As one savant endanger to leave the Mac , another one arrives . But this one has the Macalope enquire if it is n’t time for a border fence . Then , picking on the Mac mini ? Why do n’t you blame on someone your own size !
Saturday Special: Break-ups can be painful
Last week , the Macalope wonder if Dan Gillmor was being clear on precisely why he was entrust the Mac . Apparently therewon’t be any love lose , however .
Such boundless execrate the Apple fanboys have for anyone who does n’t idolize in their church …
Oh , dear . Insulting and , worse , lazytropes on Twitter ? What is the world fall to ?
Presumably responding to the Macalope ’s pal , Glenn Fleishman , Gillmor then said :
It ’s a lot more than that . And you still neglect fact that Apple wo n’t let customers run OS it still supports on basically equivalent Macs
OK , then , here ’s the thing about that . It might be a valid contestation if you had pop the question a reason why you do n’t want to promote to Lion , but you did n’t . Lion is more unassailable than Snow Leopard , and has a ton of new features . If you do n’t like them , almost all of them can be turned off or ignored , with the exception of Versions . But you did n’t complain about adaptation . You did n’t complain about any specifics at all . You just bemoaned Apple ’s “ dominance - freakery ” which makes little to no sentiency since , as the Macalope pointed out , Lion is not locked down like Io is .
We ’re not need you to appease . We ’re not expect that you like what Apple does . We ’re just ask that you make sense .
There goes the neighborhood
If you ’re an onetime - school Apple fan , the last ten years have probably been exhilarating , but also perhaps somewhat bewildering . As the ranks of Mac user have swelled , no longer can you find an easy camaraderie with a MacBook user you might see in an airport , or aniMac exploiter in a coffee shop .
These young hoi polloi do n’t even know the handshake ! And some of them arereallyuncomfortable with the hugging . What’sthatall about ? What happen to our country ?
Still , all these years we ’ve welcomed them because , well , Apple needed the money . But now the Macalope ’s wonder if there should n’t be some sorting of minimum entrance test to keep the riffraff out .
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MikeElgan ?
Mike fricking Elgan ? !
Are you sure we ’re talking about the same person ?
Because , guys , we ask to have a meeting about this . Being a tri - species beast himself , the Macalope isveryinclusive but …
Mike Elgan ?
Really ?
The same Mike Elgan who say thatthe Zune “ frighten away Apple to its core ” , which is both a awful play on news and so freshwater bass ackwards it has gills ? The same Mike Elgan who enjoin thatApple was the new Microsoftbecause the iPod expect you to apply iTunes ? The same Mike Elgan whocalled Apple “ arrogant”because it put a “ blue screen of dying ” on the microcomputer in OS X ’s networking window ? The same Mike Elgan who said this weekthat Google+ makes Twitter obsolete ?
That does n’t have anything to do with Apple , but it ’s still stupid . And still full of the same stock metaphors .
Theexactsame tired metaphor .
Here ’s Elgan today :
Google launch its Google+ societal site about three weeks ago . The website ’s stark violent storm of social lineament will sink Twitter .
And here ’s Elgan in 2006 :
Microsoft is hatching a consumer media ‘ double-dyed tempest ’ .
orchard apple tree rooter acquire iPod will look Zune in the food market , mano a mano , like other media player . But that ’s not the case . Zune will be supported and promoted and will leverage the corporate magnate of Windows XP , Windows Vista , Soapbox ( Microsoft ’s new “ YouTube killer ” ) and the Xbox 360 .
Vista . AndSoapbox . He really write that .
Look , the Macalope ’s as open - minded as the next man - computer - wolf . But is it too much to ask that we have some standards ?
Inflammariffic
In these tough economical times the Macalope is indisputable that it ’s hard to stand firm the siren ’s song of troll for smasher . Particularly when hits pay the bills , like they do over at DealMac .
costly Steve Jobs : The Mac miniskirt Is Crap(tip o ’ the antler to SS )
The only crap is in this flaming bag you give on our doorstep , Jeff Somogyi . permit ’s get correct to its “ thesis ” about the updated Mac miniskirt Apple unveil last week .
The one , belike - necessary update they did n’t give this ‘ lil computer ? A reason to survive .
Sheer awesomeness is n’t enough anymore ?
With such a fast CPU , one might strike that the miniskirt is mighty enough to tackle all but the most intensive project . And you ’re probably right — for now . The problem is , computer software will start to bloat it .
First of all , your use of the transitive here does n’t make any sense . The software bloat , not the hardware . Second , when do you expect this bloat overburden to happen ? Three years is kind of a received lifecycle for a computing machine . Do you really opine the Mac mini is n’t run short to be utile for that long ? The Macalope hasan early 2006 minithat ’s only just now been outpaced by Lion . Still runs Snow Leopard like a champ .
Anyway , whatever , dude . More Mac minis for the rest of us .
When you have a background , how do you do by this position ? You crack start the vitrine and interchange all or some of the following : CPU , RAM , TV card , or grueling drive .
CPU ? It ’s too bad it ’s now a cliché to say “ 1998 called and they need their computer hardware lifecycle back ” because , earnestly , 1998 really did call and they really do want it back , and now it just sound like a joke . But , really , the Macalope just got off the phone with them and they ’re pretty ticked off .
When you want to upgrade your Mac mini , you may conveniently crack reach the pillow slip and … replace just the RAM . If that was n’t your trouble , well , then you ’re out of luck .
Actually , no ! Not only can you promote the stock hard cause , you’re able to establish a second hard private road .
We are talking about the same Mac mini , right-hand ? The one from Apple ? The company whose logo is an apple with a bite out of it ? Because , reading this , one might get the impression that you have utterly no idea what you ’re talking about .
As an add bonus , this “ desktop refilling ” has drop the ocular drive all .
You have intercourse what else it dropped ? A hundred bucks . You know how much an external SuperDrive is ? $ 79 .
It uses a work - around that enables you to wirelessly sync your Mac mini to the DVD drive of another computer . So … wait . What ? to fully use this computing machine , you have to have another computer ? Hilarious !
Please specify “ fully use ” in the context of use of the current computing era . Because the last time the Macalope used the optical drive in his MacBook Pro was probably two yr ago , when he raise to Snow Leopard .
With the promo material proudly boasting its 2.7 - lb . weight , you might recollect that Apple is lay the miniskirt as something portable .
Sure , if you have no thought that it needs a monitor , keyboard and mouse . But if you ’re illiterate you ca n’t read the weight eyeglasses . That ’s a bit of a catch-22 , is n’t it ?
On the other paw , the Mac miniskirt ’s lilliputian weightmightbe of interest to people in IT departments or those who want tostick a great deal of them in a rackand do some coolheaded thing .
Oh , and since the cheapest mini is almost $ 600 , we ’re pretty certain you may well recover a laptop for that price . Or , you know , 80 of them .
Right . or else of a Mac miniskirt we ’ll just buy a Windows laptop . It’salmost exactly the same affair .
Apple ’s claim that it can “ tie … to your HDTV with a single HDMI cable ” might lead you to believe that it ’s the best option for a domicile house microcomputer .
Or it might contribute you to thinkit can connect to your HDTV with a individual HDMI cable . Which is not just a “ claim , ” see as how it actuallycanconnect to your HDTV with a individual HDMI cable .
But when you think about it , it look more like a jack of all trades , trying too heavy to appeal to too many groups , without doing any one thing peculiarly well .
Which , when you think aboutthat , is actually a pretty good way to make an entry - level information processing system . be sick a wide net , because you may never be indisputable what people are planning on using it for .
Of course , praising the Mac mini probably is n’t going to get as many hitting , so forget the Macalope even mention it .
