I haven't found anything else with comparable audio quality. I know the ageing ATRAC codec used on Minidiscs are inferior to the latest generation codecs, such as AAC, but the D/A converters and amplifiers were far superior to those in the latest portable units, even iPods which are not just hampered by poor amplifiers, but also shoddy encoding and a high level of dynamic compression in iTunes. And I must say that as a portable recorder they actually seem to be cheaper than comparable solid state recorders.
iPods don't encode anything. Maybe you're thinking of iTunes? If your encodings are shoddy, use a different encoder. The dynamic compression ("SoundCheck" in Apple lingo) can be disabled via the Settings menu. iPods are also capable of storing and playing Apple Lossless (ALAC) files, which sound identical to the original source.
So much of the language is context sensitive (e.g., this arbitrary symbol means a certain thing, except in some cases where it means something completely different) and there are so many features that I always felt overwhelmed. Sure, I always managed to get the code working but it felt hackish and thanks to "there's more than one way to do it," I was never sure if the way I implemented was the right way.
I felt that way too until I read Effective Perl Programming. It goes over all the multiple ways to do things and explains why one is better than another in a particular situation. Great book. It gave me the Perl "aha moment" I needed.
At least if there's one single interface between a website and the mic/cam we can do our best to ensure that interface isn't exploitable. If every website has to roll their own, overall it's much less secure.
Yes, that's worked out great so far.
I thought the printer sharing only worked with a very few "supported" printers, and wasn't actively being updated. Is this not true?
I think it works with everything. We have two airports at the office, one sharing an HP Photosmart and one sharing a Kyocera laserprinter. They just show up as regular printers on the Mac, and you select the driver in the Add Printer dialog as you would any directly-connected printer. I think the Airports just work as a 'pass thru' type of thing.
Sorry man. That's why I moved away from apple. Contacts and meetings should sync without iTunes
They do.
At this point the only thing that keeps the iPad being a truly viable replacement for a computer is the need to sync it to a computer. But if you buy in an Apple Store you can have them set it up there, and then just buy apps and media on the device going forward (though it makes me cringe at the thought of people doing that and not backing up the device regularly).
Yeah, I can't imagine doing it myself, but it's not as bad as you might think... Apps can be re-downloaded (you'd lose save games, of course). If you use google/yahoo/mobileme/exchange for your mail/contacts/calendar/notes, that will all be backed up on the server. It's really just the media (music/movies/books) that are problematic - but that's the fault of the publishers.
No, Apple customers still lose. They still can't run Flash
I'm an Apple customer and I consider that a win.
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