Comments on: Macworld 2008 - MacBook Air, Movie Rentals, iPhone Firmware, Time Capsule, and more… http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/15/macworld-2008-macbook-air-movie-rentals-iphone-firmware-time-capsule-and-more/ Technology News Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:01:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Pieter http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/15/macworld-2008-macbook-air-movie-rentals-iphone-firmware-time-capsule-and-more/#comment-129810 Pieter Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:54:52 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/15/macworld-2008-macbook-air-movie-rentals-iphone-firmware-time-capsule-and-more/#comment-129810 [div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-129627">Ryan wrote:</a><blockquote> Guess they thought iPod Touch users weren’t already paying enough. :roll:</blockquote>[/div] I heard on Buzz Out Loud that it had something to do with strange accounting rules forcing them to let their customers pay for the software. I can't remember the details but you can find the episode at http://podcast-files.cnet.com/podcast/cnet_buzzoutloud_011708.mp3 (It could have been the episode before that, though.) Ryan wrote:
Guess they thought iPod Touch users weren’t already paying enough. :roll:

I heard on Buzz Out Loud that it had something to do with strange accounting rules forcing them to let their customers pay for the software. I can’t remember the details but you can find the episode at
http://podcast-files.cnet.com/.....011708.mp3

(It could have been the episode before that, though.)

]]> By: Ashley http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/15/macworld-2008-macbook-air-movie-rentals-iphone-firmware-time-capsule-and-more/#comment-129755 Ashley Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:17:30 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/15/macworld-2008-macbook-air-movie-rentals-iphone-firmware-time-capsule-and-more/#comment-129755 [div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-129639" rel="nofollow">Max wrote:</a><blockquote>[div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-129627" rel="nofollow">Ryan wrote:</a><blockquote>[div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-129598" rel="nofollow">Max wrote:</a><blockquote>That iPod touch thing is just a new low for Apple. Early iPod adopters should be getting it for free since the apps should have been included from the very beginning. I guess if enough people complain like they did with the iPhone then maybe Apple will come to their senses. There’s no way I’m paying $20 to get a software update. Isn’t Apple supposed to be trying to convince people to upgrade and not jailbreak their iPod touch units? This only makes me want to jailbreak my iPod touch more.</blockquote>[/div] It’s definitely not fair Max, but I think it’s only free for iPhone owners because Apple is getting a kickback from AT&T. I’m sure in the end Jobs’ will end up making the upgrade free.</blockquote>[/div] That’s a terrible reason to punish early iPod touch buyers. If the iPhone is in fact costing them, then why are the iPod touch users, who have nothing to do with the iPhone at all, have to make up the difference?</blockquote>[/div] Max, I don't think it's the iPod Touch users who have to make up the difference for everybody. Think of it this way- iPhone users are paying for this by subscribing to AT&T. Apple is thinking that iPod Touch users will pay for this feature for themselves by forking out $20. Is it fair? No... but I think that's what they are thinking. Max wrote:
Ryan wrote:
Max wrote:
That iPod touch thing is just a new low for Apple. Early iPod adopters should be getting it for free since the apps should have been included from the very beginning. I guess if enough people complain like they did with the iPhone then maybe Apple will come to their senses. There’s no way I’m paying $20 to get a software update. Isn’t Apple supposed to be trying to convince people to upgrade and not jailbreak their iPod touch units? This only makes me want to jailbreak my iPod touch more.

It’s definitely not fair Max, but I think it’s only free for iPhone owners because Apple is getting a kickback from AT&T. I’m sure in the end Jobs’ will end up making the upgrade free.

That’s a terrible reason to punish early iPod touch buyers. If the iPhone is in fact costing them, then why are the iPod touch users, who have nothing to do with the iPhone at all, have to make up the difference?

Max, I don’t think it’s the iPod Touch users who have to make up the difference for everybody. Think of it this way- iPhone users are paying for this by subscribing to AT&T. Apple is thinking that iPod Touch users will pay for this feature for themselves by forking out $20. Is it fair? No… but I think that’s what they are thinking.

]]> By: Max http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/15/macworld-2008-macbook-air-movie-rentals-iphone-firmware-time-capsule-and-more/#comment-129639 Max Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:20:31 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/15/macworld-2008-macbook-air-movie-rentals-iphone-firmware-time-capsule-and-more/#comment-129639 [div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-129627" rel="nofollow">Ryan wrote:</a><blockquote>[div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-129598" rel="nofollow">Max wrote:</a><blockquote>That iPod touch thing is just a new low for Apple. Early iPod adopters should be getting it for free since the apps should have been included from the very beginning. I guess if enough people complain like they did with the iPhone then maybe Apple will come to their senses. There’s no way I’m paying $20 to get a software update. Isn’t Apple supposed to be trying to convince people to upgrade and not jailbreak their iPod touch units? This only makes me want to jailbreak my iPod touch more.</blockquote>[/div]It’s definitely not fair Max, but I think it’s only free for iPhone owners because Apple is getting a kickback from AT&T. I’m sure in the end Jobs’ will end up making the upgrade free.</blockquote>[/div] That's a terrible reason to punish early iPod touch buyers. If the iPhone is in fact costing them, then why are the iPod touch users, who have nothing to do with the iPhone at all, have to make up the difference? Ryan wrote:
Max wrote:
That iPod touch thing is just a new low for Apple. Early iPod adopters should be getting it for free since the apps should have been included from the very beginning. I guess if enough people complain like they did with the iPhone then maybe Apple will come to their senses. There’s no way I’m paying $20 to get a software update. Isn’t Apple supposed to be trying to convince people to upgrade and not jailbreak their iPod touch units? This only makes me want to jailbreak my iPod touch more.

It’s definitely not fair Max, but I think it’s only free for iPhone owners because Apple is getting a kickback from AT&T. I’m sure in the end Jobs’ will end up making the upgrade free.

That’s a terrible reason to punish early iPod touch buyers. If the iPhone is in fact costing them, then why are the iPod touch users, who have nothing to do with the iPhone at all, have to make up the difference?

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/15/macworld-2008-macbook-air-movie-rentals-iphone-firmware-time-capsule-and-more/#comment-129627 Ryan Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:17:44 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/15/macworld-2008-macbook-air-movie-rentals-iphone-firmware-time-capsule-and-more/#comment-129627 [div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-129598" rel="nofollow">Max wrote:</a><blockquote>That iPod touch thing is just a new low for Apple. Early iPod adopters should be getting it for free since the apps should have been included from the very beginning. I guess if enough people complain like they did with the iPhone then maybe Apple will come to their senses. There’s no way I’m paying $20 to get a software update. Isn’t Apple supposed to be trying to convince people to upgrade and not jailbreak their iPod touch units? This only makes me want to jailbreak my iPod touch more.</blockquote>[/div] It's definitely not fair Max, but I think it's only free for iPhone owners because Apple is getting a kickback from AT&T. I'm sure in the end Jobs' will end up making the upgrade free. [div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-129599" rel="nofollow">Mohan wrote:</a><blockquote>Been waiting for the Macbook Air…finally it’s here. Only problem is it costs an arm and a leg. Oh well by next year (when I am going to be seriously be looking for a laptop) hopefully the price would have come down a bit.</blockquote>[/div] Generally their computers never get cheaper, so I wouldn't count on that. They typically get more powerful instead. [div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-129602" rel="nofollow">Pieter wrote:</a><blockquote>“iPod Touch users can pay $20 to receive this upgrade.” WHAT? I already got this functionality for free thanks to the Installer.app hack! Give me a *bleep*ing break… :?</blockquote>[/div] Guess they thought iPod Touch users weren't already paying enough. :roll: [div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-129609" rel="nofollow">Bamboo wrote:</a><blockquote>Now what do they do? Fix it themselves. Only a year + later.</blockquote>[/div] I was surprised that they added 64-bit Vista support as well, and it's definitely about time. In reality it should have been ready at the launch of Vista. Max wrote:
That iPod touch thing is just a new low for Apple. Early iPod adopters should be getting it for free since the apps should have been included from the very beginning. I guess if enough people complain like they did with the iPhone then maybe Apple will come to their senses. There’s no way I’m paying $20 to get a software update. Isn’t Apple supposed to be trying to convince people to upgrade and not jailbreak their iPod touch units? This only makes me want to jailbreak my iPod touch more.

It’s definitely not fair Max, but I think it’s only free for iPhone owners because Apple is getting a kickback from AT&T. I’m sure in the end Jobs’ will end up making the upgrade free.

Mohan wrote:
Been waiting for the Macbook Air…finally it’s here. Only problem is it costs an arm and a leg. Oh well by next year (when I am going to be seriously be looking for a laptop) hopefully the price would have come down a bit.

Generally their computers never get cheaper, so I wouldn’t count on that. They typically get more powerful instead.

Pieter wrote:
“iPod Touch users can pay $20 to receive this upgrade.”

WHAT? I already got this functionality for free thanks to the Installer.app hack! Give me a *bleep*ing break… :?

Guess they thought iPod Touch users weren’t already paying enough. :roll:

Bamboo wrote:
Now what do they do? Fix it themselves. Only a year + later.

I was surprised that they added 64-bit Vista support as well, and it’s definitely about time. In reality it should have been ready at the launch of Vista.

]]> By: Ashley http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/15/macworld-2008-macbook-air-movie-rentals-iphone-firmware-time-capsule-and-more/#comment-129618 Ashley Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:58:44 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/15/macworld-2008-macbook-air-movie-rentals-iphone-firmware-time-capsule-and-more/#comment-129618 [div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-129599" rel="nofollow">Mohan wrote:</a><blockquote>Been waiting for the Macbook Air…finally it’s here. Only problem is it costs an arm and a leg. Oh well by next year (when I am going to be seriously be looking for a laptop) hopefully the price would have come down a bit.</blockquote>[/div] Not only that, but another huge downside is the battery and the fact you'll have to send it in to be replaced![div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-129605" rel="nofollow">Google wrote:</a><blockquote>Where’s my Lepord update! :?</blockquote>[/div] What kind of update were you hoping for? Mohan wrote:
Been waiting for the Macbook Air…finally it’s here. Only problem is it costs an arm and a leg. Oh well by next year (when I am going to be seriously be looking for a laptop) hopefully the price would have come down a bit.

Not only that, but another huge downside is the battery and the fact you’ll have to send it in to be replaced!

Google wrote:
Where’s my Lepord update! :?

What kind of update were you hoping for?

]]> By: Bamboo http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/15/macworld-2008-macbook-air-movie-rentals-iphone-firmware-time-capsule-and-more/#comment-129609 Bamboo Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:20:31 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/15/macworld-2008-macbook-air-movie-rentals-iphone-firmware-time-capsule-and-more/#comment-129609 I CAN'T FREAKING BELIEVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Itunes is pretty much the only problem program I have had since getting Vista64, and I have been reading TONS of forums and posting for help, and even sent Apple an email asking for an update on the progress of a 64 version. Then yesterday a guy in a forum posted how he had had the problem and someone told him about the GearSec CD/DVD Burning driver, and it fixed his. So I installed it yesterday and it worked. Was so relieved. Now what do they do? Fix it themselves. Only a year + later. Oh well, least it finally works. Check out the article from today's macworld, plus all the other crazy goodies at the homepage: http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/apples-itunes-7-6-plays-nice-with-64-bit-vista/ I CAN’T FREAKING BELIEVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Itunes is pretty much the only problem program I have had since getting Vista64, and I have been reading TONS of forums and posting for help, and even sent Apple an email asking for an update on the progress of a 64 version. Then yesterday a guy in a forum posted how he had had the problem and someone told him about the GearSec CD/DVD Burning driver, and it fixed his. So I installed it yesterday and it worked. Was so relieved.
Now what do they do? Fix it themselves. Only a year + later.
Oh well, least it finally works.
Check out the article from today’s macworld, plus all the other crazy goodies at the homepage:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/0.....bit-vista/

]]> By: Google http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/15/macworld-2008-macbook-air-movie-rentals-iphone-firmware-time-capsule-and-more/#comment-129605 Google Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:16:15 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/15/macworld-2008-macbook-air-movie-rentals-iphone-firmware-time-capsule-and-more/#comment-129605 Where's my Lepord update! :? Where’s my Lepord update! :?

]]> By: Pieter http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/15/macworld-2008-macbook-air-movie-rentals-iphone-firmware-time-capsule-and-more/#comment-129602 Pieter Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:45:01 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/15/macworld-2008-macbook-air-movie-rentals-iphone-firmware-time-capsule-and-more/#comment-129602 "iPod Touch users can pay $20 to receive this upgrade." WHAT? I already got this functionality for free thanks to the Installer.app hack! Give me a *bleep*ing break... :? “iPod Touch users can pay $20 to receive this upgrade.”

WHAT? I already got this functionality for free thanks to the Installer.app hack! Give me a *bleep*ing break… :?

]]> By: Richard http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/15/macworld-2008-macbook-air-movie-rentals-iphone-firmware-time-capsule-and-more/#comment-129600 Richard Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:45:39 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/15/macworld-2008-macbook-air-movie-rentals-iphone-firmware-time-capsule-and-more/#comment-129600 One of the main reasons i still don't own any Apple products. Well over priced and they know it $20 for software update when it should be free for all. (How can you do that) and i though windows vista overcharge in the UK was bad "Retail packaging is small– 56% less volume than that of the MacBook." They could of done that years ago but they will use that as a cheap selling feature Regular movies will cost $2.99 while new releases will be priced at $3.99 Another chance Apple can screw over european/uk customers Pricing is $1,799 and it will be available in just two weeks or you can pre-order today. You have go to be kidding me. :!: :!: :!: One of the main reasons i still don’t own any Apple products.

Well over priced and they know it
$20 for software update when it should be free for all. (How can you do that) and i though windows vista overcharge in the UK was bad

“Retail packaging is small– 56% less volume than that of the MacBook.”

They could of done that years ago but they will use that as a cheap selling feature

Regular movies will cost $2.99 while new releases will be priced at $3.99

Another chance Apple can screw over european/uk customers

Pricing is $1,799 and it will be available in just two weeks or you can pre-order today.

You have go to be kidding me. :!: :!: :!:

]]> By: Mohan http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/15/macworld-2008-macbook-air-movie-rentals-iphone-firmware-time-capsule-and-more/#comment-129599 Mohan Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:35:24 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/15/macworld-2008-macbook-air-movie-rentals-iphone-firmware-time-capsule-and-more/#comment-129599 Been waiting for the Macbook Air...finally it's here. Only problem is it costs an arm and a leg. Oh well by next year (when I am going to be seriously be looking for a laptop) hopefully the price would have come down a bit. Been waiting for the Macbook Air…finally it’s here. Only problem is it costs an arm and a leg. Oh well by next year (when I am going to be seriously be looking for a laptop) hopefully the price would have come down a bit.

]]> By: Max http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/15/macworld-2008-macbook-air-movie-rentals-iphone-firmware-time-capsule-and-more/#comment-129598 Max Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:09:54 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/15/macworld-2008-macbook-air-movie-rentals-iphone-firmware-time-capsule-and-more/#comment-129598 That iPod touch thing is just a new low for Apple. Early iPod adopters should be getting it for free since the apps should have been included from the very beginning. I guess if enough people complain like they did with the iPhone then maybe Apple will come to their senses. There's no way I'm paying $20 to get a software update. Isn't Apple supposed to be trying to convince people to upgrade and not jailbreak their iPod touch units? This only makes me want to jailbreak my iPod touch more. That iPod touch thing is just a new low for Apple. Early iPod adopters should be getting it for free since the apps should have been included from the very beginning. I guess if enough people complain like they did with the iPhone then maybe Apple will come to their senses. There’s no way I’m paying $20 to get a software update. Isn’t Apple supposed to be trying to convince people to upgrade and not jailbreak their iPod touch units? This only makes me want to jailbreak my iPod touch more.

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