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Bang for buck

Joel and I have been commenting back and forth in one of his posts, and I thought it would be better to just post a blog entry of my whole argument here in my site – instead of second guessing what “perspective” one has to take when stressing the point of the Apple-PC debate in terms of “value for money.”

In summary, the “debate” began from a linked article stating that the “myth” of Apple being more expensive than PCs is finally being debunked, now that the platforms are on a level x86 playing field. And just for the record, I agree that it is in fact a myth when it comes to a certain price-point with laptops.

What I just wanted to clarify however was at this point in time, when it comes to the desktop realm. This isn’t a myth at all. Apple products are indeed much more expensive than the PC counterparts beyond any doubt.

So I thought I would just post the following scenarios and points to clarify my stand.

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Question Mr. Attorney

Ok for all the lawyers out there (Punzi, anyone?), I just wanted to get your opinions on this for the heck of it. It’s no biggie really, just an article I read a couple of days ago which got my attention.

This is the scenario: A molester, is going to court because of evidence a thief sent the police (anonymously). This all happened when the thief had opened a memory card which was part of the “goods” he had stolen from the molester – who was just a “victim” at the time. The thief was apprehended from an unrelated case, but said he was the one who gave them the molester – in case you were wondering.

Now the question is: is that evidence admissible in the court?

The story was popular because… aside from the fact that people were painting the theif as a hero (claiming there is honor among thieves as he chose the moral high road in sending the evidence at the risk of being caught), there was also much hoo-haw over the legality of how the evidence was “procured.”

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Beware the Yahoo Photo IM message

Have you ever had a friend send you a link via Instant Messenger that looks similar to this?

http://www.geocities.com/`some_user_name`/`some_filename`.html

This link actually works, you can visit it, but whatever you do, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO LOG IN!!!

Here’s a quick rundown of the scenario. You get the link, figure that “Hey, friend sent it, so it must be legitimate.” You visit it, oh it’s a photo album, fine you need to log-in to view it. Luckily you’re a Yahoo subscriber so you don’t need to register. You log-in… nothing happens, you’re redirected to the same page. You figure it must be a server error and just dismiss the issue… only to find out that you too are sending the same messages without your knowledge.

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The PG13 post

I was looking for a good audio podcast (as in a podcast about audio recording/engineering) but using the typical keywords are damn difficult (recording, audio) usually hit any kind of content because in the world of podcasting, ulitmately, everything is audio or recorded.

So I tried clicking on the top rated podcasts and hoped I just found a title which sound like the podcast I was looking for… then I hit this title:

Sex is Fun

So being the responsible, good-boy citizen I am… I immediately subscribed to hear what’s up hehehehe. But in all honesty, I have to say I’m glad I did.

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iPod stuff

Here’s something everyone should know about in case it’s true.

New critical flaw in the 5G iPod — destroys earbuds!

When my right earbud started making an annoying crackling sound I thought it was just the earbuds fault. But recently on iLounge it appears that a bunch of other iPod users have also had the problem, and with third party headphones as well! So, if you’re using an expensive pair of earbuds with your 5G — watch out!

via digg

If you follow the forums, there’s a considerable amount of people with similar problems, but again, not all are experiencing this.

I’m glad that this was posted nonetheless, I wouldn’t want to wreck a 300 dollar pair of headphones because Apple made sloppy work of the terminals. I hope that it’s just in the iPod though (like the terminals themselves get damaged, and not the earphones connected to them). In any case, here’s a heads-up for anyone.

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