[FRIAM] Apple - Get a Mac - Watch The TV Ads

[Russell Standish]

On Sun, May 07, 2006 at 01:04:26PM -0600, Owen Densmore wrote:
> Some folks have had difficulty getting the mac ads to appear on their  
> systems due to the way the media is handled.  I've downloaded them to  
> individual files here:
>    http://www.backspaces.net/files/AppleAds/

Thanks for that. Amusing, but laid on a little thick, methinks. The
last two .mov files (viruses and wsj) didn't play correctly on mplayer
for some reason - perhaps they were corrupted.

Actually, I have recently started using Windows for real work with one
of my jobs, and I have to say its far more usable and reliable now
than it was 5 years ago (when I used WinME for a few things) - XP is
almost up to Linux usability, particularly with Cygwin installed
(thanks be to Redhat for taming 'doze for the rest of us). Our
traditional jibes against Windows don't hold with the same force they
once did.

Its a bit of a PITA getting the software set up in the first place
-lots of downloads etc, but then I guess this is made up for with
simpler driver installs (if your bog standard Linux distro supports
your hardware, it rocks, but if you've got to search out drivers,
build and load them, then that's a PITA).

I'll check out the mozplugger and mplayer plugin, maybe. Plugins are a
PITA, and have to be done every single time you upgrade the OS or
browser, or someone invents a new media format. Hence, the perceived
rudeness of requiring plugins to view content, that can simply be
right clicked on.


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