No... I wouldn't have a clue. But fortunately I have access to a combination of websites like Wikipedia and Acronym Finder, and a small amount of common sense to infer that it's probably not Environment Canada who are objecting to the deal.
Dell machines are the cleanest? The first thing that comes to mind for me is the Dell netbooks, where the system tray takes up half of the taskbar.
To Dell's credit though, they do normally include the OS disc.
HP and Sony do seem to be the worst, where on first boot the additional software is installed, sometimes taking 30+ minutes
to do so. I've seen Sony laptops which have entire movies (possibly ones that need to be purchased?) loaded onto the system.
Bizarrely, the best machines seem to be the own brand ones sold by PC World/Currys in the UK, which typically only have online backup software, a basic anti-virus and Adobe Reader, although the backup and AV products are typically buggy and substandard. (Drive Sentry and Spare Backup, IIRC)
In the US, aren't your main choices for GSM AT&T and T-Mobile, with T-Mobile's network footprint being substantially smaller than AT&Ts? And with CDMA, devices can't be easily moved from carrier to carrier?
If so, then how is the lack of phone exclusivity going to solve anything?
Not according to the data the article is based on. The latest version of Windows - which isn't even available to the general public until the 22nd October - has a 50% greater marketshare than Linux. Source
I'm not sure about Internet Explorer 8, but in IE 7 it is possible to develop plugins to circumvent the protected mode by basically handing off actions to a separate process when higher privileges are required.
AFAIK, the case is the same with Chrome's sandboxing - it does not apply to plugins.
Google silently updates Chrome, so I imagine that it would be the same for this plugin.
I think this plugin is really aimed at the people who think Internet Explorer is the Internet, who wouldn't download and actually use Chrome. However, those people are the same people who would accept any download the browser throws at them...
I don't personally think that "If it ain't broke, don't fix it' works in this case. The applications will need to be migrated from IE6 eventually, probably within 5 years when XP is no longer available on new PCs and driver support is no longer provided for XP by the system manufacturers.
Surely it would make sense to start either updating or developing newer, ideally standards compliant apps which don't lock you in to one particular browser from one vendor giving plenty of time for developing and testing, rather than a mad rush a few years down the line when XP is no longer available.
"I think Apple would love to sell you an iPhone that works on any carrier"
Wait, what? Apple did not have to agree to exclusive deals with any carrier in the first place. It's nothing like iTunes where they would not have been able to sell the music without agreeing terms with the record labels - they could have quite easily sold an unlocked phone standalone, and all the user would have needed to do would be put their SIM card into the phone.
Of course, they probably wouldn't have sold millions of phones, as I imagine most users wouldn't be willing to pay $500-$1000 upfront for a phone, even one made by Apple.
The entering wireless passwords twice was fixed in Vista. Incidentally, in Vista there is also the option to unmask the password.
The entering emails twice is for validation, I guess.
The difference is with Windows Mobile, you can load applications on without going through the store. With Apple, there is no legitimate way to do so (jailbreaking is illegal according to Apple)
And in the case of Adsense, Analytics or Doubleclick? The average person has absolutely no way of knowing whether a page contains those before it loads.
Looking at it that way, at least you have the option to move to another ISP with Phorm.
The only exception is SP0 -> SP3, because Microsoft didn't support XP sans service pack when SP3 was released, you can't directly upgrade, you'll need to install SP1 or SP2 first.
However, I don't know if you can slipstream SP3 into a SP0 install disc.
Say I have a really neat device. I point it at your wallet, push a button and suddenly I have a copy of your wallet. Yours isn't harmed in any way. And everytime I push the button, I get another wallet, just like you still have. Tens, hundreds, thousands even.
But I have harmed your money. Assuming you have cash in your wallet, by creating thousands of duplicates of it I am devaluing your hard earned cash. Of course, if everyone is now able to clone money, then it becomes worthless, and nobody has any incentive to earn it.
According to Wikipedia, Apple has 35,000 employees. For comparative purposes, that's 75% more than Google, and almost 40% of Microsoft's headcount. Apple is by no means a small company.
Regardless, your argument about delaying OS X and reduced stability is an absolute straw man. Apple is under no obligation, and I doubt that any court will rule that Apple does have the obligation, to support hardware other than their own.
The only valid argument from my point of view is brand dilution i.e. people first exposed to OS X on non Apple hardware may experience issues they wouldn't encounter on Apple produced hardware. But the non-Apple OS X machines are very much a niche item anyway, so that number is going to be very low.
I doubt you'll ever see Dell, HP or one of the other major OEMs preinstalling OS X without Apple's blessing. Between the lack of support from Apple, having to hack together drivers, lack of system updates and the high cost of retail OS X (which Apple could increase at any time) it isn't a very attractive proposition.
At the end of the day, if they've purchased a copy of OS X for every installed version they provide to a customer, I don't see the problem.
I doubt Apple would have any problem with, for instance, the Modbook Pro (in the modification aspect anyway), so why should modifying the software be any different?
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No... I wouldn't have a clue. But fortunately I have access to a combination of websites like Wikipedia and Acronym Finder, and a small amount of common sense to infer that it's probably not Environment Canada who are objecting to the deal.
Dell machines are the cleanest? The first thing that comes to mind for me is the Dell netbooks, where the system tray takes up half of the taskbar.
To Dell's credit though, they do normally include the OS disc.
HP and Sony do seem to be the worst, where on first boot the additional software is installed, sometimes taking 30+ minutes to do so. I've seen Sony laptops which have entire movies (possibly ones that need to be purchased?) loaded onto the system.
Bizarrely, the best machines seem to be the own brand ones sold by PC World/Currys in the UK, which typically only have online backup software, a basic anti-virus and Adobe Reader, although the backup and AV products are typically buggy and substandard. (Drive Sentry and Spare Backup, IIRC)
In the US, aren't your main choices for GSM AT&T and T-Mobile, with T-Mobile's network footprint being substantially smaller than AT&Ts? And with CDMA, devices can't be easily moved from carrier to carrier?
If so, then how is the lack of phone exclusivity going to solve anything?
Not according to the data the article is based on. The latest version of Windows - which isn't even available to the general public until the 22nd October - has a 50% greater marketshare than Linux.
Source
New console releases in the UK are typically £40, which after taking into account VAT end up being less than $60 at the current exchange rate.
I'm not sure about Internet Explorer 8, but in IE 7 it is possible to develop plugins to circumvent the protected mode by basically handing off actions to a separate process when higher privileges are required.
AFAIK, the case is the same with Chrome's sandboxing - it does not apply to plugins.
Google silently updates Chrome, so I imagine that it would be the same for this plugin.
I think this plugin is really aimed at the people who think Internet Explorer is the Internet, who wouldn't download and actually use Chrome. However, those people are the same people who would accept any download the browser throws at them...
Calm down - you have the choice download the games, I don't really think that counts as being shoved down your throat.
2 or 3 years ago, you couldn't access the Internet at all with IPv6 enabled (at least in my experience.) So, they're slowly improving. :-P
I don't personally think that "If it ain't broke, don't fix it' works in this case. The applications will need to be migrated from IE6 eventually, probably within 5 years when XP is no longer available on new PCs and driver support is no longer provided for XP by the system manufacturers.
Surely it would make sense to start either updating or developing newer, ideally standards compliant apps which don't lock you in to one particular browser from one vendor giving plenty of time for developing and testing, rather than a mad rush a few years down the line when XP is no longer available.
Nothing. Apparently it is that uncommon to share a ZIP code with someone of the same gender who has the same date of birth
Minor nitpick, but the drive would be showing as 465 GB, not 482 GB.
"I think Apple would love to sell you an iPhone that works on any carrier"
Wait, what? Apple did not have to agree to exclusive deals with any carrier in the first place. It's nothing like iTunes where they would not have been able to sell the music without agreeing terms with the record labels - they could have quite easily sold an unlocked phone standalone, and all the user would have needed to do would be put their SIM card into the phone.
Of course, they probably wouldn't have sold millions of phones, as I imagine most users wouldn't be willing to pay $500-$1000 upfront for a phone, even one made by Apple.
Microsoft don't even bother localising the software the the UK market, it's the exact same software as the US version. http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2009/06/08/9705183.aspx
The entering wireless passwords twice was fixed in Vista. Incidentally, in Vista there is also the option to unmask the password. The entering emails twice is for validation, I guess.
Or maybe you could, you know, lower exposure to potential HIV infection instead of chopping off part of your dick.
Emulation is still piracy, even if the game is not available for the platform.
The difference is with Windows Mobile, you can load applications on without going through the store. With Apple, there is no legitimate way to do so (jailbreaking is illegal according to Apple)
Not trying to justify Phorm, but how does HTTPS inconvenience visitors?
And in the case of Adsense, Analytics or Doubleclick? The average person has absolutely no way of knowing whether a page contains those before it loads.
Looking at it that way, at least you have the option to move to another ISP with Phorm.
The only exception is SP0 -> SP3, because Microsoft didn't support XP sans service pack when SP3 was released, you can't directly upgrade, you'll need to install SP1 or SP2 first.
However, I don't know if you can slipstream SP3 into a SP0 install disc.
For quite a while after the rest of the world was blocked, Pandora continued offering their service to the UK. (See here)
OK, now put money into that equation instead.
Say I have a really neat device. I point it at your wallet, push a button and suddenly I have a copy of your wallet. Yours isn't harmed in any way. And everytime I push the button, I get another wallet, just like you still have. Tens, hundreds, thousands even.
But I have harmed your money. Assuming you have cash in your wallet, by creating thousands of duplicates of it I am devaluing your hard earned cash. Of course, if everyone is now able to clone money, then it becomes worthless, and nobody has any incentive to earn it.
According to Wikipedia, Apple has 35,000 employees. For comparative purposes, that's 75% more than Google, and almost 40% of Microsoft's headcount. Apple is by no means a small company.
Regardless, your argument about delaying OS X and reduced stability is an absolute straw man. Apple is under no obligation, and I doubt that any court will rule that Apple does have the obligation, to support hardware other than their own.
The only valid argument from my point of view is brand dilution i.e. people first exposed to OS X on non Apple hardware may experience issues they wouldn't encounter on Apple produced hardware. But the non-Apple OS X machines are very much a niche item anyway, so that number is going to be very low.
I doubt you'll ever see Dell, HP or one of the other major OEMs preinstalling OS X without Apple's blessing. Between the lack of support from Apple, having to hack together drivers, lack of system updates and the high cost of retail OS X (which Apple could increase at any time) it isn't a very attractive proposition.
At the end of the day, if they've purchased a copy of OS X for every installed version they provide to a customer, I don't see the problem.
I doubt Apple would have any problem with, for instance, the Modbook Pro (in the modification aspect anyway), so why should modifying the software be any different?