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Do you honestly think that more 10% of mac owners run multiple juice sucking programs at once?
Or do you honestly think that less 90% of the people who own mac have one for the sake of: iPod, Design, trend?
I think most of us can agree that both of the answers are "No".
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@Calzo: Ok, now what?
And... it's gone.
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I mean, with a simple firmware update, a bunch of 3rd party software could stop working, and only the really dedicated will actually go back a fix it. There are still a lot of firmware 2.x software that I would love on my 3.x firmware, but alas, no equivalent exists.
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It makes it hard to justify the couple extra hundred bucks. Apples updates have been extremely unpredictable in the past couple years with the unibodies and MacBook Pro 13" coming out. Its just not typical for them to have a lower end model blurring their otherwise straight forward distiction from the pricier ones. Same goes with new iMacs of course as stated in the article too.
This is a sign that the laptop and desktop Pros will be updated within the next couple months (if they stick to their past upgrade schedule which obviously needs to be tweaked a little). I just hope they make a decent increase in power over the past updates. Not necessarily for me because I'm not purchasing one any time soon (I'm a poor Apple enthusiast), but it's my job and I do enjoy it when Apple makes it easier with a significant update.
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This may not seem like an issue upon purchase but when you have to hire a Mac tech to fix your computer and it takes twice as long to fix the iMac as it would a normal tower you might think twice on your next purchase.
iMac's are pretty but trying to work on them is the pits..
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The only thing I really wanted backgrounding for was Pandora. And, well, Pandora just bombs out. It may have gotten better since OS3.0, but really, it's not worth it, even then.
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First of all, turning off SSH is not exactly a big deal...second of all, for things worthwhile: how about being able to view your calendar items that are upcoming WITHOUT having to unlock your phone and go into the calendar app? Or how about being able to see the actual weather at a glance without having to open the weather app? For me, even more of value, being able to have 5 columns of icons, and 5 icons in my dock. Being able to tether, even though AT&T hasn't said I can yet. Being able to use google voice. Being about to video record, even though according to apple my 3G isn't able to. Free turn by turn GPS.
None of that is worth taking 5 minutes to jailbreak with blackra1n, put on MIM and disable SSH? Personally I like my smartphone being smart, so I'll stick with jailbreaking. Don't assume that just because it's called jailbreaking that it's only for scumbags looking to do scummy things. You can add an awful lot of value to your device using jailbreak apps that SHOULD be legit and offered in the itunes store. Hell, if half the customization and functionality I listed above was offered, I wouldn't jailbreak - even if it meant forgoing the tethering cheat.
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Would it kill Apple to have a way to switch on/off the battery-draining 3G connection or brighten/dim video without exiting back to the home screen and digging through several levels of menus?
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@Antonio Jorge Ferreira: I'm sorry but smartscreen, and other such widget based apps, put a bigger strain on the battery then you think and its not from using the 3g radio. Its from the process running in the background. You are pulling the info from your ass, Backgrounder is terribly inefficiencent at CPU utilization on the device.
@kingslaye505: Theme my device? That certainly adds a ton of extra usability. Did you use a Team Edward theme?
And yes I have an application on my iPhone that allows the use of Google Voice. Yes Apple removed it from the App Store. No it is not google voice search. I have two google voice phone numbers. I normally only recieve calls on those numbers so it doesn't really effect my google voice use, now does it? Even still you can use google voice from the web front end just fine, if just slightly more cumbersome.
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As for battery life, I don't find that the live weather icon drains my battery any faster - neither does the animated clock. For that matter neither do any of the things I have installed on my device (vwallpaper did, which is why I no longer have it).
I'm just saying, before you throw your hands up to the world declaring that jailbreaking is not pointless, give it some thought: there's an awful lot of functionality to be had out there.
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Yes, there is a difference. Not one the average "prosumer" type is going to notice, but there is a difference.
To be totally honest, anybody looking for power and/or expandability who doesn't need a Xeon would be best served to stay away from Apple altogether (though I admit, the Core i7 iMac does change the game significantly in that regard).
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