Comments on: I won’t buy one http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/09/12/i-wont-buy-one/ I'm a mere, tiny, insignificant cog in a whole clockwork of stupidity. I'm the tiny cog that wants to break free. Seriously. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:37:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: beta.services http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/09/12/i-wont-buy-one/#comment-1055 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:47:33 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/09/12/i-wont-buy-one/#comment-1055 "That’s like trying to stick a 3.5″ drive in a 5.25″ bay" I suppose you would prefer your home entertainment system components to all be rack mounted? Tell me, are all your shirts the same size? Do you only have one sized coffee mug in your house? Not like I care you wont buy one, its just that seems like an argument for arguments sake. “That’s like trying to stick a 3.5″ drive in a 5.25″ bay”

I suppose you would prefer your home entertainment system components to all be rack mounted?

Tell me, are all your shirts the same size? Do you only have one sized coffee mug in your house?

Not like I care you wont buy one, its just that seems like an argument for arguments sake.

]]> by: Administrator http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/09/12/i-wont-buy-one/#comment-1049 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:08:54 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/09/12/i-wont-buy-one/#comment-1049 <i>The black colour you’re talking about didn’t truly make it to the market before circa 1980 and onwards… In the ’70s, nearly everything you remember as black was…silver!</i> And that is contradictory with what I said how, exactly? <i>I would agree with you if Apple was marketing the device to hifi people, but they aren’t.</i> Did you see the special event? There they CLEARLY put the device atop a stack of HiFi components. <i>HiMD ook, hoe kan je nou tevreden zijn met die lage up en download snelheid en vooral,… met die ver-schrik-ke-le-lij-ke SonicStage?!</i> SonicStage is inderdaad een grote hoop schijt, maar ik gebruik dat dan ook niet. Sony heeft een utilty dat heet "SimpleBurner", gewoon CD erin, liedjes aanvinken, en klaar. Werkt perfect. En tsjah, ik heb een stuk of 50 MDtjes; als ik een nieuw album koop zet ik deze over en wis 'm ook nooit meer. MDtjes zijn zo goedkoop dat ik nooit hoef te hergebruiken (en dus ook bijna nooit iets hoeft om te zetten). The black colour you’re talking about didn’t truly make it to the market before circa 1980 and onwards… In the ’70s, nearly everything you remember as black was…silver!

And that is contradictory with what I said how, exactly?

I would agree with you if Apple was marketing the device to hifi people, but they aren’t.

Did you see the special event? There they CLEARLY put the device atop a stack of HiFi components.

HiMD ook, hoe kan je nou tevreden zijn met die lage up en download snelheid en vooral,… met die ver-schrik-ke-le-lij-ke SonicStage?!

SonicStage is inderdaad een grote hoop schijt, maar ik gebruik dat dan ook niet. Sony heeft een utilty dat heet “SimpleBurner”, gewoon CD erin, liedjes aanvinken, en klaar. Werkt perfect.

En tsjah, ik heb een stuk of 50 MDtjes; als ik een nieuw album koop zet ik deze over en wis ‘m ook nooit meer. MDtjes zijn zo goedkoop dat ik nooit hoef te hergebruiken (en dus ook bijna nooit iets hoeft om te zetten).

]]> by: Søren Grønning http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/09/12/i-wont-buy-one/#comment-1047 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:44:28 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/09/12/i-wont-buy-one/#comment-1047 Sometimes, Thom, you're hopeless!! <i>'There are two standard colours used by HiFi components: the traditional (and preferable if you ask me) black, and the more modern silver.'</i> The black colour you're talking about didn't truly make it to the market before circa 1980 and onwards... In the '70s, nearly everything you remember as black was...silver! Oooops, yeah... I forgot you're not old enough to remember this, which just makes me think you shouldn't 'brag' about what you don't know of... Like Wittgenstein said: 'What can be said at all can be said clearly; and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence.' Sometimes, Thom, you’re hopeless!!

‘There are two standard colours used by HiFi components: the traditional (and preferable if you ask me) black, and the more modern silver.’

The black colour you’re talking about didn’t truly make it to the market before circa 1980 and onwards… In the ’70s, nearly everything you remember as black was…silver!

Oooops, yeah… I forgot you’re not old enough to remember this, which just makes me think you shouldn’t ‘brag’ about what you don’t know of…

Like Wittgenstein said: ‘What can be said at all can be said clearly; and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence.’

]]> by: Keith http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/09/12/i-wont-buy-one/#comment-1046 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:32:04 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/09/12/i-wont-buy-one/#comment-1046 I would agree with you if Apple was marketing the device to hifi people, but they aren't. I bet most hifi nerds wouldn't buy it just because it wont be over priced and huge. I would agree with you if Apple was marketing the device to hifi people, but they aren’t. I bet most hifi nerds wouldn’t buy it just because it wont be over priced and huge.

]]> by: nutela http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/09/12/i-wont-buy-one/#comment-1045 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:03:30 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/09/12/i-wont-buy-one/#comment-1045 Ik heb ook n minidisc. HiMD ook, hoe kan je nou tevreden zijn met die lage up en download snelheid en vooral,... met die ver-schrik-ke-le-lij-ke SonicStage?! Als ipods konden opnemen (met kwaliteit!) dan zou ik 10x liever ipod hebben. Ik heb ook n minidisc. HiMD ook, hoe kan je nou tevreden zijn met die lage up en download snelheid en vooral,… met die ver-schrik-ke-le-lij-ke SonicStage?!

Als ipods konden opnemen (met kwaliteit!) dan zou ik 10x liever ipod hebben.

]]> by: Thom Holwerda http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/09/12/i-wont-buy-one/#comment-1044 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:19:25 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/09/12/i-wont-buy-one/#comment-1044 <i>there is nothing Apple could do to make it 43 cm wide that would still adhere to their strictly stylish image.</i> They should've used an Xserve-like enclosure. Wide enough, still aesthetically pleasing. there is nothing Apple could do to make it 43 cm wide that would still adhere to their strictly stylish image.

They should’ve used an Xserve-like enclosure. Wide enough, still aesthetically pleasing.

]]> by: Simon Ask Ulsnes http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/09/12/i-wont-buy-one/#comment-1042 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:43:01 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/09/12/i-wont-buy-one/#comment-1042 If you worried about aesthetics, you wouldn't be the owner of a hifi rig in the first place. Seriously, there is nothing Apple could do to make it 43 cm wide that would still adhere to their strictly stylish image. - Simon If you worried about aesthetics, you wouldn’t be the owner of a hifi rig in the first place. Seriously, there is nothing Apple could do to make it 43 cm wide that would still adhere to their strictly stylish image.

- Simon

]]> by: Thom Holwerda http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/09/12/i-wont-buy-one/#comment-1041 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:09:35 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/09/12/i-wont-buy-one/#comment-1041 <i>How about putting it… um… i dunno… on top of all the bigger stuff?</i> That defeats the point of having industry standards. That's like trying to stick a 3.5" drive in a 5.25" bay; sure, it will work, but without brackets amd a specially shaped bezel it's fcuking ugly. <i>It looked pretty silver to me.</i> There are more than ten ways to skin a cat. There are two standard colours used by HiFi components: the traditional (and preferable if you ask me) black, and the more modern silver. Apple's colours do not match EITHER of these two. No matter how you spin it, the damn thing will not fit in. Hence, I won't buy it. How about putting it… um… i dunno… on top of all the bigger stuff?

That defeats the point of having industry standards. That’s like trying to stick a 3.5″ drive in a 5.25″ bay; sure, it will work, but without brackets amd a specially shaped bezel it’s fcuking ugly.

It looked pretty silver to me.

There are more than ten ways to skin a cat. There are two standard colours used by HiFi components: the traditional (and preferable if you ask me) black, and the more modern silver. Apple’s colours do not match EITHER of these two.

No matter how you spin it, the damn thing will not fit in. Hence, I won’t buy it.

]]> by: James http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/09/12/i-wont-buy-one/#comment-1040 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 07:56:34 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/09/12/i-wont-buy-one/#comment-1040 "And I’m not even talking about the the industry standard colours (black and silver) they refuse to use!" Uh. It looked pretty silver to me. So does a lot of Apple's lineup. http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2006/09/dsc_0994.jpg “And I’m not even talking about the the industry standard colours (black and silver) they refuse to use!”

Uh. It looked pretty silver to me. So does a lot of Apple’s lineup.

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2006/09/dsc_0994.jpg

]]> by: MatzeLoCal http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/09/12/i-wont-buy-one/#comment-1039 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 07:10:45 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/09/12/i-wont-buy-one/#comment-1039 "43cm = industry standard" WHAT? You are right, most of them are 43cm wide.. but thats not a valid for all. And maybe most home audio devices have that size, nearly all of them vary in depth. Recently I bought my father a new DVD-Player. When I was comparing players I noticed, that all of them have a different size especially in depth. IIRC the Sony was the shortest of them. So, guess what.. yes, we could place it under some other audio components... sooooo what to do... in a pretty smart move, we put it on top.... and hey.. it worked.. And you may also note, that apple is selling this as "settop box" .. and those are mostly supposed to be on-top or at lease underneath the TV. “43cm = industry standard” WHAT?

You are right, most of them are 43cm wide.. but thats not a valid for all. And maybe most home audio devices have that size, nearly all of them vary in depth.
Recently I bought my father a new DVD-Player. When I was comparing players I noticed, that all of them have a different size especially in depth.
IIRC the Sony was the shortest of them. So, guess what.. yes, we could place it under some other audio components… sooooo what to do… in a pretty smart move, we put it on top…. and hey.. it worked..

And you may also note, that apple is selling this as “settop box” .. and those are mostly supposed to be on-top or at lease underneath the TV.

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