Does the finder offer the ability to merge folders w/o completely removing the contents of one? Seems like a pretty basic feature to me.
Windows has a lot of problems but I’ve always found the explorer to be vastly superior to finder.
Does anyone know if you can even merge folders in finder?
I just set up a new Mac and was looking at all my software thanks to an awesome software management system called AppShelf. I saw all of the software had virtually the same licensing system.
I was thinking, the OS X operating system offloads a lot of programming requirements from the developer to the operating system. The most relevant to my thoughts has been the keychain. For those who are unaware the keychain on the mac, securely stores passwords for applications to use without the developer having to create their own secure storage system.
What if Apple was to develop an API to allow for a system based licensing system. This would allow for developers to use a robust licensing system for their software.
The downside of this is that it would provide a single point of failure. It would probably also be overly onerous, being a pain for users. On the upside it would allow for easier portability and management of software. You wouldn’t have to re-register after uninstalling and reinstalling.
Let me know what you think of something like this?
I find it strange that everyone seems to be making such a big deal about the existance of a $99 iPhone. On the outset it’s simple, $99 for a 3G that’s sweet, what could be wrong. People are getting a great device for an even more incredible price.
To me the limiting factor of the iPhone, since the launch of the 3G, has not been the cost of the device itself but the monthly fee associated. The 3G and 3GS bring with it a $30-$50 monthly cost associated with it. With such a high monthly premium for the device an extra $100 to get the S seems to me to be a no-brainier. The monthly cost also seems like it should be the primary reason to dissuade someone from purchasing.
The original iPhone at $20/month including some texting was an incredible deal. Yea edge isn’t as good as 3G but is it worth the extra 75% in cost to get a little faster internet, probably not. But being the fanboy I am i went along with it. The upgrades from the iPhone to the 3GS are definitely worth the cost of the device but I can’t help but feel a little disgusted by how much AT&T is getting from these phones while still screwing everyone over.
Headed into the apple store in a few hours to setup the store for the 3GS launch. Excited for the next 24 hours. Should be fun.
Interestingly the new MacBook Pro’s have their sata controllers running at 1.5 instead of 3.0 gigabits. I can’t help but wonder if this helps improve the battery life and if it’ll cause any bottlenecks when using an SSD. They’re the same chipset so the new one is obviously capable of running at the higher speed.
“Netbooks are a dead-end experiment in un-usability. Smartphones are the natural evolution that has already arrived.”— David Chartier on this. I don’t believe in netbooks, either. It’s logical to think that people like laptops to get ever smaller and ever cheaper, but there are practical limits to that. The mass market _really_ doesn’t like tiny keyboards or tiny screens, a lesson we learned a decade ago, so that puts a pretty hard cap on how small laptops can reasonably be and still appeal to most buyers. (The MacBook Air is a great example of doing it right, size-wise: full-size keyboard and screen, tiny everything else, 3.0 pounds.) Netbooks want to be your tiny cheap portable computer with no power or capacity to supplement your big desktop computer with tons of power and capacity. But increasingly, people are eschewing desktops and just using midrange laptops as their only computers. There’s very little real demand for tiny, ugly, underpowered desktop-Linux computers with crappy screens and crappy keyboards no matter how cheaply anyone’s able to produce them.
Other than cost I don’t see that much of a discrepancy between netbooks and the Air. Quality netbooks running a decent OS mainly Win7 are an awesome thing. They aren’t underpowered, have good screens, and on some even my monstrous hands can type comfortably. The only real power benchmark for netbooks is video. If it plays hulu then it’s reasonable. Cost is a large aspect of it too. The Lenovo S12 is $450 for an awesome machine, I love apple but would never see anything like that from them.
On the other hand, is the computer industry shooting itself in the foot. All indications are that netbooks garner anywhere from no profit to razor thin margins which could cause severe financial issues as they grow in popularity and a price expectation is set.
Has anyone disassembled yesterday’s new “unibattery” MBP (13 or 15) to show accessibility of the HDD and RAM slots?
If they’re like the 17 then they’re really accessible. Just a few Phillips head screws.
I think it wouldn’t be crazy to actually predict a faster CPU and more RAM for the next revision of the iPhone. The current hardware is two years old, ancient in the tech world, and could use some more wiggle room for developers (especially game developers).
What I hope to see is several versions of the iPhone as it becomes more and more of a computer, an iPhone and an iPhone Pro. The iPhone Pro would have a faster CPU and more RAM with a finish more inline with the new unibody design whereas the normal iPhone would keep the current body.
The original iPhone’s build was so much more solid and had a much nicer feel to it, so I’d love to see a return to an aluminum casing even if it’s at a premium price.
The two new CPU’s would feature 6XX MHz and 8XXMHz ARM processors and be underclockable from the OS though a new power management scheme. Having software based power schemas would make the iPhone’s battery life much more manageable instead of independently having to disable: GPS, 3G, WiFi, or possibly underclocking.
I don’t think that any of these hopes are unreasonable but I would be shocked if they came to fruition. Are there any features you’d like to see in the new hardware?
I was wondering if anyone knew of any software to override or add to the gestures available using the multitouch track pad on the new unibody macs?
