Pretty sure they could have made a 8" 1024x768 if they wanted to when they released the first iPad. It could also have been bigger than 10". 10" was a choice. Just like 3.5" was on the iPhone.
The cellular modem must not cost more than $20 if integrated to a device. For many people it's worth it. The problem is the Apple tax on the cellular modem.
By "comparable", I guess you meant "all in one" and hard to repair/upgrade? There are some use cases for such a form factor but most people buying that would be better with a tower and discrete monitor. You can keep the monitor for 10 years and change/upgrade the tower every 5 years or less.
The Apple will fail first. The cheap plastic ones will survive better (the case might break but the circuits will be more protected because of the absorbtion of the plastic). Alluminium might look great but that's not the best material for survavibility in a drop test. There is an exception to that : a laptop with a SSD will always survive longer to that test since the HDD will be the first thing to break.
Apple do a bit better than the average, but their laptops cost much more. The study also says that premium laptops (>$1000) last longer. Given that Apple only sells premium laptops, we could except them to win hands down but isn't even the case as both Asus and Toshiba get a better score, and both of them sell cheap laptops.
Are you telling me that the intel CPU in a Mac Mini last longer than an intel CPU in a PC? Or that the Seagate/Western Digital hard drive in a Mac Mini last longer than the exact same hard drive in a PC? Apple do not use higher quality parts. They uses the same as everyone else. A PC at the same price point will last just as long, but will be more powerful.
When I bought my ipad2 it was loaded up with $300+ in apps I already paid for on the iPhone... I'm counting minutes for the next iPhone because my contract will be up and its a HUGE upgrade of stuff I ALREADY bought! (which is the same reason people keep buying windows on the desktop)
I've never seen someone so happy in being vendor-locked.
You probably need to see a retina display alongside a standard one to appreciate it.
It certainly makes more sense than HDTV does.
Are you telling that going from 720x480 to 1920x1080 (6x the pixels) makes a smaller difference than going from 1680x1050 to 2880x1800 (2.93x the pixels)? Especially since TVs are much larger, the increase in number of pixels make much more sense.
I don't see why people are hung up on a dongle. You have to have a cable, so what's the deal with a dongle being an issue? You could just leave it on the cable you know!
The 27" monitor has an ethernet port on it as well, in case you use an external monitor at work or home...
If you only use your PC at home this is fine. But this is a laptop. I tought the goal was to be able to bring it with you? The problem is that you will end up having to bring the dongle too. Just in case you need to use an ethernet network. Also, this is the kind of thing that you will loose and will be expensive to replace.
It's not only about more pixels that you can't see. It's about more pixels that you can see. You can see a lot more stuff on a 5" display than a 3.5" display so yes, it would be a big improvement. Of course the trade-off will be the size of the phone, but this display, as well as many current 720p displays, will still be superior to the one in the iPhone 4.
Pretty sure that even in 2012 other manufacturers are not interested by that display anymore. It is already beaten both in density and number of pixels.
Horizontal resolution is entirely irrelevant. Your ability to read lines peaks at about 80 characters. There's no limit to how long a column of text can be. Therefore, vertical resolution is the important issue.
Here is a simple solution. Just buy a cheap 1080p monitor and use it in portrait mode.
So again, I ask, what in all these odds and risks and everything, makes me evil for not vaccinating my child?
Yes.
Why? Because you only count the odds and risks for YOUR kid. You don't factor the global benefit of eradicating infectious deceases. Also, some people can't get the vaccine (because of allergies or whatever). And these people need the rest of us to be vaccinated.
64GB isn't a problem on PCs. But phones still ship with only 16GB. And people expect most of that space to be available for music, movies, etc. Not all reserved by the OS.
As I said, Windows 8 ARM will be a completely different product that Windows 8 x86.
The only thing they will unify is the name. But it will still be two different OS. Windows 8 PC will still need, just like Windows 7, a 10-15GB hard drive partition only for the OS as well as 1 or 2GB RAM. Windows 8 phone will only run on ARM processors, and will be much thinner. It won't run desktop applications (compiled for x86). Some application will look similar, but that's it. Don't expect Office to be the same for phone and PCs either.
Let the market decide. Either cap carbon emission or implement a cap and trade mechanism. Both would be effective (as long as the tax is high enough or the cap is low enough).
There is no false sense of urgency here. Acting now is cheaper than acting in 50 years. We can't stress this enough.
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Well I do about 6 Mbps. Isn't bluetooth limited to 3 Mbps minus overhead?
Galaxy Note 1 has a 16:10, 1280x800 display.
Pretty sure they could have made a 8" 1024x768 if they wanted to when they released the first iPad. It could also have been bigger than 10".
10" was a choice. Just like 3.5" was on the iPhone.
The cellular modem must not cost more than $20 if integrated to a device. For many people it's worth it. The problem is the Apple tax on the cellular modem.
Bluetooth thethering is slow (some people really use that?). Wifi is much faster and more convenient (on all laptops).
They aren't. My friend bought a 32" TV. When you read the small characters they actually say it's 31.5". 80 cm just happens to be 31.496".
The CPU makes no difference either at this point. It's all about the SSD.
By "comparable", I guess you meant "all in one" and hard to repair/upgrade? There are some use cases for such a form factor but most people buying that would be better with a tower and discrete monitor. You can keep the monitor for 10 years and change/upgrade the tower every 5 years or less.
The Apple will fail first. The cheap plastic ones will survive better (the case might break but the circuits will be more protected because of the absorbtion of the plastic). Alluminium might look great but that's not the best material for survavibility in a drop test.
There is an exception to that : a laptop with a SSD will always survive longer to that test since the HDD will be the first thing to break.
Apple is the most expensive brand of laptop and isn't even the most reliable, as shown by studies such as this one:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/53733771/Square-Trade-Laptop-Reliability-1109
Apple do a bit better than the average, but their laptops cost much more. The study also says that premium laptops (>$1000) last longer. Given that Apple only sells premium laptops, we could except them to win hands down but isn't even the case as both Asus and Toshiba get a better score, and both of them sell cheap laptops.
Are you telling me that the intel CPU in a Mac Mini last longer than an intel CPU in a PC? Or that the Seagate/Western Digital hard drive in a Mac Mini last longer than the exact same hard drive in a PC?
Apple do not use higher quality parts. They uses the same as everyone else. A PC at the same price point will last just as long, but will be more powerful.
When I bought my ipad2 it was loaded up with $300+ in apps I already paid for on the iPhone... I'm counting minutes for the next iPhone because my contract will be up and its a HUGE upgrade of stuff I ALREADY bought! (which is the same reason people keep buying windows on the desktop)
I've never seen someone so happy in being vendor-locked.
You don't. There are ethernet cables everywhere (friend's place, hotel, etc.)
You probably need to see a retina display alongside a standard one to appreciate it.
It certainly makes more sense than HDTV does.
Are you telling that going from 720x480 to 1920x1080 (6x the pixels) makes a smaller difference than going from 1680x1050 to 2880x1800 (2.93x the pixels)?
Especially since TVs are much larger, the increase in number of pixels make much more sense.
I don't see why people are hung up on a dongle. You have to have a cable, so what's the deal with a dongle being an issue? You could just leave it on the cable you know!
The 27" monitor has an ethernet port on it as well, in case you use an external monitor at work or home...
If you only use your PC at home this is fine. But this is a laptop. I tought the goal was to be able to bring it with you?
The problem is that you will end up having to bring the dongle too. Just in case you need to use an ethernet network. Also, this is the kind of thing that you will loose and will be expensive to replace.
It's like going from a 32" 720p TV to a 46" 1080p. The pixel density is about the same (although I didn't do the math) but the 46" is much better.
It's not only about more pixels that you can't see. It's about more pixels that you can see. You can see a lot more stuff on a 5" display than a 3.5" display so yes, it would be a big improvement. Of course the trade-off will be the size of the phone, but this display, as well as many current 720p displays, will still be superior to the one in the iPhone 4.
Pretty sure that even in 2012 other manufacturers are not interested by that display anymore. It is already beaten both in density and number of pixels.
It's not Google. Apple is the new Microsoft. Vendor lock-in and patent trivial things.
Horizontal resolution is entirely irrelevant. Your ability to read lines peaks at about 80 characters. There's no limit to how long a column of text can be. Therefore, vertical resolution is the important issue.
Here is a simple solution. Just buy a cheap 1080p monitor and use it in portrait mode.
if your kid is vaccinated, then why are you afraid of the infected others?
Because the vaccine doesn't have a 100% success rate.
So again, I ask, what in all these odds and risks and everything, makes me evil for not vaccinating my child?
Yes.
Why? Because you only count the odds and risks for YOUR kid. You don't factor the global benefit of eradicating infectious deceases. Also, some people can't get the vaccine (because of allergies or whatever). And these people need the rest of us to be vaccinated.
If it's not evil, it's at least selfish.
64GB isn't a problem on PCs. But phones still ship with only 16GB. And people expect most of that space to be available for music, movies, etc. Not all reserved by the OS.
As I said, Windows 8 ARM will be a completely different product that Windows 8 x86.
The only thing they will unify is the name.
But it will still be two different OS. Windows 8 PC will still need, just like Windows 7, a 10-15GB hard drive partition only for the OS as well as 1 or 2GB RAM. Windows 8 phone will only run on ARM processors, and will be much thinner. It won't run desktop applications (compiled for x86).
Some application will look similar, but that's it. Don't expect Office to be the same for phone and PCs either.
Wait, someone who wishes that Microsoft succeed against a Linux-based OS just got modded +5. Someone must have spoofed slashdot.org
Ok, so which emissions, and how?
Let the market decide. Either cap carbon emission or implement a cap and trade mechanism. Both would be effective (as long as the tax is high enough or the cap is low enough).
There is no false sense of urgency here. Acting now is cheaper than acting in 50 years. We can't stress this enough.