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robsol
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 5:49 pm Post subject:
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seraph wrote: | Blue Hell wrote: |
Now there is an idea ... to hell with updates too! |
I'll die before learning how to get everything I can from the gear I already have. That could not prevent some severe case of Gear Acquisition Syndrome in the future but reasonably speaking, who needs updates?
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A very valid point, and one I am getting more and more used to. _________________ Muied Lumens Sub Forum
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robsol
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:52 am Post subject:
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I guess there are two schools of thought here. I am not dismissing anyone's opinions, but I think that the setup I have allows me to sit back and not really needing anything. I feel lucky.
Of course, I still have wants, but I am in no rush to try to cater for them.
I suppose I could get an iPad number 1 once number 3 is released and everybody is chucking the first, really shitty one, in the rubbish.
Or, I could wait for the competition to catch up. _________________ Muied Lumens Sub Forum
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:07 pm Post subject:
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Ive got an extremely good (but old) Intel Macbook Pro and a fairly new MacMini (this computer I'm typing on).
Should I sell both and upgrade to a better laptop (MBA!)
I could just sell the Mini and keep the MBP, which is still excellent- but the old battery is fucked, the new batt lasts 1 and a half hours, and it weighs a tonne! (well by modern day standards!)
There. That word again...."upgrade" (update).
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robsol
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robsol
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:21 pm Post subject:
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Erm... are you being serious?
If you are, then you should not upgrade if your situation is similar to mine, ie you are happy with your setup.
I have nothing against you upgrading or even getting the best that you can possibly get for your money! _________________ Muied Lumens Sub Forum
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elektro80
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 1:01 pm Post subject:
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Yup.. consume! Buy new stuff even though you are happy with what you already have. If you are not spending your money then we know you are antisocial and hostile.
The state of the global economy demands that you act now!!
Or even better.. buy yet another device..this time an iPad. Then you will have to upgrade 3 vital devices.. and not only two.. _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
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seraph
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 2:57 pm Post subject:
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I have the MBP I am using now (15'' 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM with OS 10.6.8 ). It's already 4 years old but perfectly functioning except for the internal CD/DVD burner that was already replaced once and that does not work again. I have an external firewire DVD burner that I use if/when I need to install something from DVD. I rarely use it and if I want to listen to CDs I have a CD player. I would like to find a newer laptop or a Mac Pro possibly second hand so I too look for updates because using mostly soft synths I would like to have more than 4 GB of RAM.
But I have to say that the new bunch of Macs have less features than the older ones, for example less USB and/or FW ports (mine has 2 USB, 1 FW800 and 1 FW400 ports plus an express card 34 slot that I use for 2 additional FW800 ports). Am I a grumpy old fogey _________________ homepage - blog - forum - youtube
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DES
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:17 pm Post subject:
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I've had my iPad 2 for a number of months now. It's the first apple product I have purchased since - my old Apple IIe YEARS ago. I didn't really care for their closed systems. And I still don't. They do make a nice computer though. WRT my iPad - in general I like it but there are some things that Apple does that I just don't get. Safari for one - why the hell can't it load Flash? Adobe says Apple 'ain't gonna do it' and that keeps it from happening. I could see if it was some really old tech that was on it's way out. But it's mature tech that many corporations and individuals use on their websites. h264 is fine - but it's not for everybody right now. It's great to be able to support the latest and greatest trend - but is it going to be around in 5 or 6 years? Look what's happened to Firewire. Apple pushed this till everyone got tired of paying Apple their license fee for it and now it's getting next to impossible to find it on computers, other then a few Macs....
And why not have the ability to network print from an iPad to your tried and true HP Laserprinter instead of having to get an Airport thingy? Stupid moves on their part...which is ironic considering how cutting edge their products are.
Their philosphy seems to be ' you are going to upgrade when we tell you to' and that kind of attitude is what keeps me from buying into Apple. Talk about not being very eco-friendly... _________________ Dave
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:16 am Post subject:
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DES wrote: | Safari for one - why the hell can't it load Flash? Adobe says Apple 'ain't gonna do it' and that keeps it from happening. |
Flash is very CPU intensive, as well as memory hungry. It will work on ARM, but it will kill your device very quickly. Adobe have therefore decided not to support it (you don't really need it anyway do you?)
http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2011/11/flash-focus.html |
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:21 am Post subject:
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DES wrote: |
And why not have the ability to network print from an iPad to your tried and true HP Laserprinter instead of having to get an Airport thingy? Stupid moves on their part...which is ironic considering how cutting edge their products are.
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Another myth that needs to be dispelled! I don't have an 'Airport'. I have a Brother printer and the iPad talks wirelessly to that. I've never had any problems with it. |
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elektro80
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:35 am Post subject:
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I think the very fast migration to HTML5 is a very enabling trend that makes a lot of sense. The adoption of Adobe Flash for all things that moves and farts was an absolutely nonsensical trend. _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:55 am Post subject:
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v-un-v wrote: | DES wrote: | Safari for one - why the hell can't it load Flash? Adobe says Apple 'ain't gonna do it' and that keeps it from happening. |
Flash is very CPU intensive, as well as memory hungry. It will work on ARM, but it will kill your device very quickly. Adobe have therefore decided not to support it (you don't really need it anyway do you?)
http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2011/11/flash-focus.html |
Actually there are a lot of business sites that still use Flash. Not implementing it in Safari is a mistake in my opinion. Expecting businesses to re-work their websites so that Safari users can see their info just because Apple does not want Flash in their browser is a bit close-minded. They want their products to be used in the business world yet expect it to conform to their idea of how it should be. When I found out about this problem I made adjustments to the site I was working on to compensate by using Javascript....but we were small enough that it wasn't a major financial issue to do so. Large businesses with large sites w/Flash wouldn't put the money into doing this...the return isn't there. Now I'm sure that as time moves along and more sites are getting rebuilt using HTML 5, and some one develops a way to make Javascript easier for the general web-building public you will see more compatbility. Frankly I'm just hoping another browser comes out for the iPad that supports Flash
As for CPU useage....my Android phone can use Flash and while display use does use power, it still is very useful and handy. And this shouldn't even be a consideration with any Mac computer. Adobe says Apple won't give them the info needed to integrate Flash into Safari.... _________________ Dave
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:58 am Post subject:
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We are talking IOS here I hope?
And Flash is a plugin that works just fine in Safari on OS X as it always have. _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:05 am Post subject:
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v-un-v wrote: | DES wrote: |
And why not have the ability to network print from an iPad to your tried and true HP Laserprinter instead of having to get an Airport thingy? Stupid moves on their part...which is ironic considering how cutting edge their products are.
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Another myth that needs to be dispelled! I don't have an 'Airport'. I have a Brother printer and the iPad talks wirelessly to that. I've never had any problems with it. |
I have an HP Color Laserjet 4650 that is connected to my network that I would love to use with the iPad. The only possible solution that I've found so far requires me to have another PC turned on with a program installed on it that the iPad talks to. One of the reasons I have the iPad is so I don't have to turn on one of my PCs. A small network appliance would be ok...might possibly have other features like being an access point. I wouldn't mind that...as long as it worked with ALL my wireless items. If there are any ideas out there about getting the iPad and printer talking I would love to hear about them. And no I am not replacing my printer... _________________ Dave
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:12 am Post subject:
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elektro80 wrote: | We are talking IOS here I hope?
And Flash is a plugin that works just fine in Safari on OS X as it always have. |
Well yes IOS. .... I was also under the impression that Safari in general didn't support Flash. This was told to me by some Mac users who contacted me about some issues on our website at the time. If their kitty cat OSs (leopard, tiger, bobcat, whatever ) actually supports them then I was mistaken. Since I don't have a non-IOS Apple product I was going on feedback from users. But if that is the case, they should include it in the IOS version as well. _________________ Dave
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:14 am Post subject:
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There are great tools for creating extremely complex stuff in HTML5 without much knowledge about the code itself. Flash is in effect dead, but it will disappear slowly. BTW, the code generated by Adobe Digital Publishing Suite for the iPad is a mix of HTML5 and IOS code. Adobe is adopting HTML5 compliance pretty fast now.
BTW, Apple´s AirPrint concept is supported by third party apps that in effect works like a print server. I installed one of those on one of my servers and it supports all my printers.
This is not the one I use, but it seems ok:
http://ipadhelp.com/ipad-help/airprint-for-windows-and-ios-5-or-later/ _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:39 am Post subject:
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I never really found it problematic that IOS did not support Flash. I saw it as a possible game changer for HTML5 compliance. This opens the way for new ventures into embedded devices and the whole industry will benefit from this.
Apart from the fact that Flash still dominated the web for animations and such. Apple´s much disputed decision levelled the playing field for many manufacturers of both web enabled devices and content.
That being said, I´m not saying Flash was bad or evil way back, but it simply wasn´t a product that could live and thrive the way it did. The perceived need for all web devices to be Flash enabled, like TVs or what have you, was not good for neither consumers nor the industry. _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:45 am Post subject:
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I just downloaded Dreamweaver 5.5 to get a handle on it. I'm more of a hardware guy but need to update my website (as well as a few others) and figured it was time to put Frontpage 2000 to rest . Though I do like editing html in it...very easy to do.
I think what will happen with Flash is that it will morph into something more compatible/up to date. I think Adobe has too much invested into it and it's integration into their other products. _________________ Dave
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:28 am Post subject:
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Not according to Adobe..
Adobe is hard at work developing new tools that are HTML5 compliant.
They have already announced the replacement: Adobe Edge.
This is where they are going now.
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/edge
Flash will join the ranks of Director, Authorware, Framemaker and other products. They will keep Flash alive for at least one more generation of the CS bundle and then they will start neglecting it and then kill it.
Flash could be transformed into a better tool for Adobe AIR applications.. but I reckon they will follow tradition and kill off the Flash name instead of reinventing the Flash product line. Adobe is known for introducing new products instead of transforming existing brands. _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:15 am Post subject:
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DES wrote: | And no I am not replacing my printer... |
Ah well then. You buy the most advanced touch tablet on the market then you expect it to work with some old pile of shite that you bought 15 years ago? Quit yer moanin!
I threw away my HP printer because it was CRAP!
My new Brother printer is bloody amazing (prints to A3)- and it only cost £180. _________________ ACHTUNG!
ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENPEEPERS!
DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN! ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKSEN.
IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.
ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN. |
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:43 am Post subject:
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Lol .... My HP has been rock solid stable, prints quite well thank you very much...and it's paid for...oh, and its not 15 years old. I think I've had it 7 or 8 years. I used Brother printers and they were ok for general home use but didn't stand up well in a business environment. Plus they were god-awful slow. You keep your Brother, I'll keep my HP.
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I have only good things to say about the lower end HP BW ethernet laser printers. They are ugly, pretty basic and they last forever. Perfect products. _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
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