Weblog of a “Switcher”

So I'm surfing around Apple's "Hot News" RSS feed looking at reviews of Leopard that Apple saw fit to highlight.

I was rather amused to see the following:

"The bad: Leopard was afflicted in some cases by installation woes and application failures; some new features, such as geotagging, aren't obvious to find; users with older Macs can't run Leopard."

What a truly bizarre statement to make. Of course older Mac's won't be able to run Leopard. Older Windows boxes are not able to run Microsoft Windows Vista. It's a fact of life. When new software is released, older machines will suffer. That's why God made Linux.

Of course this could be taken in a good light. The only thing wrong with Leopard is that older Mac's can't run it.

Sure. OK. Whatever.

(Via Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Reviews. Macintosh OS Reviews by CNET..)

written by Dave M. \\ tags: Apple, Application Failures, Boxes, Cnet, Fact Of Life, God, Hot News, Installation Woes, Leopard, Linux, Linux Course, Mac Os X, Macintosh, Macintosh Os, Macs, Microsoft Windows Vista, New Features, New Software, Os Reviews, Os X

Here they come...

Apple, Jobs, AT&T sued over iPhone price cut, rebates: "Apple Inc., along with its chief executive and exclusive U.S. iPhone wireless partner AT&T, have been hit with a new lawsuit from a disgruntled customer who charges the trio with a variety of offenses stemming from the recent iPhone price cut." (Via AppleInsider.)

So how many suits does that make now? 20, 30, more?

I mean really, suing because a company changed the price of something? That never happens! Plus, suing because she was forced into a 2 year contract with AT&T with a $175 fee for breaking the contract. No other cell phone carrier does that either! My God! Why are these people allowed to waste our (taxpayer) money! They should be placed in jail for wasting the courts time and taxpayer money!

Excuse me while I go bang my head on a concrete wall...

written by Dave M. \\ tags: Amp, Apple, Appleinsider, Cell Phone, Chief Executive, Concrete Wall, God, iPhone, Iphone Price, Jobs, Phone Carrier, Rebates, Suits, Taxpayer Money, Wireless Partner

I don't often agree with Mr. Gruber and Daring Fireball, but boy do I agree with him on this topic: The Ringtones Racket!

During Apple's press event introducing the new iPods, Steve Jobs told all the Apple Zombies in the audience that iTunes would sell ringtones for way less than other vendors. The audience went nuts, as it usually does when God (Mr. Jobs) says just about anything. Yes, you can buy ringtones from the iTunes Store for the low everyday cost of $1.98! Even if you already own the CD that the song you want to make a ringtone out of, you "have" to buy it from the iTunes Store in order to turn it into a ringtone. This is quite a racket indeed. First you bought a CD, then you have to spend 99¢ to buy the song again, so that you can then pay yet another 99¢ for the privilege of cropping out as much as 30 seconds of that song to make a ringtone.

Mr. Gruber says that we should feel no remorse in making our own ringtones and using tools like like MakeiPhoneRingtone or iToner to move the ringtones to the iPhone. I fully agree which is why I purchased iToner. I probably would have used the free MakeiPhoneRingtone tool, but it wasn't out when I purchased iToner. I don't really mind. Ambrosia Software did a great job with iToner and is well worth letting them know it buy giving them $15. Plus, I would much prefer giving $15 to Ambrosia Software then 99¢ to the RIAA!

It's becoming clearer and clearer that the RIAA needs to get their act together. If they don't I get the feeling that they are going to lose more and more musicians over time to produce and promote their own music rather than selling their soul to the RIAA. At least that is what I personally hope will happen.

written by Dave M. \\ tags: Apple Press, Audience, Daring Fireball, God, iPhone, Itoner, Job, Mr Gruber, Musicians, New Ipods, Nuts, Own Music, Privilege, Remorse, Riaa, Ringtone, Ringtones, Steve Jobs, Using Tools, Zombies