How does connect the dots with a crayon increase creativity more than an iPad where they can learn to play music, finger paint, and read.
I'm sure the school could buy several musical instruments (like recorders), finger paint sets, books, and crayons for the cost of one iPad. Maybe even enough for the whole class.
They might even be able to do that stuff together and build some social skills while they're at it.
Prices depend on what people will pay. The prices won't change.
However, corporations will make a tiny bit less profit to pay their multi-million dollar CEOs until the market shakes out and everything goes back to normal.
Microsoft doesn't allow you to opt-out. In fact, their mandatory arbitration agreement is much more detailed and aggressive than Sony's.
Sony tested the waters, Microsoft followed through. Do you really think Sony is going to let people opt-out next time, given that most people didn't even notice that MS added an arbitration clause shortly after Sony did?
There are plenty of full-blown games on the online store that are selling for $50-$60. I especially enjoy the e-book spin of "convenience", which is why the downloadable versions are exactly the same price as physical discs as MSRP.
I'd like to know who is paying $60 for a downloadable title that you can't own let alone resell. Apparently someone is buying.
I find that a little hard to believe, given a few points:
1.) At launch, the PS3 was a furnace. Even with new fab techniques, it's going to be much harder and costlier to put a PS3 into a PS4, than to put a PS2 into a PS3. Emulation of Cell is out of the question.
2.) Sony probably learned their lesson that a $600 console isn't going to be received well by the public. Seriously. Dumping PS2 compatibility was a major part of getting the PS3 down to $300, the price point for which people were begging for years.
3.) Sony has been really gearing up with the HD re-releases as of late, as well as PS2 downloads from the online store, and it seems to be working out well for them. Why let people play games for free, when you can bundle a few tweaked PS3 games together and sell them a second time?
The hard drive alone isn't anywhere near enough. I blame the idiotic decision to use a full-sized, high-spun DVD drive.
- That DVD drive generates heat when it's working, so slapping it right on top of the GPU heatsink wasn't very smart. Did they perform stress tests with a spinning disc in the drive?
- No ventilation holes in front of and under the DVD drive. That's where the air should be coming into the system, right in front of the GPU heatsink vanes. Sucking in air from the top (complete with RF shielding in the way) was just painfully stupid. I guess they didn't want to mar the system's good looks, or trust that 3rd party faceplate would be designed with correct ventilation in mind.
- That darn DVD drive again, protruding into the fan shroud. Seriously, how is air supposed to get through that kind of pinch? It looks like the ventilation was designed for a slimmer disc drive, but when benchmarks showed it was too slow, they slapped a full-sized drive in there. The hard drive looks like it was meant to be external from day 1 so it's easy to swap, but the DVD drive...
I'll never understand what happened to, "Use large/small icons", "Use borders", "Show on left" and other simple options. They'll spend billions on research but once the product ships, the properties menu will give you 5-6 options at most. Decades of computer science and we're still stumped on how to change the size of buttons? Really?
If you're making a product for billions of people, you don't make a single design. Period. The market is too broad for that.
Unfortunately many law enforcement agents would rather go after a whistle blower, who may be easier to prosecute, then build up a case against the real criminals.
I learned that lesson while dealing with bullies in elementary school.
It's kind of sad that learning not to trust "authority figures" was one of the most valuable things I remember from public education. But, that's human nature for you.
Do you know why it took a year for competitors to bring out a real iPad competitor?
Forget the iPad. The LCD monitor market also suffered. There were eIPS monitors on the market, finally providing a cost-effective alternative to S-IPS at TN prices. I immediately snapped one up for $250. Then Apple started using eIPS exclusively for their laptops and iPads, eIPS technology vanished from all other markets entirely, and the monitor I bought for $250 ended up rocketing up to $400 in just a few months. Only now is eIPS finally available in desktop LCDs, and the prices are down to $300 again.
More and more often, I'm seeing technology on the open market disappear every time it gets used in an Apple product, only to see it reappear a few years later once Apple's thunder has cleared.
I think the general idea is that cancer cells all exist by the failure of the same mechanism. We all have cancer cells in our bodies all the time, but our immune systems find ways to recognize the cells and destroy them before they become a problem. It's not quite the same thing as viruses, which also have a great deal of genetic diversity, but also have a ton of unique mechanisms for proliferating.
No installation, no updates, no permissions, no specific OS or hardware necessary. It works everywhere by everyone and all the time with no hassles.
Other than having to update your web browser and plug-ins every week, that provide the installation, maintenance, permissions, and hardware access. Plus log-ins, passwords, pop-ups, JavaScript vulnerabilities, redirects, scary-looking URLs, seams between transitions between pages, ads, ads, ads...
Apps gained traction because they worked better than web apps. That's why people pay for them.
If Google hadn't gone public, it could have been different. I'd rather deal with corporate-style egos (Mozilla) than with hoards of investors who only care about cash returns.
Of course, good luck trying to do things like buy Motorolla Mobile when you're relying solely on angel investors.
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How does connect the dots with a crayon increase creativity more than an iPad where they can learn to play music, finger paint, and read.
I'm sure the school could buy several musical instruments (like recorders), finger paint sets, books, and crayons for the cost of one iPad. Maybe even enough for the whole class.
They might even be able to do that stuff together and build some social skills while they're at it.
Prices depend on what people will pay. The prices won't change.
However, corporations will make a tiny bit less profit to pay their multi-million dollar CEOs until the market shakes out and everything goes back to normal.
How about a rubber bumper?
Microsoft doesn't allow you to opt-out. In fact, their mandatory arbitration agreement is much more detailed and aggressive than Sony's.
Sony tested the waters, Microsoft followed through. Do you really think Sony is going to let people opt-out next time, given that most people didn't even notice that MS added an arbitration clause shortly after Sony did?
There are plenty of full-blown games on the online store that are selling for $50-$60. I especially enjoy the e-book spin of "convenience", which is why the downloadable versions are exactly the same price as physical discs as MSRP.
I'd like to know who is paying $60 for a downloadable title that you can't own let alone resell. Apparently someone is buying.
I find that a little hard to believe, given a few points:
1.) At launch, the PS3 was a furnace. Even with new fab techniques, it's going to be much harder and costlier to put a PS3 into a PS4, than to put a PS2 into a PS3. Emulation of Cell is out of the question.
2.) Sony probably learned their lesson that a $600 console isn't going to be received well by the public. Seriously. Dumping PS2 compatibility was a major part of getting the PS3 down to $300, the price point for which people were begging for years.
3.) Sony has been really gearing up with the HD re-releases as of late, as well as PS2 downloads from the online store, and it seems to be working out well for them. Why let people play games for free, when you can bundle a few tweaked PS3 games together and sell them a second time?
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That's an odd way of saying, "least of evils."
The hard drive alone isn't anywhere near enough. I blame the idiotic decision to use a full-sized, high-spun DVD drive.
There is no such thing as zero replication cost. It may be small, you may be able to get/sucker other people to bear the cost, but it's not zero.
You might as well ask why there's music, too.
ugh... never mind.
Note to self: playing devil's advocate actually requires a proper amount of sleep.
Is there a significant reduction in accidents when we set the clocks back an hour?
I'll never understand what happened to, "Use large/small icons", "Use borders", "Show on left" and other simple options. They'll spend billions on research but once the product ships, the properties menu will give you 5-6 options at most. Decades of computer science and we're still stumped on how to change the size of buttons? Really?
If you're making a product for billions of people, you don't make a single design. Period. The market is too broad for that.
Long enough so people can buy an iPad, an iPhone, an iPod, an AppleTV, and a MacBook as their only computer.
For the same reason everybody is still using crappy TN panels instead of IPS like they should.
$400 video card with two power connectors? Check. $140 monitor bought on a blowout sale? Check.
This is a geek site. How many people have had this conversation:
Silly noob. Just throw it out and buy a new one, like people do when their PC gets a "virus!"
Unfortunately many law enforcement agents would rather go after a whistle blower, who may be easier to prosecute, then build up a case against the real criminals.
I learned that lesson while dealing with bullies in elementary school.
It's kind of sad that learning not to trust "authority figures" was one of the most valuable things I remember from public education. But, that's human nature for you.
Do you know why it took a year for competitors to bring out a real iPad competitor?
Forget the iPad. The LCD monitor market also suffered. There were eIPS monitors on the market, finally providing a cost-effective alternative to S-IPS at TN prices. I immediately snapped one up for $250. Then Apple started using eIPS exclusively for their laptops and iPads, eIPS technology vanished from all other markets entirely, and the monitor I bought for $250 ended up rocketing up to $400 in just a few months. Only now is eIPS finally available in desktop LCDs, and the prices are down to $300 again.
More and more often, I'm seeing technology on the open market disappear every time it gets used in an Apple product, only to see it reappear a few years later once Apple's thunder has cleared.
I think the general idea is that cancer cells all exist by the failure of the same mechanism. We all have cancer cells in our bodies all the time, but our immune systems find ways to recognize the cells and destroy them before they become a problem. It's not quite the same thing as viruses, which also have a great deal of genetic diversity, but also have a ton of unique mechanisms for proliferating.
Giving cash to shareholders won't work. They will just use the cash to go out and buy yet again more Apple products.
Reminds me of the strategy Ford used when the Model T started production. That company is still around.
No installation, no updates, no permissions, no specific OS or hardware necessary. It works everywhere by everyone and all the time with no hassles.
Other than having to update your web browser and plug-ins every week, that provide the installation, maintenance, permissions, and hardware access. Plus log-ins, passwords, pop-ups, JavaScript vulnerabilities, redirects, scary-looking URLs, seams between transitions between pages, ads, ads, ads...
Apps gained traction because they worked better than web apps. That's why people pay for them.
Apple doesn't control BSD UNIX, either.
If Google hadn't gone public, it could have been different. I'd rather deal with corporate-style egos (Mozilla) than with hoards of investors who only care about cash returns.
Of course, good luck trying to do things like buy Motorolla Mobile when you're relying solely on angel investors.
...to provide free services in order to track more and more personal data and deliver more ads.
In other words, to forcefully expand their market presence to ensure success. What changed is how you define the market of "free" services.
I can get arrested for walking into a business open to the public? Gee, I better not walk into any stores, anywhere... ever.
Unless I want to fake slipping and falling on their waxed floors, and then sue them. :)