"Intel only"

[Paddy]

Wired has a list of alternatives to NBC online:

http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Watch_the_Olympics_Online

My favorite is the CBC, of course!

http://www.cbc.ca/olympics

[krissel]

The cbc videos are not available to those outside of CA.   Not worth it to try to get some sort of proxy. More hoops.

Hmmm, maybe there should be an Olympic medal for jumping through all those hoops to view the videos.  

[kimmer]

QUOTE(krissel @ Aug 19 2008, 02:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yes, you can get past all the 'qualifications' put up by NBC even on a PPC. I finally figured out how but it still wouldn't get me the videos since my cable company didn't pay them.

Same here. Our cable company is a small operation and they wouldn't have the money to line NBC's pockets. Personally the whole thing stinks. I can remember when the Olympics ran IN REAL TIME no matter where in the world the events were held. So, I boycott them completely. Don't watch any of it and don't really care. Not that NBC notices.

[kbeartx]

In hindsight, I'm not expecting any material help from Apple.  As much as I like their products for the performance, functionality, UI design, visual aesthetics, etc., I know that in many ways they are Just Another Corporation and from this perspective there is little or no financial raisin to continue to support their loyal customers still using PPC machines.  

However, since OS-X has in many ways been 'embraced' by the Open-Source Community, I feel rather hopeful that the many users of still-useable PPC machines will NOT be entirely left adrift as Apple and the other Big Corporations try to force us to buy new hardware and new big-ticket software packages.

 - K

[sandbox]

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However, since OS-X has in many ways been 'embraced' by the Open-Source Community, I feel rather hopeful that the many users of still-useable PPC machines will NOT be entirely left adrift as Apple and the other Big Corporations try to force us to buy new hardware and new big-ticket software packages.

So true.....

My G3 running OS 9.2.2 works just fine, as does the old eMachine running Windows 98. Most folks have TV's so you can watch the O's at home or in your favorite watering hole. There are so many ads on in the program they should pay you to sit though the bombardment. I recorded a lot of it so i don't have to watch the ads, and I suppose one could figure out how to record it on their Mac.

I don't feel compelled to get a new Mac just yet, there's really nothing that I'm not able to do with my iBook or eMac on Panther. They may be building in Obsolescence but only if you want what you don't have, or need something different. iCan watch the O's on 3 out of six computers that I have. It streams just fine over my HP os XP pro, it's very slow on my iBook in Virtual PC but iCan see some of it. It probably would work on the G3, eMachine or the XO. If one wanted to, they could most likely watch it on their Smartphones, given the right location.

[Xairbusdriver]

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from this perspective there is little or no financial raisin to continue to support their loyal customers still using PPC machines.

While I feel your pain and agree with what sandbox says just above this, isn't what you are saying somewhat contradictory? If 'customers' were truly 'loyal' they would be buying the new equipment, not hanging on to the equipment that Apple (and most developers) has announced they will not continue to support. I'm not sure 'loyalty' is the best term to use when discussing relationships between people and fairly quickly 'upgraded' hardware. It just may be that the sped of computer 'upgrading' has surpassed the normal lifespan of those same machines. So what are the choices for a company? Used cheaper, more likely to fail quicker components? Or simply 'improve' the software so it needs (or takes advantage of) only the newest hardware? I think Apple is doing more of the latter than the former.

But they are also trying to expand their hardware/cloudware choices. Man-hours to support older hardware simply can't be justified when new markets are being sought/built. 'Justified,' of course, is defined by Apple. And it seems to mean a gross profit margin of nearly 30%. A lot of that goes into the march forward, of course. But a lot also seems to be going into bank accounts for who knows what purpose.

I still think SB and others pretty much hit the 'head of the nail' with the thought that the hardware/software you have need not be replaced until you can no longer do what you want or need to do. But you should then expect to pay for what others have already paid for while you used what you had and they didn't. You probably won't pay any more than they did and you might even end up with a newer, faster and more capable machine than many of them!

Bottom line, enjoy what you can afford or have and don't complain that it may not be supported for as long as you use it. Life is too short to worry about what we don't have! And many things are more important than the computers we use.

[krissel]

I think the term "loyal" in this regard refers to all of us who stuck with Apple through their lean years and bought PPC Macs. We are the ones who 'believed' and didn't jump ship.

 In that respect we are truly loyal customers.  


I'm still using a Digital Audio that I upgraded in all areas and it does just fine for what I ask of a computer. Until it dies (knock, knock) or something comes along that I can't run, I'll hold on to it.  And my backup 9600 is still capable (running Panther) though not as fast.