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Boyd Ostroff · August 11th, 2005, 08:09 AM

What will they think of next?....

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Richard Alvarez · August 11th, 2005, 08:35 AM

Hah! What a hoot! One has immediate visions of using the dv camera for "In room" filming... then inadvertantly leaving your home - grown porn on the hard drive for the next gues...

Hmmm.... I smell a screenplay in there somewhere.... excuse me,...

Duane Smith · August 11th, 2005, 09:01 AM

Okay, I've seen hotels offer complementary use of an iPod, and my initial thought was, "I'm not gonna stick those headphones in my ears." I mean, who knows where those things have been? Yeeesh. I guarantee there's no way that I'd go anywhere near a complementary VIDEOCAMERA that's been through any sort of "in-room" use. YUK!

And don't get me started on the KEYBOARD.....<shudder>......eeewww!

Boyd Ostroff · August 11th, 2005, 01:10 PM

Geez guys, none of that ever occured to me! :-) BTW, Married with Children did a very funny episode (which never aired) with a plot much like what you suggested Richard, but of course it was a VHS tape left in the VCR....

Duane Smith · August 11th, 2005, 01:26 PM

Maybe I'm just a little bit too much like MONK? ;-)

John Hudson · August 11th, 2005, 04:29 PM

Number 1

How many guests know how to use the G5 OS?

Number 2

How many guests can just simply pick up a '...hand-held digital video camcorder ' ---- and ---- 'iMovie, iPhoto, iDVD, iTunes and GarageBand' and start cutting away.

Crazytalk.

Boyd Ostroff · August 11th, 2005, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Hudson

How many guests know how to use the G5 OS?

Apple has about a 4.5% share of the US market. I suspect there are a number of other people who don't own Macs but have used them before. And if they never have, then my personal experience (with non-techie users) is that they don't have a very hard time learning and are very pleasantly surprised.

I have no idea how well they'll do with all this, but it might not be a bad way for someone to explore the Mac and video while enjoying a vacation. Learning how to use a camcorder isn't rocket science anymore or Best Buy and Circuit City wouldn't sell so many. And iMovie and those other programs are pretty intuitive also, even for people who never thought they could use them.

Michael Wisniewski · August 11th, 2005, 06:15 PM

I think the people who stay at the Tribeca hotel, tend to be hip and happening media types who would know how to work a Mac. The hotel targets that market. They even have a very cool theatre in the basement where I've attended a few film festivals (despite my not being a very hip & happening dude)

I wouldn't be surprised if they get customer complaints because FCP, Pro Tools, and Photoshop are not loaded. That's just the type of crowd you're likely to get in Tribeca.

For the hip/happening crowd that don't need /have no use for technology, there's always the Mercer Hotel

August 11th, 2005, 08:09 AM	#1
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,787	Stay in an iStudio What will they think of next?.... http://sublit.com/grand/guide/08.10.05/index.html

August 11th, 2005, 06:15 PM	#8
Michael Wisniewski Wrangler Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Makati, Metro Manila Posts: 2,706 Images: 32	I think the people who stay at the Tribeca hotel, tend to be hip and happening media types who would know how to work a Mac. The hotel targets that market. They even have a very cool theatre in the basement where I've attended a few film festivals (despite my not being a very hip & happening dude) I wouldn't be surprised if they get customer complaints because FCP, Pro Tools, and Photoshop are not loaded. That's just the type of crowd you're likely to get in Tribeca. For the hip/happening crowd that don't need /have no use for technology, there's always the Mercer Hotel __________________ "Ultimately, the most extraordinary thing, in a frame, is a human being." - Martin Scorsese

August 11th, 2005, 08:35 AM	#2
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	Hah! What a hoot! One has immediate visions of using the dv camera for "In room" filming... then inadvertantly leaving your home - grown porn on the hard drive for the next gues... Hmmm.... I smell a screenplay in there somewhere.... excuse me,...

August 11th, 2005, 09:01 AM	#3
Duane Smith Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 234	Okay, I've seen hotels offer complementary use of an iPod, and my initial thought was, "I'm not gonna stick those headphones in my ears." I mean, who knows where those things have been? Yeeesh. I guarantee there's no way that I'd go anywhere near a complementary VIDEOCAMERA that's been through any sort of "in-room" use. YUK! And don't get me started on the KEYBOARD.....<shudder>......eeewww!

August 11th, 2005, 01:10 PM	#4
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,787	Geez guys, none of that ever occured to me! :-) BTW, Married with Children did a very funny episode (which never aired) with a plot much like what you suggested Richard, but of course it was a VHS tape left in the VCR....

August 11th, 2005, 01:26 PM	#5
Duane Smith Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 234	Maybe I'm just a little bit too much like MONK? ;-)

August 11th, 2005, 04:29 PM	#6
John Hudson Major Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: 32° 44' N 117° 10' W Posts: 820	Number 1 How many guests know how to use the G5 OS? Number 2 How many guests can just simply pick up a '...hand-held digital video camcorder ' ---- and ---- 'iMovie, iPhoto, iDVD, iTunes and GarageBand' and start cutting away. Crazytalk.