I swear half the people here are computer addicts (including me)
I mean, why the hell else would I buy an iBook just three months after getting a dual 500 G4, which I got just five months after getting a Wallstreet? Now I'm lusting after the PowerBooks (all of 'em). I mean, of course I'm lusting after them, but why should I really need anything faster? My iBook can do so much, probably more than I could even think of. It can do the basics, like surf the internet, check email, listen to music, and do insteant messaging and IRC. I really don't do much more than that, other than a few games which I could easily give up.
So I suppose a lot of people here are power users, considering you're coming to a board about Apple technology, but I'm guessing a good half are people like me.
I'm not trying to be an Apple apologist or anything. I don't think Apple should just stop developing their products because "home users don't need all that power." But I do think probably a lot of people could get along fine with what they have now. As far as my iBook is concerned, I'll just have to see what happens. Right now I couldn't be happier with it... I can connect to the internet wirelessly, it's sturdy, it does anything I want, and the screen is awesome. Maybe I'll keep using it until it's a dinosaur, or maybe I'll endlessly pursue that which I can't have.
So I suppose a lot of people here are power users, considering you're coming to a board about Apple technology, but I'm guessing a good half are people like me.
I'm not trying to be an Apple apologist or anything. I don't think Apple should just stop developing their products because "home users don't need all that power." But I do think probably a lot of people could get along fine with what they have now. As far as my iBook is concerned, I'll just have to see what happens. Right now I couldn't be happier with it... I can connect to the internet wirelessly, it's sturdy, it does anything I want, and the screen is awesome. Maybe I'll keep using it until it's a dinosaur, or maybe I'll endlessly pursue that which I can't have.
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I love Apple's software offerings, the iLife suit is about to dominate my iLife and thats for sure. My iMac running at 800 Mhz with a superdrive that will cut through those iApps and then burn DVD's lickity split.
I lust for the new hardware...but I cant afford it. Lets just say if I had the money, there is nowhere else I would rather spend it. I spend a lot of time on a mac, not just to surf the net and chat but I do quite a bit of creative stuff too. I love iLife, maybe I have no life. haha, iLife is better than noLife.
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It's easy, it's just not fast. Software encoding is exponentially slower than hardware encoding.
Nick
...its gotten even worse, my bro went back to college so i lost a computer in my room so i've re sorted to using a PC!