Re: I guess Computerworld is all "Maccies", huh?

In article <74be9$495796b6$10629@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Me <me@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

<snip>

"Why Apple's 'Consumer' Macs are Enterprise-Worthy

Not everyone needs a Mac Pro; sometimes a mini might do.
Do you use a Mini?
I have a Mac mini I use as a home media server.
IOW it's just doing what networked storage could do.
Wrong, but by now that's hardly surprising.
"Empty assertion again." -- Alan Baker

"Will this be the latest assertion for which you'll never provide any
support?" -- Alan Baker
I see support for your assertions is still lacking.

LOL

Its also has an EyeTV 200 connected to it to make it into a PVR.
IOW, it's just media storage. Nothing I couldn't do with a NAS disk.
An NAS disk can record television?

LOLOLLOLOLOLOLOL
You do know that the NAS disk works along with your computer in a
network, right? I can most certainly record television onto my NAS.

Only by having a computer present, Edwin.

It seems you call me "Edwin" every time you get caught in a mistake.
It's obvious a computer is present whether you're talking about NAS or a
server.

There is a processor of some sort in an NAS, yes Edwin, but you cannot
use that processor to do anything except the limited tasks for which it
was intended. You can't add an EyeTV to it and have your television
recorded without the presence of an actual personal computer. The fact
that it has a processor is irrelevant.


My Mac Mini records shows at
home when me and my MacBook Pro aren't there.

"The EyeTV 200 retails for around $330, which makes it slightly more
expensive than comparable PVR products, like Miglia¹s EvolutionTV."

$330 for EyeTV 200 plus $600 for a Mac Mini, to end up with these
limitations:

"One drawback with recording is that the EyeTV cannot control satellite
receivers or digital cable boxes, so you must use the timer features on
there to make sure they change the channels when you can¹t. Analog cable
or over-the-air broadcasts won¹t have any problems. If channels are
weak, the EyeTV had trouble picking them up, often having garbled video."

http://schwarztech.us/reviews/elgatoeyetv200

Pretty crappy for a $1000 PVR added to the cost of your MacBook Pro. A
$500 Windows Media Center PC could do a better job than your setup does.

Except that it that is *all* that it does, nor is it the only reason I
chose to go that route. I just presented that part to show that an NAS
box couldn't have provided the same functionality.


By Seth Weintraub
December 22, 2008 < Computerworld < Not too long ago, ad agencies,
design firms and other creative companies were about the only
businesses
that widely deployed Macintosh computers to their employees. But
for
a
number of reasons, word of the benefits of Apple Inc. hardware >
software
>
..."
First you post a story about XP's deadline being extended by popular
demand,
then you post a story that people are going to move to the Mac due
to
XP's
problems. Make up your mind.
No, I didn't.
Yes you did.
No, I didn't.
Yes, you did.
No, I didn't.
Yes, you did.

Isn't it interesting how you'll happily interpret my words and claim
they mean something I never came close to saying,
It's interesting how you think you can lie like your doing now.

LOL


but you get all coy
when asked to simply state what you meant when I (correctly) interpret
your statement?
You need to learn what coy means. I'll get you started. It doesn't
mean Me refusing to do your thinking for you, and it doesn't mean my
objection to you inserting your words in my text and passing it off as a
quote from Me.

Meaning number two:

"coy |koi|

adjective ( coyer, coyest)

(esp. of a woman) making a pretense of shyness or modesty that is
intended to be alluring but is often regarded as irritating : she
treated him to a coy smile of invitation.

¤ reluctant to give details, esp. about something regarded as sensitive
: he is coy about his age.

¤ dated quiet and reserved; shy."

Thanks for proving you misused the word "coy."

I used it precisely as the definition stated.

You got "reluctant to give details". When a definition includes "esp.",
that doesn't mean that the usage *must* conform to that subset.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
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