Paul bought me an 8GB Red IPod. Apparently if you want a color other then black, for the 8GB, you need to purchase directly from Apple.
Sony Inserts Foot Into Mouth.... again -_-
I kind of like the uniformity of the white Apple look. Everything is iWhite. It's cool.
Lotus_Eater wrote:My NES only came in grey, I didn't complain back then did I? I got a white Wii and I am happy with a white Wii.
Wrong, the NES came in White with that toploader revision in 1993, plus count the japanese versions and it came in red, black, and blue I think. The Sharp Twin famis had atleast 3 colors.
Dechipher wrote:I kind of like the uniformity of the white Apple look. Everything is iWhite. It's cool.
Think Different, Build it yourself...
Steve Jobs- "Mac users, FALL IN!" (Walks down the line of iWhite product.)
SJ- "Is that a scuf mark on your ibook? show some respect."
Mac User- "Yes Sir, Sorry Sir."
SJ-(Continues walking down the line.) "Whats this? a Functinal mouse!? In apple we don't put function before beauty... Use the mighty mouse you were issued."
Mac Convert- "But the stupid thing is a pain in the a-"
SJ- "Silence, you are making apple look bad." (continues walking.)
Mac Modder- "Hmm... Hmm... Hmm..."
SJ- "What the... What is... THAT!?"
Mac Modder- "I call it the 'MiBook."
SJ- "Why don't you just go back to windows..."
MottZilla wrote:Wrong, the NES came in White with that toploader revision in 1993, plus count the japanese versions and it came in red, black, and blue I think. The Sharp Twin famis had atleast 3 colors.
Yeah but the toploader didn't come until the end of the NES' lifespan. But that is besides the point. Wii will most certainly come in more colors *eventually*. But like NES (his example), it only *launched* with one.
Anyways, you guys are missing the point I was making. I said iPod because that's why the Wii is white. Glossy White = the new Black, at least for technological gizmos. iPod started the thing, others are now copying. Glossy White is like an indication that this is an "iPod-like gadget". It's an association with the iPod-type devices that Nintendo is looking for - trendy, popular, innovative/"high tech", etc. This is why they went glossy white. It's about the system's image. It says "this is modern tech" to consumers.
Do I think white is better? No, personally I'd rather have black. But you have to think of it from a marketing perspective to see why Nintendo went this way. Whether or not it worked, who knows, but it certainly didn't *not* work, considering the thing is selling like crazy.
Either way, I think we can all agree - this beats the PANTS off Purple.
My iPod is a second gen nano with a brushed steel look. And my friends and I have decided: If you want to do things like run a buisness and make spreadsheets and regulate some white collar guys, buy a PC, which is easy to network and handels basic menial tasks better. If your artistic, or creative, or stuff like that and want raw processing power, and all the really good programs and stuff, buy a Mac. Seriously, I've tried Photoshop on both a Mac and a PC. It just handles better on the Mac.(Yes, both computers had similar specs.)
If you want to do things like run a buisness and make spreadsheets and regulate some white collar guys, buy a PC, which is easy to network and handels basic menial tasks better.
Or you're a programmer, and want more control over the machine than is offered by Apple's toy.
Amaster42 wrote:My iPod is a second gen nano with a brushed steel look. And my friends and I have decided: If you want to do things like run a buisness and make spreadsheets and regulate some white collar guys, buy a PC, which is easy to network and handels basic menial tasks better. If your artistic, or creative, or stuff like that and want raw processing power, and all the really good programs and stuff, buy a Mac. Seriously, I've tried Photoshop on both a Mac and a PC. It just handles better on the Mac.(Yes, both computers had similar specs.)
Bah, Mac fanboy talk. I have nothing against the product, but the "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" crap and all associated fanboy-ness in that regard is so rediculously stupid.
Put it this way - if you want to play *games*, buy a PC because they rarely get released cross-platform.
Everything else - it's the same either way. The Photoshop comment - sure it runs better on a Mac because Mac was produced as a graphics-friendly machine. In fact, most graphics artists use Macintosh. But if you aren't a graphics artist - why do you care? It still *runs* on PC.
So yes, there are some perks to Macintosh. But there are also perks to PC. It just depends on how you want to use the thing.
Never underestimate how much different colors can affect sales. Anyone remember the Gameboy Play it Loud! series? It was the same Gameboy with a new candy coating, and people ate it up. (that's just one example)
You guy all know where I stand on the Windows debate, so I won't say anything more, but the "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" ads are hilarious.
So yes, there are some perks to Macintosh. But there are also perks to PC. It just depends on how you want to use the thing.
Never said there werent. I said that PC's do some stuff better than Macs. Heck, I know networkings better, at Yearbook at my school, we have networked Macs, and the system is quite cumbersome.
Hm... one could just move this to a different forum and call it a Mac vs. PC debate now. And my two cents on it:
Yes, your PC might run the same graphics programs my Mac does, but my Mac does it, and everything else, without crashing, freezing, and losing any of my saved changes. I have not once had to restart a mac because it froze.
That, and Macs make my working process a lot easier, I have to jump through less hoops than I do on a PC.
But I agree, if you want any control of your hardware, buy a PC.
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and to be on topic, I think Nintendo's taking an apple-esque approach is a good idea, but I have never been a fan of the colored consoles. I'm very glad they released the Wii in just white, because otherwise I would have given myself a headache trying to decide between black and white.
My philosophy is PC for gaming (which I rarely do) and Mac for Audio production (which I'm obviously more involved in.) Like Warlock said, games are usually for the PC only. Music software is usually for both, and combined with the "Plug and play almost anything" on the Mac, it's really powerful and useful. Also, as Orion said, the Mac rarely ever freezes.
Dechipher wrote:My philosophy is PC for gaming (which I rarely do) and Mac for Audio production (which I'm obviously more involved in.) Like Warlock said, games are usually for the PC only. Music software is usually for both, and combined with the "Plug and play almost anything" on the Mac, it's really powerful and useful. Also, as Orion said, the Mac rarely ever freezes.
Right exactly. Like I said, I have no problem with macs. The only problem I have is that Apple's advertising department and a lot of mac fans get a "holier-than-thou" attitude regarding their computer. Penny Arcade did a great comic about it way back when (which I can't find now)
Dechipher wrote:My philosophy is PC for gaming (which I rarely do) and Mac for Audio production (which I'm obviously more involved in.) Like Warlock said, games are usually for the PC only. Music software is usually for both, and combined with the "Plug and play almost anything" on the Mac, it's really powerful and useful. Also, as Orion said, the Mac rarely ever freezes.
I can't remember the last time my Laptop froze, and I've yet to actually get a virus on it (the only times I ever came close, McAffe caught it and deleted it right out). Most of the time, computer problems are caused by someone doing something stupid. Since more people use PC's, and most of the people who use Macs have at least some knowledge about computers (otherwise they'd be too intimidated by a non-Windows interface), of course you'll hear more problems from PC users.
On topic: I don't like the white color as much as I would a black on the Wii... but you know what they need to do? Make a translucent console. You know, like that one Game Boy Pocket, or Game Boy Color games. That would be so awesome.
Warlock wrote:Penny Arcade did a great comic about it way back when (which I can't find now)
Yeah, they had a lot of comics knocking Apple/Macs in the past. Things have changed lately though, as they've made several comics poking fun at themselves cause they like Apple/Macs so much now.