Traitorous officers? Check. Civil Wars? Two of them at least. Racists? Plenty of racism and xenophobia in the later seasons. War? The whole series spends more time in a war-like state than in peace.
If Microsoft does the following few things by the time Windows 9 is released (same applies to Windows 8 if they do it as service packs/8.x versions), it'll be an instant buy:
- Allow a pure desktop experience. This means no stupid metro network connections dialog and a less animated, more responsive start menu alternative - Allow for everything (ok, stuff like disk management can stay Desktop/CLI-only) to be done from metro, not just a small subset of the desktop's options - Properly expose the filesystem in metro (Windows explorer for metro, essentially) - Fix their own metro apps
It's all very easy. 8.1 is a step in the right direction, but it's not enough.
Some reviewers take popular devices and see if they can kill them by bombarding them with writes.
So far, the consensus is that, for typical consumer workloads, the limits on NAND writes are high enough not be a problem, even with Samsung's TLC NAND.
Same should apply to heavy professional workloads when using decent devices (Samsung 830/840 Pro and similar).
As for servers, the question is a bit more difficult to answer, but even assuming a very bad case, SSDs make sense if they can replace a couple of mechanical drives (Throughput is most important, not the amount of data stored)
Pen & eraser input on tablets that support it (Surface Pro, for instance), OCR, handwriting recognition, speech recognition... And it's relatively easy to use.
The first one almost never happens. The second one isn't much of a compatibility issue, from what I know, just a very minor inconvenience (waiting a few seconds at most until the access point broadcasts its existence).
If the user doesn't say "I want to connect to 'Trash can Wi-Fi'", why should the phone decide on its own to connect to 'Trash can Wi-Fi' without asking?
If the phone doesn't (stupidly) try to connect to any open network it sees, it doesn't broadcast its MAC address whenever some dubious access point asks for it.
It's definitely better than keeping all passwords written down on paper, if used with a strong master password. No, it's not perfect, but it's pretty much as good as most people can get - memorizing dozens of totally different strong passwords is not really very feasible.
Update procedure for Windows 9 on Surface Pro (applies to pretty much any OS that runs on x86, except for OS X):
1) Acquire Windows 9 installation disc or similar. 2) Boot to BIOS and choose to boot from external media. 3) Install OS. 4) Profit.
Update procedure for the vast majority of Android devices:
1) Wait until manufacturer releases the update. 2) Wait until carrier accepts the update. 3) Give up and look around for more-or-less shady updates for your device.
Regular updates on Windows:
1) Run Windows update. 2) Reboot if necessary.
Regular updates on Android: See above Android udate procedure.
You could argue the the Surface Pro suffers from (absurd) comparisons to the iPad, but tomake the iPad its direct competitor? No way.
That'd be like saying a luxury sedan competes against a Mini, for instance. Of course, you'll see plenty more people buying a Mini than you'll see buying an S-class/7-series/A8/LS/*favorite competitor here*. That doesn't make them direct competitors.
How many people say "I want a tablet like those iPads everyone has." and end up with a Surface Pro? Very few at best. How many people say "I want a car like those Minis I see everywhere." and end up buying a 7-series? Very few at best.
It has fantastic third-party support if I don't use it as a tablet. It has good third-party support if used with pen input. It has bearable, but improving, third-party support if used as an iPad-style tablet.
Besides, just how much third-party support do you need if you have Office and an internet connection, plus basic apps?
Regardless of inaccurate advertising, a 900 buck tablet with an intel Core i5 processor, Wacom digitizer, full HD screen and 4GB of RAM, running Windows 8 Pro, will always compete against similar tablets and ultrabooks, not against a puny little iPad.
A smartphone doesn't compete against dumbhones, it competes against other smartphones. Same thing here.
Wrong. Very, very wrong. It is a Wacom digitizer. It most certainly detects pressure, the pen has buttons and eraser (and you can use another wacom pen). Dunno about angle since I don't use software that could use it.
It might not be as good as the high-end Wacom dedicated digitizer tablets, but it's good enough for a lot of people and probably cheaper.
I have. Most software that you'd use in a setting where a tablet makes sense works relatively well. The rest can just use mouse and keyboard, since you'll be doing it at a desk anyway.
You'd be amazed by how easy most stuff is to use. There's plenty of stuff that works awfully without a keyboard (pen makes for a decent makeshift mouse), but you wouldn't use most of it away from a desk, would you?
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Are you suggesting that a witch and a duck (and by extension, ice) do not have the same weight?
It suggests the series was not, since everyone wears the stupid nametags that had never before been seen in any series.
You mean DS9?
Traitorous officers? Check.
Civil Wars? Two of them at least.
Racists? Plenty of racism and xenophobia in the later seasons.
War? The whole series spends more time in a war-like state than in peace.
What inconsistencies does Enterprise introduce? Nothing really comes to mind...
I hope they do abandon the so-called reboot.
Care to explain how a 9V battery can kill someone, other than by trying to ingest it?
Patch Tuesdays aren't news. Patch Tuesdays that break something are.
And gasoline engines are. /s
Exactly. Roofs have to support large forces, not decelerations. Other parts of the car do have to absorb significant decelerations.
If Microsoft does the following few things by the time Windows 9 is released (same applies to Windows 8 if they do it as service packs/8.x versions), it'll be an instant buy:
- Allow a pure desktop experience. This means no stupid metro network connections dialog and a less animated, more responsive start menu alternative
- Allow for everything (ok, stuff like disk management can stay Desktop/CLI-only) to be done from metro, not just a small subset of the desktop's options
- Properly expose the filesystem in metro (Windows explorer for metro, essentially)
- Fix their own metro apps
It's all very easy. 8.1 is a step in the right direction, but it's not enough.
Some reviewers take popular devices and see if they can kill them by bombarding them with writes.
So far, the consensus is that, for typical consumer workloads, the limits on NAND writes are high enough not be a problem, even with Samsung's TLC NAND.
Same should apply to heavy professional workloads when using decent devices (Samsung 830/840 Pro and similar).
As for servers, the question is a bit more difficult to answer, but even assuming a very bad case, SSDs make sense if they can replace a couple of mechanical drives (Throughput is most important, not the amount of data stored)
I'll add my two cents for OneNote.
Pen & eraser input on tablets that support it (Surface Pro, for instance), OCR, handwriting recognition, speech recognition... And it's relatively easy to use.
The first one almost never happens. The second one isn't much of a compatibility issue, from what I know, just a very minor inconvenience (waiting a few seconds at most until the access point broadcasts its existence).
Here's the problem:
If the user doesn't say "I want to connect to 'Trash can Wi-Fi'", why should the phone decide on its own to connect to 'Trash can Wi-Fi' without asking?
If the phone doesn't (stupidly) try to connect to any open network it sees, it doesn't broadcast its MAC address whenever some dubious access point asks for it.
It's definitely better than keeping all passwords written down on paper, if used with a strong master password. No, it's not perfect, but it's pretty much as good as most people can get - memorizing dozens of totally different strong passwords is not really very feasible.
Update procedure for Windows 9 on Surface Pro (applies to pretty much any OS that runs on x86, except for OS X):
1) Acquire Windows 9 installation disc or similar.
2) Boot to BIOS and choose to boot from external media.
3) Install OS.
4) Profit.
Update procedure for the vast majority of Android devices:
1) Wait until manufacturer releases the update.
2) Wait until carrier accepts the update.
3) Give up and look around for more-or-less shady updates for your device.
Regular updates on Windows:
1) Run Windows update.
2) Reboot if necessary.
Regular updates on Android: See above Android udate procedure.
You could argue the the Surface Pro suffers from (absurd) comparisons to the iPad, but tomake the iPad its direct competitor? No way.
That'd be like saying a luxury sedan competes against a Mini, for instance. Of course, you'll see plenty more people buying a Mini than you'll see buying an S-class/7-series/A8/LS/*favorite competitor here*. That doesn't make them direct competitors.
How many people say "I want a tablet like those iPads everyone has." and end up with a Surface Pro? Very few at best.
How many people say "I want a car like those Minis I see everywhere." and end up buying a 7-series? Very few at best.
It has fantastic third-party support if I don't use it as a tablet. It has good third-party support if used with pen input. It has bearable, but improving, third-party support if used as an iPad-style tablet.
Besides, just how much third-party support do you need if you have Office and an internet connection, plus basic apps?
And what the hell does Windows RT/Surface RT have to do with the Surface Pro and Windows 8 Pro?
Regardless of inaccurate advertising, a 900 buck tablet with an intel Core i5 processor, Wacom digitizer, full HD screen and 4GB of RAM, running Windows 8 Pro, will always compete against similar tablets and ultrabooks, not against a puny little iPad.
A smartphone doesn't compete against dumbhones, it competes against other smartphones. Same thing here.
Wrong. That's the surface RT, not the surface Pro. The Surface Pro competes against simialr high-end stuff.
Wrong. Very, very wrong. It is a Wacom digitizer. It most certainly detects pressure, the pen has buttons and eraser (and you can use another wacom pen). Dunno about angle since I don't use software that could use it.
It might not be as good as the high-end Wacom dedicated digitizer tablets, but it's good enough for a lot of people and probably cheaper.
I have. Most software that you'd use in a setting where a tablet makes sense works relatively well. The rest can just use mouse and keyboard, since you'll be doing it at a desk anyway.
You'd be amazed by how easy most stuff is to use. There's plenty of stuff that works awfully without a keyboard (pen makes for a decent makeshift mouse), but you wouldn't use most of it away from a desk, would you?
Lenovo's is much more expensive, IIRC.
Asus' don't have pen input and may be a lot more expensive.
Acer's quality isn't very good, in my experience.
Sony loves to try anti-consumer tactics (poor construction, don't cover damage when said poor construction fails, unless it's blatantly obvious).
Additionally, Samsung has a poor build, horrid quality assurance and somewhat unstable software.
That leaves the Surface Pro as a decent compromise with good build quality and reasonable specs.
The Haswells for this class of device aren't available yet, but they'll make this form factor even better.