I spent roughly £850 on my Macbook Pro which is, give or take £40 what I spend on my Thinkpad 5 years before so actually my Macbook Pro was cheaper than my Thinkpad.
Unless you use your laptop as a desktop and it rarely moves then you really don't do yourself any favours buying cheap. In fact I can't really see myself spending less than £700 for a laptop regardless of who makes it.
It entertains me when people are happy buying £300 laptops every couple of years. Well in 6 years that works out to be £900 which is actually more than I spent on my Thinkpad and my machine still looks almost like new. The hinges are in no way loose, the keys work fine. Hell the keys have no fading of the text other than a wee bit on the S key and that is after 6 years old solid use either programming or chatting on messages boards, IM, etc and tons of hours playing Quake, TF2 and numerous other games.
The only thing that went bad on it was the battery which I'm picking the new one up tomorrow. I can't complain about getting 5 years out of a battery. The last year it was bad but considering I did abuse the battery and didn't look after it properly that's still good.
Baring something like me dropping it I'm sure I can easily get another 2 years out of it. Probably more unless something changes where the processor is deemed to be too slow. I've just chucked a SSD in it the other week and over all the experience I have is better than when I bought it.
So no, it's not OS X fanboyism. It's just that I actually use my laptops and regardless of the brand (though there are some brands I just won't buy) I don't go cheap and my laptops last. Everyone I personally know that goes cheap always has more problems than me and i can't think of anyone that bought some cheap laptop that's lasted nearly as long as mine. So like I said if you really want to use a laptop as it is, going cheap just isn't going to work.
Unless you're a hardcore gamer there is no good reason to use windows over pretty much any OS that has a reasonable fanbase. Unix based systems are just better.
I'm sure it'll be fun to play with and I may get one (like a Pi) but I'm not expecting much from it as far as it being a competitive console. I think unfortunately it will just be something that people port android games to which as well isn't going to cut it. Mobile games are mostly rubbish. That's not so bad on a mobile when you'll only play it for a few minutes anyway but on a big console that's a bad thing.
I think the best we can probably expect is it'll be a decent emulator machine and something you can hack about on. Which for $99 isn't bad at all.
They don't advertise their systems as being able to play all software released which is why they have system requirements where as a 360 does no have system requirements because it's expected that a 360 plays all 360 software. It would be like Apple labelling their software as Safari Mac 2007. Now what will MS do when they release a new model of the xbox?
I don't think there ever was a mobile device that let you remove the browser. It is more of a appliance than a PC. But you're right every OS comes with a browser because people want that but I can uninstall the browser Ubuntu comes with and I can remove Safari from OS X. Even if I could not when I opt to use another browser they stick with my choice. Windows (at least from my experience which admittedly does not go beyond XP) does not always accept my choice. For example opening links in MSN Messenger it will open in IE even though it's not my default browser. Windows more than any other system pushes its choices on you.
I'm on a 6 year old thinkpad and I did just that. The 256gb SSD I put it in makes it feel just like a brand new laptop. It won't play the latest Crytek game but for everything else it does an amazing job.
I'm sure MS give them what they want. What's the worst thing that happens here? You've have to buy newer products as MS changes something to look like they're on your side. I'm sure that's keeping people at MS awake at night.
Exactly which is why they don't want you to put OS X on other hardware. They are a hardware company more than a software company but obviously a PC needs an OS. So they've developed one which you pay for in the hardware too.
It's still a better deal given the hardware is still usable with it's latest OS or Linux and it beats having an dell that you'd be lucky to see last 4 years.
It's not wise to piss away money, especially for a small subset of your market. I'm sure they have a pretty good idea of how many people this current effects and it's probably not worth it. The move from 32-bit to 64-bit hasn't been great and it's still a bit shit in some cases but you gotta live with it.
I know I'd be cheesed too if I had to either continue using the old OS or Linux on my 5 year old laptop. Next time I'll buy an Acer that will only last 2 years and that'll show them!
The issue sounds like a technical one due to a transition period from 32-bit hardware to 64-bit so the timing of releases doesn't really factor into that. I'm not sure it's a great idea to no update the system as much just to cater to older systems especially when they'll run just fine with the latest OS they can run and if security is an issue there is Linux.
That said it's down more to rushed / cost cutting hardware design for most of their problems so even if the system were more open it wouldn't really have helped.
He is right and there was an offer to replace units so while it sucks you get a new xbox out of it. Between RROD and all the other issues I'm sure MS has given away more hardware than anyone else.
Not really. They don't do legacy support on the scale Microsoft does and I suspect the benefit outweights the hassle of supporting the older hardware. That sucks but that doesn't instantly make the machine unseble and even if someone doesn't want to use an outdated version of OS X for years then put Linux on it or, if you're not very bright, Windows.
They are far happier to cut off old things and don't provide the same sort of legacy support that Windows does. In many ways that's a good thing but it's also unforunate because actually the hardware lasts for quite sometime so buying a new machine can feel a bit forced.
Who knows, someone may find a way around that. It could be that your machine will support it but it's not ideal so they refuse to support it properly but it'll work.
I've just dropped a 256gb SSD in a thinkpad from 2006. The thing runs better than when it was brand new and it runs considerably cooler and quieter. It's for development and non-gaming entertainment so even if is no doubt lacking in the gaming department that doesn't matter.
I intended to keep my macbook until it falls apart or the battery dies. There's no need to buy new hardware just for the sake of it if you don't need it. Unless you buy rubbish low-end Dells or Acers which then you'll be lucky to get 3 years out of it.
Yeah that's the problem it'll primarily be indie devs buying which isn't a huge market.
There are certainly issues with console games but you can do so much more with the PC and if you're find with starting out with little to no market then target Linux or ideally target all three systems. You're free to do what you want (and even target low specs) and have much more room for growth on the hardware side.
So Gnome was bad for being released after KDE? One of the great things about open source is that you can go off and do you own thing and someone doesn't like it they can go elsewhere.
I don't know why some people are so afraid of choice and change.
The only people that want to think it doesn't matter are either illiterates or Republican who think schools should be funded from pennies out of a water fountain.
There is nothing wrong with making a mistake in tweets or comments on forums but for a business having mistakes on their sites. It just makes me think you cut corners and don't care about quality fullstop.
A little over half way down is a heading that says "People everywere". It' been that way since the site launched and it's been talked about on the web and yet Google can't be fucked to fix it.
It just reminds me of all those Android bugs that lasted between numerous version. For a bunch of people that are supposedly the smartest of the smart, they do a pretty shoddy job, imo. So that's why I don't buy Android goods and more and I am transitioning off their web products. I can only assume if quality matters so little elsewhere then who knows how god their web security is. I'm not going to risk it.
I'm sure you'd like to thing your age gives you some sort of advantage but that's not it. Geeks are fairly intolerant of difference (ie someone using an OS they don't use) and they hate change (i.e. Windows 8, Firefox updates or even trival UI changes) and that happens across all ages.
Next thing you know they'll have to get their own botnet for the iphone and it probably won't even be compatible with the android botnet and they'll patent it, obviously.
Yeah they became a better playing in the software game mainly through underhanded tactics. They're only *just* in second place (despite all of Sony's monumental cock-ups) in the console biz and far away from first place. The 360's is pretty unpopular outside of the north America and the UK. When that is considered a success that just shows you how far they have fallen.
A lot of people have been saying that MS has been on a downfall. No one is saying it'll happen over night but the point a lot of people do think it's a work in progress right now thanks mainly to the guy voted as the worst CEO.
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I spent roughly £850 on my Macbook Pro which is, give or take £40 what I spend on my Thinkpad 5 years before so actually my Macbook Pro was cheaper than my Thinkpad.
Unless you use your laptop as a desktop and it rarely moves then you really don't do yourself any favours buying cheap. In fact I can't really see myself spending less than £700 for a laptop regardless of who makes it.
It entertains me when people are happy buying £300 laptops every couple of years. Well in 6 years that works out to be £900 which is actually more than I spent on my Thinkpad and my machine still looks almost like new. The hinges are in no way loose, the keys work fine. Hell the keys have no fading of the text other than a wee bit on the S key and that is after 6 years old solid use either programming or chatting on messages boards, IM, etc and tons of hours playing Quake, TF2 and numerous other games.
The only thing that went bad on it was the battery which I'm picking the new one up tomorrow. I can't complain about getting 5 years out of a battery. The last year it was bad but considering I did abuse the battery and didn't look after it properly that's still good.
Baring something like me dropping it I'm sure I can easily get another 2 years out of it. Probably more unless something changes where the processor is deemed to be too slow. I've just chucked a SSD in it the other week and over all the experience I have is better than when I bought it.
So no, it's not OS X fanboyism. It's just that I actually use my laptops and regardless of the brand (though there are some brands I just won't buy) I don't go cheap and my laptops last. Everyone I personally know that goes cheap always has more problems than me and i can't think of anyone that bought some cheap laptop that's lasted nearly as long as mine. So like I said if you really want to use a laptop as it is, going cheap just isn't going to work.
Unless you're a hardcore gamer there is no good reason to use windows over pretty much any OS that has a reasonable fanbase. Unix based systems are just better.
I'm sure it'll be fun to play with and I may get one (like a Pi) but I'm not expecting much from it as far as it being a competitive console. I think unfortunately it will just be something that people port android games to which as well isn't going to cut it. Mobile games are mostly rubbish. That's not so bad on a mobile when you'll only play it for a few minutes anyway but on a big console that's a bad thing.
I think the best we can probably expect is it'll be a decent emulator machine and something you can hack about on. Which for $99 isn't bad at all.
They don't advertise their systems as being able to play all software released which is why they have system requirements where as a 360 does no have system requirements because it's expected that a 360 plays all 360 software. It would be like Apple labelling their software as Safari Mac 2007. Now what will MS do when they release a new model of the xbox?
I don't think there ever was a mobile device that let you remove the browser. It is more of a appliance than a PC. But you're right every OS comes with a browser because people want that but I can uninstall the browser Ubuntu comes with and I can remove Safari from OS X. Even if I could not when I opt to use another browser they stick with my choice. Windows (at least from my experience which admittedly does not go beyond XP) does not always accept my choice. For example opening links in MSN Messenger it will open in IE even though it's not my default browser. Windows more than any other system pushes its choices on you.
I'm on a 6 year old thinkpad and I did just that. The 256gb SSD I put it in makes it feel just like a brand new laptop. It won't play the latest Crytek game but for everything else it does an amazing job.
I'm sure MS give them what they want. What's the worst thing that happens here? You've have to buy newer products as MS changes something to look like they're on your side. I'm sure that's keeping people at MS awake at night.
Exactly which is why they don't want you to put OS X on other hardware. They are a hardware company more than a software company but obviously a PC needs an OS. So they've developed one which you pay for in the hardware too.
It's still a better deal given the hardware is still usable with it's latest OS or Linux and it beats having an dell that you'd be lucky to see last 4 years.
It's not wise to piss away money, especially for a small subset of your market. I'm sure they have a pretty good idea of how many people this current effects and it's probably not worth it. The move from 32-bit to 64-bit hasn't been great and it's still a bit shit in some cases but you gotta live with it.
I know I'd be cheesed too if I had to either continue using the old OS or Linux on my 5 year old laptop. Next time I'll buy an Acer that will only last 2 years and that'll show them!
And they were wrong. XP should have died a long time ago. Vista should be dead now too.
The issue sounds like a technical one due to a transition period from 32-bit hardware to 64-bit so the timing of releases doesn't really factor into that. I'm not sure it's a great idea to no update the system as much just to cater to older systems especially when they'll run just fine with the latest OS they can run and if security is an issue there is Linux.
You are right. http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/18/new-xbox-360-update-incompatible-with-some-models-ms-offering-r/2 and there is this list of problems. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_technical_problems
That said it's down more to rushed / cost cutting hardware design for most of their problems so even if the system were more open it wouldn't really have helped.
He is right and there was an offer to replace units so while it sucks you get a new xbox out of it. Between RROD and all the other issues I'm sure MS has given away more hardware than anyone else.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/18/new-xbox-360-update-incompatible-with-some-models-ms-offering-r/2
Not really. They don't do legacy support on the scale Microsoft does and I suspect the benefit outweights the hassle of supporting the older hardware. That sucks but that doesn't instantly make the machine unseble and even if someone doesn't want to use an outdated version of OS X for years then put Linux on it or, if you're not very bright, Windows.
They are far happier to cut off old things and don't provide the same sort of legacy support that Windows does. In many ways that's a good thing but it's also unforunate because actually the hardware lasts for quite sometime so buying a new machine can feel a bit forced.
Who knows, someone may find a way around that. It could be that your machine will support it but it's not ideal so they refuse to support it properly but it'll work.
I've just dropped a 256gb SSD in a thinkpad from 2006. The thing runs better than when it was brand new and it runs considerably cooler and quieter. It's for development and non-gaming entertainment so even if is no doubt lacking in the gaming department that doesn't matter.
I intended to keep my macbook until it falls apart or the battery dies. There's no need to buy new hardware just for the sake of it if you don't need it. Unless you buy rubbish low-end Dells or Acers which then you'll be lucky to get 3 years out of it.
Yeah that's the problem it'll primarily be indie devs buying which isn't a huge market.
There are certainly issues with console games but you can do so much more with the PC and if you're find with starting out with little to no market then target Linux or ideally target all three systems. You're free to do what you want (and even target low specs) and have much more room for growth on the hardware side.
Shame it won't come with any good games or a consumer base larger than 3 neckbeards and the owner's mom.
So Gnome was bad for being released after KDE? One of the great things about open source is that you can go off and do you own thing and someone doesn't like it they can go elsewhere.
I don't know why some people are so afraid of choice and change.
The only people that want to think it doesn't matter are either illiterates or Republican who think schools should be funded from pennies out of a water fountain.
There is nothing wrong with making a mistake in tweets or comments on forums but for a business having mistakes on their sites. It just makes me think you cut corners and don't care about quality fullstop.
For example: http://www.google.com/nexus/#/galaxy/features
A little over half way down is a heading that says "People everywere". It' been that way since the site launched and it's been talked about on the web and yet Google can't be fucked to fix it.
It just reminds me of all those Android bugs that lasted between numerous version. For a bunch of people that are supposedly the smartest of the smart, they do a pretty shoddy job, imo. So that's why I don't buy Android goods and more and I am transitioning off their web products. I can only assume if quality matters so little elsewhere then who knows how god their web security is. I'm not going to risk it.
I'm sure you'd like to thing your age gives you some sort of advantage but that's not it. Geeks are fairly intolerant of difference (ie someone using an OS they don't use) and they hate change (i.e. Windows 8, Firefox updates or even trival UI changes) and that happens across all ages.
Next thing you know they'll have to get their own botnet for the iphone and it probably won't even be compatible with the android botnet and they'll patent it, obviously.
Yeah they became a better playing in the software game mainly through underhanded tactics. They're only *just* in second place (despite all of Sony's monumental cock-ups) in the console biz and far away from first place. The 360's is pretty unpopular outside of the north America and the UK. When that is considered a success that just shows you how far they have fallen.
A lot of people have been saying that MS has been on a downfall. No one is saying it'll happen over night but the point a lot of people do think it's a work in progress right now thanks mainly to the guy voted as the worst CEO.