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Originally Posted by kb244  |
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So 99$ a year for a .Mac account (or now days MobileMe).
If I understand correctly, I get
- An email address.
- 20GB of storage for either web or backups (ie: iDisk).
- A gallery (kinda like pBase) |
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Has it ever occurred to you to actually read the MobileMe page?
Apple - MobileMe - Features
Off the top of my head, here are the things I like best about the service:
*Email: AD-FREE, UN-SNOOPED-ON email, not just "email." The new web app is very impressive and will force Google, Yahoo et al to upgrade considerably.
*Web Galleries: that look FABULOUS. I've tried the others (Flickr, Picasa) and they SUCK by comparison. One click gallery publishing.
*Back to My Mac: VPN that works without bizarro config files.
*Sync: this pays for the whole service imho. Every device always in sync.
*iDisk: this has saved my bacon a number of times. It's slow, yes ... but reliable. Offline backup of vital documents/photos/etc ROCKS.
*Virtually unlimited web hosting: you can only have one domain, true, but I can put all the movies, photos and podcasts I want, and never have to worry about bandwidth overage charges (I'm sure there is a limit, but so far I haven't hit it, and my podcast has hundreds of listeners).
*Little extras: extra iMovie sound effects, Garageband Loops, and in earlier days the occasional bit of commercial software (Wingnuts for example).
*Outgoing mail that works everywhere.
To me, the above list is WELL worth $8.50/month.
I seem to remember some web site out there offering a large monetary reward for whoever could cobble together a set of free services that worked as well as .Mac/MobileMe.
It was never claimed.
Then they changed the rules to "the same thing as .Mac only cheaper."
Still unclaimed as far as I know.
You can absolutely cobble together "good enough" services in the major areas .Mac uses, but it's not integrated, it's not seamless, and it sure as hell ain't elegant.
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