Of course this doesn't bode well for competitor tablets. How many Google/Amazon business models are there that can afford to subsidize the tablets?
Au contraire. The only competitor netpad this displaces is Amazon's, and only the currently shipping version. Google's tablet accomplishes two things: 1) together with Amazon's to-be-discounted Fire and Fire's successor, this will establish Android as the netpad leader and thus bring in the developers (developers, developers!) 2) it establishes a minimimum hardware spec for the $200 netpad segment.
Frankly, Moore's law says that in six months this hardware doesn't need subsidizing. At that point Google's hardware partners will entry (Amazon isn't one) and Google will step back.
Then again, my eyes aren't fabulous, and while I can tell the difference I just don't care but some people do.
You may have missed my post a couple of days back when this issue came up. I will recap the main point for you: Apple chose not to implement font hintering in the Quartz font rendering. As a result, small size text does not align to pixel boundaries, making it look fuzzy unless the display resolution is increased by a factor of 2 or so. Hence, retina display. It's a hardware hack to cover up a software flaw. Brilliant.
See, that's the difference between Cook and Jobs. Jobs would have fixed the issue on both fronts. Well, after lying about it a couple of times. But Cook will just stick with the costly hardware workaround because he doesn't know any better, he's just a paper pusher.
Who buys a computer without a warranty that covers it's expected usage period?
A smart person. The price of the warranty is always carefully calculated to make it a bad bet. Your new computer is most likely to fail in the first few days when it is covered by the legally required free warranty or after your dearly purchased proprietary warranty expires.
To me, the beginning of the end (or of the end of this phase of Apple) would be if they went back to the old ways of less than attractive design, way too many different models with confusing and dumb options.
Making the iPad 3 thicker and heavier than the iPad 2 and with shorter battery life was a great start.
I'm not even a long time Apple user but once I tried the products they blow me like a 5 dollar hooker.
Isn't this a standard astroturfer tactic: pretend to be a convert?
Somehow, you know whether or not Jobs went to Cook's presentations at Apple, yet you also pretend to be a new Apple adopter. Typical Apple person I say, and a great example of why former blindly loyal customers are on their way to the door.
Apple withdrew ALL their computers from EPEAT. Even the certified ones, and even the ones that are still certified AFTER the new rules (e.g., Mac Mini, non-Retina Macbook Pros, iMac, Mac Pro...). It's not a case of "the computers are no longer EPEAT certifiable", it's more of "Apple feels EPEAT is no longer in their interests" and withdrew all computers fro mthe lineup.
EPEAT's rules conflicted with Apple's planned obsolescence strategy. No doubt, Apple views itself as so important that EPEAT would change its rules in order to get them back. It's hard to see how anybody could be that stupid.
As for repairability - I'm not so sure if it's a big a "green" thing as it's made out to be. After all, I don't see on iFixit that they provide recycling services (with return shipping) for the used parts you replace...
What you're overlooking here is the issue of recycling the entire device just because the battery died, after all, out of warranty "battery repair" is likely to cost nearly the same as a new device, so what iGroupie would not prefer the latter option? You also doubt that the battery could be recycled separately. I doubt your doubt.
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Of course this doesn't bode well for competitor tablets. How many Google/Amazon business models are there that can afford to subsidize the tablets?
Au contraire. The only competitor netpad this displaces is Amazon's, and only the currently shipping version. Google's tablet accomplishes two things: 1) together with Amazon's to-be-discounted Fire and Fire's successor, this will establish Android as the netpad leader and thus bring in the developers (developers, developers!) 2) it establishes a minimimum hardware spec for the $200 netpad segment.
Frankly, Moore's law says that in six months this hardware doesn't need subsidizing. At that point Google's hardware partners will entry (Amazon isn't one) and Google will step back.
Then again, my eyes aren't fabulous, and while I can tell the difference I just don't care but some people do.
You may have missed my post a couple of days back when this issue came up. I will recap the main point for you: Apple chose not to implement font hintering in the Quartz font rendering. As a result, small size text does not align to pixel boundaries, making it look fuzzy unless the display resolution is increased by a factor of 2 or so. Hence, retina display. It's a hardware hack to cover up a software flaw. Brilliant.
See, that's the difference between Cook and Jobs. Jobs would have fixed the issue on both fronts. Well, after lying about it a couple of times. But Cook will just stick with the costly hardware workaround because he doesn't know any better, he's just a paper pusher.
Apparently you have reading comprehension difficulties, on top of your antisocial tendencies.
You don't return it, you send it home.
A non-Apple computer with a warranty is still cheaper than an Apple.
A non-Apple computer without a warranty is cheaper than an Apple conputer plus an nice new compact digital camera.
Who buys a computer without a warranty that covers it's expected usage period?
A smart person. The price of the warranty is always carefully calculated to make it a bad bet. Your new computer is most likely to fail in the first few days when it is covered by the legally required free warranty or after your dearly purchased proprietary warranty expires.
You might be right, but all the Apple owners I happen to know are self-important hippies and douchebags.
To me, the beginning of the end (or of the end of this phase of Apple) would be if they went back to the old ways of less than attractive design, way too many different models with confusing and dumb options.
Making the iPad 3 thicker and heavier than the iPad 2 and with shorter battery life was a great start.
The current CEO may have been running things, but you can bet your ass he was taking input from Jobs when he was around.
Are you referring to the rumours that Steve Jobs was gay?
I'm not even a long time Apple user but once I tried the products they blow me like a 5 dollar hooker.
Isn't this a standard astroturfer tactic: pretend to be a convert?
Somehow, you know whether or not Jobs went to Cook's presentations at Apple, yet you also pretend to be a new Apple adopter. Typical Apple person I say, and a great example of why former blindly loyal customers are on their way to the door.
Apple products are bought by the same people who keep all those cosmetic surgery corner stores going in Santa Monica.
Apple withdrew ALL their computers from EPEAT. Even the certified ones, and even the ones that are still certified AFTER the new rules (e.g., Mac Mini, non-Retina Macbook Pros, iMac, Mac Pro...). It's not a case of "the computers are no longer EPEAT certifiable", it's more of "Apple feels EPEAT is no longer in their interests" and withdrew all computers fro mthe lineup.
EPEAT's rules conflicted with Apple's planned obsolescence strategy. No doubt, Apple views itself as so important that EPEAT would change its rules in order to get them back. It's hard to see how anybody could be that stupid.
As for repairability - I'm not so sure if it's a big a "green" thing as it's made out to be. After all, I don't see on iFixit that they provide recycling services (with return shipping) for the used parts you replace...
What you're overlooking here is the issue of recycling the entire device just because the battery died, after all, out of warranty "battery repair" is likely to cost nearly the same as a new device, so what iGroupie would not prefer the latter option? You also doubt that the battery could be recycled separately. I doubt your doubt.
You really think they're all going to stary buying Vaios?
No... Asus, Acer, Kindle and Nexus.
Suck a dick, cock faggot. Could we have one article without some shit sack like yourself playing the MS card? Fucking die.
Hi Steve, Is that you?
they just didn't provide enough security against a multi billion dollar company working hard to break the security
I do believe you're exaggerating the difficulty of setting an evil Safari cookie.
I think you're talking about Microsoft. Google is not nearly that far gone... they can still be shamed into doing the right thing.
... like most corporate fines, the number seems absurdly low.
Commensurate with the offense.
Apple: "The pOwed our thingy!"
Government: "You pOwed their thingy!"
Google: "We didn't know and we didn't mean to. It was an intern."
Government: "You are fined. Now you know."
Make all the Googlers work out of Apple HQ for a week.
Did he bellow it loudly?
Or did he punctuate his point by throwing a chair?
See, here's the plan. If the board ever does fire Ballmer, Apple buys majority control of Microsoft for one day, fires the board and rehires Ballmer.
Ballmer doesn't have to suck up to the board, only to Bill Gates.
I see a bunch of Kindles, but mostly iPads and a few rare Androids.
Not as rare as last week.
"we are not going to leave any space uncovered to Apple"
Translation: "we are going to throw away as much money as possible and not get anything for it"
Did he bellow it loudly?
Microsoft version:
"first they laugh at you"
"then you fail"
"then they laugh at you again."