard gunshots and yells. My new phone just randomly takes pictures in my pocket. :confused:
Yeah, the candybar design seems to be the general consensus, though I'd consider one depending on what it has to offer. I made the switch to a flip phone after my old candybar type accidentally made calls to the police (even if the keys are locked, apparently 911 still goes through); I had a very awkward conversation over the phone, as I got a call back after one of these calls was placed asking if everything was alright :o . I think because I was watching Goldfinger, they heard gunshots and yells. My new phone just randomly takes pictures in my pocket. :confused:
French iPod
Dec 1, 04:15 PM
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Apr 29, 05:14 PM
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axeldtf
Apr 20, 04:09 PM
Mine for a little while...
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