Just because they get an iOS device doesn't mean they are leaving Windows. There are over 400 million iOS devices in use (according to Apple) and only 66 million mac users. This means that the vast majority of Apple customers are Windows people.
>Anyone who does have deep dark secrets they wish to hide from the KGB, FBI, NSA, Gestapo or other such agencies, would not be using Skype or any other easily intercepted communication system.
So they are basically right. The NSA is already listening. Unless you're in a position to do something about it, might as well live your life and not worry about it.
Just because something strikes a nerve doesn’t make it ignorance, arrogance or bigotry. Religious explanations always give way to science. Evidence always beats faith. We learned what causes thunder and stopped believing it was supernatural. Evolution is a fact so we no longer need to believe that we have a special place in the universe or that it was "created" for us.
Apple already has a split of arm and x86 products and it doesn't seem confusing at all to people. People understand that things that run on their iPad don't run on their Air and the world keeps spinning just fine.
Sometimes when they lengthen the lives of rats or cure them of cancer I think it must be nice to be a lab rat. Certainly much better than being a lab rabbit apparently.
I no particular order: I like the ribbon in the Explorer window. I like storage spaces. I think I will like the new file history feature but I've not tried it yet. I *really* like having the task bar on each of my three displays. The new copy dialog is fun to use. The new task manager is way better. Being able to mount isos without a 3rd party add on is nice. I don't use metro apps on my desktop system because I don't like having everything full screen but it doesn't get in my way at all. Most of the things I use are pinned to the task bar so I don't even see it often and when I do I use it exactly like I used the start menu. But it may be that a killer metro app will come out that nobody predicted. If that happens I will be happy to pin it to one side of one of my displays so I can use it at the same time I use my desktop apps. Best of both worlds.
As I finish that rambling list I also have to say that I don't have a choice. I work in a technical field and can not let my skill set go out of date. I would not want to go into a job interview in a year or two and only be able to talk about things from a pre-Windows 8 perspective. If I didn't work in a technical field I could probably still get by just fine with XP.
We don’t let people who can’t read teach kids how to read. We don’t let people who can’t add/subtract teach kids math. It should just be a hiring requirement for science teaches that they accept evolution as fact.
They you are just making shit up, which is fine. More power to you but it's not based on anything. That's not how evolution works. Evolution doesn't plan ahead and there is zero evidence of a helping hand. There's also no scriptural basis to think this. None of the holy books say god helped us evolve from microscopic creatures over millions upon millions of years.
So you can think this but you're just making it up.
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It's not just MS though. Apple and Android are on the same train.
Touch response on Surface -> 25ms
500 bucks isn't a good windows laptop. If it's high quality and feels solid while still being super slim and light 500 bucks is good.
Just because they get an iOS device doesn't mean they are leaving Windows. There are over 400 million iOS devices in use (according to Apple) and only 66 million mac users. This means that the vast majority of Apple customers are Windows people.
Wait, so on android you have to use a freaking command line to do interesting things? I guess it really is Linux.
>Anyone who does have deep dark secrets they wish to hide from the KGB, FBI, NSA, Gestapo or other such agencies, would not be using Skype or any other easily intercepted communication system.
So they are basically right. The NSA is already listening. Unless you're in a position to do something about it, might as well live your life and not worry about it.
Could just put Win7 on it and be happy.
Regardless of which OS you are upgrading you should always make a backup first so you have a fallback if it all ends in pain.
Not really. SP1 fixed most of the issues. There are still more people using Vista than OSX.
Just because something strikes a nerve doesn’t make it ignorance, arrogance or bigotry. Religious explanations always give way to science. Evidence always beats faith. We learned what causes thunder and stopped believing it was supernatural. Evolution is a fact so we no longer need to believe that we have a special place in the universe or that it was "created" for us.
>I've always hated hot corners, and Windows 8 demands they be used a lot.
I don't like the hot corners either. Good thing there are keyboard equivalents to each of them. I like the keyboard so I'll just stick with those.
Yeah, get back to us when you have saved 10s of thousands of lives.
Wait, you didn't take a backup first? What were you thinking !?!
Apple already has a split of arm and x86 products and it doesn't seem confusing at all to people. People understand that things that run on their iPad don't run on their Air and the world keeps spinning just fine.
Sometimes when they lengthen the lives of rats or cure them of cancer I think it must be nice to be a lab rat. Certainly much better than being a lab rabbit apparently.
We call them birds. How does that disprove evolution?
You didn't watch the WWDC keynote did you? Tim Cook said all this same stuff.
Good point. Plus it probably doesn't work if your eyes are all red and swollen from pepper spray.
Not new stories. They got the issue figured out and fixed a long ways back. It's now the top console and quite profitable.
Exactly this. He and Buffet have publicly urged other billionaires to step up.
nostalgia for the 90s I'm guessing.
I no particular order: I like the ribbon in the Explorer window. I like storage spaces. I think I will like the new file history feature but I've not tried it yet. I *really* like having the task bar on each of my three displays. The new copy dialog is fun to use. The new task manager is way better. Being able to mount isos without a 3rd party add on is nice. I don't use metro apps on my desktop system because I don't like having everything full screen but it doesn't get in my way at all. Most of the things I use are pinned to the task bar so I don't even see it often and when I do I use it exactly like I used the start menu. But it may be that a killer metro app will come out that nobody predicted. If that happens I will be happy to pin it to one side of one of my displays so I can use it at the same time I use my desktop apps. Best of both worlds.
As I finish that rambling list I also have to say that I don't have a choice. I work in a technical field and can not let my skill set go out of date. I would not want to go into a job interview in a year or two and only be able to talk about things from a pre-Windows 8 perspective. If I didn't work in a technical field I could probably still get by just fine with XP.
We don’t let people who can’t read teach kids how to read.
We don’t let people who can’t add/subtract teach kids math.
It should just be a hiring requirement for science teaches that they accept evolution as fact.
They you are just making shit up, which is fine. More power to you but it's not based on anything.
That's not how evolution works. Evolution doesn't plan ahead and there is zero evidence of a helping hand.
There's also no scriptural basis to think this. None of the holy books say god helped us evolve from microscopic creatures over millions upon millions of years.
So you can think this but you're just making it up.
There is already so much evidence that the people who don't accept evolution should not be called skeptics. They are deniers.