People can do what they want. Companies can't. Apple doesn't sue people for building hackintoshes the same way Microsoft doesn't sue the developers of wine. I'm sure Microsoft would sue Apple if they tried to make OSX run Windows apps.
Do AT&T really think they can win a case where their only argument is "Verizon has misleading advertising?" Don't "misleading" and "advertising" go hand in hand? Since when is it supposed to be objective?
Does anybody actually use these "hackintosh" netbooks on a daily basis? I always assumed they were things people put together for fun. I understand that a number of people like Mac OS, but it seems to me that the OS would lose all of its appeal by not being linked to the hardware. If you have the technical prowess to install OS X on a netbook why are you using OS X on your netbook? Why not linux? (that wasn't meant as a flamebait question) Most people who use OS X instead of linux cite stability and support as their reasons. Wouldn't a hackintosh have neither of these?
What macbook are you using. All the ones i've used have one button and the whole button clicks left. The two-finger right click works, but honestly it's much slower and more annoying than a button. I end up using the control key.
He may not be the target audience, but I know so many people who refuse to get a mac laptop because they hate not being able to right click. It wouldn't be that hard for apple to add a right click button that could be made to turn into a second left click by the os. That way one button people will have their button and two button people will have there's.
The game they demo the second mouse with in the video appears to be cube. I suppose they used it because they had access to the source code and could modify it for multitouch interaction.
Ok, let's face it, very few people buy the Dell Ubuntu computers. There are a few reasons:
1. (most importantly) You have to look for that page to buy those PCs, I've never seen it advertised.
2. Those PCs are lame, a few laptops and a desktop... I'm shaking. Dell should really just offer it as a an option on all customizable PCs the same way they offer a choice of Windows versions.
3. Most consumer-consumers buy their PCs in stores or on shopping sites (not directly from the manufacturer). I have yet (in my albeit limited browsing) to see a computer preloaded with Ubuntu at a retail outlet.
How can they be so sure they're not going to jail? With the amount of money being put into making sure that they do it seems more than likely that they will even if they appeal.
This doesn't seem much more controversial than an abortion. (which, depending on the country, could be considered controversial) How is this unethical? Unless I'm misunderstanding, all it involves is checking ahead of time what your baby's gonna look like.
The article outlines apt as one of Debian's best features. What's interesting is that it still is. The reason I use debian, and the reason is used as the base for so many "user-friendly" distros, is how easy and painless it is to install software. Even now that other distros have package managers debian still has more packages and better organization than all other distros (obviously not counting the distros based off of it).
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People can do what they want. Companies can't. Apple doesn't sue people for building hackintoshes the same way Microsoft doesn't sue the developers of wine. I'm sure Microsoft would sue Apple if they tried to make OSX run Windows apps.
Do AT&T really think they can win a case where their only argument is "Verizon has misleading advertising?" Don't "misleading" and "advertising" go hand in hand? Since when is it supposed to be objective?
I have to say, my opinion of MS gets better everyday...
Does anybody actually use these "hackintosh" netbooks on a daily basis? I always assumed they were things people put together for fun. I understand that a number of people like Mac OS, but it seems to me that the OS would lose all of its appeal by not being linked to the hardware. If you have the technical prowess to install OS X on a netbook why are you using OS X on your netbook? Why not linux? (that wasn't meant as a flamebait question) Most people who use OS X instead of linux cite stability and support as their reasons. Wouldn't a hackintosh have neither of these?
What macbook are you using. All the ones i've used have one button and the whole button clicks left. The two-finger right click works, but honestly it's much slower and more annoying than a button. I end up using the control key.
He may not be the target audience, but I know so many people who refuse to get a mac laptop because they hate not being able to right click. It wouldn't be that hard for apple to add a right click button that could be made to turn into a second left click by the os. That way one button people will have their button and two button people will have there's.
One could assume that since the device is cylindrical that 96 pixels is the diameter and 128 pixels is the height.
The game they demo the second mouse with in the video appears to be cube. I suppose they used it because they had access to the source code and could modify it for multitouch interaction.
My LCD monitor (which is about 2 years old now) claims to have a response time of 8ms, is this very fast, or am I missing something?
sometimes people just need an excuse to fire someone, the straw that broke the camel's back so to speak
Not only does their production get delayed all the time but it turns out they have environmental impact!
Wrong about the wireless, my cable company (Verizon) happens to have a highly successful wireless division.
Why on earth would colleges do this? Am I missing something... this just doesn't make sense.
On the same system in the US we get choice between Vista... and Vista...
Ok, let's face it, very few people buy the Dell Ubuntu computers. There are a few reasons: 1. (most importantly) You have to look for that page to buy those PCs, I've never seen it advertised. 2. Those PCs are lame, a few laptops and a desktop... I'm shaking. Dell should really just offer it as a an option on all customizable PCs the same way they offer a choice of Windows versions. 3. Most consumer-consumers buy their PCs in stores or on shopping sites (not directly from the manufacturer). I have yet (in my albeit limited browsing) to see a computer preloaded with Ubuntu at a retail outlet.
I bet that guy from Sony would love to go back in time and stop this from happening.
walk away
They have CDMA in Korea...
How can they be so sure they're not going to jail? With the amount of money being put into making sure that they do it seems more than likely that they will even if they appeal.
I patented that blimp idea, pay up!
This doesn't seem much more controversial than an abortion. (which, depending on the country, could be considered controversial) How is this unethical? Unless I'm misunderstanding, all it involves is checking ahead of time what your baby's gonna look like.
the chrome-style tabs built into the top of the window break almost all custom styles on windows. eg, they only work with windows classic and luna.
can you make phone calls with it?
The article outlines apt as one of Debian's best features. What's interesting is that it still is. The reason I use debian, and the reason is used as the base for so many "user-friendly" distros, is how easy and painless it is to install software. Even now that other distros have package managers debian still has more packages and better organization than all other distros (obviously not counting the distros based off of it).
believe it or not it's called fast user switching by MS too