However, don't dismiss Android if Google gets LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson to all make Android-based cellphones. That right there represents the vast majority of the marketshare of cellphones around the world, and within a few years this could be MUCH larger than Apple's share of the "smart" cellphone market.
As such, this means apps written for Android has the potential to be installed on a lot more cellphones than all the iPhones sold out there in the long run.
While the CPU (Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180) on you machine supports the Intel EM64T extensions for 64-bit operation, the chipset on the motherboard might not do so.:-(
There could have been a more drastic decision: you have to buy the operating system as a separate cost item when you buy a new computer. That right there could have opened the door for IBM to keep OS/2 alive as a desktop operating system and even allowed for new entrants for the large-scale desktop/laptop market like commercial Linux distributions.
However, as a user of Windows Vista Home Premium (SP2), I can say that anytime a program needs to call up a web browser it calls up Firefox 3.5.3 by default.:-) When you click on the Start button, in the Default Programs section you can select which default program you want for your web browsing experience.
Actually, for 64-bit mode to work in Windows Vista you need at least 4 GB of RAM installed and hardware that can run x86-64 instructions. My HP Pavilion a6400f could run Windows 7 in 64-bit mode, though I would have to upgrade my RAM from 3 GB to 4 GB and do a "fresh" install of Windows 7 on a new hard drive.
Mostly likely, by 2020 the average EV will be like what I suggested: a vehicle about the size of a Honda Fit/Jazz, but with roominess of a Honda Civic (since we eliminate space-robbing front engine compartment). Such a vehicle will have all of the batteries under the floor to maximize interior space flexibility, and will likely drive the front wheels primarily.
Right now, it costs me around US$32 to fill up completely the 11 gallon tank on my 1998 Honda Civic HX CVT coupe with 87-octane unleaded.
My guess is that by 2020, a full charge from a commercial charger will probably cost US$20 in 2009 dollars--not bad considering the high cost of a fillup nowadays, especially if you have a bigger car.
While it may be "free," I like Norton Internet Security 2010 because it does all the management of the firewall and anti-malware from a single-point interface, not having to open three different programs. And unlike previous NIS versions, NIS 2010 has a lot lower resource usage, scans the disk a lot faster, and does a really good job of hunting down malware (it even found and removed malware from the directories in Windows Vista where Google Chrome 3.0x and Apple Safari 4.0.x are stored!).
The problem with Norton Internet Security is that paid subscribers often don't know that they could upgrade to the latest version for FREE.
I'm a paid NIS user who happily ran NIS 2008 for 14 months until Symantec tech support told me paid subscribers could download and install the latest yearly version without interfering with their subscription due dates. As such I was able to download the final Norton Internet Security 2010 version online right after Symantec released the final version.
All I can say right now is anyone who has a paid NIS subscription should install NIS 2010 as soon as possible. I've seen much lower system resource usage, faster system scans, and beter malware detection rates compared to older NIS versions.
One problem with Norton Internet Security is that paid subscribers don't bother to note they can download the latest yearly version for FREE.
On my home computer, I was running Norton Internet Security 2008, but since I was a paid subscriber, I found out I could download NIS 2010 and install it without interfering with my subscription status. I've installed NIS 2010 and wow, the performance improvements are definitely worth it--much lower system resource usage, faster system scanning, and far better malware detection rates, too.
However, due to the limitations of household current (at least here in the USA), recharging the battery pack from a standard 110 V/15 amp connection could take 7-8 hours even with improved battery pack designs. You'd probably need the same 220 V connection used by electric ranges and electric clothes dryers to keep the recharge time reasonable.
It may sound like a press release, but if the project can be funded with the type of national priority that the Apollo program had in the 1960's, it could change EVERYTHING in regards to personal transportation. Even if we could get the range to 700 km (435 miles), that right there makes it very viable as a replacement for the internal combustion engine in passenger cars.
With the type of high-capacity commercial chargers now in development, it would not be ridiculous by 2020 we could see a passenger vehicle almost the same size as the Honda Fit/Jazz , but with the roominess of the Honda Civic (remember, no need for an interior space-robbing front engine compartment!), a range circa 700 km, and recharge time at a commercial charger in about an hour!:-)
This test showed that automakers now use the research originally developed for Indy open-wheel racers in the 1960's--you need a way to dissipate the energy of the crash. Note that by the late 1970's when an Indy racer hit the wall, all those body parts flying away from the point of impact served to absorb the energy force of the crash. By the early 1970's, companies like Mercedes-Benz and Volvo designed their cars so the engine compartment and trunk areas would crumple deliberately, dissipating the energy of the crash to reduce the impact force on the passengers.
Remember the movie War Games? It appears that the Russian system works akin to the fictional WOPR (I know, bad pun, but it's short for War Operations Programmed Response) from that movie, where if there is a nuclear attack on the USA--fully confirmed based on ground sensor and satellite data--the computer will automatically launch a retaliatory strike.
Here's the problem: while KDE and Gnome are strongly influenced by the interface introduced with Windows 95, were there any real decent alternatives that could be easily picked up by "newbie" end users? The windowing interfaces you saw on SGI and Sun workstations in the late 1980's and early 1990's weren't paragons of ease of use.
We forget that Microsoft has spent a HUGE amount of money in their Usability Lab doing nothing but studying how user interfaces work for computer programs. That's why Windows has a generally pretty consistent interface on the surface, and someone used to Windows 95 could fairly easily pick up learning and mastering even Windows 7.
I think Apple and AT&T will change their stance really fast when the FTC and/or Justice Department hits them with an antitrust lawsuit in violation of the 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act.
It appears from "reading between the lines" that Apple and AT&T conspired to deliberately reject the Google Voice application for the iPhone, which is a major no-no under the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Actually, the EPA Energy Star Version 4.0 certification (coming 2010) and Version 5.0 certification (coming 2012) for TV sets pretty much mirrors the proposed California regulations. I think California may "synchronize" their laws to conform with the new EPA certifications to give manufacturers time to build flat screen panels that meet these specs.
I do think this may spur manufacturers to switch to LED backlighting for LCD panels en masse and finally get them to rapidly develop OLED technology so they will work for larger flat panel TVs. Of course, this means the end of plasma TVs, though.
The biggest problem with the ARM CPU--if you want it for a netbook--is that you MUST write the OS from close to scratch to take advantage of the CPU, a similar "chicken and egg" problem that plagued the PowerPC CPU.
What made the Intel Atom CPU so popular was that operating systems already designed for x86 CPUs will run on the Atom CPU with very little to no modifications. This means Windows, MacOS X versions designed for Intel CPU's, and many Linux distributions will run on the Atom CPU "out of the box."
If I remember correctly, you CAN make a modern violin sound just as good as a Strativarius, but it takes extremely meticulous work to build such a violin from wood. I believe that Samuel Zygmuntowicz in Brooklyn, NY is one of a very few select people that could pull it off; indeed, it takes nearly a year just to build ONE Zygmuntowicz violin.
Now, I wonder why nobody has bothered to equal the sound of a Strativari instrument by building one out of all composite materials such as carbon fiber, epoxy resins, advanced plastics and aerospace-quality ceramics....
Indeed, what you described is why I think a variant of MacOS X 10.6 will show up on the rumored Apple tablet. It will be firmware based, and the tablet itselt will use the new Intel Atom N450 CPU, which will be available at the same time Apple finally ships their tablet computer.
Touch interfaces make more sense for "all-in-one" computers with 20" or larger LCD panels, primarily in multimedia playback and for moving elements on a screen.
Actually, with the arrival of large-screen all-in-one computers such as the Dell Studio One 19 and the Sony VAIO JS/LV/RT series, the touchscreen features of Windows 7 do come into their own, especially for multimedia playback. And the Apple iMac begs for a touchscreen version for the same reason.
Because Apple already has their own lossless format with Apple Lossless.
Indeed, I really do expect within two years Apple to start selling music albums in Apple Lossless format, especially now with broadband available to the majority of computer users around the world.
I'm glad Apple decided to keep the iPod classic one more year, mostly because you still have a lot of people who want to put most of their music collection onto the iPod so you only need one player to hold a large CD collection, even if the original CD was ripped using Apple Lossless format.
But expect the iPod classic to finally disappear from the iPod lineup one year from now as the 128 GB iPod touch finally arrives.
Mind you, they may want to think twice about taking down a tower transmitting more than 10 kW of power on the AM spectrum. A lot of electricity flows through these towers (including the guide wires!), and the ELF terrorists will find out in a most unpleasant and deadly way trying to bring down a higher-powered radio can do....
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However, don't dismiss Android if Google gets LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson to all make Android-based cellphones. That right there represents the vast majority of the marketshare of cellphones around the world, and within a few years this could be MUCH larger than Apple's share of the "smart" cellphone market.
As such, this means apps written for Android has the potential to be installed on a lot more cellphones than all the iPhones sold out there in the long run.
While the CPU (Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180) on you machine supports the Intel EM64T extensions for 64-bit operation, the chipset on the motherboard might not do so. :-(
There could have been a more drastic decision: you have to buy the operating system as a separate cost item when you buy a new computer. That right there could have opened the door for IBM to keep OS/2 alive as a desktop operating system and even allowed for new entrants for the large-scale desktop/laptop market like commercial Linux distributions.
However, as a user of Windows Vista Home Premium (SP2), I can say that anytime a program needs to call up a web browser it calls up Firefox 3.5.3 by default. :-) When you click on the Start button, in the Default Programs section you can select which default program you want for your web browsing experience.
Actually, for 64-bit mode to work in Windows Vista you need at least 4 GB of RAM installed and hardware that can run x86-64 instructions. My HP Pavilion a6400f could run Windows 7 in 64-bit mode, though I would have to upgrade my RAM from 3 GB to 4 GB and do a "fresh" install of Windows 7 on a new hard drive.
Mostly likely, by 2020 the average EV will be like what I suggested: a vehicle about the size of a Honda Fit/Jazz, but with roominess of a Honda Civic (since we eliminate space-robbing front engine compartment). Such a vehicle will have all of the batteries under the floor to maximize interior space flexibility, and will likely drive the front wheels primarily.
Right now, it costs me around US$32 to fill up completely the 11 gallon tank on my 1998 Honda Civic HX CVT coupe with 87-octane unleaded.
My guess is that by 2020, a full charge from a commercial charger will probably cost US$20 in 2009 dollars--not bad considering the high cost of a fillup nowadays, especially if you have a bigger car.
While it may be "free," I like Norton Internet Security 2010 because it does all the management of the firewall and anti-malware from a single-point interface, not having to open three different programs. And unlike previous NIS versions, NIS 2010 has a lot lower resource usage, scans the disk a lot faster, and does a really good job of hunting down malware (it even found and removed malware from the directories in Windows Vista where Google Chrome 3.0x and Apple Safari 4.0.x are stored!).
The problem with Norton Internet Security is that paid subscribers often don't know that they could upgrade to the latest version for FREE.
I'm a paid NIS user who happily ran NIS 2008 for 14 months until Symantec tech support told me paid subscribers could download and install the latest yearly version without interfering with their subscription due dates. As such I was able to download the final Norton Internet Security 2010 version online right after Symantec released the final version.
All I can say right now is anyone who has a paid NIS subscription should install NIS 2010 as soon as possible. I've seen much lower system resource usage, faster system scans, and beter malware detection rates compared to older NIS versions.
One problem with Norton Internet Security is that paid subscribers don't bother to note they can download the latest yearly version for FREE.
On my home computer, I was running Norton Internet Security 2008, but since I was a paid subscriber, I found out I could download NIS 2010 and install it without interfering with my subscription status. I've installed NIS 2010 and wow, the performance improvements are definitely worth it--much lower system resource usage, faster system scanning, and far better malware detection rates, too.
However, due to the limitations of household current (at least here in the USA), recharging the battery pack from a standard 110 V/15 amp connection could take 7-8 hours even with improved battery pack designs. You'd probably need the same 220 V connection used by electric ranges and electric clothes dryers to keep the recharge time reasonable.
It may sound like a press release, but if the project can be funded with the type of national priority that the Apollo program had in the 1960's, it could change EVERYTHING in regards to personal transportation. Even if we could get the range to 700 km (435 miles), that right there makes it very viable as a replacement for the internal combustion engine in passenger cars.
With the type of high-capacity commercial chargers now in development, it would not be ridiculous by 2020 we could see a passenger vehicle almost the same size as the Honda Fit/Jazz , but with the roominess of the Honda Civic (remember, no need for an interior space-robbing front engine compartment!), a range circa 700 km, and recharge time at a commercial charger in about an hour! :-)
This test showed that automakers now use the research originally developed for Indy open-wheel racers in the 1960's--you need a way to dissipate the energy of the crash. Note that by the late 1970's when an Indy racer hit the wall, all those body parts flying away from the point of impact served to absorb the energy force of the crash. By the early 1970's, companies like Mercedes-Benz and Volvo designed their cars so the engine compartment and trunk areas would crumple deliberately, dissipating the energy of the crash to reduce the impact force on the passengers.
Remember the movie War Games? It appears that the Russian system works akin to the fictional WOPR (I know, bad pun, but it's short for War Operations Programmed Response) from that movie, where if there is a nuclear attack on the USA--fully confirmed based on ground sensor and satellite data--the computer will automatically launch a retaliatory strike.
Here's the problem: while KDE and Gnome are strongly influenced by the interface introduced with Windows 95, were there any real decent alternatives that could be easily picked up by "newbie" end users? The windowing interfaces you saw on SGI and Sun workstations in the late 1980's and early 1990's weren't paragons of ease of use.
We forget that Microsoft has spent a HUGE amount of money in their Usability Lab doing nothing but studying how user interfaces work for computer programs. That's why Windows has a generally pretty consistent interface on the surface, and someone used to Windows 95 could fairly easily pick up learning and mastering even Windows 7.
I think Apple and AT&T will change their stance really fast when the FTC and/or Justice Department hits them with an antitrust lawsuit in violation of the 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act.
It appears from "reading between the lines" that Apple and AT&T conspired to deliberately reject the Google Voice application for the iPhone, which is a major no-no under the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Actually, the EPA Energy Star Version 4.0 certification (coming 2010) and Version 5.0 certification (coming 2012) for TV sets pretty much mirrors the proposed California regulations. I think California may "synchronize" their laws to conform with the new EPA certifications to give manufacturers time to build flat screen panels that meet these specs.
I do think this may spur manufacturers to switch to LED backlighting for LCD panels en masse and finally get them to rapidly develop OLED technology so they will work for larger flat panel TVs. Of course, this means the end of plasma TVs, though.
The biggest problem with the ARM CPU--if you want it for a netbook--is that you MUST write the OS from close to scratch to take advantage of the CPU, a similar "chicken and egg" problem that plagued the PowerPC CPU.
What made the Intel Atom CPU so popular was that operating systems already designed for x86 CPUs will run on the Atom CPU with very little to no modifications. This means Windows, MacOS X versions designed for Intel CPU's, and many Linux distributions will run on the Atom CPU "out of the box."
If I remember correctly, you CAN make a modern violin sound just as good as a Strativarius, but it takes extremely meticulous work to build such a violin from wood. I believe that Samuel Zygmuntowicz in Brooklyn, NY is one of a very few select people that could pull it off; indeed, it takes nearly a year just to build ONE Zygmuntowicz violin.
Now, I wonder why nobody has bothered to equal the sound of a Strativari instrument by building one out of all composite materials such as carbon fiber, epoxy resins, advanced plastics and aerospace-quality ceramics....
Indeed, what you described is why I think a variant of MacOS X 10.6 will show up on the rumored Apple tablet. It will be firmware based, and the tablet itselt will use the new Intel Atom N450 CPU, which will be available at the same time Apple finally ships their tablet computer.
Touch interfaces make more sense for "all-in-one" computers with 20" or larger LCD panels, primarily in multimedia playback and for moving elements on a screen.
Actually, with the arrival of large-screen all-in-one computers such as the Dell Studio One 19 and the Sony VAIO JS/LV/RT series, the touchscreen features of Windows 7 do come into their own, especially for multimedia playback. And the Apple iMac begs for a touchscreen version for the same reason.
Because Apple already has their own lossless format with Apple Lossless.
Indeed, I really do expect within two years Apple to start selling music albums in Apple Lossless format, especially now with broadband available to the majority of computer users around the world.
I'm glad Apple decided to keep the iPod classic one more year, mostly because you still have a lot of people who want to put most of their music collection onto the iPod so you only need one player to hold a large CD collection, even if the original CD was ripped using Apple Lossless format.
But expect the iPod classic to finally disappear from the iPod lineup one year from now as the 128 GB iPod touch finally arrives.
Mind you, they may want to think twice about taking down a tower transmitting more than 10 kW of power on the AM spectrum. A lot of electricity flows through these towers (including the guide wires!), and the ELF terrorists will find out in a most unpleasant and deadly way trying to bring down a higher-powered radio can do....