I think you'll find that this is what most people use netbooks for... Web, e-mail, playing music, simple online games or solitaire.
It's really not surprising that the iPad is destroying netbook sales here as it presents that functionality in an intuitive and aesthetically pleasing way. Most people don't care about the keyboard... they wouldn't be using it most of the time on a PC either.
Sure, it isn't appealing to a lot of people on this site who like to mess about with computers, do coding, etc, but that's not who it's aimed at. I'm surprised at the amount of people here who don't understand that.
I regularly look up things on the web with my iPhone when I'm at home, or out and about. I don't *want* flash, and the keyboard (yes there is one... and it's actually quite easy/fast to use) tends to only be used for entering a search query, or login details.
Hardly a crippled device, apart from the screen size. It does everything it needs to do and saves turning on a computer or even having one in the livingroom.
What Canonical needs to do differently for instance is offer music in Ogg Vorbis format through their Ubuntu One Music Store. I'm wondering why they don't.
I believe I speak for a lot of people when I say it won't play on my iPod, so I won't buy it.
And let's not get into converting between lossy file formats. MP3 at anything less than 256kbps sucks enough without converting it and losing more quality.
I've worked as an IT consultant in an Arabic speaking country. In all my time there I've not seen a browser that didn't handle Arabic text (apart from early versions of Chromium), and I've seen plenty of mixed up Arabic/Latin text that makes sense to the people reading it.
As for the TLDs and ccTLDs though... both Chromium and Firefox seem unable to render them properly on Ubuntu. I'm pretty sure that one of the OS X browsers did it correctly though.
For this to behave differently in the browser of a non Arabic speaker, there would have to exist a special version of the browser that doesn't handle this correctly. OS X and Ubuntu handle Arabic text without having to install any special language packs. I guess Windows might do that too. I don't recall having any problems with Solaris either.
I just tried it on Windows XP. It's a millisecond or two slower than Ubuntu on the same hardware.
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I had a quick look at the Wikipedia article on this memory (also known as PRAM) and didn't see anything about its performance relative to flash memory. Does anyone know what that's like? I imagine it's probably faster. It also has a longer lifespan.
if Flash is a sticking point, why not get a competitors product?
It's not as much of a sticking point has having iTunes, and syncing with iCal, Address Book and Safari Bookmarks OTA. Oh, and the iTunes Remote app saves me having to get off my ass to change the music that's playing in my apartment.
Disclaimer: I'm not an Apple Fanboy... I just have what works well for me. I have two PC laptops too, which I find are better suited to the work I do.
BMW Z4? I've had other cars with no space for a spare that didn't have run flats. Contrary to popular belief, this is perfectly legal. I'm sure not all countries (and all states) have the same regulations here though.
the RPC service was disabled because of this so we were unable to use a USB stick
Why would you need RPC to access a USB stick? That sounds like a terrible performance overhead and just asking for security problems. I don't think anybody in their right mind would design such a system.
Operating system updates are pushed out through iTunes when the phone/iPod is docked. Other app updates are pushed out OTA. There is no e-mail involved. I suspect the iPhone platform is not the only one that has users receiving such e-mails.
Drive through any suburban sprawl and you'll notice something missing: green space for kids to play; whether it's basketball, baseball, or just running around.
I live in a suburban sprawl, in Southern California. Totally different from previous places I lived in (real cities). I see plently of places kids can (and do) play in, including the lawn outside where my apartment is, basketball and tennis courts across the road, the beach and the many parks in the surrounding area (although you'd need to go there in a car).
Just for comparison, I have 20:20 vision and pixels become invisible at between 3 and 4 feet from my 15.4" 1920 x 1200 laptop. I'll have to go home and try on a screen 4 times that size with around half of the resolution. I'm sure 12 feet away isn't that ridiculous.
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So only divorced, widowed or dead people can buy them?
If she needs it now, she needs it now. Waiting a year doesn't let her use it now, so why bother suggesting that?
I think you'll find that this is what most people use netbooks for... Web, e-mail, playing music, simple online games or solitaire.
It's really not surprising that the iPad is destroying netbook sales here as it presents that functionality in an intuitive and aesthetically pleasing way. Most people don't care about the keyboard... they wouldn't be using it most of the time on a PC either.
Sure, it isn't appealing to a lot of people on this site who like to mess about with computers, do coding, etc, but that's not who it's aimed at. I'm surprised at the amount of people here who don't understand that.
I regularly look up things on the web with my iPhone when I'm at home, or out and about. I don't *want* flash, and the keyboard (yes there is one... and it's actually quite easy/fast to use) tends to only be used for entering a search query, or login details.
Hardly a crippled device, apart from the screen size. It does everything it needs to do and saves turning on a computer or even having one in the livingroom.
I believe I speak for a lot of people when I say it won't play on my iPod, so I won't buy it.
And let's not get into converting between lossy file formats. MP3 at anything less than 256kbps sucks enough without converting it and losing more quality.
I've worked as an IT consultant in an Arabic speaking country. In all my time there I've not seen a browser that didn't handle Arabic text (apart from early versions of Chromium), and I've seen plenty of mixed up Arabic/Latin text that makes sense to the people reading it.
As for the TLDs and ccTLDs though... both Chromium and Firefox seem unable to render them properly on Ubuntu. I'm pretty sure that one of the OS X browsers did it correctly though.
For this to behave differently in the browser of a non Arabic speaker, there would have to exist a special version of the browser that doesn't handle this correctly. OS X and Ubuntu handle Arabic text without having to install any special language packs. I guess Windows might do that too. I don't recall having any problems with Solaris either.
I just tried it on Windows XP. It's a millisecond or two slower than Ubuntu on the same hardware.
Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:
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Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128
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Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
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There is nothing wrong with that phrase.
Why is this modded troll?
You're thinking of a "record low" rather than "historic low".
Care to point out which part of the code acts as a keylogger?
In Ubuntu, from the System menu choose Administration then "USB Startup Disk Creator".
Put the USB stick in, select a CD image of the operating system you want to use, and click "Make startup disk".
At the risk of being modded off-topic, I'd like to suggest that it depends if you're filling it or emptying it.
I had a quick look at the Wikipedia article on this memory (also known as PRAM) and didn't see anything about its performance relative to flash memory. Does anyone know what that's like? I imagine it's probably faster. It also has a longer lifespan.
It's not as much of a sticking point has having iTunes, and syncing with iCal, Address Book and Safari Bookmarks OTA. Oh, and the iTunes Remote app saves me having to get off my ass to change the music that's playing in my apartment.
Disclaimer: I'm not an Apple Fanboy... I just have what works well for me. I have two PC laptops too, which I find are better suited to the work I do.
BMW Z4? I've had other cars with no space for a spare that didn't have run flats. Contrary to popular belief, this is perfectly legal. I'm sure not all countries (and all states) have the same regulations here though.
What does the Drug Enforcement Administration have to do with this?
Why would you need RPC to access a USB stick? That sounds like a terrible performance overhead and just asking for security problems. I don't think anybody in their right mind would design such a system.
Operating system updates are pushed out through iTunes when the phone/iPod is docked. Other app updates are pushed out OTA. There is no e-mail involved. I suspect the iPhone platform is not the only one that has users receiving such e-mails.
What's a PowerPoint?
I live in a suburban sprawl, in Southern California. Totally different from previous places I lived in (real cities). I see plently of places kids can (and do) play in, including the lawn outside where my apartment is, basketball and tennis courts across the road, the beach and the many parks in the surrounding area (although you'd need to go there in a car).
Parents do though.
I'm aware that the middle is not a solid color at 3ft, and I can see the rough edges. Can't see individual pixels in the middle though.
At 2ft I can. I've just noticed that on this screen I can't tell if fonts are anti-aliased at anything beyond about 2ft.
I think the word is "inconspicuous".
Here. There are some others if you look around. The D820 there is pretty old now.
Just for comparison, I have 20:20 vision and pixels become invisible at between 3 and 4 feet from my 15.4" 1920 x 1200 laptop. I'll have to go home and try on a screen 4 times that size with around half of the resolution. I'm sure 12 feet away isn't that ridiculous.