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  • Chris ... either I don't understand your last comment or you don't understand mine. You CAN watch the movie almost immediately ... so the download time is less important.
    dmcleod had this to say on Sep 15, 2006 Posts: 10
    Apple's Movie Buying Experience Reviewed
  • Regarding the comment about being able to view the movie before the download is complete ... here is a reference: http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/movies.html "Can’t wait to start the show? You can even watch your movie as it downloads." Amazon doesn't offer that as far as I know.
    dmcleod had this to say on Sep 14, 2006 Posts: 10
    Apple's Movie Buying Experience Reviewed
  • Chris ... don't you realize you don't have to wait for the download to complete before you can start watching the movie? This was mentioned in the keynote and I have tried this myself yesterday.
    dmcleod had this to say on Sep 14, 2006 Posts: 10
    Apple's Movie Buying Experience Reviewed
  • I just watched the keynote ... agreed that Steve was not quite as enthusiastic as we are used to seeing ... he kept coughing so it might be just that he is feeling a little under the weather. I would imagine that the next scheduled keynote would be WWDC ... even though I am sure there will be a 'special event' before April ... I am sure SJ did not want to spill the beans.
    dmcleod had this to say on Jan 10, 2006 Posts: 10
    Lackluster Performance At The Keynote
  • 2 reasons you will never see this: 1) SJ is very protective of the 'Apple' brand 2) The corporate world buys Dells by the boatload for 2 reasons ... they are percieved to be 'cheap' and they run Windows ... which the corporate world is dependent on (whether they like it or not). Honestly, at this point, I think Apple is not even concerned with the corporate customer ... they are targeting the home user ... maybe down the road they will target larger businesses.
    dmcleod had this to say on Jan 04, 2006 Posts: 10
    Dell Macs
  • While I think Apple will continue to make huge strides in the hone/consumer market in 2006 ... I agree that this will not happen in the corporate world any time soon (and I don't think they are Apple's focus anyways) ... the corporate world is too dependent on MS whether they like it or not.
    dmcleod had this to say on Jan 01, 2006 Posts: 10
    Microsoft to fall over in 2006? pfft!
  • schweizelbot AAC is not proprietary to Apple ... I am guessing you meant the Fairplay DRM. Home media market ... I think the sales numbers of the Media Centre PC's are substantially below expectations ... while there is more (legal) content becoming available for download ... bridging the gap between computer and TV has proved difficult so far ... and I don't think many are interested in purchasing another expensive box to accomplish this. If Apple even enters this space, I see it happenning in the form of an Airport Express A/V ... single purpose and relatively inexpensive (especially compared to a Media PC).
    dmcleod had this to say on Sep 03, 2005 Posts: 10
    iPod Nation? Not the Best Idea
  • Hywel ... I agree that having no remote control of Airport Express diminishes it's usefullness ... I use Salling Clicker software and a Palm T2 PDA (you can also use other PDA's or even cellphones) ... works like a charm.
    dmcleod had this to say on Sep 02, 2005 Posts: 10
    iPod Nation? Not the Best Idea
  • I do not see the iPod/ITMS combination slowing down anytime soon ... there is no better advertisement than positive word of mouth and the iPod has a huge advantage in this regard. While there are many reasons for iPod's success ... I think one key element is simplicity of use ... so many competitors keep forgetting that if you have to be a bit of a geek to operate the player ... forget it. The only company that I think could give some serious competition to Apple is Sony ... however, they certainly have not been a threat to this point. I think Sony and other consumer electronics manufacturers are at a distinct disadvantage in that they have no experience in software (or at least, not to the degree that Apple does). Apple releases a new version of iTunes pretty regularly ... when is the last time Sony updated Sonicstage ... or did anyone even notice?
    dmcleod had this to say on Aug 23, 2005 Posts: 10
    iPod Shows Soft Underbelly? Not Just Yet
  • I think the only area where MS will lose significant marketshare is in the home market ... the corporate world is dependent on MS whether they like it or not ... not even considering company applications which run on Windows ... think of how many businesses have locked themselves into proprietary MS document formats (Word, Excel). I think Apple will continue to make large strides in the home market ... as much as I would like to see that happen in the corporate market ... I don't see it happenning anytime soon. I think the biggest problem MS faces with Longhorn is that many customers are still perfectly content with W2K and XP ... and since there are likely steep H/W requirements for Longhorn ... it makes it even less compelling (especially for home users).
    dmcleod had this to say on Jul 01, 2005 Posts: 10
    How Microsoft Will Die