Comments on: The Mac App Store http://www.wiretotheear.com/2011/01/07/the-mac-app-store/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:48:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Raytrace http://www.wiretotheear.com/2011/01/07/the-mac-app-store/comment-page-1/#comment-21747 Raytrace Sat, 08 Jan 2011 03:52:12 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=6517#comment-21747 yeh i have to say it is a bit ridic - cos like on proper PC's/macs - applications were always there? - but I suppose it's just marketing in preperation for all this 'convergence' and for the (unfortunately in my eyes) inevitability that a vast majority of machines on the planet will be tablet/touch based. CES had signs all over it - intel makin chips with GPU properties built in, and vice versa nVidia launching an x86 based chip??? also Windows 8 being announced for ARM and SoC stuff I suppose as long as there'll at least still be the option of using a real keyboard and mouse I'm happy :D yeh i have to say it is a bit ridic – cos like on proper PC’s/macs – applications were always there? – but I suppose it’s just marketing in preperation for all this ‘convergence’ and for the (unfortunately in my eyes) inevitability that a vast majority of machines on the planet will be tablet/touch based. CES had signs all over it – intel makin chips with GPU properties built in, and vice versa nVidia launching an x86 based chip???

also Windows 8 being announced for ARM and SoC stuff

I suppose as long as there’ll at least still be the option of using a real keyboard and mouse I’m happy :D

]]> By: substrain http://www.wiretotheear.com/2011/01/07/the-mac-app-store/comment-page-1/#comment-21744 substrain Sat, 08 Jan 2011 03:19:53 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=6517#comment-21744 What I'm excited about is that it will show you whether there are any new updates to the applications you have installed and then be able to update with a click, just like with iOS. What I’m excited about is that it will show you whether
there are any new updates to the applications you have installed
and then be able to update with a click, just like with
iOS.

]]> By: Kevin Spencer http://www.wiretotheear.com/2011/01/07/the-mac-app-store/comment-page-1/#comment-21719 Kevin Spencer Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:22:21 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=6517#comment-21719 We've always been able to install software on our Macs so I'm not entirely sure what all the fuss is about. This would be a far bigger deal if installing apps wasn't previously allowed or something. But as it is, meh. We’ve always been able to install software on our Macs so I’m not entirely sure what all the fuss is about. This would be a far bigger deal if installing apps wasn’t previously allowed or something. But as it is, meh.

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