Show me another machine that is as thin, light, and powerful with a stylus. You can't.
Actually, the Surface Pro is a brick - it's heavy as hell, and there is a good reason for that: the oversized battery. The device has a much higher power dissipation than any other existing tablet, and even the oversized battery can keep it "alive" for 4 hours only.
As for a tablet that is actually light and thin, and "powerful with a stylus", the current king of the hill is the Samsung Galaxy Note II.
What's "Islamic" about the name? If you said "Arabic", now that would be something else...
You are right, technically speaking, but since 95% of Arabs do in fact practice or consider themselves part of the Islamic faith, I would say that your comment is bordering on pedantic.
The issue is that basically nobody is testing the foodstuffs we eat. I live in Europe, but I have little hope that the food I buy contains exactly what it is supposed to contain. And as more and more in the food industry wake up to the fact that nobody is really watching, the quality of food will decline ever more. That olive oil from Greece? The chance that it's actually extra virgin is ZERO - nobody will bother checking for rancidification (caused by hot pressing the oil, instead of cold pressing as extra virgin requires). And that ground Zeylanicum cinnamon you paid so much for? Yep, that's mostly Cassia mixed in, because Cassia costs 10x less.
There are many more examples, including the methanol poisonings of recent years.
It is more a matter of history. Considering what they have done in the past, I am NOT ready to trust them.
No need to look at the past to see what Microsoft is today, present will suffice: they're creating their own walled garden with Windows 8, and the Surface RT is (and all other tablets capable of running Windows RT) have a locked bootloader, preventing the owner from running anything but Windows RT on them. As for Metro, you're going to like it... whether yo like it or not, because almost every new PC comes preinstalled with Win 8/Metro (here in Finland it's worse than in the US; because here it is indeed impossible to find a new PC/laptop without Win8). They're leveraging their monopolistic position to get people on Metro.
It's almost to the point where the terrorists don't need to actually pull off an attack. They just release "chatter" about an attack and watch the West scurry around. I wonder how long until the terrorists try to see just how outrageous they can be and still have the West react. "There are reports that a terrorist group has come up with a nose bomb. Everyone will now submit to a TSA-enforced sinus inspection before boarding their planes."
The moment after a terrorist blows up a bomb hidden in his anus (on a plane or just while in the queue before security check), flying will become a whole lot worse...
Until this article, I didn't realize that there was a difference in SSD technology (SLC, MLC, TLC).
"I am an uninformed buyer and will now dispense my lack of wisdom to you."
I recently built a new system with two Samsung 40 250GB TLC SSD drives (paid about $170 each). I have one dedicated to the OS, one for programs, and I'm storing my data on standard SATA III hard-drives. As I understand it, this is the current recommended setup for SSD drives. My static usage on each SSD drive is about 80GB with 120GB free and 32GB unallocated. The only data being written to the drives are OS generated files and Temporary Internet Files, which I now plan to move off to one of my data drives.
I'm not worried about my setup.
"I am actually worried about my setup, as I intend to move frequently written datasets to the mechanical drives."
Based on the TLC numbers, it should last about 7 to 10 years in this configuration, much longer than the expected lifetime of most consumer grade mechanical drives.
"I am pulling some numbers right out of my ass. Also, my configuration which consists of mechanical drives should last much longer than mechanical drives."
And this is a straw man. The OP never said that "all drives are TLC" - it is you who made that straw-man in order to imply that the OP is "uninformed", whereas the OP is actually perfectly well informed, and shared valuable info - namely, that TLC drives have been introduced to the market.
This is just uninformed. Not all drives use TLC and most drives released in 2012 do not. Some drives did, like the Samsung 840, but the 840 Pro for example did not, nor did the OCZ Vector, etc.
I have to disagree - this is very well informed, because the OP is at least aware that triple-level cell SSD drives have been introduced last year, and he/she is aware that TLC is crap waiting to unleash it's crappiness.
Besides, just because "not all drives are TLC", the point still remains that manufacturers are only interested in high margins by selling MLC and now TLC drives, and fuck reliability and longevity.
Yeah, but Apple's 7" tablet is an 8" tablet, so, it's... better. And Tim Cook made sure to point this out at the introduction of the iPad Mini. I shit you not.
Be careful with that rock banging thing. If anyone hears your rocks, there's a good chance that you'll be infringing on a mobile communications patent.
Apple might have a patent on just that. Sadly, I am not even sure if I'm only joking.
It's tons of fun and it's healthy. Best of all, the time you spend on your bike going to and from work, is your own time, you don't feel like it's yet more of your life sacrificed on the altar of your employer.
n today's first-World countries, having money means having access to nutrition, shelter, clothes, quality healthcare, education,
You are describing the USA, not first world countries. In most first-world countries all those (nutrition, shelter, clothes, quality healthcare and education) are available to everyone, regardless of their economic situation. This is especially true in countries of Northern Europe, Germany, France, Italy and a few more, where even university tuition is free or nearly free.
Elop declared Symbian dead. He basically told everybody: "do not, I repeat DO NOT but our Symbian smartphones, we're closing the Ovi appstore, we're abandoning all development, and the platform has no future. We're going with Windows Phone. Yes, we're also junking Qt."
He also declared Maemo/Meego dead, even more emphatically.
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On the bright side, it will now be possible to drop your keyboard in the toilet.
Possible? More like mandatory.
In my office there are only like three people who can type without looking at their keyboard.
I really hope that there are only about 5 people in your office, or else it seems like your company is employing morons.
Man, that thing looks like it was sent directly from Hell by Satan himself.
As such, it would become the mandatory input device for Windows 8.. and Unity.
Show me another machine that is as thin, light, and powerful with a stylus. You can't.
Actually, the Surface Pro is a brick - it's heavy as hell, and there is a good reason for that: the oversized battery. The device has a much higher power dissipation than any other existing tablet, and even the oversized battery can keep it "alive" for 4 hours only.
As for a tablet that is actually light and thin, and "powerful with a stylus", the current king of the hill is the Samsung Galaxy Note II.
What's "Islamic" about the name? If you said "Arabic", now that would be something else...
You are right, technically speaking, but since 95% of Arabs do in fact practice or consider themselves part of the Islamic faith, I would say that your comment is bordering on pedantic.
The issue is that basically nobody is testing the foodstuffs we eat. I live in Europe, but I have little hope that the food I buy contains exactly what it is supposed to contain. And as more and more in the food industry wake up to the fact that nobody is really watching, the quality of food will decline ever more. That olive oil from Greece? The chance that it's actually extra virgin is ZERO - nobody will bother checking for rancidification (caused by hot pressing the oil, instead of cold pressing as extra virgin requires). And that ground Zeylanicum cinnamon you paid so much for? Yep, that's mostly Cassia mixed in, because Cassia costs 10x less.
There are many more examples, including the methanol poisonings of recent years.
It is more a matter of history. Considering what they have done in the past, I am NOT ready to trust them.
No need to look at the past to see what Microsoft is today, present will suffice: they're creating their own walled garden with Windows 8, and the Surface RT is (and all other tablets capable of running Windows RT) have a locked bootloader, preventing the owner from running anything but Windows RT on them. As for Metro, you're going to like it... whether yo like it or not, because almost every new PC comes preinstalled with Win 8/Metro (here in Finland it's worse than in the US; because here it is indeed impossible to find a new PC/laptop without Win8). They're leveraging their monopolistic position to get people on Metro.
It's almost to the point where the terrorists don't need to actually pull off an attack. They just release "chatter" about an attack and watch the West scurry around. I wonder how long until the terrorists try to see just how outrageous they can be and still have the West react. "There are reports that a terrorist group has come up with a nose bomb. Everyone will now submit to a TSA-enforced sinus inspection before boarding their planes."
The moment after a terrorist blows up a bomb hidden in his anus (on a plane or just while in the queue before security check), flying will become a whole lot worse...
Well, the day we made it in chemistry class, we messed up and I breathed in a good deal of it so I don't quite remember the recipe. Herp derp..
Go home, you are drunk.
Until this article, I didn't realize that there was a difference in SSD technology (SLC, MLC, TLC).
"I am an uninformed buyer and will now dispense my lack of wisdom to you."
I recently built a new system with two Samsung 40 250GB TLC SSD drives (paid about $170 each). I have one dedicated to the OS, one for programs, and I'm storing my data on standard SATA III hard-drives. As I understand it, this is the current recommended setup for SSD drives. My static usage on each SSD drive is about 80GB with 120GB free and 32GB unallocated. The only data being written to the drives are OS generated files and Temporary Internet Files, which I now plan to move off to one of my data drives.
I'm not worried about my setup.
"I am actually worried about my setup, as I intend to move frequently written datasets to the mechanical drives."
Based on the TLC numbers, it should last about 7 to 10 years in this configuration, much longer than the expected lifetime of most consumer grade mechanical drives.
"I am pulling some numbers right out of my ass. Also, my configuration which consists of mechanical drives should last much longer than mechanical drives."
How did this bullshit get modded up?
Like Nafion, which is several decades old.
This is just uninformed. Not all drives use TLC
And this is a straw man. The OP never said that "all drives are TLC" - it is you who made that straw-man in order to imply that the OP is "uninformed", whereas the OP is actually perfectly well informed, and shared valuable info - namely, that TLC drives have been introduced to the market.
This is just uninformed. Not all drives use TLC and most drives released in 2012 do not. Some drives did, like the Samsung 840, but the 840 Pro for example did not, nor did the OCZ Vector, etc.
I have to disagree - this is very well informed, because the OP is at least aware that triple-level cell SSD drives have been introduced last year, and he/she is aware that TLC is crap waiting to unleash it's crappiness.
Besides, just because "not all drives are TLC", the point still remains that manufacturers are only interested in high margins by selling MLC and now TLC drives, and fuck reliability and longevity.
This hasn't, and it won't.
And what's going to stop someone from carrying bleach with chlorine into a crowded place and mixing it, making mustard gas (if I remember correctly).
No, you don't "remember" correctly. Frankly, I don't think you have enough chemical knowledge to be a threat to society, without a gun.
Yeah, but Apple's 7" tablet is an 8" tablet, so, it's... better. And Tim Cook made sure to point this out at the introduction of the iPad Mini. I shit you not.
Be careful with that rock banging thing. If anyone hears your rocks, there's a good chance that you'll be infringing on a mobile communications patent.
Apple might have a patent on just that. Sadly, I am not even sure if I'm only joking.
You don't become the leading smartphone manufacturer by being a sucker.
...more candid than Microsoft!? Wow...
Right, secondary pulmonar infections are what causes deaths (unless it's a viral pneumonia, in which case the flu virus did it all by itself).
If you're still reading this: what is PTO?
It's tons of fun and it's healthy. Best of all, the time you spend on your bike going to and from work, is your own time, you don't feel like it's yet more of your life sacrificed on the altar of your employer.
n today's first-World countries, having money means having access to nutrition, shelter, clothes, quality healthcare, education,
You are describing the USA, not first world countries. In most first-world countries all those (nutrition, shelter, clothes, quality healthcare and education) are available to everyone, regardless of their economic situation. This is especially true in countries of Northern Europe, Germany, France, Italy and a few more, where even university tuition is free or nearly free.
Elop declared Symbian dead. He basically told everybody: "do not, I repeat DO NOT but our Symbian smartphones, we're closing the Ovi appstore, we're abandoning all development, and the platform has no future. We're going with Windows Phone. Yes, we're also junking Qt."
He also declared Maemo/Meego dead, even more emphatically.
Well, that's nice, but we were talking about flu, and that's not "small illness". Flu is a killer.
Just read the article, or even just the summary: "The former CEO and current major shareholder" is the main stakeholder and organizer of this lawsuit.
Former CEO is now suing the govt.
As I said, no shame.