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PharaohsVizier said:Canadians use a variety of postal services. It's always helpful to know approximately what time they will ship. I know Canada Post comes by my house with letters and small parcels at approx 10:00, larger parcels at approximately 10:30, UPS, Purolator varies from 12:00 to 1:00, DHL from 2:00 to 4:00. It is a horrible system seeing as all these times are when I'm at school, but thankfully I have people in the house all the time.
Not really Apple's fault.
BTW, what happened to your hatred against iPod sinkhead? I thought you were a zune fan. I'm actually going to get another iPod Classic over the next few days, only it has enough memory for me. The nano looks kinda meh to me...
lol, CA fails.ScuberSteve said:lol, UK fails.
Canadians get UPS.
PharaohsVizier said:Not saying the Zune is bad or anything, but honestly I'm not playing to use these to the max or anything. Basically Apple's iPod has it nailed down, I've used them enough so that the interface is very natural to me, not to mention everyone has one, and it is the norm to get an Apple product. I am aware of Zune's superior features, but I'm not in need of it.
PharaohsVizier said:Don't worry, I've well considered the Zune, and I've definitely looked into it, and they are obviously doing something right if Apple's nano design is moving towards the Zune.
Something I like about the iPods is that I've been using them for a while, and they LAST long. When I went to futureshop, their display models of the Zune felt sort of cheap (most likely because it is a display model), and the interface just didn't feel as smooth as the iPod. Whereas I still have an iPod Mini from years back, working great, my friend still has the 3rd gen iPod I sold to him, working great. And accessories are easier to buy for iPods, etc. I've thought it over, I am highly tempted to get a Zune, probably in the near future just for the heck of it.
Also, I had a few Creative products, and I thought the Zen Vision was reaaalllyyyyy nice, and my first serious MP3 that I began using nonstop was the Creative Zen Micro, which was also quite nice. If they released a new MP3 player, following the Zen Vision, high capacity, etc, I'd probably buy it over the iPod any day.
I got UPS sent to me when I sent my iPod for repairs but that was like 3 years ago.ScuberSteve said:lol, UK fails.
Canadians get UPS.
tsimehC said:Do you have neighbours that can be trusted? When you're expected stuff just pin a note up on your door before you head out.
lol u all sux. We have sun, and paella, and hot women (of which many come from your countries) and UPS and TNT and SEUR and DHL and FedEx and Royal Postal Service Air Mail and wohooooo!!!!!moozxy said:I got UPS sent to me when I sent my iPod for repairs but that was like 3 years ago.ScuberSteve said:lol, UK fails.
Canadians get UPS.
Maktub said:kobykaan, it's not such a bad idea to do that when you actually trust some of your neighbours. As he specified on his answer. Bit of a dumb answer to a good post? I've actually have that done several times when I was away with items worth over 250 euro. Not a problem, mate.
Musturd said:hmm....
Where to start my apple sucks rant?
Skip this Rant only IF you are a director of a motion picture that has a massive budget (Final Cut Pro). Otherwize you shouldn't any apple products.
I am 100% sure I will be flamed by this. But wth. Here's my two cents:
Apple Sucks. Basically.
1. All apple products are designed for people too stupid to use a PC, are you stupid? no, your reading right now. Reading requires a kindergarten to 2nd grade mind. Macs are for people with pre-school minds (even though I used Windows 3.1 when I was in preschool)
2. All apple products have a time bomb in them. Don't believe me? Find one person who has a working iPod Mini (without having gotten it fixed). Yah, you probably can't. They usually break within a few months after your warranty ends. I have proof. I have evidence. 80% of the people with laptops at my school have apples mac books. All of my friends have had to repair their laptop at some time..
On a side note, you may argue that some windows computers break. If it's the hardware that's the manufacturer's fault (THERE IS MORE THAN ONE TO CHOOSE FROM). If it's software that's your fault. And if it's software who really cares. Factory default restore! It is relatively easy to replace programs, and just save your important docs on another partition or upload them. "What about my iTunes music?" you cry.
3. iTunes. Sucks. They poor a sh*tload of encryption on their files, and for what? Try converting your music to mp3. It's practically impossible (there may be a way, but not that I know of). Wow, now try to put a blank cd in your drive. Then click burn. Now rip the song files as .mp3s. Ooh, nice super encryption. I guess that would be satisfactory if it transfered the ID3 tags. IT DOESNT. You have to retype in all the songs. Use a freaking different music manager. What about your iPod? How do I put music on that?
4. Let's rephrase that. How do I waste $200 (or more!) on a device that has incredibly low storage space. Buy a DS and a flash cart and get lmp-ng -- that should be enough! Then you can do other things on your DS like play games (FOR CHEAPER THAN THE IPOD)
5. How about Mac computers (when their time bomb hasn't been set off)? A one click mouse. That's convenient. Actually it's not. I don't want to have to hold control to right click. I should be able to click with my right finger. I like the lack speaker holes in the casing of their laptops too. Also, you may say "Look at my awesome virus protection!" Your computer isn't protected ANY better than a windows computer. It's just that virus programmers are too lazy to write viruses for Macs (though I would if it were legal). Almost all hacks (not H4X, hacks -- little useful programs cooked up) on the internet are for windows/linux only. Coincidence? I think not. The people smart enough to make useful programs run windows/linux and not mac. There is a list of trillions of fun and interesting things you can do on a windows computer and only a few on macs. Listen to music. Go on the internet. Take stupid pictures of yourself. Somewhat program (not really though). That's all I can think of at the moment. Hmm 4. Want a small portion of the list of things for Windows? Music, Internet, Programming, reverse engineering -- (Hak5 watch episodes 402pt1 and 403pt2), process training -- CheatEngine, ROM hacking, etc.
Flame away mother f*****s!
juggernaut911 said:I respect you now!!
can't say i'm a mac fan. I've never used their products, never seen it do something a Windows based computer couldn't. the only reason I really truly hate them is my brother/roommate is such a hardcore fanboy. he calls me pc fanboy because I prefer Pc over mac... no, I'm a gamer, I game and photo munipulate in my free time, mac only does one of the 2... at the same quality (I don't find the mac as a better media machine then a windows computer...
Didn't know of the lawsuit. Now I'm happier, even though they don't have much of a chance.IBNobody said:I would like Apple more if they didn't overcharge you on or lock you into hardware.
I would consider trying OSX on a custom built PC, assuming I wouldn't have to jump through all the current hoops like you do now.
Let's hope Phystar's anti-trust lawsuit against Apple succeeds.
PharaohsVizier said:1. Mac computers don't suck, they just have a different take on things, simplicity is not a positive or a negative. Honestly though, I use Windows, always will use Windows.
2. I have a working Mini, my brother bought it, a few weeks after it was first announced, still working strong today, battery life still almost as strong as new, albeit it did lower a bit, get around 7 hours for it. Again, when things break, the first suspect I usually look at is people misusing it.
3. I am not particularly fond of iTunes, I prefer to be able to sync music manually and do it as a removable hard drive sort of deal, but iTunes is in no way buggy or problematic. I have never had problems with them converting my files, I have never had an issue with ripping music from a CD, but I haven't tried the other things you mentioned.
4. Now you are being stupid. The nano is $149.99 for 8GB, which is a decent deal for an MP3 player, but you are also paying for the headphones, the software, everything. At $200+ dollars, you could be getting a classic, 120GB is HUGE. The DS is NOT a music player, moonshell just doesn't cut it.
5. Fair enough.