Okay so… what would be a good Mac to buy?
Specifically, one for high-def video editing.
(This is why you should be careful about what you say, folks. All those years of calling them “Macincraps” might finally be coming back to haunt me.)...
I might have to get an iPod now after all.
Numerous times on this blog, I’ve written about how the biggest thing keeping me from getting an iPod is that they don’t have user-replaceable batteries. Which is “bass-ackwards” ‘cuz Apple could be making a fortune by selling spare batteries. Because especially with a power-guzzling thing like an iPod (especially in video mode) it makes sense that consumers should be able to slap in a freshly-charged battery during a long plane ride or elsewhere that a power socket isn’t readily available. But Apple still seems loathe to take this simple, yet potentially very profitable, measure. Oh sure, Apple does have a battery-replacement program… but it charges around $70 and then they don’t even guarantee that you’ll get your original iPod back!
Then I happened to find this news story about a company called iPodjuice.com. For $29 you send in your ...
You’ve probably heard about how some people are taking their new iPhones and hacking them so that they can use carriers other than AT&T, run “third-party” software not approved by Apple, etc. Many or most (maybe all) of these folks are suddenly lugging around very expensive “bricks”, because this week Apple released an update for the iPhone that is disabling such modified phones.
I took a looksee through the licensing agreement for the iPhone. The thing is Digital Rights Management from Hell. From my understanding of the agreement, buying and using an iPhone is lifetime indentured loyalty to AT&T, if you want to keep using it. That’s beyond the initial two-year service agreement.
In light of my own recent experience with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, it sure looks like Apple saw the rights afforded to people by the DMCA if they attempted to circumvent the software and contract, ...
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Among other things, the battery in the iPhone is non-replaceable. The thing is built into the iPhone, just as the battery is sealed inside Apple’s iPod and cannot be replaced by the user (or at least not without voiding the warranty).
That’s plenty enough reason to not desire an iPhone. The mark of a truly useful gizmo is how hassle-free it is. And after a year of use, I do not want to have to send off my iPhone for a new battery (if Apple will even allow for that, considering how this seems to be intended to force you to buy the latest iPhone at that point) when I am more than perfectly capable of swapping out a battery myself. There’s no need to handicap the user’s ability to do something that is routine practice.
Besides, six hundred bucks for a telephone seems more than a bit… extravagant....