I decided on a Dell XPS 13" Ultrabook. It looks like a MacBook Air and has i5 Sandy Bridge / SDD combo that cold boots in 14 seconds, and features always-on charging USB 3, wakes from sleep to update e-mail, etc., footprint of an 11" screen, Gorilla Glass on screen, aluminum and carbon fiber frame, glass touchpad, supposed 9 hour battery life, 3 lbs., blah blah blah. It's amazing what leaving off the optical drive and redundant ports will save and get you./shill At work I chose a Lenovo x220. It's nice to pick up and carry a laptop with one hand and not feel like it's going to break your wrist or have it flex so much that the fan scrapes.
With generous return policies (Costco / BestBuy / etc.) take a few out for a test drive and see what sticks.
Apple is a step above Android in this regard, but it is still not designed with corporate use in mind.
If you're referring to "Apple" (it's not clear to me if you are), iOS and iDevices are very suited to corporate security and corporate use, especially since iOS 4.0. You didn't give examples so I'll quickly mention the Configurator and data-at-rest encryption (hardware).
I was checking to see if someone posted this. Click the iPhone/iPad/iPod shutter button. The picture automatically goes to the cloud and is automatically downloaded to a PC/Mac at home. It also automatically appears on any other authorized iDevice, and if you have Apple TV it is also immedately part of the screen saver. Then the PC can farm it out to friends and family. Travelling with a laptop, command lines, extra hard drives... Quaint.
Are they using more than the browser? "Using Linux" implies the OS, not apps. But if this their first PC experience they don't have years of behavior to undo.
Does someone know what's the case with Windows 7? Let's say I install the original gold master of Win7 and apply no patches, leave it with a public IP address but don't otherwise do anything. Is the box vulnerable?
The Microsoft Exec that claimed early in Windows 7 lifecycle backtracked from those comments. Combined with the security patches released since it's release the answer is Yes.
Anyone who thinks otherwise hasn't connected to a network yet.
getting rid of Windows isn't going to do jack. Idiots using computers will be vulnerable to malware, no matter what kind of OS they use. Unless the OS is secured away from its user, there is no safety if the user himself is the biggest security hole.
Linux/Unix have a well established culture and plenty of infrastructure to support the concept of strong password protection. Unlike Windows.
u mad? I agree my mom (and probably most of the people at Costco buying PCs) don't have a concept of strong password protection. If I put her on Linux/Unix how does that change?
4) And now Windows stops bugging me to restart my computer when I'm trying to read my webcomics.
(Of course, I install the update at a later time, but some of the "idiot-proofing" has made things a major pain in the ass for people who know what they're doing sometimes, such as the lack of easy customization in certain programs.)
1. Click Start 2. Click Control Panel 3. Click System and Security 4. Click Turn Automatic Updating On or Off 5. Select "Never Check for Updates (not recommended) 6. Click OK
I thought mine was going to be easier, but seeing the two together I like yours better.
If you don't want them "forced down your throat", maybe you should change the setting to instead notify you that they exist and then let you pick and choose which ones you want to install as well as those you want to ignore permanently? How is that any different from any of the automatic update services in Linux distributions bugging you to update and you continually ignoring them?
I use Windows maybe twice a year and I am not going spend hours fiddling with settings just for that. On Linux it Just Works[tm] and I usually do not have to reboot, even on the rare occasions there is a critical patch.
That comment could only be a troll in the mind of a Microsoft Spinbot.
Forget the instructions at the link. If it takes him hours for four clicks, make a selection, and then one final click I don't think being considered a troll is his biggest problem.
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Find another way to make money, you morons.
OK. They just doubled your rate and moved everything except goverment / religious to premium tiers.
...on a Microsoft Tablet.
Sex Power!
Well, since this is /. you're talking about something that mounts to one wrist.
Yes, as in none. I don't use any of them.
I decided on a Dell XPS 13" Ultrabook. It looks like a MacBook Air and has i5 Sandy Bridge / SDD combo that cold boots in 14 seconds, and features always-on charging USB 3, wakes from sleep to update e-mail, etc., footprint of an 11" screen, Gorilla Glass on screen, aluminum and carbon fiber frame, glass touchpad, supposed 9 hour battery life, 3 lbs., blah blah blah. It's amazing what leaving off the optical drive and redundant ports will save and get you. /shill At work I chose a Lenovo x220. It's nice to pick up and carry a laptop with one hand and not feel like it's going to break your wrist or have it flex so much that the fan scrapes.
With generous return policies (Costco / BestBuy / etc.) take a few out for a test drive and see what sticks.
"Girls Gone Feral" doesn't have the same ring to it, but sounds interesting for the same reasons.
I doubt there have been many technology advances so the advice is probably still current, but it will be interesting if there are.
Apple is a step above Android in this regard, but it is still not designed with corporate use in mind.
If you're referring to "Apple" (it's not clear to me if you are), iOS and iDevices are very suited to corporate security and corporate use, especially since iOS 4.0. You didn't give examples so I'll quickly mention the Configurator and data-at-rest encryption (hardware).
I was checking to see if someone posted this. Click the iPhone/iPad/iPod shutter button. The picture automatically goes to the cloud and is automatically downloaded to a PC/Mac at home. It also automatically appears on any other authorized iDevice, and if you have Apple TV it is also immedately part of the screen saver. Then the PC can farm it out to friends and family. Travelling with a laptop, command lines, extra hard drives... Quaint.
Wait for the three eyed fish.
Fixed that for ya.
Sugar Ray does not approve.
Bitches love browsers.
Apple for years claimed their OS didn't have any.
Citation needed. From the Apple Support Communities site (non-authoritative): To deal with the Malware, Apple recommends disable Java for anyone with 10.6.7 or less who can't upgrade.
Here's a link from Apple's support site posted in 1998 describing how to protect yourself against viruses in Mac OS 8.1.
I'm too lazy to look for older links.
Are they using more than the browser? "Using Linux" implies the OS, not apps. But if this their first PC experience they don't have years of behavior to undo.
Does someone know what's the case with Windows 7? Let's say I install the original gold master of Win7 and apply no patches, leave it with a public IP address but don't otherwise do anything. Is the box vulnerable?
The Microsoft Exec that claimed early in Windows 7 lifecycle backtracked from those comments. Combined with the security patches released since it's release the answer is Yes.
Anyone who thinks otherwise hasn't connected to a network yet.
[citation needed]. It's 1.65% according to Wikimedia's stats (includes wikipedia.org traffic - a top 6 site), 5.22% if you include Android.
Here's his citation (according to StatOwl). Aren't statistics cool?
There is virtually no malware for the iOS
"virtually no malware" != "no malware"
In the context of this discussion he was correct. The real world is not binary.
Verizon may quietly push Android phones.
Or they may not.
So basically they're saying if you had better passwords and applied patches, you'd avoid security problems?
Nice to see MS on the cutting edge of security research.
Apparently the owners of 1.7 million PCs need to hear it. And since those machines are throwing malware at mine I support that advice from any source.
getting rid of Windows isn't going to do jack. Idiots using computers will be vulnerable to malware, no matter what kind of OS they use. Unless the OS is secured away from its user, there is no safety if the user himself is the biggest security hole.
Linux/Unix have a well established culture and plenty of infrastructure to support the concept of strong password protection. Unlike Windows.
u mad? I agree my mom (and probably most of the people at Costco buying PCs) don't have a concept of strong password protection. If I put her on Linux/Unix how does that change?
1) Start.
2) Run.
3) sc stop wuauserv
4) And now Windows stops bugging me to restart my computer when I'm trying to read my webcomics.
(Of course, I install the update at a later time, but some of the "idiot-proofing" has made things a major pain in the ass for people who know what they're doing sometimes, such as the lack of easy customization in certain programs.)
1. Click Start
2. Click Control Panel
3. Click System and Security
4. Click Turn Automatic Updating On or Off
5. Select "Never Check for Updates (not recommended)
6. Click OK
I thought mine was going to be easier, but seeing the two together I like yours better.
Yes, because it's completely impossible to turn that feature off. Oh wait...
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Turn-automatic-updating-on-or-off
If you don't want them "forced down your throat", maybe you should change the setting to instead notify you that they exist and then let you pick and choose which ones you want to install as well as those you want to ignore permanently? How is that any different from any of the automatic update services in Linux distributions bugging you to update and you continually ignoring them?
I use Windows maybe twice a year and I am not going spend hours fiddling with settings just for that. On Linux it Just Works[tm] and I usually do not have to reboot, even on the rare occasions there is a critical patch.
That comment could only be a troll in the mind of a Microsoft Spinbot.
Forget the instructions at the link. If it takes him hours for four clicks, make a selection, and then one final click I don't think being considered a troll is his biggest problem.
Soylent Green?
"Arab Spring".
"Irish Spring"
You must be new here. And by "here" I mean Earth.
Don't consent to the search, since he doesn't have a warrant.
It won't ruin his day to detain you for hours while the warrant is written and signed.