1. Originally posted by easports43[..]

    Rainy....as usual. Other than that, pretty good.


    No snow yet, huh? I went to college about 3 hours north of you up in Michigan, and it seemed like we never really got snow until January and February.
  2. Originally posted by haytrain[..]

    No snow yet, huh? I went to college about 3 hours north of you up in Michigan, and it seemed like we never really got snow until January and February.


    Yes, we've had snow. (And plenty of it! LOL) Most of it's been melted by rain.
  3. Hey all!
  4. Originally posted by drewhigginsHey all!


    Hey Drew! Still fighting with apple I see.
  5. Originally posted by easports43[..]

    Hey Drew! Still fighting with apple I see.


    Yep, and the fight doesn't end until they get back some quality control. You didn't see my post in their forum that was removed, did you? It's gone, but it's in this topic somewhere. Let me find it and I'll repost it for all to see. Some of it is sort of untrue (like unreliable machines now they use Intel architecture) but other bits are right up there.

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    Drew (drewhiggins),

    Your post, "Re: 1.0.3 firmware - the sound issue" was removed from the Apple forums as it does not follow the guidelines specified in our terms of use. These areas are intended to address technical issues about Apple products. Posts that do not conform to the Apple Discussions Use Agreement are inappropriate.

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    Doesn't Apple test anything anymore? Has QA gone out the window? It has for the last five years.

    They stuffed up big-time on Vista when nothing works (and then the Apple fan boys trying to blame Microsoft who created a new operating system - Fan Boys, grow some balls and try something different). Apple was caught with it's pants down around it's knees this time. Doesn't Apple realise 60% of their customers are Windows and Linux/GNU users? And they don't even support bloody Linux/GNU or even Vista at this moment PROPERLY.

    I've upgraded to 1.0.3 firmware and I give it 1/10. Why? Because it still ***** balls. Don't you fan boys see past this - Apple's QA went out a looooooooong time ago. With Leopard 10.5 - blue screens, freeze-ups etc. Not good. Could I get Vista working easily? With a little messing around, yeah. No Blue Screens.

    The sound is not marvelous, it's well below par. And this stupid split-screen ***** balls too. I have never seen anything so badly designed. Zune, here I come.

    Oh yeah, and another thing. Why don't Apple ever reply? I rang up and got a freaking Indian who said I had no idea what I was talking about and should try songs from Apple store. Uhhhhhhhhh.................I'm not trusting my iPod to DRM crap at 128Kbps. Nope. Apple, get your act together and maybe people will trust you. Until then, no thanks - you have lost me a customer.

    And why do Apple charge so much for such unreliable machines NOT EVEN made in America? Thanks a lot for reading - appreciated a lot.
  6. Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]

    Yep, and the fight doesn't end until they get back some quality control. You didn't see my post in their forum that was removed, did you? It's gone, but it's in this topic somewhere. Let me find it and I'll repost it for all to see. Some of it is sort of untrue (like unreliable machines now they use Intel architecture) but other bits are right up there.

    ===============================================================================

    Drew (drewhiggins),

    Your post, "Re: 1.0.3 firmware - the sound issue" was removed from the Apple forums as it does not follow the guidelines specified in our terms of use. These areas are intended to address technical issues about Apple products. Posts that do not conform to the Apple Discussions Use Agreement are inappropriate.

    Reasons that your post was removed may include but are not limited to:
    -Speculation or Rumors
    -Discussion of Apple Policies, Procedures or Decisions
    -Off topic or non-technical posts
    -Rude or inappropriate behavior/language
    -Non-constructive rants or complaints

    Please read our Apple Discussions Use Agreement so that you may discover what constitutes an appropriate post to our service. Section two, "Submissions," is most germane.

    Please see the Apple Discussions Use Agreement at http://discussions.apple.com/help.jspa for more information on the proper use of Apple's Discussion forums.

    Each Discussion user is required to agree to these terms before gaining posting privileges. You reserve the right to not post on Apple Discussions should you disagree with these terms.

    If you would like to send feedback to Apple about a product, please use the appropriate selection at http://www.apple.com/feedback/

    ++++++++++

    This message is sent from a send-only email account. Any replies sent to this address are deleted automatically by the system.

    -------------------------------------------------------
    A copy of your message for reference:

    Doesn't Apple test anything anymore? Has QA gone out the window? It has for the last five years.

    They stuffed up big-time on Vista when nothing works (and then the Apple fan boys trying to blame Microsoft who created a new operating system - Fan Boys, grow some balls and try something different). Apple was caught with it's pants down around it's knees this time. Doesn't Apple realise 60% of their customers are Windows and Linux/GNU users? And they don't even support bloody Linux/GNU or even Vista at this moment PROPERLY.

    I've upgraded to 1.0.3 firmware and I give it 1/10. Why? Because it still ***** balls. Don't you fan boys see past this - Apple's QA went out a looooooooong time ago. With Leopard 10.5 - blue screens, freeze-ups etc. Not good. Could I get Vista working easily? With a little messing around, yeah. No Blue Screens.

    The sound is not marvelous, it's well below par. And this stupid split-screen ***** balls too. I have never seen anything so badly designed. Zune, here I come.

    Oh yeah, and another thing. Why don't Apple ever reply? I rang up and got a freaking Indian who said I had no idea what I was talking about and should try songs from Apple store. Uhhhhhhhhh.................I'm not trusting my iPod to DRM crap at 128Kbps. Nope. Apple, get your act together and maybe people will trust you. Until then, no thanks - you have lost me a customer.

    And why do Apple charge so much for such unreliable machines NOT EVEN made in America? Thanks a lot for reading - appreciated a lot.


    What a load of crap....Believe me, the apple people I've dealt with are nowhere near this crappy. I will say though that I'm pretty ticked off about my "apple earbuds" that I can unscrew and tear apart just by using them.
  7. Originally posted by easports43[..]

    What a load of crap....Believe me, the apple people I've dealt with are nowhere near this crappy. I will say though that I'm pretty ticked off about my "apple earbuds" that I can unscrew and tear apart just by using them.


    You think that's bad, you should hear what I said to Sony and Microsoft. In the US they're probably much better at dealing with these issues (because most products like the iPhones and iTouches and iMacs are sold in much more quantity), but in Australia we have such crappy phone support. I've had better support from a dunny bowl than Apple Australia.

    Ten years ago Apple (all countries) used to be fantastic - when I first started using computers and technology like that. I even remember my very first Apple Computer experience...using one of the really colourful machines...reliable as a rock.
  8. Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]

    You think that's bad, you should hear what I said to Sony and Microsoft. In the US they're probably much better at dealing with these issues (because most products like the iPhones and iTouches and iMacs are sold in much more quantity), but in Australia we have such crappy phone support. I've had better support from a dunny bowl than Apple Australia.

    Ten years ago Apple (all countries) used to be fantastic - when I first started using computers and technology like that. I even remember my very first Apple Computer experience...using one of the really colourful machines...reliable as a rock.


    Yeah, I remember those days, that was when my dad had his 2GB mac laptop. (2GB? Can you imagine having a 2GB hard drive?)
  9. Originally posted by easports43[..]

    Yeah, I remember those days, that was when my dad had his 2GB mac laptop. (2GB? Can you imagine having a 2GB hard drive?)


    The days of 2GB. Now it's 2TB and 5GHz. That's crazy:

    At this point a game called Crysis, requires according to the Crysis-Online site:

    CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (3.2 GHz for Vista), Intel Core 2.0 GHz (2.2 GHz for Vista), AMD Athlon 2800+ (3200+ for Vista) or better
    RAM: 1GB (1.5GB on Windows Vista)
    Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Radeon X800 Pro for Vista) or better
    VRAM: 256MB of Graphics Memory
    Storage: 12GB
    Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible
    ODD: DVD-ROM
    OS: Microsoft Windows XP or Vista
    DirectX: DirectX9 or DirectX 10


    Recommended:

    CPU: Core 2 Duo/Athlon X2 or better
    RAM: 1.5GB
    Video Card: NVIDIA 7800 Series, ATI Radeon 1800 Series or better
    VRAM: 512MB of Graphics Memory
    Storage: 12GB
    Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible
    ODD: DVD-ROM
    OS: Microsoft Windows XP or Vista
    DirectX: DX9.0c or DX10
  10. Originally posted by easports43[..]

    Yeah, I remember those days, that was when my dad had his 2GB mac laptop. (2GB? Can you imagine having a 2GB hard drive?)


    Remember too a few years ago...the iPod mini was only a 4GB. The first hard drives were big massive things - if you've ever seen a DVD size case that's how big they were in the early systems with Win95 and DOS. But the MacOS (Original) was only about 30MB. Now it's 7GB minimum, but it's got a lot of extra bits and pieces to make Unix and Linux more user-friendly, of which it is based upon.

    And this is what Vista progressed from, if anyone is interested. I liked the third one as what I used when I was part of the Vista beta-testing program.







  11. I see the Chat topic has morphed into the Tech topic!!

    I remember my first computer had a 48k processor (Spectrum). My last PC before the Mac mini had a 850Mb processor and a 20Gb hard drive. It was massive when I got it (2000).

    Nice Vista screens. I will never use it. Very happy with my Mac OS (still on Tiger, no need for me that I can see to go to Leopard)

    How's everyone today?
  12. Originally posted by djrlewisI see the Chat topic has morphed into the Tech topic!!

    I remember my first computer had a 48k processor (Spectrum). My last PC before the Mac mini had a 850Mb processor and a 20Gb hard drive. It was massive when I got it (2000).

    Nice Vista screens. I will never use it. Very happy with my Mac OS (still on Tiger, no need for me that I can see to go to Leopard)

    How's everyone today?


    hey Dan!

    here the sun is out and it's a beautiful day...

    how's things with you?