Bytes (Nor bits) are not and have never been SI units and are not bound to use the same base system for prefixes. Since computers operate in base 2 it only makes sense that a KB is 1024 bytes, and kibi and all that other nonsense has never been an accepted standard in the tech industry. I've yet to see it ever be used in anything other than discussion. A gigabyte is 2^30 bytes, not 3 billion bytes.
Apple and Microsoft are not direct competitors. Apple makes the bulk of its profit off hardware, and Microsoft only makes software. Apple is more a competitor to Dell, Gateway, HP, etc. than they are to Microsoft. If you could buy OSX and put it on a PC it would be a different story. A lot of people who buy macs still buy a Microsoft OS so a bought Mac != lost Windows sale.
Upon unpacking the computer, the consumer must then make a choice of either:
1.loading Windows from the Windows recovery media, then using the brochure included with the recovery media to contact Microsoft and through some form of financial transaction, acquire a licence to use Windows, or
2. load the Linux operating system from the CD/DVD included, and use it as their computer operating system. I'm all for giving a fair shake to Linux in the market as it certainly deserves it, but what is wrong with allowing the consumer to CHOOSE to have Windows (or Linux) pre-installed if they want. Forcing the consumer to jump through hoops to get a Windows license wouldn't be fair to MS and be very hypocritical.
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Bytes (Nor bits) are not and have never been SI units and are not bound to use the same base system for prefixes. Since computers operate in base 2 it only makes sense that a KB is 1024 bytes, and kibi and all that other nonsense has never been an accepted standard in the tech industry. I've yet to see it ever be used in anything other than discussion. A gigabyte is 2^30 bytes, not 3 billion bytes.
Apple and Microsoft are not direct competitors. Apple makes the bulk of its profit off hardware, and Microsoft only makes software. Apple is more a competitor to Dell, Gateway, HP, etc. than they are to Microsoft. If you could buy OSX and put it on a PC it would be a different story. A lot of people who buy macs still buy a Microsoft OS so a bought Mac != lost Windows sale.
Final Fantasy XIII exclusivity is in question, so you might see it on the 360 :P.
This guy got it right, mod parent up.
1.loading Windows from the Windows recovery media, then using the brochure included with the recovery media to contact Microsoft and through some form of financial transaction, acquire a licence to use Windows, or
2. load the Linux operating system from the CD/DVD included, and use it as their computer operating system. I'm all for giving a fair shake to Linux in the market as it certainly deserves it, but what is wrong with allowing the consumer to CHOOSE to have Windows (or Linux) pre-installed if they want. Forcing the consumer to jump through hoops to get a Windows license wouldn't be fair to MS and be very hypocritical.