The problem there is very few people care about 64 bit support , unless you are running a server or have a need to use CAD, 3D Modeling, or Database software. The average Joe Random user is not running that kind of software.
Or video editing, which more and more people are doing now that there are HD video cameras in everything.
Win7 has much better 64bit driver support than Vista. I've seen my share of hardware that has native Win7 64 drivers that had none on XP 64 or Vista, and we're talking hardware that shipped after Vista.
If you don't need 64bit support, then it doesn't really hurt to have it enabled as long as running 32bit apps isn't compromised (as it was in XP64, but isn't in Vista or Win7).
If you do need 64bit support (home video editing comes to mind for the consumer, and a lot more apps for pros) then having it will make a huge improvement.
XP64 supposedly uses Win2K3's 64bit layer and anything is supposed to be cross-compatible. In reality however this isn't the case. As another poster mentioned, a lot of apps trigger expensive licensing options on Win2K3 or simply flag themselves as incompatible because it's a server OS.
Quicktime is a great example. A lot of multimedia authoring applications require or at least highly suggest having it. No version of QT 64bit was ever available for XP64bit, and only certain antiquated 32bit versions will run. If you want to run QT on 64bit Windows, Apple requires it to be Vista or Win7.
Yes, but as someone who requires the use of 64bit applications, it is horribly horribly painful when your 32bit applications don't run.
I don't care that a lot of my apps are 32bit only. Thats just fine as long as they can run on a 64bit system. But many 32bit apps are broken on XP64, whereas they have no problem on Win7 64bit. Many devices may only have 32bit drivers, but they work fine on Win7 64bit because of how the driver layer was implemented whereas they are completely unusable on XP64.
If I need any 64bit apps at all, even just one, Win7 is a much much better option than XP.
While I agree with you completely on Vista, Win7 does have one killer feature for a lot of people - reliable 64bit support. XP64 is horribly broken, painful, and mostly unsupported by software and hardware manufacturers.
The iPhone part is a bit of a sensationalist gimmick, but it is a quick and dirty development environment for handheld image capture and processing. Just add the LED array for the specific light frequencies needed.
The real story I think is the specialized ink tattoos that can change based on the presence (or lack thereof) of certain chemicals in the bloodstream. While it sounds like a fairly permanent solution, it could be a real blessing for long-term patients that need frequent blood tests. Gives healthcare professionals, as well as the patient, an easy way to monitor conditions without having to draw blood.
But considering how readily the record companies abused the standard of their cash cow (CDs) why would they adhere to a standard for the vaguely-defined "cloud" services?
I had no problem booting from CD. For me the bigger reason for keeping floppy (besides the otherwise blank space on the case) was that flashing the BIOS could only be done by floppy. Finally today most motherboard manufactures can flash the BIOS from within Windows, but it still takes a kludgy messy program to do it.
I think it's time for us Americans to stop thinking that our cities are large. The 10 largest US cities don't even match the top 20 Chinese cities. NY and LA barely squeeze in there if you expand to the Chinese list to 25.
If you can get their DSL, they sell up to 6.0/1.5Mbps. You likely can get UVerse as well, which goes up to 25Mbps. Uverse uses the same lines, but different equipment is necessary at the neighborhood box.
If your ISP is one of the big providers (TW, ATT, Cox, Comcast, etc.) then you can access ESPN360.com for free.
Of course the flip side is that you can only access ESPN360.com if you're with one of the big providers that has a licensing agreement (aka extortion scheme) with ESPN. Usually this is only the providers that also offer TV services.
While a cool idea, it's merely an extension of manual queue tracking. Give someone a time-stamped card. Record what time they get through the checkpoint, update your ticker system.
This is a great idea, assuming that your airport has multiple security checkpoints to choose from. Every airport I've flown through has one checkpoint per terminal (and no way to switch terminals without re-going through security checkpoints), or a massive single checkpoint for all terminals.
Because most of the time the external slot is difficult to use. Apps generally don't run from external cards, meaning you have to swap things back and forth. About the only thing you can usably keep on them is pictures and movies.
External slots are a way to get production costs down, since no-one can command the bulk rates that Apple does on flash memory to embed in the devices.
I personally haven't tried yet, but I believe it's for supported Macs.
The only time I've seen Apple push machine-specific system disks was in the original media provided with a new Mac. And that's only because iLife and other non-free apps are bundled into a new machine, but not sold with OS upgrades.
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How is it different from an RC plane or helicopter? Those are used all the time for commercial arial photography and videography.
Oh, right, it's News Corp.... so it must be evil.
Or video editing, which more and more people are doing now that there are HD video cameras in everything.
Win7 has much better 64bit driver support than Vista. I've seen my share of hardware that has native Win7 64 drivers that had none on XP 64 or Vista, and we're talking hardware that shipped after Vista.
If you don't need 64bit support, then it doesn't really hurt to have it enabled as long as running 32bit apps isn't compromised (as it was in XP64, but isn't in Vista or Win7).
If you do need 64bit support (home video editing comes to mind for the consumer, and a lot more apps for pros) then having it will make a huge improvement.
XP64 supposedly uses Win2K3's 64bit layer and anything is supposed to be cross-compatible. In reality however this isn't the case. As another poster mentioned, a lot of apps trigger expensive licensing options on Win2K3 or simply flag themselves as incompatible because it's a server OS.
Quicktime is a great example. A lot of multimedia authoring applications require or at least highly suggest having it. No version of QT 64bit was ever available for XP64bit, and only certain antiquated 32bit versions will run. If you want to run QT on 64bit Windows, Apple requires it to be Vista or Win7.
Yes, but as someone who requires the use of 64bit applications, it is horribly horribly painful when your 32bit applications don't run.
I don't care that a lot of my apps are 32bit only. Thats just fine as long as they can run on a 64bit system. But many 32bit apps are broken on XP64, whereas they have no problem on Win7 64bit. Many devices may only have 32bit drivers, but they work fine on Win7 64bit because of how the driver layer was implemented whereas they are completely unusable on XP64.
If I need any 64bit apps at all, even just one, Win7 is a much much better option than XP.
After digging through the article, found out it's about 60 feet in diameter. That's a lot bigger than a tree.
But I agree entirely with your sentiment. It would be nice to see an article about this that wasn't 100% about UFOs and Atlantis.
Henry Ford's adoption of the assembly line is even better for robot-enabled productivity than it is for human workers.
While I agree with you completely on Vista, Win7 does have one killer feature for a lot of people - reliable 64bit support. XP64 is horribly broken, painful, and mostly unsupported by software and hardware manufacturers.
Highest absolute latitudes. Meaning the farthest away from the equator in either direction.
So instead you have a system designed to create insane levels of deflation, and to make the early adopters as rich as a ponzi scheme.
This is a really cool idea.
The iPhone part is a bit of a sensationalist gimmick, but it is a quick and dirty development environment for handheld image capture and processing. Just add the LED array for the specific light frequencies needed.
The real story I think is the specialized ink tattoos that can change based on the presence (or lack thereof) of certain chemicals in the bloodstream. While it sounds like a fairly permanent solution, it could be a real blessing for long-term patients that need frequent blood tests. Gives healthcare professionals, as well as the patient, an easy way to monitor conditions without having to draw blood.
But considering how readily the record companies abused the standard of their cash cow (CDs) why would they adhere to a standard for the vaguely-defined "cloud" services?
I had no problem booting from CD. For me the bigger reason for keeping floppy (besides the otherwise blank space on the case) was that flashing the BIOS could only be done by floppy. Finally today most motherboard manufactures can flash the BIOS from within Windows, but it still takes a kludgy messy program to do it.
Mac firmware updates are beautifully simple.
I think it's time for us Americans to stop thinking that our cities are large. The 10 largest US cities don't even match the top 20 Chinese cities. NY and LA barely squeeze in there if you expand to the Chinese list to 25.
If you can get their DSL, they sell up to 6.0/1.5Mbps. You likely can get UVerse as well, which goes up to 25Mbps. Uverse uses the same lines, but different equipment is necessary at the neighborhood box.
iTunes (and Spotify I think) already do this by automatically matching volume levels through the equalizer.
If your ISP is one of the big providers (TW, ATT, Cox, Comcast, etc.) then you can access ESPN360.com for free.
Of course the flip side is that you can only access ESPN360.com if you're with one of the big providers that has a licensing agreement (aka extortion scheme) with ESPN. Usually this is only the providers that also offer TV services.
Every airport that I've been through security checks, for example:
US: LAX, JFK, Denver, Dulles (D.C.), San Diego, San Jose, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Long Beach
International: Heathrow, Hong Kong
I'd say that's a pretty good mix of both large international and smaller domestic airports built over a pretty wide range of time periods too.
While a cool idea, it's merely an extension of manual queue tracking. Give someone a time-stamped card. Record what time they get through the checkpoint, update your ticker system.
This is a great idea, assuming that your airport has multiple security checkpoints to choose from. Every airport I've flown through has one checkpoint per terminal (and no way to switch terminals without re-going through security checkpoints), or a massive single checkpoint for all terminals.
Because most of the time the external slot is difficult to use. Apps generally don't run from external cards, meaning you have to swap things back and forth. About the only thing you can usably keep on them is pictures and movies.
External slots are a way to get production costs down, since no-one can command the bulk rates that Apple does on flash memory to embed in the devices.
Parallels can fire up Pre-Lion virtual machines, even "Classic" (OS9) images.
Vista to Win7 did the same thing. Boot from a removeable disc or partition to install.
Considering how many files you're replacing that may be in active memory, "clean booting" for an OS install or major upgrade is a good idea.
I personally haven't tried yet, but I believe it's for supported Macs.
The only time I've seen Apple push machine-specific system disks was in the original media provided with a new Mac. And that's only because iLife and other non-free apps are bundled into a new machine, but not sold with OS upgrades.
Mac .APP files are actually folders. The OS just visually packages them up to make it pretty.
Right-click on the Install App and choose Show Contents.
Inside the SharedSupport folder, there is a disc image called InstallESD.dmg
You can burn bootable discs or make USB sticks from that disc image. Enjoy!