I never bought Apple stuff for trendiness, I've always bought apple stuff for functionality. Functionality I've seldom seen from any other tech company. Apple has made crappy stuff to, but in general for my usage they so far made the best stuff out there.
True, a NeXT computer would have been better, but at that time I was still not even having a weekly allowance from my parents. If Android would have been around in 2006, I'm sure I've be using a Android phone now. But it was Apple who where first around the block to make a useful smartphone. The nokias where filled with functionality, but lacked usability.
The iOS is not perfect neither is MacOSX, IMO latest osx version got bad, though it's better optimized etc, but functionality is less than 10.5 and even less than System 7 on the same points where I find 10.6 gone backwards.
But there is nothing to compete with it. Windows 7, not a chance. Linux, not enough grown up yet and it's open source which equals "lack of vision on how to evolve", just copying others, mostly Microsoft. It's not bad just not as much out of my way as osx is.
So to me a system that is sleek to use, is functional. That is all about functionality. Then when that is achieved, it doesn't matter weather it lacks MMS or true multitasking. As long as it gets what i want done, simply and effectively, what tech it uses is a second hand issue. MMS btw the most overrated function on mobiles today. Would have been glad if that had not been implemented on the iphone, people would actually then learnt to use mail instead. And with e-mail, sms is a function that just as well could be killed.
While the iPhone4 is more sensitive for a touch at that gap, I have never had a dropped call. But it drops data over 3g vary easily. But so on the nokia too, just less sensitive than the iphone4.
What surprises me is that it's basically only when you touch that gap. Touching the antennas with same hand but not at the gap does not affect it much at all. Only way i can explain that is that it's with misty (sweat?) fingers that gives a connection on the surface of the skin. Not connection trough the flesh. So if you got dry hands, you probably have less problems with death grip.
When a company makes a standard they file it to a standardization organization, or create such organization with other vendors.
I familiar with Apple so here are some examples of standards they created.
IEEE1394, Apples trademark is FireWire. It became standardized in 1995. Apple brought their product for standardization to an "independent" organization. In this case IEEE.
OpenCL, Apple holds the trademark of OpenCL they filed it to the standardization organization Khronos Group.
Still he forgets the fact that, Microsoft is into it now too, and may even do better than the former that where mentioned.
If just Google would either quit the WebM thing, or file it for standardization. But while it has the course it's having now, they are really to blame for slow progress.
Your wrong there mercury is still used. And while much of the alarm around it is bogous. Mercury is very potent in causing sickness or even death to a human. But it's still used in many products, medical products.
Don't neglect the potential killer in mercury. It's dangerous. But what is the statistics of you being affected. Small. But the more you expose yourself to mercury the higher risk that you get struck by it in one way or the other. It's wiser to be casious than to run headlong into danger.
Well nothing to laugh about, actually. While many buy the no vaccine message, which i belive has it's roots in scientology. The latest news in my country is that the swineflue vaccine has been banned. And that after the latest research about it's effects. It turns out that in a country with a pouplation of 5M, half of New York. 52 out of 60 children that has gotten narkolepsia also had the vaccine. All in a short time, and everyone with sympthomes shortly after vaccination.
Those who shout vaccine cause autism etc, etc, clearly cannot be thrusted. But neither can WHO when big money is in question. The vaccines that has beed brought to market, has not been thoroughly tested. Both in the cases of birdflu and swineflue, the actions taken by individual drug companies and WHO are alarming.
Futhermore WHO is known to be money driven in many third world countries. Not thrusth worthy. The recent even'ts has likewice caused me to have a second eye on WHO, and will not follow every impulse given by them.
That said. Vaccine saves lives, but they are nothing to joke about. There was a reason to why they where hardly regulated back then, pre birdflue epoke. All vaccine have risks with them, but everyone should be much more educated of them, today you even find doctors who are undereducated about vaccine, who have little clue of the nature of vaccines, even less knowledge about different types.
Personally i refraind from takeing the birdflue or swineflue vaccine, all due to how it was put to market. It was too fast, with too few studies and way too much money involved. All huge warning signs alone allready.
For corrission to ocure you need oxygen, right. So in space all metal materials should be fine. But seals and other organic materials might have toruble.
The microsoft tax, is not ha myth. But when you buy your bloatware computer your actually not only get the MS tax, you get the bloatware taxes too.
In the end it's a cheaper computer looked at hardware. The MS tax actually makes the computer less expensive for the customer. The tax is paid in experience of that same hardware you bought.
There are not tons, there are a few legtime reasons for not getting a mac.
But i never see any of them mentioned on slashdot.org or any other forum. Being a long time mac user I'm aware of it short comings. But interestingly I never see it accuesed for it's real short commings. But there are a few scenarious where I would not get an Mac. And there is only 1 scenario that includes a consumer. The other few scenarious are in the industrial segment.
That is plausible, but do you see the majority who buy these bloatware computers have knowledge to even know what an image is.
This is a moment of irritation for those who are thecy enough. And generally all of them can fix it for them selves. But the general user don't even know that it's bloatware. They most probably even think its a vital part of the operatingsystem and thus afraid to move it out or fix anything.
This is planely wrong, and usually all these people usually are to cheap to get a mac. Because a mac is the perfect computer to start of with for less IT knowlegable people. The mac is simple, non bloated, but still allows you to grow to a hardcore computer user when you are ready to do so.
Windows, is really only for geeks. And while a Linux distro as ubuntu probably isn't to bad to start useing, it forces you to grow up on your geekness way too fast. On the mac you never need to become a geek, or should i instead label geek "power users". But nothing stops you either.
Why dont you use the mac for your presentations, it excels on that one very much.
When it comes to not run as Admin on windows. That is hell, ok maybe not on Win7 have no experience there, but otherwice being an admin is a must on Windows. And why should that be so bad, I run as Admin on a mac and still don't have the windows troubles with being admin.
Not used any linux flavor more than just tried it a few times. But beeing an admin user there is probably not any issue either, root though is sick and should be disabled by default. Maybe is on modern linux distributions.
Unless it's not listed as products he bought, and have a license to, he did not buy anything else than the hardware with installed os. The time they state the bloatware on the package and receipt. It will be a differint thing. But unless so he did not pay for anything else than the windows license and the hardware.
I know what your saying, but it does not make it good etics or good bussiness manners to include bloatware without making the customer aware what's hes getting with the package.
Compare it to ad companies harvesting your information without your permission. One thing to say hey we want this info from you, then you get this instead for free. Than to just force things i didn't ask for or got informed of at the time of purchase.
Why not instead give a full retail price and then discount options depending what bloatware you choose to have. That would be a straight forward way.
Exactly, and only way for the other companies to learn is that more people switch to mac. This is reason enough to get an mac instead of a windows PC.
If more and more people do, which they allready do but not enough, eventually the other companies will glance at Apple an check what Apple is doing right and what they themselves are doing wrong.
Now there are many other reasons for switching to a mac, but IMO this is allready a show stopper for many other brands. Sadly few who buy computers with bloatware understand they got bloatware in them. They belive their computers behave as they're supposed to:S.
During my time as a mac user, I've never really seen any bloatware. Some small exeptions during a time period of nearly 20 years. In my almost as long experience with Windows PC, I nearly never seed a vendor not having bloatwares.
They had silver, thay had glass, why do you think they where not able to produce highly reflective surfaces.
Our class to day isnt' that transparent either. Just look at the edge of the glass, it's extremly green du to the amount of iron in it. The reason u think it's clear is that it's thin. There are more modern glass like optowhite, which is much clearer than our normal glass used in mirrors and windows. Optowhite glass you find that some Aquarium thank keepers use. It's light blue in color rather than dark green normal glass is.
Electroplating is a basically chemical reaction well available back then, not sure though how well they had knowledge about it. Though alchemist of that time probably had knowledge of that allready. Try some sodium bicarbonate in some water and dip your silver into it. Check back after a while and see your shiney silver.
And guess what Egyptians used sodium bicarbonate.
We usually think way to little of our ancestors. But the real situation is that we have no idea today how they produced what they produced. Or how they where able to have knowlege about things that they had knowledge about. Today we are only speculating in how they built their constructions like the pyramids. But the truth is we have no clue at all.
Hey it's archimedes you'll talk about, probably much more clever than any on myth busters.
Humans has gotten more stupid since that time, we have gathered more information and store more information. But in general ancient people solved problems on everyday basis that we today think we need rocket scientists to do.
Just consider "who want to be a millionaire" question; what is bigger the moon or an elephant.
Yeah was typing on a Windows XP IE7 system used to Safari on OSX that have spell checks implemented, I know I'm in great need of them. MS just don't want to work my way.
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I never bought Apple stuff for trendiness, I've always bought apple stuff for functionality. Functionality I've seldom seen from any other tech company. Apple has made crappy stuff to, but in general for my usage they so far made the best stuff out there.
True, a NeXT computer would have been better, but at that time I was still not even having a weekly allowance from my parents. If Android would have been around in 2006, I'm sure I've be using a Android phone now. But it was Apple who where first around the block to make a useful smartphone. The nokias where filled with functionality, but lacked usability.
The iOS is not perfect neither is MacOSX, IMO latest osx version got bad, though it's better optimized etc, but functionality is less than 10.5 and even less than System 7 on the same points where I find 10.6 gone backwards.
But there is nothing to compete with it. Windows 7, not a chance. Linux, not enough grown up yet and it's open source which equals "lack of vision on how to evolve", just copying others, mostly Microsoft. It's not bad just not as much out of my way as osx is.
So to me a system that is sleek to use, is functional. That is all about functionality. Then when that is achieved, it doesn't matter weather it lacks MMS or true multitasking. As long as it gets what i want done, simply and effectively, what tech it uses is a second hand issue.
MMS btw the most overrated function on mobiles today. Would have been glad if that had not been implemented on the iphone, people would actually then learnt to use mail instead. And with e-mail, sms is a function that just as well could be killed.
Well, I had same thing happen on my Nokia E71.
While the iPhone4 is more sensitive for a touch at that gap, I have never had a dropped call. But it drops data over 3g vary easily. But so on the nokia too, just less sensitive than the iphone4.
What surprises me is that it's basically only when you touch that gap. Touching the antennas with same hand but not at the gap does not affect it much at all.
Only way i can explain that is that it's with misty (sweat?) fingers that gives a connection on the surface of the skin. Not connection trough the flesh. So if you got dry hands, you probably have less problems with death grip.
When a company makes a standard they file it to a standardization organization, or create such organization with other vendors.
I familiar with Apple so here are some examples of standards they created.
IEEE1394, Apples trademark is FireWire. It became standardized in 1995. Apple brought their product for standardization to an "independent" organization. In this case IEEE.
OpenCL, Apple holds the trademark of OpenCL they filed it to the standardization organization Khronos Group.
I agree, iOS break flash and that is a feature. But failing following standards is a BUG.
Still he forgets the fact that, Microsoft is into it now too, and may even do better than the former that where mentioned.
If just Google would either quit the WebM thing, or file it for standardization. But while it has the course it's having now, they are really to blame for slow progress.
Hey that is no problem if i want to go google for finland, i type Google.fi. If I want for uk i go Google.co.uk
But .com should be .com. Respect my typing dont change it.
Your wrong there mercury is still used. And while much of the alarm around it is bogous. Mercury is very potent in causing sickness or even death to a human. But it's still used in many products, medical products.
Don't neglect the potential killer in mercury. It's dangerous. But what is the statistics of you being affected. Small. But the more you expose yourself to mercury the higher risk that you get struck by it in one way or the other. It's wiser to be casious than to run headlong into danger.
Well nothing to laugh about, actually. While many buy the no vaccine message, which i belive has it's roots in scientology. The latest news in my country is that the swineflue vaccine has been banned. And that after the latest research about it's effects. It turns out that in a country with a pouplation of 5M, half of New York. 52 out of 60 children that has gotten narkolepsia also had the vaccine. All in a short time, and everyone with sympthomes shortly after vaccination.
Those who shout vaccine cause autism etc, etc, clearly cannot be thrusted. But neither can WHO when big money is in question. The vaccines that has beed brought to market, has not been thoroughly tested. Both in the cases of birdflu and swineflue, the actions taken by individual drug companies and WHO are alarming.
Futhermore WHO is known to be money driven in many third world countries. Not thrusth worthy. The recent even'ts has likewice caused me to have a second eye on WHO, and will not follow every impulse given by them.
That said. Vaccine saves lives, but they are nothing to joke about. There was a reason to why they where hardly regulated back then, pre birdflue epoke. All vaccine have risks with them, but everyone should be much more educated of them, today you even find doctors who are undereducated about vaccine, who have little clue of the nature of vaccines, even less knowledge about different types.
Personally i refraind from takeing the birdflue or swineflue vaccine, all due to how it was put to market. It was too fast, with too few studies and way too much money involved. All huge warning signs alone allready.
So does Vista, and Vista UAC isn't that well good or popular.
Unless it's better in Win7 I assume it's quite the same, a pain.
Well still using XP most except of OSX. And well not being an admin in XP is certanily a bad situation.
inte=not in swedish... lol
For corrission to ocure you need oxygen, right. So in space all metal materials should be fine. But seals and other organic materials might have toruble.
Yes, and all would be fine if I as consumer where informed of all the bloatware that are included.
But when inte properly informed it's wrong.
The microsoft tax, is not ha myth. But when you buy your bloatware computer your actually not only get the MS tax, you get the bloatware taxes too.
In the end it's a cheaper computer looked at hardware. The MS tax actually makes the computer less expensive for the customer. The tax is paid in experience of that same hardware you bought.
There are not tons, there are a few legtime reasons for not getting a mac.
But i never see any of them mentioned on slashdot.org or any other forum. Being a long time mac user I'm aware of it short comings. But interestingly I never see it accuesed for it's real short commings. But there are a few scenarious where I would not get an Mac. And there is only 1 scenario that includes a consumer. The other few scenarious are in the industrial segment.
That is plausible, but do you see the majority who buy these bloatware computers have knowledge to even know what an image is.
This is a moment of irritation for those who are thecy enough. And generally all of them can fix it for them selves. But the general user don't even know that it's bloatware. They most probably even think its a vital part of the operatingsystem and thus afraid to move it out or fix anything.
This is planely wrong, and usually all these people usually are to cheap to get a mac. Because a mac is the perfect computer to start of with for less IT knowlegable people. The mac is simple, non bloated, but still allows you to grow to a hardcore computer user when you are ready to do so.
Windows, is really only for geeks. And while a Linux distro as ubuntu probably isn't to bad to start useing, it forces you to grow up on your geekness way too fast. On the mac you never need to become a geek, or should i instead label geek "power users". But nothing stops you either.
Why dont you use the mac for your presentations, it excels on that one very much.
When it comes to not run as Admin on windows. That is hell, ok maybe not on Win7 have no experience there, but otherwice being an admin is a must on Windows. And why should that be so bad, I run as Admin on a mac and still don't have the windows troubles with being admin.
Not used any linux flavor more than just tried it a few times. But beeing an admin user there is probably not any issue either, root though is sick and should be disabled by default. Maybe is on modern linux distributions.
Unless it's not listed as products he bought, and have a license to, he did not buy anything else than the hardware with installed os.
The time they state the bloatware on the package and receipt. It will be a differint thing. But unless so he did not pay for anything else than the windows license and the hardware.
I know what your saying, but it does not make it good etics or good bussiness manners to include bloatware without making the customer aware what's hes getting with the package.
Compare it to ad companies harvesting your information without your permission. One thing to say hey we want this info from you, then you get this instead for free. Than to just force things i didn't ask for or got informed of at the time of purchase.
Why not instead give a full retail price and then discount options depending what bloatware you choose to have. That would be a straight forward way.
You say it's not a conspiracy, how can you say that, It's one of the moste exposed conspiracies in our modern world.
Exactly, and only way for the other companies to learn is that more people switch to mac. This is reason enough to get an mac instead of a windows PC.
If more and more people do, which they allready do but not enough, eventually the other companies will glance at Apple an check what Apple is doing right and what they themselves are doing wrong.
Now there are many other reasons for switching to a mac, but IMO this is allready a show stopper for many other brands. Sadly few who buy computers with bloatware understand they got bloatware in them. They belive their computers behave as they're supposed to :S.
During my time as a mac user, I've never really seen any bloatware. Some small exeptions during a time period of nearly 20 years. In my almost as long experience with Windows PC, I nearly never seed a vendor not having bloatwares.
Why would i want an extra link?
Should be .com when i type .com I know what you say, but still fail.
They had silver, thay had glass, why do you think they where not able to produce highly reflective surfaces.
Our class to day isnt' that transparent either. Just look at the edge of the glass, it's extremly green du to the amount of iron in it. The reason u think it's clear is that it's thin. There are more modern glass like optowhite, which is much clearer than our normal glass used in mirrors and windows. Optowhite glass you find that some Aquarium thank keepers use. It's light blue in color rather than dark green normal glass is.
Electroplating is a basically chemical reaction well available back then, not sure though how well they had knowledge about it. Though alchemist of that time probably had knowledge of that allready. Try some sodium bicarbonate in some water and dip your silver into it. Check back after a while and see your shiney silver.
And guess what Egyptians used sodium bicarbonate.
We usually think way to little of our ancestors. But the real situation is that we have no idea today how they produced what they produced. Or how they where able to have knowlege about things that they had knowledge about. Today we are only speculating in how they built their constructions like the pyramids. But the truth is we have no clue at all.
Newton wrote backwards, and that is no myth.
Hey it's archimedes you'll talk about, probably much more clever than any on myth busters.
Humans has gotten more stupid since that time, we have gathered more information and store more information. But in general ancient people solved problems on everyday basis that we today think we need rocket scientists to do.
Just consider "who want to be a millionaire" question; what is bigger the moon or an elephant.
That is the principal of an lacer. But you would not achieve that with that
Yeah was typing on a Windows XP IE7 system used to Safari on OSX that have spell checks implemented, I know I'm in great need of them. MS just don't want to work my way.