Re: [PLUG] why apple

["Claude M. Schrader" <plug@claudeschrader.com>]

My brother went through this too - new iOS devices require iTunes 10,
which won't work with 10.4. They need to be upgraded to at least 10.5
(leopard). Clearly it's annoying, but it's not that unreasonable for
an almost 6 year old upgradable OS to not support new hardware.
Claude

On 00:04 Fri 28 Jan     , Art Alexion wrote:
>    Not really true.
>    I run the latest iTunes on the prior OS, Leopard 10.5, on a Mini. This
>    Mini is the first Intel with a single core and 1 GB ram. No problem.
>    I started using this Mac when Amarok couldn't support the iPod Touch
>    (which I was given). I have never purchased DRM music from iTunes. I use
>    the Touch with MP3 only.
>    There are a lot of things to dislike about Macs. Most deal with technology
>    they refuse to support. But the complaints you raise are pure FUD --
>    untrue.
> 
>    --
>    Art Alexion
>    On Jan 26, 2011, at 5:55 PM, Jason Harlow <[1]jharlow1@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>      Apple is just ridiculous with the proprietary requirements and having to
>      pay for everything.
> 
>      A friend of mine recently got a new iPod, and in order to use the latest
>      iTunes to be able to put music on it (Which is where all of her DRM'd
>      songs were), she had to upgrade her macbook to Snow Leopard, which cost
>      who knows how much...THEN it wouldn't run on her laptop (which is like
>      4ish yrs old), so she had to buy more RAM. All in all it cost her more
>      than the iPod to just be able to put music on it using her laptop which
>      was a few years old but far powerful enough to do anything that she
>      needs to do with it.
> 
>      Absurd!
> 
>      On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Daniel Toliaferro
>      <[2]d.toliaferro@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>        I used one and for me it was very weird. The DVD drive was like,
>        inside the monitor and the mouse only had one button. Pretty wacky
>        IMO.
> 
>        On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Conor Schaefer
>        <[3]conor.schaefer@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>          Excuse the top-posting, but: have you used one? I think the U.S. at
>          large is in love with Apple products because they are simple to use
>          and well-designed. Linux products are great for tool mastery, but
>          they do require a bit of expertise to wield well, don't kid yourself
>          about that.
> 
>          Also, sorry to get personal, but do you really need _o be shelling
>          out money for your 30 year old daughter's IT needs?
> 
>          (sent on the go from my Nexus One, so no iPhone accusations, please!
>          =P)
> 
>          On Jan 26, 2011 5:37 PM, "Ron Kaye Jr" <[4]rekaye1005@verizon.net>
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