New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

guardian dls in the bg, like AA said, and they're all supposed to with newsstnd

is there any compelling reason for me NOT to get a refurbished iMac v. a new one? like, i know the graphics card and processor are better, and its got thunderbolt, but....anything else?

Most annoying thing is that the notification mechanism defaults to banners AND badges AND sounds AND lock screen messages, so if you only want a badge you have to go into settings and manually cut it down, EVERY time. On top of that there are some apps (Future Publishing I'm looking at you) that fail to clear the unread badge and ribbon even after you've read the whole issue.

xp none that I can think of. All recent Mac hardware has been pretty good and will run Lion so

i would be wary of buying a thunderboltless mac for futureproofing reasons tbh

that was kinda the main thing :-/

If you want thunderbolt you don't have a choice. Also it sounds like this won't be a danger to you but the Airs have cut-down thunderbolt ports that don't do as much.

you save like $100, I would wait until refurbished models of the current model show up in the refurb store

could be waiting a while though

i would wait until you get rich

I thought I'd just drop in to say that the iPhone 4s is pretty badass.

http://www.cultofmac.com/126283/if-you-have-an-iphone-in-prison-it-has-probably-been-in-someones-butt/

Drops can work in a number of ways. For example, there’s a bathroom just outside one of the main San Quentin gates which is open to the public and is a big draw for tourists. Inmate work crews clean these bathrooms every day. An inmate’s associate on the outside will have taped a package (of phones, drugs, tobacco, etc.) to the back of the women’s toilet, for example. When the inmates come to clean, they toss it in with the rest of the trash, then sort through it later. Then, when when nobody’s looking, whoop, up the butt it goes. They are usually prepackaged in latex gloves or condoms for easier insertion.

whoop

I wonder how many people are reading Cult of Mac in prison.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/whats-really-next-for-apple-in-television/

lol @ nyt basically giving away the big innovation in the apple tv. with jobs gone I'm guessing media outlets are going to be much less afraid about leaking shit

it'd be good if siri actually worked first

could you put siri into a feedback loop where it hears the content being played on the TV and then selects new content based on that and then it hears the TV again ad infinitum

not so smart now are you siri

haha isn't that a gag from 30rock

btw guys, I don't think Jobs cracking the television issue was Siri+Apple TV

love the dramatic scene of jobs on his deathbed going "i finally... cracked it"

SHOWMAN TO THE END.

do you think he recorded video at the end so he could deliver keynotes from beyond the grave

how spectacular would that be

btw guys, I don't think Jobs cracking the television issue was Siri+Apple TV

― avant-garde heterosexuals (mh), Thursday, October 27, 2011 1:27 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark

probably not but it definitely solves the issue of control imo. tv remotes are junk, using a keyboard to control your TV or media center is junk, using a mouse with a TV is junk. who the hell wants to do that when they are chillin on the big sofa

the big tv stumbling block is that ITV won't let them call it an iTV

Apple could just buy ITV with their cash reserves to get the trademark.

true but steve jobs hated downton abbey

Apple TV is pretty sweet with the remote and when you use an iPad as a library searching/typing device for it, it's pretty fucking awesome.

do you think he recorded video at the end so he could deliver keynotes from beyond the grave

Hahah, great, Isaac Asimov's Apple Foundation Trilogy

"I am Steve Jobs..."

Apple TV is pretty sweet with the remote and when you use an iPad as a library searching/typing device for it, it's pretty fucking awesome.

Agreed on all this BTW -- when I moved recently I got one to work with the new home setup and TV, and both my girlfriend and I love it; she uses an iPad, I use my iPhone and damn if it ain't handy.

Would currently kill for Hulu on Apple TV, and I know Spotify will never be on there, but if they could make an iPad version that'd be sweet.

so apparently I have a free 24" samsung monitor (sisters). should this affect my imminent purchasing decisions y/n

do you think he recorded video at the end so he could deliver keynotes from beyond the grave

how spectacular would that be

― lukas, Thursday, October 27, 2011 1:42 PM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark

i was actually trying to convince a friend to believe this

still think he "is" siri tho

Would currently kill for Hulu on Apple TV

The inclusion of Vimeo is nice but yeah -- also, YouTube/Vimeo playlist playing.

(Actually am I completely missing something or is there a reason why AppleTV just doesn't let you browse the web?)

gbx mac mini? but unless the samsung is amazing the display in the imac would be way better.

well I was thinking more about another laptop...

well yeah if you can afford the processing power you need in laptop form then i am all for them. if you're actually going to tote it around and can afford the top of the line MBA then get that.

that is what i just bought

that is what work just bought for me i mean.

see that's the dilemma (about which I have posted ad nauseum). I want portability and power and a big display at home. that's why I was considering an iMac + 11" combo (I've got a technology loan I can use...not free, but a drop in the bucket compared to my total med school debt). but that's excessive, and would outstrip my loan by a lot.

cognitive overhead of dealing with two computers too much for me.

well this is why i'm wondering if an ipad would actually suit my mobile purposes just fine. all i REALLY do is email and surf the web. i'm trying to imagine scenarios where i'd want to do anything that required ~horsepower~ and they're all sorta fringe cases. if anything, i'd just miss my customizable stuff

I stopped missing my customisable stuff as soon as it stopped being customisable, tyranny of choice etc.

If all you want is email and a web browser, keep in mind that ipads don't do flash.

ah fuck, flash :(

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljwkhlKu9t1qbsh2yo1_1280.png?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1319836357&Signature=tU9PxMzEl81ssO9Qin5F7zZeYLU%3D

Why are people surprised that Apple's getting into TV?

who is surprised?

wankosphere

I use a mbp 'desktop' and a 11" air and it's fine imo. dropbox + google chrome sync + mail keep almost everything sync'd

flash shrinks ur balls anyway gbx

You need at least one flash-capable device so you can look at restaurant menus. Some Android tablets cope all right with flash iirc.

Kindle Fire ;)

omg is that vim on ipad????????