If you want to switch, switch. If you don't, don't.
My Windows machine spontaneously rebooted itself one too many times. I turned it off and ordered a Powerbook (having had good luck with Macs in the past). Never goin' back.
Guarantee? That word means something specific. That means that you're willing to be financially liable if you're wrong.
Now, call me crazy, but I'm guessing that it costs Apple a bit more than $1200 to make a dual-processor G5 system. See, unlike Dell, Apple has to actually pay engineers and designers. And software people.
Apple does not need marketshare to survive, and prosper.
I'm a lot cheaper than a PhD. And the idea of going back to school on my own dime makes me want to chew nails.
I certainly see your point, but I hate that prognosis. I'm seriously concerned about what's going to happen to the US aero industry when all the graybeards retire next Tuesday.
Please differentiate "Write a beter resume" from "Falsify your credentials".
I'm serious. I'm just out of school with a BS in aerospace engineering. I have solid work experience in the tech sector, but apparently if I haven't built a 777 in my back yard out of Lincoln Logs, I'm not worth the interviewers' time.
I have led a team that designed and built a remote control aircraft for a national competition. I'm prepared to give a detailed post mortem on the successes and failures of that project. You'd think that would cut some ice...but you'd be wrong.
I remember when I was worried about the directory structure of my MP3 collection. That was before I figured out how Smart Playlists work.
Hell, iTunes could have a donkey-raping service installed in the background. As long as it is still the BEST ID3 tag manager, and BEST playlist manager, I've ever found? I don't really care.
I think it's worth a few points that the Airbus could carry all the materials to build another Hughes Hercules from Toulouse to, what, Kansas without refueling.
Hughes was a great aeronautical engineer. He was not the last great aeronautical engineer.
You can speculate about whatever you want, but to people who actually know a little about the industry (and you better believe, I only know a little...) you look kinda silly.
I think you're wrong to assume that the engineers who designed (say) the 747 were thinking "Oh well, I don't need to design this thing properly, because it's going to be replaced after 20 years." That's pretty absurd. The FAA has strict guidelines on maintenance. Keeping aluminum airframes safe is a well-understood problem.
There are all kinds of dangers in airline operation. Occasionally, new aircraft have design defects. Occasionally, old aircraft have maintenance defects. Sometimes, negligence causes people to fall out of the sky and die.
I really don't have any idea what your totally hypothetical scenario has to do with the actual business and science of moving large numbers of people at high subsonic speeds through the atmosphere. I DO know that, by and large, those people are pretty clever.
"I don't understand the need for these huge jets."
I'm sure the world is absolutely chock-full of things you don't understand. (That's certainly the case with me!) Just at a wild-ass guess, the people who are spending billions developing these huge jets DO understand that need.
The Hughes Hercules was certainly an impressive aircraft, there are any number of jet-powered aircraft that are larger, many of them designed back in the 60's.
Hughes' accomplishment was a massive one, but it is not unsurpassed.
I was delighted to go see the Hercules in its new home in Oregon. I had no idea when I moved up here that this super-cool plane was parked less than an hour from my place. Nice little air museum, that.
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If you want to switch, switch. If you don't, don't.
My Windows machine spontaneously rebooted itself one too many times. I turned it off and ordered a Powerbook (having had good luck with Macs in the past). Never goin' back.
And Acrobat Professional only costs about as much as a Mac mini!
OK, so it's only $300 instead of $500.
I hate Adobe's pricing.
Call me crazy, but I wonder if your computing needs are different from mine. Or Aunt Tillie's.
Just because this feature isn't useful to YOU doesn't mean it's not going to be useful to, um, not you.
Guarantee? That word means something specific. That means that you're willing to be financially liable if you're wrong.
Now, call me crazy, but I'm guessing that it costs Apple a bit more than $1200 to make a dual-processor G5 system. See, unlike Dell, Apple has to actually pay engineers and designers. And software people.
Apple does not need marketshare to survive, and prosper.
Where is this magical non-overseas factory that never makes faulty products?
Uh, have you heard of the Mac mini? It's pretty inexpensive.
Oh, you meant that you want to spend less money when you buy a dual G5! Right, now I understand.
Don't hold your breath.
Why do they need to gain marketshare?
"Agressivly chaste"? Oh man, that's even better. "I'll beat your ASS if you try to have sex with me! And not in a good way!"
I'm a lot cheaper than a PhD. And the idea of going back to school on my own dime makes me want to chew nails.
I certainly see your point, but I hate that prognosis. I'm seriously concerned about what's going to happen to the US aero industry when all the graybeards retire next Tuesday.
You know that that's my precise point, right?
"The referral system at my work is aggressively chased now, which is great"
I know what all those words mean, but that sentence doesn't do anything for me.
Chased by what? Tigers? That's gotta be fun to watch.
Please differentiate "Write a beter resume" from "Falsify your credentials".
I'm serious. I'm just out of school with a BS in aerospace engineering. I have solid work experience in the tech sector, but apparently if I haven't built a 777 in my back yard out of Lincoln Logs, I'm not worth the interviewers' time.
I have led a team that designed and built a remote control aircraft for a national competition. I'm prepared to give a detailed post mortem on the successes and failures of that project. You'd think that would cut some ice...but you'd be wrong.
Divisive pride? What the hell is that? How does starting a different project in any way interfere with or "counter" Google's efforts?
I get enough manufactured controversy ignoring the commercials for my evening news.
I remember when I was worried about the directory structure of my MP3 collection. That was before I figured out how Smart Playlists work.
Hell, iTunes could have a donkey-raping service installed in the background. As long as it is still the BEST ID3 tag manager, and BEST playlist manager, I've ever found? I don't really care.
I think it's worth a few points that the Airbus could carry all the materials to build another Hughes Hercules from Toulouse to, what, Kansas without refueling.
Hughes was a great aeronautical engineer. He was not the last great aeronautical engineer.
You can speculate about whatever you want, but to people who actually know a little about the industry (and you better believe, I only know a little...) you look kinda silly.
I think you're wrong to assume that the engineers who designed (say) the 747 were thinking "Oh well, I don't need to design this thing properly, because it's going to be replaced after 20 years." That's pretty absurd. The FAA has strict guidelines on maintenance. Keeping aluminum airframes safe is a well-understood problem.
There are all kinds of dangers in airline operation. Occasionally, new aircraft have design defects. Occasionally, old aircraft have maintenance defects. Sometimes, negligence causes people to fall out of the sky and die.
I really don't have any idea what your totally hypothetical scenario has to do with the actual business and science of moving large numbers of people at high subsonic speeds through the atmosphere. I DO know that, by and large, those people are pretty clever.
Uh, so you hang an LCD over your sofa, and sit on the floor to watch it?
I don't think I'm as stylish as you...
No, I think there are probably some people in rural Asia that can't get to Apple's web site either.
Of course, they don't have any computers. Just yaks.
"I don't understand the need for these huge jets."
I'm sure the world is absolutely chock-full of things you don't understand. (That's certainly the case with me!) Just at a wild-ass guess, the people who are spending billions developing these huge jets DO understand that need.
Call me crazy.
Note that 777 is certified for trans-oceanic flight, and it has only two engines.
Anyhow, why would you be using a 787 for long-haul flights?
Yeah, and that's because the Russians stole the plans for the Concorde and rushed it into production.
The Russians were brilliant aeronautical engineers. They also had good espionage, and they used it frequently.
It's not a coincidence that, on the outside, the Buran orbiter is indistinguishable from a 2/3 scale Shuttle.
Embraer (Brazil) has been a big player in regional aircraft. Don't count them out of the running.
Why would you let something so insignificant as history get in the way of some good old-fashioned flag waving jingoism?
And it's such a shiny new flag!
Let's compare take off weights, shall we?
The Hughes Hercules was certainly an impressive aircraft, there are any number of jet-powered aircraft that are larger, many of them designed back in the 60's.
Hughes' accomplishment was a massive one, but it is not unsurpassed.
I was delighted to go see the Hercules in its new home in Oregon. I had no idea when I moved up here that this super-cool plane was parked less than an hour from my place. Nice little air museum, that.