The only reason why I use Apple is because they have well finished, polished software that are reliable and very pleasant to use. If I wanted beta apps I wouldn't pay that much on an iPhone or iPad.
It's been a while since "It Just Works" was true. Furthermore, Windows 7 (and Ubuntu, to a certain extent) has delivered an experience that could be described as "It Just Works", especially when it comes to drivers. Improved competitors tend to highlight one's flaws.
Nokia Maps is far better than Google Maps in real-life, according to my specific experience. 3D buildings and street view aren't that useful, so I don't miss them. Google Maps is severely outdated in Portugal, while Nokia Maps is more up to date (still not perfect).
Of course, it doesn't really directly compete with Google Maps, unless they decide to offer it on Android and iOS, but the fact that Amazon went with Nokia Maps should at least prove they're at leats as good as Google's.
You'd think that the most valuable company in the world, with billions of dollars just sitting in the bank and a(n increasingly unwarranted) reputation for polished products, could test the product or at least quickly develop a decent solution.
Nothing a proper analysis of the data on the drive won't probably reveal. I doubt all the data was overwritten with random grabage multiple times over. That'd take forever on a whole hard drive.
I'm relatively sure the backspace key is labeled similarly to an IBM PC keyboard (for lack of a better definition) in the 2010 13" MacBook Pro and the late 2011 13" MacBook Air
That's a very nice concept. In practice, no nuclear means more natural gas and more coal, which will inevitably have ill effects on us, while nuclear is safe if correctly handled.
Why waste the perfectly good stuff when it could be used to fuel other reactors that "burn" them into progressively more innocuous things (as in, half-lives of a few years instead of millenia).
Compared to what? Coal and natural gas, that are bad for us even when they're within normal parameters? Renewables that are nowhere near enough to properly replace what we're currently using without using up massive land areas?
I'll take a nuclear reactor in my backyard over a natural gas plant in my neighborhood or a coal power plant within a 20 km radius any day.
Steve Jobs is God. Apple is His sacred realm. Once he realized His job was finished, He departed this world, leaving his trusted prophet Tim Cook in charge of spreading His faith to all non-believers, by whatever means necessary.
He did leave us, mere mortals, with the best advice we have ever received:
It is never a fault of the iDevice in question, it is a shortcoming of its user, who does not know how to operate it correctly.
In its original Jobsian dialect: "You're holding it wrong. Sent from my iPhone."
BitDefender once did the awesome feat of quarantining every. single. file. They even rolled out the update to all x64 Vista and 7 machines (possibly XP, too).
What? I can't say I've typed anything beyond short sentences on a MacBook, but I'm sure the backspace key is there and in fact works as a backspace key.
In my defense, I'm never sure I got the right click right on macbook touchpads (don't use them nearly enough to get used to it). I could swear I tried control, but maybe I remembered to just drag it before getting to control+click
As you said, not knowing the OS is the problem. However, some things are clearly intended to distance OS X from Windows, while providing no usability improvement. Just the other day, I spent some 45 seconds trying to delete a file the Windows way. First I realized there was no Delete key, which is annoying even if it's not strictly the OS' fault. So I tried backspace, seems like a logical alternative when you want to delete stuff. Nope, so I tried right-clicking and all sorts of weird click+button combinations I could remember.
Only then did I remember that you must absolutely drag files to the trash.
Bismarck, and I'm not too sure about the "most powerful" part.
Anyway, let's assume a Super Hornet (might as well stick to the analog) is bombing a Battleship. Bombing isn't really the right word, since it can acquire and engage the battleship with a Harpoon missile before entering AAA range, and probably out of visual range. Radar (which wasn't common outside of the US Navy) wouldn't have helped much, as no AAA fire could hit the Super Hornet and there are no friendly aircraft to direct. Battleships are slow, so the missile almost certainly hits. I can imagine the battleship surviving one or two Tomhawks, but not the quantity that is easily fired by a few aircraft.
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What happened to "It Just Works"?
The only reason why I use Apple is because they have well finished, polished software that are reliable and very pleasant to use. If I wanted beta apps I wouldn't pay that much on an iPhone or iPad.
It's been a while since "It Just Works" was true.
Furthermore, Windows 7 (and Ubuntu, to a certain extent) has delivered an experience that could be described as "It Just Works", especially when it comes to drivers. Improved competitors tend to highlight one's flaws.
I'm more interested in that ACME selective quantum-tunnelling paint that creates a railway tunnel on any flat surface.
Sounds like a logical first step towards a Portal Gun.
Nokia Maps is far better than Google Maps in real-life, according to my specific experience. 3D buildings and street view aren't that useful, so I don't miss them. Google Maps is severely outdated in Portugal, while Nokia Maps is more up to date (still not perfect).
Of course, it doesn't really directly compete with Google Maps, unless they decide to offer it on Android and iOS, but the fact that Amazon went with Nokia Maps should at least prove they're at leats as good as Google's.
You'd think that the most valuable company in the world, with billions of dollars just sitting in the bank and a(n increasingly unwarranted) reputation for polished products, could test the product or at least quickly develop a decent solution.
Nothing a proper analysis of the data on the drive won't probably reveal. I doubt all the data was overwritten with random grabage multiple times over. That'd take forever on a whole hard drive.
I'm relatively sure the backspace key is labeled similarly to an IBM PC keyboard (for lack of a better definition) in the 2010 13" MacBook Pro and the late 2011 13" MacBook Air
That's a very nice concept. In practice, no nuclear means more natural gas and more coal, which will inevitably have ill effects on us, while nuclear is safe if correctly handled.
Why waste the perfectly good stuff when it could be used to fuel other reactors that "burn" them into progressively more innocuous things (as in, half-lives of a few years instead of millenia).
"Nuclear is bad for everyone!"
Compared to what? Coal and natural gas, that are bad for us even when they're within normal parameters? Renewables that are nowhere near enough to properly replace what we're currently using without using up massive land areas?
I'll take a nuclear reactor in my backyard over a natural gas plant in my neighborhood or a coal power plant within a 20 km radius any day.
They heavily promote Chrome with Google Earth, Youtube (especially to Windows XP users) and search, possibly Gmail and maps too.
What kind of education has Apple given you?
Steve Jobs is God. Apple is His sacred realm. Once he realized His job was finished, He departed this world, leaving his trusted prophet Tim Cook in charge of spreading His faith to all non-believers, by whatever means necessary.
He did leave us, mere mortals, with the best advice we have ever received:
It is never a fault of the iDevice in question, it is a shortcoming of its user, who does not know how to operate it correctly.
In its original Jobsian dialect: "You're holding it wrong. Sent from my iPhone."
Hey, you have to tell us what bullshit generator you use, it actually sounds insightful to those who read the first part of the sentence.
BitDefender once did the awesome feat of quarantining every. single. file. They even rolled out the update to all x64 Vista and 7 machines (possibly XP, too).
Thanks goodness for backups.
I knew I had forgotten something!
That's easy, try finding these without zooming out:
2 MD-80s
2 other airliners, possibly 767s
Apollo 13
Two X-Wings
Look at the bright side (besides new stuff for the format): This would make one hell of a poster.
What? I can't say I've typed anything beyond short sentences on a MacBook, but I'm sure the backspace key is there and in fact works as a backspace key.
I can tell you the 13" MacBook Pro, as well as the Airs most certainly lack a delete key.
At that point, it's faster to drag the damned icon to the trash, instead of digging for the terminal window.
That would seriously defeat the purpose of it being a laptop, but thanks for the command+backspace tip!
In my defense, I'm never sure I got the right click right on macbook touchpads (don't use them nearly enough to get used to it). I could swear I tried control, but maybe I remembered to just drag it before getting to control+click
Macs don't have delete keys.
Yeah, it's freaking stupid.
As you said, not knowing the OS is the problem. However, some things are clearly intended to distance OS X from Windows, while providing no usability improvement.
Just the other day, I spent some 45 seconds trying to delete a file the Windows way. First I realized there was no Delete key, which is annoying even if it's not strictly the OS' fault. So I tried backspace, seems like a logical alternative when you want to delete stuff. Nope, so I tried right-clicking and all sorts of weird click+button combinations I could remember.
Only then did I remember that you must absolutely drag files to the trash.
Last time I checked, bullets are usually meant to kill. DU penetrators aren't a radiological hazard, they're a chemical hazard, much like lead.
What's the point of shooting someone with a kinetic energy penetrator if you don't want them to die?
Bismarck, and I'm not too sure about the "most powerful" part.
Anyway, let's assume a Super Hornet (might as well stick to the analog) is bombing a Battleship. Bombing isn't really the right word, since it can acquire and engage the battleship with a Harpoon missile before entering AAA range, and probably out of visual range. Radar (which wasn't common outside of the US Navy) wouldn't have helped much, as no AAA fire could hit the Super Hornet and there are no friendly aircraft to direct. Battleships are slow, so the missile almost certainly hits. I can imagine the battleship surviving one or two Tomhawks, but not the quantity that is easily fired by a few aircraft.