What Makes Apple So Truly Amazing
I was talking to a fellow Macintosh lover and user at CPH, yes, we do have a good number of Macintosh users at CPH, basically the entire design team is using Macs and a number of our book team folks are. We were saying to each other that the truly amazing thing about Apple Inc. [as it is now called] is not really the iPod or iPhone or Macintosh computer. Yes, those are all truly amazing. No, what’s truly the most amazing and impressive thing about Apple is iTunes. It is truly an astounding piece of software and comprehensive on-line intellectual property delivery system. I again appeal to all of you who are in the darkness of the cold, hostile world of the PC, held totally captive to Microsoft, come in to the warmth of Apple. Embrace the light! You will not regret it. [I have attempted in this article to set the world record for most uses of "truly" and "amazing" in a single blog post].
I too consider iTunes amazing. I’m also a big fan of iPhoto. Would you care to post a list of the software that you find useful for the Mac (both Apple and Third-party apps).
Could you specifically talk about what Bible software that you use?
Thanks!
It is truly an astounding piece of software and comprehensive on-line intellectual property delivery system.
Why did I just feel a chill run down my spine?
I love my iPod, but have very little time for iTunes, which is basically a means of selling inferior-quality digital copies that are then padlocked with digital restrictions management as part of a monopolistic strategy to lock people in to buying iPods forever.
As such, iTunes is defective by design, and better described as an “intellectual property control/withholding system”, controlling how, when, where and on what you can play content for which you have paid. (Try moving to Europe, for example, and see how much of your iTunes content can still be accessed.)
As a Linux user, I can’t use iTunes anyway, but from the times when I’ve used iTunes I still genuinely prefer Amarok.
I also think we should be a little less uncritical in accepting the fairly recent umbrella concept of “intellectual property” as a means of rebadging legal rights that are mainly about regulating the balance between producers, consumers and the wider society.
McCain: Definitely a severe case of “Mac envy”
How many times the past 6 months have I mentioned how much I love the Mac 6-5? Only one cord, built in everything, lovely to look at, easy to use…Will no one get the hint?
McCain: Diane, men don’t do “hints” … face it, we just aren’t good at subtlety nor can we read minds. My significant other once actually said, “You know why I’m sad? Because you didn’t realize I wanted you to ask me why I was sad.” It’s just a lose-lose situation. Best just to come right out and say it. And since it so close to Valentine’s day perhaps you could say, “Nothing says “love” like a new Macintosh!”
Just build myself from scratch a hip new business productivity box from the ground up, using Windows Home and all my favorite software. Guess what? Booted right up. Looks cool with the green LED on the PSU and blue LED on the outfan on the back. When not immersed in theology of the Church, I guess I’ve found a new vocation! Cannot do that with Apple. Not a cheap shot, but given the diversity of parts and industry around Windows/Linux based computers, this is actually quite a bit of fun.
Windows users can enjoy iTunes for free, whether or not they switch to a Mac. All they have to do is download it. While as a Mac user of 23 years, I’d love to have one more, people can try out iTunes without making a major financial commitment (and then switch if they’re interested the next time they need a new computer).