Khürt Williams's Profile

"First off, Preview should be like iTunes or iPhoto whereby you should be able to manage, keyword, and rate PDFs on your computer. As it stands now, you have to save PDFs in regular Finder folders." I don't agree with that. I do not need an application to manage every kind of document type I have on my system. The PDF format was developed and is still predominantly used for exchanging documents where the document creator does not want the document modified. I don't see anyone clamoring for an app to manage, keyword, and rate Word, Excel or Powerpoint documents. Your use case, using PDF for newspaper type reading, is specific to you. I prefer reading my news via RSS and a newsreader. However, if you must have it, here's some links to PDF Managers: http://mekentosj.com/papers/ http://www.yepthat.com/yep/index.html http://ipapers.sourceforge.net/iPapers.html

Apple has not power over any market. It makes excellent products with feature people want to use. Jason's complaint appears to be: "Apple built this thing in a market with dominant established players and now that their hard work has paid off they should be forced to share their success". Apple doesn't day you can not use your iPod with other software or operatings system. Only that they will not provide technical assistance with that. Apple does not say you can not use your non-Apple MP3 player with iTunes. Only that they have will not provide support technical assistance with that. Honda won't provide assistance if I connect third party parts non-Honda parts to my Accord. If I change out the factory radio Honda won't help or warranty the work.

Most of Microsoft's customers for OS and Office are businesses, not consumers. Google OS would have no major impact on that.

It's simple really. Supply and demand. When there is demand for something I can charge more. When people aren't willing to pay what I ask demand falls and so does the price. Apple can charge what it does because some people are willing to pay. Same for a BMW, Mercedes Benz, Lexus etc.

Did you install the 32bit or 64bit version.

@barrowman - "Anyone who buys a 8.9 screen, 1.6ghz single processor machine and then proceeds to complain about those constraints ..." is precisely why netbooks will remain a niche. As Chris mentioned the intended audience for a netbook is someone looking for foremost for portability. But ... because they are also cheap more people are buying them and ... being disappointed.

@barrowman: So you've admittedly violated the licensing terms for OS X. Why? What was wrong with the awesome OS that netbook came with? I agree with Chris. My iPod Touch ( I don't have an iPhone ) has become the computer I use most often. My wife calls it "the appendage".