Really defrag on OSX is also only necessary if you are running with the hard drive too full. I tend to do that, so I did have to defrag once when I wanted to re size my windows partion.
When you install an application on the mac, one of the things it does is consolidate files to help keep disk fragmentation down. For most user this will be sufficient for the life of their computer. The ones for whom it is not sufficient will have no problem running a defrag utility.
A 6 year old mac (say a mac mini from 2005) can currently run just about any software apple produces. A 7 year old mac would be a PPC machine and will not run the most recent OS. I am not sure about Safari 4, if it requires 10.6 then it wouldn't work on a 7 year old mac.
This whole planned obsolescence thing is nothing but FUD. My previous powerbook was 7 years old and still ran all the most recent software (with the exception of some very high end games) when I retired it for my new Mac Book pro.
I wouldn't put it past them either, but lets not jump to conclusions. It sounds like this is somewhat more widespread that just comcast. There must be something going on. Who knows, maybe its more cloak and dagger than just comcast being dicks.
I could not agree more. One of the big supposed advantages of chrome (since I don't find the rendering speed to be that valuable) is the fact that the sand boxing of flash should prevent crashes and provide security. If it doesn't do that, then they failed.
Of course mechanical feedback is nice, but the idea here, I suspect, is to be able to have tactile feedback that is as effective as mechanical feedback but in a package that is far far smaller. the thinner keyboards get the less mechanical feedback you get from them and the smaller devices get the smaller their keyboard have to be. This isn't to make keyboards better... its to make them smaller without making them suck more. Theoretically this might give good tactile feedback on keyboard that is simply a flat surface with no moving parts, just touch sensors.
Also, the predictive stuff isn't based on what you typed last but based on sensors detecting your fingers heading toward a key, so it should work very reliably.
I'm not sure if this would work well enough or not, but I would be curious to try it.
Not really a good point. You have been using backup for years, you know where it is. Now you need to restore for the first time. The first place you are going to look is the same place that you created the backups. Thats where the restore functionality should be.
I have had my Macbook pro for 4 years. I have never wiped the mac partition and it still runs just fine. I can't say that I really have to manage it all that much either.
You don't get it. Watch it again, look at the way hes so smug, so cool... like he didn't even have to kill Bin Laden. It's no big deal and we don't have to make a big deal about it but I'm just sayin, we killed public enemy #1.
Smug bastard! He's practically rubbing it in our faces!
Of course, law enforcement would actually go to your wireless provider and ask them for the information and they actually have access to that information and will be more than happy to provide it.
You know that firefox keeps copies of web sites you visit on your computer. They say its just so that they can load pages faster, but I know that all of that data is being secretly sent to the firefox cabal who are secretly selling that information to the highest bidder. I know because I read about it all on slashdot.
Caches like this are common and for good reason. Sure, it would be better if the file was always encrypted and it would be better if it was trimmed down to only a couple of days worth of data, but all that takes developer time and since this file isn't accessible on phones that have not had their warranty voided I'm sure the developer in question didn't even consider this a problem.
But sure, its much more fun to imagine that there is some kind of grand conspiracy at apple that goes beyond selling a bunch of fucking iPhones and making boat loads of money doing it.
What makes you think that Apple needs location data in order to make their business model work? There is no evidence at all that their business model is based on selling user information, in fact, its based primarily on selling hardware (which is combined with integrated software to provide what should be a desirable end user experience). Google, on the other hand, makes their money from advertising and therefor demographic and location information is actually quite central to the way they make money.
Is that true for apps that are side loaded onto an android device, or only ones that come from an app store (or only ones that come from googles app store)? Honest question, I don't have a Android device of my own to try it on.
Android really took off among the masses when you could get Android phones for short money. Not long ago T-mobile spent a weekend giving away Android phones and they are often available for a lot less money than an iPhone. I suspect a lot of average, non geeky, people are more than willing to go for the cheeper Android phone without a second thought.
When it comes to a tablet, most of them are in the same price range. Why wouldn't you buy the most polished one with the largest number of applications? And perhaps in time there will be good enough Android tablets that are significantly cheeper than the iPad and they will be an easy choice for a lot of people, but given the lack of a subsidy (since the iPad doesn't require a contract and any subsidized Android tablet does), I suspect it will take longer for them to gain a significant price edge on the iPad.
when I bought one at the apple store they asked me if I would be signing up with AT&T (this was pre-verizon). I didnt actually ask to see if I could just buy it full price but they certainly implied it. They also told me what the real cost was (you have to pay sales tax on the actual price, not the subsidized price).
Have you actually tried to buy a phone without a contract?
To be fair, if you lowered the cost of getting liberal arts degrees to almost nothing then those people would not need financial aid. Governement Financial aid could be re-distributed to go primarily to those in the more expensive majors.
Not that this is necessarily the way to go, but it is an option
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No. No it is not. In fact, I can safely say that I have never seen a keyborad that does what this article describes and I suspect you haven't either.
Really defrag on OSX is also only necessary if you are running with the hard drive too full. I tend to do that, so I did have to defrag once when I wanted to re size my windows partion.
When you install an application on the mac, one of the things it does is consolidate files to help keep disk fragmentation down. For most user this will be sufficient for the life of their computer. The ones for whom it is not sufficient will have no problem running a defrag utility.
A 6 year old mac (say a mac mini from 2005) can currently run just about any software apple produces. A 7 year old mac would be a PPC machine and will not run the most recent OS. I am not sure about Safari 4, if it requires 10.6 then it wouldn't work on a 7 year old mac.
This whole planned obsolescence thing is nothing but FUD. My previous powerbook was 7 years old and still ran all the most recent software (with the exception of some very high end games) when I retired it for my new Mac Book pro.
I wouldn't put it past them either, but lets not jump to conclusions. It sounds like this is somewhat more widespread that just comcast. There must be something going on. Who knows, maybe its more cloak and dagger than just comcast being dicks.
I could not agree more. One of the big supposed advantages of chrome (since I don't find the rendering speed to be that valuable) is the fact that the sand boxing of flash should prevent crashes and provide security. If it doesn't do that, then they failed.
Now fix it or get rid of flash.
Of course mechanical feedback is nice, but the idea here, I suspect, is to be able to have tactile feedback that is as effective as mechanical feedback but in a package that is far far smaller. the thinner keyboards get the less mechanical feedback you get from them and the smaller devices get the smaller their keyboard have to be. This isn't to make keyboards better... its to make them smaller without making them suck more. Theoretically this might give good tactile feedback on keyboard that is simply a flat surface with no moving parts, just touch sensors.
Also, the predictive stuff isn't based on what you typed last but based on sensors detecting your fingers heading toward a key, so it should work very reliably.
I'm not sure if this would work well enough or not, but I would be curious to try it.
Not really a good point. You have been using backup for years, you know where it is. Now you need to restore for the first time. The first place you are going to look is the same place that you created the backups. Thats where the restore functionality should be.
I have had my Macbook pro for 4 years. I have never wiped the mac partition and it still runs just fine. I can't say that I really have to manage it all that much either.
You don't get it. Watch it again, look at the way hes so smug, so cool... like he didn't even have to kill Bin Laden. It's no big deal and we don't have to make a big deal about it but I'm just sayin, we killed public enemy #1.
Smug bastard! He's practically rubbing it in our faces!
Of course, law enforcement would actually go to your wireless provider and ask them for the information and they actually have access to that information and will be more than happy to provide it.
You know that firefox keeps copies of web sites you visit on your computer. They say its just so that they can load pages faster, but I know that all of that data is being secretly sent to the firefox cabal who are secretly selling that information to the highest bidder. I know because I read about it all on slashdot.
Caches like this are common and for good reason. Sure, it would be better if the file was always encrypted and it would be better if it was trimmed down to only a couple of days worth of data, but all that takes developer time and since this file isn't accessible on phones that have not had their warranty voided I'm sure the developer in question didn't even consider this a problem.
But sure, its much more fun to imagine that there is some kind of grand conspiracy at apple that goes beyond selling a bunch of fucking iPhones and making boat loads of money doing it.
What makes you think that Apple needs location data in order to make their business model work? There is no evidence at all that their business model is based on selling user information, in fact, its based primarily on selling hardware (which is combined with integrated software to provide what should be a desirable end user experience). Google, on the other hand, makes their money from advertising and therefor demographic and location information is actually quite central to the way they make money.
Is that true for apps that are side loaded onto an android device, or only ones that come from an app store (or only ones that come from googles app store)? Honest question, I don't have a Android device of my own to try it on.
Nah... maybe try it with clones though...
I want to know what business he is in. This seems like a good opportunity to fill a gap that another company is ignoring.
Just think of the aftermarket opportunities for replacement bindings!
Android really took off among the masses when you could get Android phones for short money. Not long ago T-mobile spent a weekend giving away Android phones and they are often available for a lot less money than an iPhone. I suspect a lot of average, non geeky, people are more than willing to go for the cheeper Android phone without a second thought.
When it comes to a tablet, most of them are in the same price range. Why wouldn't you buy the most polished one with the largest number of applications? And perhaps in time there will be good enough Android tablets that are significantly cheeper than the iPad and they will be an easy choice for a lot of people, but given the lack of a subsidy (since the iPad doesn't require a contract and any subsidized Android tablet does), I suspect it will take longer for them to gain a significant price edge on the iPad.
What about the Container Store.
Bam balam
when I bought one at the apple store they asked me if I would be signing up with AT&T (this was pre-verizon). I didnt actually ask to see if I could just buy it full price but they certainly implied it. They also told me what the real cost was (you have to pay sales tax on the actual price, not the subsidized price).
Have you actually tried to buy a phone without a contract?
To be fair, if you lowered the cost of getting liberal arts degrees to almost nothing then those people would not need financial aid. Governement Financial aid could be re-distributed to go primarily to those in the more expensive majors.
Not that this is necessarily the way to go, but it is an option
And you can still have a store that sells applications, you just cant call it the App Store.
Really, because there operating systems that used windows as a major component of its interface before MS made its OS called Windows.
I know it took my mother several years to understand the difference.
You mean like things like "Windows" right?
where everybody looses