Yes it does. Apple is mobile computing's premium brand. The only questions are the size of the premium segment, and Apple's ability to keep owning it (and challengers' ability to break into it).
The Touchpads I bought for a friend and for my sister are still in use, and they're happy with them. Emails, ebooks, video... still work, even a few car games for kids.
Ditto for any phone. Their shelf life is 2 yrs anyway, who cares ?
Indeed, how is one company designing, making, and selling a phone, different from another company co-designing, subcontracting the manufacture, and selling another phone ? How ?
There's no intrinsic difference between an IT security guy, a financial regulator, an auditor, a building inspector... All are dealing with complex systems, with external operators trying to exploit these systems while they themselves have to guarantee their safety. Security IT guys are not a brand new breed of semi-superhuman beings, they're the latest variation of the safety inspector archetype. Hacking mostly doesn't pay, and mostly will get you in jail. Like everyone else, hackers should welcome a chance to make an honest, risk-free living. Those who don't realize that and still think IT is the wild west it was 20 years ago have bad news coming. Also, destroying is a lot easier than building. Finding fault in someone else's creation requires some skill. Creating something closer to faultless requires more skill.
Between a single instance being treated as definite proof, the unanswered question of whether the abuse might have included brain injuries, and the whorish, loud ads everywhere on the site... i'll take that with a bucket or two of salt, thank you.
You mean consoles with a GPU capable to generate and push out pixels about as fast as their video resolution requires, in games ? As opposed to, say, PCs, which can often output at a much higher resolution, but don't always have the chops to create and move all those triangles and pixels around ? For exemple Intel HD4000 can do 2560x1440. Nice for text and video, try to play at that rez... Who's not getting the problem, again ? And, again, yes, it often makes sense to use a lower rez, even on a LCD, to ensure full-screen and framerate, at the cost of resolution.
I think a tracking device is bad because it induces a false sense of security. It's not so much about where your kid is, it's about what he is doing.
From my experience watching over my now 6 (and a half !) yr old nephew, losing sight of him is not really an issue per se. I've lost track of him a handful of times over the years - how far can a kid go in 10 seconds ? VERY ! Those instances only served to motivate me to watch him more closely, which is useful for the really dangerous stuff: not stopping at crossings, not staying on the sideway, climbing chairs/tables when you can't even walk, finding the adults fussing over you when you get close to an electrical outlet a lot of fun...
I'm betting the ratio of kids hurt or dead because of being lost/kidnapped to kids hurt/dead because of not being watched closely enough is one to ten thousands. Let's not get the issue wrong, especially when "fixing" the wrong issue can lead us to falsely assume that the real issue is fixed, too.
What you want is the Surface Pro then, or any of the x86 Win8 tablets coming from Asus, Acer, HP, Dell... These are compatible with legacy Windows apps and most peripherals.
Only the ARM-based Win8RT tablets are, for obvious reasons, incompatible with legacy x86 apps.
No it's not, because my PC whatever happens to it 1- has been burning DVDs of the really important/irreplaceable stuff, some of which are stored in my parents' safe, others at work, 2- and because my PC's hard disk is backed up several times a month to another HD which is then disconnected and hidden, so whatever happens to the live files on my PC can be undone (if I notice it quickly enough) 3- your malware-ridden PC can do evil things to your cloud storage as easily as to your local storage
"Everything is stored in the cloud so backups and data loss isn't a concern."
Say again ? How many examples of people losing access to some or all of their data definitively (the MS Sidekick fiasco for example) do we need for people to finally realize that the only safe place for your data is.... several backups that you physically have and have spread in different locations. If "the cloud" is so safe, why do each and every cloud license agreement state and restate end rerestate and rererere.. that the cloud provider is liable for *NOTHING* if they lose, mangle, destroy, distribute... your data. Same as no bank ever lost all your money... except at least banks offer a guarantee, and that guarantee is federally-backed.
Also, on top of the risk of definitive loss, you also - may lose access to your data everytime there is a 'net outage (never climb into a fast train or a plane, unless you're willing to pay through the nose), - don't have any guarantee that your data is confidential (no clue as to who has access to it, including your subcontractor's subcontractor's trainee in some 3rd world country.
So, stop it with the "the cloud is safe" mantra. It is not, and only idiots believe that.
Spoken as someone who has never written a major sales proposal, the ones that run 50+, 100+, 200+ pages for multi-million dollar projects. They (at least, mine) include annotated pics and screenshots, a layout with stylesheets, a TOC... and need to look good. And are you assuming the powerpoints materialize out of thin air ?
I'd love for a web app to do what I need in a nice way. Haven't seen anything that comes even close
Well, they have different OSes (MacOS vs iOS), a different UI (static icons vs a regular desktop), so you'd have to be really dumb to confuse them.
Both Windows 8 have essentially the same name, exactly the same UI... the difference is much less obvious. Especially since Windows has always existed in a plethora of compatible versions (Home, Pro, Entreprise, Ultimate, Media Center...) only the one and only RT flavor of Windows is incompatible with all those other versions.
Both run on the same basic hardware. Android has more apps, local apps, a better image, and good touch control. Chrome has better multitasking, keyboard/pointer handling, and more cloudy stuff.
Is there any reason why the two can't just merge ? I want my android tablet to handle a keyboard and mouse/trackpad better (right-click, CUA-type shortcuts...), and to have 2 tiled windows on-screen (a la Win8 RT) + pip-type video, as well as to allow me to "pin" apps I want always on, and a "guest" mode. Chrome seems to have all that, but is far too cloudy for me, I need local apps and data, at least until international data roaming is priced cheaply, and 4G speed are available everywhere including in hi-speed trains.. which should take 10+ years.
I'm not sure the impact on the TCO is that bad though. On the cost of purchase, yes. On the TCO, probably marginal: training, service and support always take the cake by far.
I've tried several Office packages on Android. they work well and have mostly the right features (I'm addicted to stylesheets and outlines, ymmv), but their import/export filters are not up to par.
If Office RT supplies 1- the features 2- the stability like the others, and adds 3- perfect import/export, then most professionals on Office will gladly pay the same or a bit more than for any other tablet.
Consumers not hooked on Office probably won't though, and probably shouldn't. Android has most everything needed for content consumption, at half the price.
Economy does seem obvious, at least at a personal level (budget), but also a bit more advanced so people understand compound interest (the most powerful force in the universe !)
Advertising, so people don't get brainwashed that easy.
Social media. In my time it was "any email will always end up in the worst possible person's inbox" (and actually, a mail in which I very politely shot down a colleague got read aloud to him by the Big Boss I sent it to... at least it was polite "You're saying my progs are shit" ? "I didn't say shit. But you did capture the gist of my meaning" ^^)
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Yes it does. Apple is mobile computing's premium brand. The only questions are the size of the premium segment, and Apple's ability to keep owning it (and challengers' ability to break into it).
Actually, that don't matter much.
The Touchpads I bought for a friend and for my sister are still in use, and they're happy with them. Emails, ebooks, video... still work, even a few car games for kids.
Ditto for any phone. Their shelf life is 2 yrs anyway, who cares ?
Actually, a 64GB iP5 is about twice as expensive as a 64GB GS3, thanks the SD cards' lower price. There's a wide gap at 32GB too.
Indeed, how is one company designing, making, and selling a phone, different from another company co-designing, subcontracting the manufacture, and selling another phone ? How ?
There's no intrinsic difference between an IT security guy, a financial regulator, an auditor, a building inspector... All are dealing with complex systems, with external operators trying to exploit these systems while they themselves have to guarantee their safety. Security IT guys are not a brand new breed of semi-superhuman beings, they're the latest variation of the safety inspector archetype.
Hacking mostly doesn't pay, and mostly will get you in jail. Like everyone else, hackers should welcome a chance to make an honest, risk-free living. Those who don't realize that and still think IT is the wild west it was 20 years ago have bad news coming.
Also, destroying is a lot easier than building. Finding fault in someone else's creation requires some skill. Creating something closer to faultless requires more skill.
So, all policemen should be crooks ?
think they deserve special treatment and don't have to be clean, social, pleasant, accountable workers.
newsflash: they do.
Corps and Gov are right to want to make more geeks, so they don't have to make do with the half-defective ones.
Between a single instance being treated as definite proof, the unanswered question of whether the abuse might have included brain injuries, and the whorish, loud ads everywhere on the site... i'll take that with a bucket or two of salt, thank you.
Cables, cables, cables. Make sure you have lots of power outlets, and wired gigabit ethernet everywhere.
for all those urging Nokia to go Android, or lamenting they didn't ?
You mean consoles with a GPU capable to generate and push out pixels about as fast as their video resolution requires, in games ? As opposed to, say, PCs, which can often output at a much higher resolution, but don't always have the chops to create and move all those triangles and pixels around ? For exemple Intel HD4000 can do 2560x1440. Nice for text and video, try to play at that rez...
Who's not getting the problem, again ?
And, again, yes, it often makes sense to use a lower rez, even on a LCD, to ensure full-screen and framerate, at the cost of resolution.
This is a very nice example of what is wrong with Linux. Not the actual problem. The attitude towards the problem and the users who experience it.
some of us have underpowered graphics cards, or, god forbid IGPs, that can't play games at full rez, and need to downscale.
sorry, i'll go dig myself a hole and jump in it now, i'm obviously not worthy.
I think a tracking device is bad because it induces a false sense of security. It's not so much about where your kid is, it's about what he is doing.
From my experience watching over my now 6 (and a half !) yr old nephew, losing sight of him is not really an issue per se. I've lost track of him a handful of times over the years - how far can a kid go in 10 seconds ? VERY ! Those instances only served to motivate me to watch him more closely, which is useful for the really dangerous stuff: not stopping at crossings, not staying on the sideway, climbing chairs/tables when you can't even walk, finding the adults fussing over you when you get close to an electrical outlet a lot of fun...
I'm betting the ratio of kids hurt or dead because of being lost/kidnapped to kids hurt/dead because of not being watched closely enough is one to ten thousands. Let's not get the issue wrong, especially when "fixing" the wrong issue can lead us to falsely assume that the real issue is fixed, too.
Hardware reviews (hint: read the title) generally are about the... you know.... hardware ?
What you want is the Surface Pro then, or any of the x86 Win8 tablets coming from Asus, Acer, HP, Dell... These are compatible with legacy Windows apps and most peripherals.
Only the ARM-based Win8RT tablets are, for obvious reasons, incompatible with legacy x86 apps.
Why do you say that ? The Surface has an SD slot, a USB port, you can drag and drop content ï½to it.... Apps are indeed locked down though.
No it's not, because my PC whatever happens to it
1- has been burning DVDs of the really important/irreplaceable stuff, some of which are stored in my parents' safe, others at work,
2- and because my PC's hard disk is backed up several times a month to another HD which is then disconnected and hidden, so whatever happens to the live files on my PC can be undone (if I notice it quickly enough)
3- your malware-ridden PC can do evil things to your cloud storage as easily as to your local storage
"Everything is stored in the cloud so backups and data loss isn't a concern."
Say again ? How many examples of people losing access to some or all of their data definitively (the MS Sidekick fiasco for example) do we need for people to finally realize that the only safe place for your data is.... several backups that you physically have and have spread in different locations. If "the cloud" is so safe, why do each and every cloud license agreement state and restate end rerestate and rererere.. that the cloud provider is liable for *NOTHING* if they lose, mangle, destroy, distribute... your data. Same as no bank ever lost all your money... except at least banks offer a guarantee, and that guarantee is federally-backed.
Also, on top of the risk of definitive loss, you also
- may lose access to your data everytime there is a 'net outage (never climb into a fast train or a plane, unless you're willing to pay through the nose),
- don't have any guarantee that your data is confidential (no clue as to who has access to it, including your subcontractor's subcontractor's trainee in some 3rd world country.
So, stop it with the "the cloud is safe" mantra. It is not, and only idiots believe that.
Spoken as someone who has never written a major sales proposal, the ones that run 50+, 100+, 200+ pages for multi-million dollar projects. They (at least, mine) include annotated pics and screenshots, a layout with stylesheets, a TOC... and need to look good. And are you assuming the powerpoints materialize out of thin air ?
I'd love for a web app to do what I need in a nice way. Haven't seen anything that comes even close
Well, they have different OSes (MacOS vs iOS), a different UI (static icons vs a regular desktop), so you'd have to be really dumb to confuse them.
Both Windows 8 have essentially the same name, exactly the same UI... the difference is much less obvious. Especially since Windows has always existed in a plethora of compatible versions (Home, Pro, Entreprise, Ultimate, Media Center...) only the one and only RT flavor of Windows is incompatible with all those other versions.
Both run on the same basic hardware. Android has more apps, local apps, a better image, and good touch control. Chrome has better multitasking, keyboard/pointer handling, and more cloudy stuff.
Is there any reason why the two can't just merge ? I want my android tablet to handle a keyboard and mouse/trackpad better (right-click, CUA-type shortcuts...), and to have 2 tiled windows on-screen (a la Win8 RT) + pip-type video, as well as to allow me to "pin" apps I want always on, and a "guest" mode. Chrome seems to have all that, but is far too cloudy for me, I need local apps and data, at least until international data roaming is priced cheaply, and 4G speed are available everywhere including in hi-speed trains.. which should take 10+ years.
Oh, I didn't know that. This is weird.
I'm not sure the impact on the TCO is that bad though. On the cost of purchase, yes. On the TCO, probably marginal: training, service and support always take the cake by far.
I've tried several Office packages on Android. they work well and have mostly the right features (I'm addicted to stylesheets and outlines, ymmv), but their import/export filters are not up to par.
If Office RT supplies 1- the features 2- the stability like the others, and adds 3- perfect import/export, then most professionals on Office will gladly pay the same or a bit more than for any other tablet.
Consumers not hooked on Office probably won't though, and probably shouldn't. Android has most everything needed for content consumption, at half the price.
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Economy does seem obvious, at least at a personal level (budget), but also a bit more advanced so people understand compound interest (the most powerful force in the universe !)
Advertising, so people don't get brainwashed that easy.
Social media. In my time it was "any email will always end up in the worst possible person's inbox" (and actually, a mail in which I very politely shot down a colleague got read aloud to him by the Big Boss I sent it to... at least it was polite "You're saying my progs are shit" ? "I didn't say shit. But you did capture the gist of my meaning" ^^)
Ethics, philosophy, and religion.