I'm honestly a bit stunned so many people hate it on Slashdot, beyond the obvious Microsoft bias, because it actually supports Flash. That's something that even Android cannot say ever since Adobe stopped supporting "mobile" platforms.
It only supports flash in for certain "whitelisted' sites which can actually end up providing a worse experience than other mobile platforms. I believe there are some hacks to get around this but for the average user it is only going to amount to more confusion and a perception that it "doesn't work".
You realize you can run linux natively on a macbook, right? You don't need to use a VM. Macs all use intel chips now. So the answer to you question is yes there is a PC with the exact same screen. It's called a macbook pro.
I still work at the place you used to work and while I'm sure that Windows 8 would be a nightmare to roll out to the entire corporation, I do have hopes that Windows 8 tablets will be able to provide our execs with playthings that are easier to manage than the iPads they currently have. Even that hope is somewhat dulled by the fact that WinRT won't be domain joinable.
If you go back and look at the blogosphere predictions for the iPhone they are comically wrong, so really nobody knows what will happen until it happens. One engineer I work with is convinced that Windows 8 will mark Microsoft's return to dominance and they will crush iOS and android. I think it could go either way. Their strategy of forcing the interface formerly known as Metro on everyone could pay off. If everyone adapts to metro then the halo effect will help sell Windows Phone 8 handsets and encourage developers to finally update their VB6 apps to something better suited to this millennium. On the other hand if a negative opinion of the interface formerly known as metro takes hold with the masses then they have another Vista situation and they will never stop the iOS/Android juggernauts.
While I'd love to have something like ssh for Windows standard, the fact of the matter is that Windows is a GUI environment, and ssh access to that just doesn't make sense - especially when compared to RDP (which, btw, is quite secure).
Actually I regularly use psexec to launch a command shell on remote windows systems. There are plenty of things that can be fixed remotely from a command line without interrupting users like an RDP session would. I would very much like to have both an ssh server and client included as part of windows by default.
Where are the Mac games? Where are the Mac game developers?
AppleTV runs iOS. It has more in common with the iPhone than the Mac. Last time I checked iOS had managed to generate some small interest from game developers.
Tell that to people that bought PlaysForSure content from MSN only to find that Microsoft didn't even support their own DRM format when they released the Zune.
Exactly. So many people go on and on about how Linux or MacOS would be hit just as hard as Windows if they had the same market share. So what? The reality is that in the here and now they are safer alternative. If it is because of superior design, or simply insufficent user base to make them juicy targets, the result it the same to the end user.
I can't imagine how many other programs require admin access to run
I'm currently working at a company that is migrating to WinXP in a very locked down environment. Everyone is a user and software restriction policies only allow files to be executed from specific locations. Users have no write access to C: at all... all user profiles and data are on D: (which is not allowed to execute anything).
My job is to make the apps work. It's horrible. We have to give write access to the app's dir in Program Files to probably 40% of the apps. Some apps require write access to the root of C:\. Many want to create/modify files in Windows and System32. Far too many insist on writing to HKLM and even HKCR.
We repackage all the apps as MSIs and include the needed permissions changes in the installer. By the time the apps are loaded, most machines security have been drastically compromised.
Yeah Mavis Beacon is the worst app ever. It creates a temp file in the system32 directory and it deletes the file when it's done running. So you can't even easily assign the necessary rights to allow it to run as a user. You pretty much have to give users full control of system32.
I've been using Eudora for a long time now. They display a small square ad in the lower left hand corner... essentially an unused portion of the window for me anyway. I'm quite happy with it.
I agree. I've owned several notebooks and I've never purchased extended warranties for them. However, while I love my iBook, I've had to take it in for service twice in the first year (I just dropped it off at the Apple store last night actually). My one year warranty is almost up so I bought AppleCare. I'm hoping (assuming?) that I won't have any further problems but the insurance is worth it for me.
The only benefit to having it during the first year is that your phone support only lasts 90 days without it. I don't personally care about phone support so I waited until my year was almost up.
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2038 is so close to the singularity that the computers will most likely just fix it themselves.
So your crappy abandonware apps that you never update won't live on in the App Store forever? And you're saying this is somehow bad?
I'm honestly a bit stunned so many people hate it on Slashdot, beyond the obvious Microsoft bias, because it actually supports Flash. That's something that even Android cannot say ever since Adobe stopped supporting "mobile" platforms.
It only supports flash in for certain "whitelisted' sites which can actually end up providing a worse experience than other mobile platforms. I believe there are some hacks to get around this but for the average user it is only going to amount to more confusion and a perception that it "doesn't work".
You realize you can run linux natively on a macbook, right? You don't need to use a VM. Macs all use intel chips now. So the answer to you question is yes there is a PC with the exact same screen. It's called a macbook pro.
And the Palm Pilot was preceded by the Newton. Which was bigger and more reasonably defined as a tablet.
I still work at the place you used to work and while I'm sure that Windows 8 would be a nightmare to roll out to the entire corporation, I do have hopes that Windows 8 tablets will be able to provide our execs with playthings that are easier to manage than the iPads they currently have. Even that hope is somewhat dulled by the fact that WinRT won't be domain joinable.
If you go back and look at the blogosphere predictions for the iPhone they are comically wrong, so really nobody knows what will happen until it happens. One engineer I work with is convinced that Windows 8 will mark Microsoft's return to dominance and they will crush iOS and android. I think it could go either way. Their strategy of forcing the interface formerly known as Metro on everyone could pay off. If everyone adapts to metro then the halo effect will help sell Windows Phone 8 handsets and encourage developers to finally update their VB6 apps to something better suited to this millennium. On the other hand if a negative opinion of the interface formerly known as metro takes hold with the masses then they have another Vista situation and they will never stop the iOS/Android juggernauts.
I was hoping someone else would think of this. I wish I had some mod points for you.
While I'd love to have something like ssh for Windows standard, the fact of the matter is that Windows is a GUI environment, and ssh access to that just doesn't make sense - especially when compared to RDP (which, btw, is quite secure).
Actually I regularly use psexec to launch a command shell on remote windows systems. There are plenty of things that can be fixed remotely from a command line without interrupting users like an RDP session would. I would very much like to have both an ssh server and client included as part of windows by default.
Where are the Mac games? Where are the Mac game developers?
AppleTV runs iOS. It has more in common with the iPhone than the Mac. Last time I checked iOS had managed to generate some small interest from game developers.
I'd happily sell you a lower one for half that!
Tell that to people that bought PlaysForSure content from MSN only to find that Microsoft didn't even support their own DRM format when they released the Zune.
http://store.mozilla.org/product.asp?code=MZ80006& catid=1.
Hope this helps.
There are PS/2 to USB adapters. I use a similiar one to the link below with my iBook. http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat_id=1501& sku=27225
perhaps you should RTFA
Preach on my brotha!
I hate those damn "loosers"
Exactly. So many people go on and on about how Linux or MacOS would be hit just as hard as Windows if they had the same market share. So what? The reality is that in the here and now they are safer alternative. If it is because of superior design, or simply insufficent user base to make them juicy targets, the result it the same to the end user.
I'm currently working at a company that is migrating to WinXP in a very locked down environment. Everyone is a user and software restriction policies only allow files to be executed from specific locations. Users have no write access to C: at all... all user profiles and data are on D: (which is not allowed to execute anything).
My job is to make the apps work. It's horrible. We have to give write access to the app's dir in Program Files to probably 40% of the apps. Some apps require write access to the root of C:\. Many want to create/modify files in Windows and System32. Far too many insist on writing to HKLM and even HKCR.
We repackage all the apps as MSIs and include the needed permissions changes in the installer. By the time the apps are loaded, most machines security have been drastically compromised.
Yeah Mavis Beacon is the worst app ever. It creates a temp file in the system32 directory and it deletes the file when it's done running. So you can't even easily assign the necessary rights to allow it to run as a user. You pretty much have to give users full control of system32.
But now you can be a Mac Zealot and a Pompus Unix Geek at the same time! Its great!
Lol.
How many Newton users does it take to screw in a lightbult?
Faux! There to eat lemons, axe gravy soup!
Everyone keeps saying this. I really hope it's true. 10.2 runs well on my 700Mhz iBook but I'd like to see a little performance boost.
It's refreshing to see an OS upgrade that focuses on improving performance rather than just throwing a bunch of additional bloat and wizards at me.
Sure I do, because I read the article.
Of course on my laptop I just run mail.app
I agree. I've owned several notebooks and I've never purchased extended warranties for them. However, while I love my iBook, I've had to take it in for service twice in the first year (I just dropped it off at the Apple store last night actually). My one year warranty is almost up so I bought AppleCare. I'm hoping (assuming?) that I won't have any further problems but the insurance is worth it for me.
The only benefit to having it during the first year is that your phone support only lasts 90 days without it. I don't personally care about phone support so I waited until my year was almost up.
Bah, 458. Back in the first days of user IDs most of us were leary to create accounts. UIDs? UIDs? We don' need no steeking UIDs!
Eventually I think I created one to be able to store my preferences IIRC.