I don't see your argument. Are you saying that a quick boot time doesn't make a computer more useful?
A properly-configured SSD-based laptop running XP or some linux flavour can easily boot in 10 seconds. Similar improvements are possible in Vista and 7. Are you trying to say that's not beneficial? What about when you are out and about and you need to make a quick tweak to a word document, or a presentation? Or if you're at airport security and someone asks you to boot your machine up to make sure it's not a bomb? With suspend-to-disk it's even quicker, as you rightly pointed out.
And that's ignoring all of the other benefits - less chance of failure, cooler, better battery life, more shock-resistant, etc, etc
No one ever said otherwise. The needs of enterprise customers will ensure that magnetic HDDs will continue to exist for years to come.
And it's not always worthwhile to upgrade a PC. Hard drives will continue to exist there as long as there is a significant price difference between HDDs and SSDs. Some people, like gamers, will pay for the extra performance. Someone using their PC for word processing, Web browsing and e-mail gains no advantage on a desktop, and little advantage on a laptop.
Someone who wants a fast-booting, reliable, rugged laptop with good battery life will see a massive advantage. Believe it or not, that's the majority of students and business users. Ever wonder why the EEEs were so popular?
Next step will be devices that expire and refuse to work after a given date
That already exists. Ever tried to replace an iPod/iPhone battery?
Sure, it's possible, but Apple make this as difficult as they can for you. I always have held the belief that iPods/iPhones are defective by design.
Thinking 'bout it... (and sorry for the selfreply), when did anything MS say, promise, do or deliver have anything to do with the upgrade cycles your management decides for? It's more like "the computers are exactly 3 years, 2 months and 1 day old, time for change. BING! Now!"
Actually, MSN Search was much older than three years 2 months and a day when they replaced it with Bing.
Look at the bright side, everybody:
If he doesn't acknowledge the internet, he can't sue people for downloading his movies!
Yarr harr me harties. Quantum of Solace, anyone?
In my humble opinion, a netbook is a small, light, cheap computer designed primarily for low-level tasks: writing, web browsing, etc.
A Sub-Notebook is what this is: Small and light, yes, but certainly not cheap. Examples of this would include the MacBook Air.
Sub-Notebooks have been around pretty much since notebooks have been around (as demonstrated in some of the other comments in this thread). Netbooks are a recent phenomenon beginning with the EEE.
Just my $0.02
The Nokia E61 is a great business phone - QWERTY keyboard, large, comfortable, screen, WLAN...
And best of all it has no camera. You can pick them up on eBay for about £50.
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. You will then be bailed out by the taxpayer.
> what is a grue?
The grue is a sinister, lurking presence in the dark places of the economy. Its favourite diet is bankers, but its insatiable appetite is tempered by its fear of Economic Stimulus Packages.
Surely any font that isn't easily readable is unfit for purpose? Apart from a select few, obviously (Wingdings, and those "Math" fonts, etc)
At the end of the day it is just everywhere, and that makes people hate it. It's overused, simple as. But how can we have an argument over weather it is a good or bad font? It is a matter of personal opinion. As you rightly said, it is readable, but weather it is good or not is down to the individual.
But I still hate it.
So why don't you just run DOS on your 12GB machine...
Hey, anyone with a stopwatch and "half an ounce of brain" will tell you it'll be quicker than Vista/7 OR XP.
And FYI, it is perfectly possible (albeit unlikely) that 7 could be faster than XP. If it utulizes hardware resources better, for example, or if it is more resilient to the Windows so-called "Half-Life" effect (That is: The longer you use the OS, the slower it becomes) Or do you reinstall your OS every other day?
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A properly-configured SSD-based laptop running XP or some linux flavour can easily boot in 10 seconds. Similar improvements are possible in Vista and 7. Are you trying to say that's not beneficial? What about when you are out and about and you need to make a quick tweak to a word document, or a presentation? Or if you're at airport security and someone asks you to boot your machine up to make sure it's not a bomb? With suspend-to-disk it's even quicker, as you rightly pointed out.
And that's ignoring all of the other benefits - less chance of failure, cooler, better battery life, more shock-resistant, etc, etc
Maybe I picked a bad example then...but the point is still valid.
No one ever said otherwise. The needs of enterprise customers will ensure that magnetic HDDs will continue to exist for years to come.
And it's not always worthwhile to upgrade a PC. Hard drives will continue to exist there as long as there is a significant price difference between HDDs and SSDs. Some people, like gamers, will pay for the extra performance. Someone using their PC for word processing, Web browsing and e-mail gains no advantage on a desktop, and little advantage on a laptop.
Someone who wants a fast-booting, reliable, rugged laptop with good battery life will see a massive advantage. Believe it or not, that's the majority of students and business users. Ever wonder why the EEEs were so popular?
The annoying thing is, you're completely right. It's happened time and time again...audio codecs,,,video codecs...memory cards...
Next step will be devices that expire and refuse to work after a given date
That already exists. Ever tried to replace an iPod/iPhone battery? Sure, it's possible, but Apple make this as difficult as they can for you. I always have held the belief that iPods/iPhones are defective by design.
Just as long as one of your "applications" isn't Crysis
Thinking 'bout it... (and sorry for the selfreply), when did anything MS say, promise, do or deliver have anything to do with the upgrade cycles your management decides for? It's more like "the computers are exactly 3 years, 2 months and 1 day old, time for change. BING! Now!"
Actually, MSN Search was much older than three years 2 months and a day when they replaced it with Bing.
If only all commenters were so considerate.
In other news, the PS3 is soon to be renamed the P S Thwii.
Wave is set to pretty much assimilate the web. Just got done watching the demo at wave.google.com and I think I need to change my boxers.
The internet will be assimilated. Your project's collaborators will be added to our database. Resistance is futile.
Got rid of Linux...
Now why not get rid of the Eee altogether.
I sat through nearly all that rubbish and there is nothing that they were doing that I can't do on my phone (And I've got a 2 year old SE k610i).
Oh wait! I couldn't run Microsoft Works....
Type a report, essay, or document perhaps? I'd pay good money to see what your thumbs looked like afterwards.
Look at the bright side, everybody: If he doesn't acknowledge the internet, he can't sue people for downloading his movies! Yarr harr me harties. Quantum of Solace, anyone?
I suppose it's all relative -- but compared to some of the crazy stuff coming out, it seems pretty small.
A Sub-Notebook is what this is: Small and light, yes, but certainly not cheap. Examples of this would include the MacBook Air.
Sub-Notebooks have been around pretty much since notebooks have been around (as demonstrated in some of the other comments in this thread). Netbooks are a recent phenomenon beginning with the EEE. Just my $0.02
Have you heard about Android Data before google made their move? Thought so.
I'd heard of an Android called Data ...is that the same thing?
The Nokia E61 is a great business phone - QWERTY keyboard, large, comfortable, screen, WLAN... And best of all it has no camera. You can pick them up on eBay for about £50.
> what is a grue?
The grue is a sinister, lurking presence in the dark places of the economy. Its favourite diet is bankers, but its insatiable appetite is tempered by its fear of Economic Stimulus Packages.
Sorry, couldn't resist. Zork is timeless.
It is easily readable
Surely any font that isn't easily readable is unfit for purpose? Apart from a select few, obviously (Wingdings, and those "Math" fonts, etc) At the end of the day it is just everywhere, and that makes people hate it. It's overused, simple as. But how can we have an argument over weather it is a good or bad font? It is a matter of personal opinion. As you rightly said, it is readable, but weather it is good or not is down to the individual. But I still hate it.
So why don't you just run DOS on your 12GB machine... Hey, anyone with a stopwatch and "half an ounce of brain" will tell you it'll be quicker than Vista/7 OR XP. And FYI, it is perfectly possible (albeit unlikely) that 7 could be faster than XP. If it utulizes hardware resources better, for example, or if it is more resilient to the Windows so-called "Half-Life" effect (That is: The longer you use the OS, the slower it becomes) Or do you reinstall your OS every other day?
I say it'd bounce once, and be simultaneously alive and dead. Thankyou, SchrÃdinger.
"Arguing on the internet is like participating in the Special Olympics; even if you win you're still retarded."
And you just won that argument, fair and square!