Monday, March 20, 2006

 

Probing

I hate it when people are so bold to ask about your material thinggs instead of like maybe getting to know you? just maybe? They like to ask what you do for a living, how much you make, where do you live, how much you rent/how much is your house. But after all the questioning is over and you shoot them back the same questions, they say a lot of rubbish, dodge them, or just plain ignore you. Sheesh! You had the balls to ask, so I'm gonna ask them back to you.

Saturday, March 04, 2006

 

Third party IM clients

I recently heard about meebo.com and then headed to the site to get as much information as possible short of trying it out. I didn't try it out because I didn't want to give up my IM password. Short story is once I give meebo or any other third party IM clients my IM password, I am giving them carte blanche access to my account. They can login to my account without my knowledge.
So I think one way to help resolve this problem is for the IM players to create a password for use only on third party IM clients. That way paranoid people like me don't have to fear giving away their IM passwords. So obviously this password can't be used to view account details, change password, access other services that the IM player provides, or anything else. This won't solve everything but at least users can have some sanity knowing that giving up their IM passwords won't allow the third party IM client to have carte blance account access.

Thursday, March 02, 2006

 

Apple going crazy with pricing on new products?

The latest products: leather cases for iPods, iPod Hi-Fi boombox and the upgraded Mac Mini have outrageous pricing. I think it's because Apple wants more revenue before launching new stuff.
Starting with the leather cases, my gosh it's 100 dollars! It's just a bag?! So what if the material is from some cow with so and so luxurious this and that, it's a freaking bag?! Plus for the Nano version, looks like the ear phones can't be plugged in unless the Nano is put in upside down. Even if the Nano needs to be put in upside down, it defeats the advertising's purpose of being able to see the iPod's screen when pulling it out from the oh-so-ingenious tab. Sheesh! I still don't get it, 100 dollars for a bag?! I guess it's to pay back for the enormous salaries Apple had to pay whatever team that designed the bag. Gosh.
Next up is the boombox at 350 dollars. Ok this one at least there is some sophisticated technology inside rather than just being an empty bag(ok with some tab to help pull the iPod out, oh my gosh). But 350 for a box is just too much. For 350, I'm going to expect a multiple box set up: at least 2.1, have a decent equalizer, a tuner, multiple inputs, a DVD/CD player and built-in ripping. Yeah, I think for 350 I would pay for something like that.
Finally the upgraded Mac Mini. First I think it's cool that Apple is continuing with this line. But I think Apple forgot the original intent for the product which is to introduce new, cost-conscious PC users in switching/trying out the Mac. Paying up to 800 dollars for this product, and keeping in mind it's just the "CPU" no monitor, keyboard and mouse, is too much. Come to think of it, since this product is meant to capture the PC switching segment, I think it doesn't make sense to have a low and high end model. In all seriousness, there is no real-world difference between the two models to be of any significance for a PC switching user or any new user thinking of using a Mac just trying the system out. Sure the high end model has so and so stuff, but the customer will always adjust their use accordingly because after all, the Mac Mini is meant to introduce people to the Mac.

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