<Secondly, I think it's bogus to charge ppl $30 extra for Quicktime Pro to get functions that are really basic -- like "Save File" ! I felt a tad ganked by that little business maneuver.> ...Welcome to being an Apple Customer! The $30 QT fee happens EVERY TIME they have a major upgrade! So, get used to it. Apple is really good at making money off of their users... Perhaps they should tell you that in their snarky "I'm a Mac/I'm a PC" ads... -- charlie eisenhardt : senior creative editor :

--- In logic-users@yahoogroups.com, charlie eisenhardt <c_eisenhardt@...> wrote: > ...Welcome to being an Apple Customer! The $30 QT fee > happens EVERY TIME they have a major upgrade! So, get > used to it. Apple is really good at making money off > of their users... Perhaps they should tell you that in > their snarky "I'm a Mac/I'm a PC" ads... Plus, the Apple guy is the one that comes off as the psuedo-cool yuppie dork. I'm surprised people keep paying Apple like they do, they get you at every turn. HW

> ...Welcome to being an Apple Customer! The $30 QT fee > happens EVERY TIME they have a major upgrade! So, get > used to it. Quicktime sucks, just use vlc (www.videolan.org). It's free and fully featured, and contrary to Quicktime it can actually play the most common movie formats. ;o) Maurits.

--- In logic-users@yahoogroups.com, Maurits van de Kamp wrote: > >>...Welcome to being an Apple Customer! The $30 QT fee >>happens EVERY TIME they have a major upgrade! So, get >>used to it. > >Quicktime sucks, just use vlc (www.videolan.org). It's free and >fully featured, and contrary to Quicktime it can actually play the >most common movie formats. ;o) Nice! Thanks- HW

On Aug 8, 2007, at 1:47 AM, pancenter wrote: > Plus, the Apple guy is the one that comes off as the psuedo-cool > yuppie dork. He kind of looks like that guy from 'The Matrix' to me... which is scary- is Apple trying to incorporate us into some vast, totalitarian virtual world??? Stay tuned for this and other irrational conspiracy theories... Eddie IMS ProA/V

On Aug 7, 2007, at 6:42 PM, charlie eisenhardt wrote: > <Secondly, I think it's bogus to charge ppl $30 extra > for Quicktime Pro to > get functions that are really basic -- like "Save > File" ! I felt a tad > ganked by that little business maneuver.> > > ...Welcome to being an Apple Customer! The $30 QT fee > happens EVERY TIME they have a major upgrade! So, get > used to it. Apple is really good at making money off > of their users... Perhaps they should tell you that in > their snarky "I'm a Mac/I'm a PC" ads... > > -- charlie eisenhardt : senior creative editor : > And Microsoft or any other software manufacturer is different how? They are in business too to make money and not to give 'users' all for free. Ciao Gio