Plenty of users will be fine with 32gb and no slot. I've had 16gb iPhones for the past 4 years, and very rarely run out of space. With the advent of cloud services, wifi sync, etc things won't be so bad. And - the space the slot would have taken up can be used for battery, etc.
50% of the content on my phone (7gb worth) is never really used. If you need >32gb of space, buy something else.
When did you last try iOS? I haven't had any stability issues to speak of (other than facebook app crashing) since v4. V3 i had do some wierd, wierd stuff though.
Launchpad is actually useful if you get used to it. I can launch applications from within a full-screen app with a simple 4 finger pinch. No need to swipe to get to my dock or a finder window to browse my application folder, or mouse up to get to spotlight.
So you're suggesting that if I buy a PC laptop i need a seperate bag for the mouse and keyboard to carry with me. Kinda makes an 11-13" machine sort of pointless, no?
A think client is one that just does UI presentation for the back end where the processing happens (e.g., RDP, dumb terminal, web app, etc). I'm not sure what you are implying is the demarcation point between thin and thick.
Workstation can also run ESXi, and HyperV - expecting this OS to work under a hypervisor isn't necessarily unreasonable. Sure, it doesn't work, but it's worth a shot these days - nested virtualization has been available on X64 for some time now.
Thats exactly the sort of information I'm talking about. Our internal expenses, pricing plans, strategy etc would be a huge advantage for a competitor to get hold of.
I would suggest that your average MD / CEO will have all sorts of similar information in their Outlook OST file, PST files, spreadsheets and draft word documents. They tend to work on information such as this (even checked out/cached versions of the network share) whilst on the road.
If you think the typical high level business stakeholder doesn't have similar stuff on their laptop, you're deluded.
They're an oil company. They're still making money despite disallowing people to work more than 45 minutes at a time (compulsory PC breaks, you get locked out), monitors that report behaviour such as typing too fast to management, etc.
My actual point is that the linux stats are somewhat skewed, because the people using the linux machines are slightly more cluey than the average windows user. Also, the number of threats is much lower because its hard enough writing a legitimate app that will run properly across all the distributions, let alone an exploit.
The user base of "linux" might be growing, but the fragmentation (numeber of distributions out there) is growing also.
Take a competent admin, put him in charge of a linux box, OR a windows box and the box will be secure. Take an idiot, and whether or not the linux box actually gets owned or not, my bet is that shortly after install, unless the install media was brand new there will be several known-exploitable holes in the installation, the firewall will be OFF, and the user will enter the root password whenever prompted by random software they have no idea about.
We aren't dealing with Windows XP or Windows 98 any more here. An out of the box Windows 7 install these days, when left at the recommended/default security settings (i.e., firewall ON, no Java installed, and UAC left on) is reasonably robust, so long as you keep it patched.
To be fair, powershell is somewhat funky and nothing like your dad's command line from 1980s unix. as far as CLIs go, it is pretty state of the art.
It has plenty of bugs (i found a couple of them in the lab whilst doing the course:D), but the concept of passing objects around is kinda neat, and allows you to do some powerful things without needing to fuck about munging text formats between executables in a pipe.
To get to that point, the.net framework needed to be significantly integrated into massive parts of Windows. the chances of something like powershell taking off on Linux or anywhere else is pretty minimal.
You really haven't dealt with many apps that make sound on linux, have you? Its nothing to do with hardware support, the entire Linux audio subsystem is a fucking disgrace - multiple incompatible sound systems, hit or miss multichannel support, some apps that lock exclusive use of the audio subsystem, etc.
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Do you know how long the playlist of 16gb of music goes for? Plenty between syncs.
Plenty of users will be fine with 32gb and no slot. I've had 16gb iPhones for the past 4 years, and very rarely run out of space. With the advent of cloud services, wifi sync, etc things won't be so bad. And - the space the slot would have taken up can be used for battery, etc.
50% of the content on my phone (7gb worth) is never really used. If you need >32gb of space, buy something else.
And 99% of your time wasted looking for those apps.
When did you last try iOS? I haven't had any stability issues to speak of (other than facebook app crashing) since v4. V3 i had do some wierd, wierd stuff though.
More to the point, 5-10L of oil is heavy, if you need to move the machine around, etc.
This is what radiators and heat sinks are for. Full immersion cooling = colour me unimpressed.
Plenty of motorcycle engines are also air/oil cooled. The concorde even used JET FUEL for cooling.
Without exposure to air (to enable combustion to happen), and a temp approaching the flashpoint of the fuel, there's no fire risk.
Apple don't hire anyone to manufacture their stuff, it is outsourced to foxconn.
Win8 will not fly in the enterprise. we've just passed the 50% mark on our 7 rollout and have no plans for 8.
Launchpad is actually useful if you get used to it. I can launch applications from within a full-screen app with a simple 4 finger pinch. No need to swipe to get to my dock or a finder window to browse my application folder, or mouse up to get to spotlight.
So it came with Windows 7 Ultimate right? Thunderbolt? 2560x 1536 screen resolution? Nah, didn't think so.
I didn't spend anywhere near twice as much?
So you're suggesting that if I buy a PC laptop i need a seperate bag for the mouse and keyboard to carry with me. Kinda makes an 11-13" machine sort of pointless, no?
A think client is one that just does UI presentation for the back end where the processing happens (e.g., RDP, dumb terminal, web app, etc). I'm not sure what you are implying is the demarcation point between thin and thick.
The sandy bridge onwards gear supports AVX instructions for 256 bit math operations.
Workstation can also run ESXi, and HyperV - expecting this OS to work under a hypervisor isn't necessarily unreasonable. Sure, it doesn't work, but it's worth a shot these days - nested virtualization has been available on X64 for some time now.
should, yes. most of the web does not.
Thats exactly the sort of information I'm talking about. Our internal expenses, pricing plans, strategy etc would be a huge advantage for a competitor to get hold of.
I would suggest that your average MD / CEO will have all sorts of similar information in their Outlook OST file, PST files, spreadsheets and draft word documents. They tend to work on information such as this (even checked out/cached versions of the network share) whilst on the road.
If you think the typical high level business stakeholder doesn't have similar stuff on their laptop, you're deluded.
So we're going to start including DD-WRT in the desktop linux market share as well?
They're an oil company. They're still making money despite disallowing people to work more than 45 minutes at a time (compulsory PC breaks, you get locked out), monitors that report behaviour such as typing too fast to management, etc.
Have you kept up to date with the law in your country at all?
My actual point is that the linux stats are somewhat skewed, because the people using the linux machines are slightly more cluey than the average windows user. Also, the number of threats is much lower because its hard enough writing a legitimate app that will run properly across all the distributions, let alone an exploit.
The user base of "linux" might be growing, but the fragmentation (numeber of distributions out there) is growing also.
Take a competent admin, put him in charge of a linux box, OR a windows box and the box will be secure. Take an idiot, and whether or not the linux box actually gets owned or not, my bet is that shortly after install, unless the install media was brand new there will be several known-exploitable holes in the installation, the firewall will be OFF, and the user will enter the root password whenever prompted by random software they have no idea about.
We aren't dealing with Windows XP or Windows 98 any more here. An out of the box Windows 7 install these days, when left at the recommended/default security settings (i.e., firewall ON, no Java installed, and UAC left on) is reasonably robust, so long as you keep it patched.
Nah, trackpoint sucks dude. Gestures are pretty useless on it, and it is nowhere near as fast or accurate.
To be fair, powershell is somewhat funky and nothing like your dad's command line from 1980s unix. as far as CLIs go, it is pretty state of the art.
It has plenty of bugs (i found a couple of them in the lab whilst doing the course :D), but the concept of passing objects around is kinda neat, and allows you to do some powerful things without needing to fuck about munging text formats between executables in a pipe.
To get to that point, the .net framework needed to be significantly integrated into massive parts of Windows. the chances of something like powershell taking off on Linux or anywhere else is pretty minimal.
You really haven't dealt with many apps that make sound on linux, have you? Its nothing to do with hardware support, the entire Linux audio subsystem is a fucking disgrace - multiple incompatible sound systems, hit or miss multichannel support, some apps that lock exclusive use of the audio subsystem, etc.
Both Windows and OS X handle 802.1x and WPA2 just fine.