Even IDC has Apple's market share growing over 1 percentage point.
But the more interesting thing about that comparison: while both have nearly the same total for Q2 2012, their number for Q2 2011 is almost a million apart.
A PC built today is actually a lot better than one from five years ago, especially if you spend the same money. But if all you are doing is running Firefox on it you won't see much advantage.
Unless you are using Flash (or some other heavy client side computations).
From Wikipedia; "A flatline is an electrical time sequence measurement that shows no activity and therefore when represented, shows a flat line instead of a moving one. It almost always refers to either a flatlined [ECG or EEG] Both of these specific cases are involved in various definitions of death."
So unless he wasn't actually talking about the German Wikipedia entry (Flatline was one of the top groups of the German movie piracy scene), his usage was perfectly valid, if not used often.
When moving from XP to Win7/64 I noted that there were no 64-bit drivers for my shitty philips webcam.
The OS still installed. The computer still worked. The webcam was cheaply and easily replaced with another slightly less shitty one.
So install a different chipset-integrated GPU into those Macs, and you're good to go.
You inserted the question: "...why hasn't anyone implement it on a phone before Apple with or without using an actual bolt?" into the argument.
I replied with an example of a phone that did this exactly, and you just bluster on about moving goal posts?
Sam
And it didn't occur to you that this "without" implied a virtual bolt instead of a physical one - else the obviousness wouldn't exactly be obvious anymore. If you're not moving a bolt, you aren't obviously not using a bolt lock. So stop trying to move the goal posts and blaming it on me.
But sure, for you guys, everything has to be spelled out - but not in too many or too long words.
I assume that we will hear a LOT of that kind of reasoning from Apple fans. We saw that with the iPhone. Claims that anything larger was too big for anyone's hand, and any smaller was too small to see clearly.
What we actually saw was first people complaining that the iPhone being too big, and a few years later that it was too small - all while the i Phone dominated the market.
Turn off JavaScript if you're on an iOS device, and take a look at the google cache of the app's iTunes page. It was up on AppStore for a month and didn't even get enough downloads to get any ratings or rankings or reviews... even buried AC slashdot comments get more exposure than this app's AppStore page. I can't figure out what the purpose of the app is nor what the author was attempting to accomplish with this trojan.
Actually, it was up over a year with no updates. The Android app on Google Play however was updated a little over a month ago, had "100 - 500 downloads" and 2 1-star reviews.
There are many Apple fanbois out there effectively saying that Apple is justified in patenting the bleedingly obvious in its attempt to stifle competition and hurt society in general.
Should Google sue Apple's ass off for copying the prompting for confirmation of other information like Android has done for some time now?
I realize that Google is very unlikely to take Apple to court over something so bleedingly obvious - only an asshat of a company would do that...
That's what they are buying Motorola for.
Anyway, it's one thing pretending Google doesn't have quite some stupid patents, but wishing for them to sue over something they could never get a patent on because there are tons of prior art is the ultimate in brain dead fanboyism.
Quote TFA: "The malicious Find and Call app was also found in the Android Google Play store, though instances of malware on the Android platform are altogether more common.
In general, you can do work or you can answer questions from management, but you can't do both.
Not buying it; we're not talking about some open-source, crowd-funded underdog, here - If you're really trying to convince me that communicating with customers when things go wrong is too much work for a company that has more money than the government, you've got a tough road ahead.
It becomes even harder to convince me of such when taking into account Apple's history of deny,deny,deny.
That's one of the reasons I will never buy an iPhone or any iThing again. At least Android tells me what an application tries to do, so I decide not to install it.
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A computer is not a toaster. It can't be. It's inherently programmable. That's what it's for. A computer is not an appliance, it's a toolbox.
That's not elitism. That's just the nature of the beast.
I bet you are one of the idiots who made toasters harder to use just because "they've got a programmable chip inside".
Nah thanks, I prefer to run Windows natively for gaming etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_Camp_(software) - heck, you can buy a MacBook Pro and just use it for Windows (or Linux).
FTFA: Apple sales up 4.3%
Rigghht... when has Gartner ever been wrong?
Apple's Mac sales fell (IDC) or grew (Gartner) last quarter
Even IDC has Apple's market share growing over 1 percentage point.
But the more interesting thing about that comparison: while both have nearly the same total for Q2 2012, their number for Q2 2011 is almost a million apart.
"PC" means a computer descended from the original IBM standard.
So, a Mac, then?
No, only something that still has a ISA-Bus hidden somewhere, just in case you need it. And that cassette tape interface.
BTW, what can a 10" iPad do that a 10" or 11" netbook can't do for a much lower price?
Play Infinity Blade. Or pretty much anything with a touch interface. How about Garage Band.
A PC built today is actually a lot better than one from five years ago, especially if you spend the same money. But if all you are doing is running Firefox on it you won't see much advantage.
Unless you are using Flash (or some other heavy client side computations).
So unless he wasn't actually talking about the German Wikipedia entry (Flatline was one of the top groups of the German movie piracy scene), his usage was perfectly valid, if not used often.
Nonsense. Flat-lining is plummeting towards 0 sales. The term you're looking for is 'plateau.'
Epic fail. If you want to use it in that sense, it would be "has already reached 0 sales, and stays that way". What you are looking for is an excuse.
You have clients ... charge a little more and absorb the cost of new hardware. What's so hard about that?
Sure, but he is a MAC developer.
Ignoring how wrong your arguments about that were - nope he isn't. Why would he mention iOS when he is?
When moving from XP to Win7/64 I noted that there were no 64-bit drivers for my shitty philips webcam. The OS still installed. The computer still worked. The webcam was cheaply and easily replaced with another slightly less shitty one.
So install a different chipset-integrated GPU into those Macs, and you're good to go.
http://www.google.com/trends/?q=iphone+no+problem,android+no+problem&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all says it all.
You inserted the question: "...why hasn't anyone implement it on a phone before Apple with or without using an actual bolt?" into the argument.
I replied with an example of a phone that did this exactly, and you just bluster on about moving goal posts?
Sam
And it didn't occur to you that this "without" implied a virtual bolt instead of a physical one - else the obviousness wouldn't exactly be obvious anymore. If you're not moving a bolt, you aren't obviously not using a bolt lock. So stop trying to move the goal posts and blaming it on me. But sure, for you guys, everything has to be spelled out - but not in too many or too long words.
Makes sense as they are a consumer brand and not targeting the workplace.
I guess the -1 means apple fanboys thought you were trying to slander the company.
I'm sure it must be something else, probably why mine will be modded down too. I wonder if you can spot it now.
Why did this get marked down?
Because of the inflammatory headline maybe?
If you would understand a thing or two about patents you would know.
that you have no clue about patents. Especially not about "prior art".
It looks to me like they stole technology from the F35 helmet system.
Mind telling us how they reverse engineered top-secret military technology?
I assume that we will hear a LOT of that kind of reasoning from Apple fans. We saw that with the iPhone. Claims that anything larger was too big for anyone's hand, and any smaller was too small to see clearly.
What we actually saw was first people complaining that the iPhone being too big, and a few years later that it was too small - all while the i Phone dominated the market.
Turn off JavaScript if you're on an iOS device, and take a look at the google cache of the app's iTunes page. It was up on AppStore for a month and didn't even get enough downloads to get any ratings or rankings or reviews... even buried AC slashdot comments get more exposure than this app's AppStore page. I can't figure out what the purpose of the app is nor what the author was attempting to accomplish with this trojan.
Actually, it was up over a year with no updates. The Android app on Google Play however was updated a little over a month ago, had "100 - 500 downloads" and 2 1-star reviews.
There are many Apple fanbois out there effectively saying that Apple is justified in patenting the bleedingly obvious in its attempt to stifle competition and hurt society in general.
Should Google sue Apple's ass off for copying the prompting for confirmation of other information like Android has done for some time now?
I realize that Google is very unlikely to take Apple to court over something so bleedingly obvious - only an asshat of a company would do that...
That's what they are buying Motorola for.
Anyway, it's one thing pretending Google doesn't have quite some stupid patents, but wishing for them to sue over something they could never get a patent on because there are tons of prior art is the ultimate in brain dead fanboyism.
While Android is well known for malware,
in theory, and not in practice that is.
Quote TFA: "The malicious Find and Call app was also found in the Android Google Play store, though instances of malware on the Android platform are altogether more common.
Oh please, Android has had built-in controls for application data access better than iOS6's for ages
And still apps get around them, as my link proves.
In general, you can do work or you can answer questions from management, but you can't do both.
Not buying it; we're not talking about some open-source, crowd-funded underdog, here - If you're really trying to convince me that communicating with customers when things go wrong is too much work for a company that has more money than the government, you've got a tough road ahead. It becomes even harder to convince me of such when taking into account Apple's history of deny, deny, deny.
Yawn. Apple commented that it was looking into the problem last night, and has now confirmed that it has been fixed.
Meanwhile: Google denies Android botnet claim, Google denies preventing anti-competition probe, Google denies 'cooking' search results,Samsung denies, and Samsung remains adamant in denying its full responsibility and unwilling to pay due compensation to all the deceased workers..
Didn't the iOS LinkeIn App get caught doing similar over a month ago? http://blog.skycure.com/2012/06/linkedout-linkedin-privacy-issue.html
IOW it's no different than the Android LinkeIn app.
What do they do with Android phones? They have tethering built into the OS.
As does iOS.
That's one of the reasons I will never buy an iPhone or any iThing again. At least Android tells me what an application tries to do, so I decide not to install it.
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