People using email, running a web browser, etc... hit CPU speed saturation some time ago. A 500MHz CPU can adequately serve their needs.
Ah, yes. However, who knows what malware/virus/etc will be out then. Antispam/virus products seem to require 2GHz and 1GB of RAM by themselves now to run at a reasonable speed. By 2020 we may have 64 cores, and 48 of them will be protecting you from malware.:P
So W7 is just going to be a fixed up version of Vista sold under another name.
That's pretty much what I thought too - hopefully when they name it they'll use something that sounds a little faster. When they first announced 'Vista' I immediately thought of Vespa. It sure didn't disappoint in that regard; it was stylish and slow.
Ditto. I've been using linux since 2003, and there's been great strides in the last two years. I haven't had any trouble with hardware, even on my new-ish laptop.
Eh, just a correction: ...(want flexibility, get Gentoo, want stability, try Debian, want something really easy-to-use try Ubuntu, etc).
I haven't really noticed any major speed differences between ubuntu and gentoo - gentoo has amazing flexibility though.
Google can't write a migration suite for its own email service? Geeze.
Nothing is stopping them from writing their own migration tool. The problem lies here (from TFA):
The lawsuit alleges that Googleâ(TM)s product, called âoeGoogle Email Uploaderâ steals gMoveâ(TM)s look, feel and functionality.
gMove would certainly be covered by copyright, what remains to be seen is if it's a direct ripoff of the existing software. If it would have been its own derived piece of software, it'd be different.
Another thing that comes to mind is who knows what their original contract said...
Oddly enough, I've seen two PCs in 3 days that have needed the thermal paste between the IHS and heatsink replaced. Random freezes are now completely gone!
I thought it was the memory initially as it kept hardlocking memtest86+.
The components may have been selected by the sales person or manufacturer to sound a little off, solely to create demand for their $15k system.
Not only that, but when looking for bookshelf speakers for my living room, one of the stores I visited had all the bookshelfs hooked up to one amplifier that had all of it's eq settings and bass boost set to max. It sounded terrible compared to their $3000 set of speakers which had the same model amplifier set normally (flat.)
I've noticed this while test driving cars too - the dealers seem to crank all settings on the stock unit so it supposedly sounds better.
I settled for two sets of smaller bookshelf speakers with a power-matched center speaker and subwoofer. Cost? ~$1000. My amplifier cost me more (around $1400) but it wasn't because of the sound quality, I needed something to switch 9 inputs. If you have a bunch of sources the price goes up exponentially.
In NY that might be true. However, my brother lives where it's common to have two feet of snowfall overnight. He had to get a pickup with four wheel drive - he had a car with traction control, but there was several times he could not get to work. One year they got close to twenty feet of snow. (!)
I myself don't own a SUV, but if I lived where he did, I'd likely have to get one. Maybe a car for the summer, which is only 3 months, and the truck for winters. Gotta love being up north.
I seem to remember one of the hints in the Microsoft Accessibility Guidelines was that the more ways to do a single operation, the more accessible it is. I don't use windows, so I can't check now, but I'm pretty sure I can think of 4 ways to move a file, 5 ways to change screen resolution and 4 ways to shut down the computer. I don't think this is a bad thing.
Yep, and they're following their own guidelines well: Vista on my laptop has like 10 different ways to turn the computer off. It took me a while to figure out how to normally power the damn thing off.
Hell, when *I* saw all those choices, MY eyes glazed over. I'm not a newbie either. Whatever happened to on and off? I guess leaving my desktop on 24/7 has led to me forgetting how to power things down...
I understand the not being interested in advertising, but I do have a point to make:
When I (rarely) watch a DVD then they've either been ad stripped by the uploader:) or I strip the ads myself before I watch it. And now that pressed DVDs come with "non skippable" ads (yeah right) I've mostly stopped buying them.
You do realize there are DVD players out that do not follow the UOP instructions on the disc, don't you? Oh, UOP=User operation prohibition. My current DVD player is slowly dying... when it does I will get one of these players.
I used to have a satellite receiver that had the 30 second skip. I'm now in an apartment, so I decided to get a cable DVR, and I'm seriously disappointed with it. I can still skip, but there's no programmed time, it just fast forwards.
I normally skip commercials unless I see a beer commercial. I'll actually rewind for those, cause they're usually funny! >_>
If you want to talk about wasteful consumer electronics, crap like remote controls for car stereos, USB-powered electric pencil sharpeners, or LED-studded kid's shoes seem to beat hard drives hands down.
I never understood why remotes were needed for car stereos either. The manufacturers found a way around it though - on my model the remote is *absolutely required* to change some settings like AM/FM band and access one of the configuration menus. Glad I haven't lost the thing yet, being stuck on the AM band would drive me insane...
If your browser doesn't support flash, than half the leading online ads are already inaccessible to you.
Fixed for you. I don't have flash installed because most web sites use it for ads. Don't have flash, don't see the ads.
Yes, I know there are browser plugins to deal with it. I just never bothered with flash from a previous experience. Everyone used it for ads and the flashing/animated widgets are annoying and distracting.
You are right about one thing... the morons still equate "windows" with "computer". But thanks to the 'tubes, TV, and Apple's marketing, that _is_ changing.
Great! Next step is to get them to stop believing MS Office is part of Windows!
I'm still amazed on how people think that, and when I tell them it's $200-$300 more they faint.
Updates from Windows Update. They don't release vulnerability updates for W2K anymore unless you have an extended SLA.
Now that XP is coming to a forced end, it makes me wonder how long vulnerabilities will be fixed. It's not like we have the source code to fix it ourselves.
Get Shaw, they don't throttle. I'm a Shaw customer and I've had great luck with them.
I think that depends where you are. On the west coast, Shaw throttles. That's why I moved from Shaw to Telus. I cut my speed in half in the process, but at least I can use it all when I need it...
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I'm surprised they opened it up to the public. When they did, I pondered how long it would take before spammers would start doing this en masse.
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As for cars, GM's OnStar already does this. I can't remember if it can disable the car, but I do know it can track it if it is stolen.
Y'know, I just upgraded from 3.0mbit DSL ($57/month) to 6mbit DSL ($50/month.) Interesting how the faster plan is cheaper...
Ah, yes. However, who knows what malware/virus/etc will be out then. Antispam/virus products seem to require 2GHz and 1GB of RAM by themselves now to run at a reasonable speed. By 2020 we may have 64 cores, and 48 of them will be protecting you from malware. :P
No kidding. In Canada, prices have recently gone over $1.50 a litre where I live, which converts to around 5.60 USD/US Gallon.
I saw reports in Seattle that gas is around 4.20-4.30/gallon. Hell, I'd be happy at this point to just pay that!
That's pretty much what I thought too - hopefully when they name it they'll use something that sounds a little faster. When they first announced 'Vista' I immediately thought of Vespa. It sure didn't disappoint in that regard; it was stylish and slow.
Ditto. I've been using linux since 2003, and there's been great strides in the last two years. I haven't had any trouble with hardware, even on my new-ish laptop.
...(want flexibility, get Gentoo, want stability, try Debian, want something really easy-to-use try Ubuntu, etc).
Eh, just a correction:
I haven't really noticed any major speed differences between ubuntu and gentoo - gentoo has amazing flexibility though.
Nothing is stopping them from writing their own migration tool. The problem lies here (from TFA):
gMove would certainly be covered by copyright, what remains to be seen is if it's a direct ripoff of the existing software. If it would have been its own derived piece of software, it'd be different.
Another thing that comes to mind is who knows what their original contract said...
Oddly enough, I've seen two PCs in 3 days that have needed the thermal paste between the IHS and heatsink replaced. Random freezes are now completely gone!
I thought it was the memory initially as it kept hardlocking memtest86+.
Huh, I sold my five year old VAIO for $400. Considering I got it for free (well, I had to replace the hard drive) I was quite pleased.
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There's always someone who is willing to pay the Sony tax. You just have to be patient.
You should be thankful it's ONLY your hat...
Actually, the code/symbol for Canadian currency is CAD.
Yeah, I thought of that too. However, being able to remotely switch it is just too damn convenient!
Not only that, but when looking for bookshelf speakers for my living room, one of the stores I visited had all the bookshelfs hooked up to one amplifier that had all of it's eq settings and bass boost set to max. It sounded terrible compared to their $3000 set of speakers which had the same model amplifier set normally (flat.)
I've noticed this while test driving cars too - the dealers seem to crank all settings on the stock unit so it supposedly sounds better.
I settled for two sets of smaller bookshelf speakers with a power-matched center speaker and subwoofer. Cost? ~$1000. My amplifier cost me more (around $1400) but it wasn't because of the sound quality, I needed something to switch 9 inputs. If you have a bunch of sources the price goes up exponentially.
In NY that might be true. However, my brother lives where it's common to have two feet of snowfall overnight. He had to get a pickup with four wheel drive - he had a car with traction control, but there was several times he could not get to work. One year they got close to twenty feet of snow. (!)
I myself don't own a SUV, but if I lived where he did, I'd likely have to get one. Maybe a car for the summer, which is only 3 months, and the truck for winters. Gotta love being up north.
Butbutbut... this is actually smart! If you can't connect to anything you can't get infected!
Probably the only time Norton works as advertised!
Yep, and they're following their own guidelines well: Vista on my laptop has like 10 different ways to turn the computer off. It took me a while to figure out how to normally power the damn thing off.
Hell, when *I* saw all those choices, MY eyes glazed over. I'm not a newbie either. Whatever happened to on and off? I guess leaving my desktop on 24/7 has led to me forgetting how to power things down...
You do realize there are DVD players out that do not follow the UOP instructions on the disc, don't you? Oh, UOP=User operation prohibition. My current DVD player is slowly dying... when it does I will get one of these players.
I used to have a satellite receiver that had the 30 second skip. I'm now in an apartment, so I decided to get a cable DVR, and I'm seriously disappointed with it. I can still skip, but there's no programmed time, it just fast forwards.
I normally skip commercials unless I see a beer commercial. I'll actually rewind for those, cause they're usually funny! >_>
I never understood why remotes were needed for car stereos either. The manufacturers found a way around it though - on my model the remote is *absolutely required* to change some settings like AM/FM band and access one of the configuration menus. Glad I haven't lost the thing yet, being stuck on the AM band would drive me insane...
If your browser doesn't support flash, than half the leading online ads are already inaccessible to you.
Fixed for you. I don't have flash installed because most web sites use it for ads. Don't have flash, don't see the ads.
Yes, I know there are browser plugins to deal with it. I just never bothered with flash from a previous experience. Everyone used it for ads and the flashing/animated widgets are annoying and distracting.
Great! Next step is to get them to stop believing MS Office is part of Windows!
I'm still amazed on how people think that, and when I tell them it's $200-$300 more they faint.
Updates from Windows Update. They don't release vulnerability updates for W2K anymore unless you have an extended SLA.
Now that XP is coming to a forced end, it makes me wonder how long vulnerabilities will be fixed. It's not like we have the source code to fix it ourselves.
Ah, yes. Blame the SUVs. Hell, a bird can fart and they'll flip over!
I think that depends where you are. On the west coast, Shaw throttles. That's why I moved from Shaw to Telus. I cut my speed in half in the process, but at least I can use it all when I need it...
I'm surprised they opened it up to the public. When they did, I pondered how long it would take before spammers would start doing this en masse.