I use whois it to determine the nature of traffic. I typically don't bother with contact information, I'm just looking for information I can use to identify whether the traffic is legitimate or not, so I know which PC to pull from the network,
I did have a choice. I opted to upgrade as soon as it was available.
I am also aware of the LTSB releases of Windows 10, and so can load one of those if I so chose, giving myself full control over which Windows 10 release I'm on. Beyond that I have researched Linux distributions which will work with my Surface Pro 4, and can switch away if I tire of Windows itself.
The specs of your 2010 Mac Mini are probably about on par with my slightly older Core 2 Duo Vista/Dell Inspiron gaming rig. It just has a slightly better Geforce GT 240 graphics card.
I do if you are complaining about an entry level Surface Laptop not being able to run databases. May as well complain about the hauling capacity of a Prius, while comparing it to a two ton truck.
Would you run your databases on a $299 or $399 laptop? Thought not. This ain't a a $800 laptop, its an $800 centerpiece. A piece of jewlry.
Hyperbole on the performance of the Surface? No problems with my Sueface Pro 4 performance wise.
Not saying the Surface Laptop is a bargain, cause it ain't. But it ought to be adequate for most users. Ones who would likely get a $399 to $499 laptop.
10 S is crap for business, unless you're lucky enough to have all your apps available through the app store. Even VMWare Horizon, a common remote desktop app to replace VPN, only has a crappy UWP/Metro app in the store. You have to use the x86 app to get full functionality.
Pretty sure the summary said this had a 128GB SSD. Far too small for most uses of a laptop.
You really need to pay attention to the OS, reportedly it has the Windows 10 S. It is a tablet OS on a laptop form factor device, that is underpowered for its price range.
Didn't see the OS when I checked the website, but Windows 10 S was a feature of the laptop at launch, so,...
It ain't that heavy, and I often rest my tablet on my chest while lying down anyway. Just let you arm bear the weight, rather than your fingers. Never get tired holding it that way.
As for laps, you've never used one on your lap for extended periods, undoubtedly. If you use the rear extension in the manner you describe, yeah, unstable. The rear extension is much more versatile, and accomodating however. Very easy to use on a lap when not in a bus, car, or airplane.
How old is your i3? Early i3's were dual thread processors. The Core M3 is hyper threaded for four simultaneous threads, apparently has a higher cache.
While an M3 can't compete withthe performance of a current generation i5, it likely compares to the earliest i5 processors in laptops.
The M3 is no slouch, and I haven't noticed any slowdown, aside from gaming. Its more than enough for the Surface Pro 4 for my day to day use.
That said, not sure what the target market is for this laptop.
Base specs between a Celeron and a Core M3 are similar, but I am very confident that the Core M3 can toast a similarly spec'd Celeron.
For one, the Core M3 is hyper-threaded, so it has four threads. I'm sure your Celeron is only a dual thread. Those extra threads likely compensate for the Core M3 being slightly underpowered.
Another thing is the Celeron's lack of cache and instruction sets. For tasks require a single core and raw clock speeds the two are about on par, for much anything else the Core M3 is very noticeably faster.
The gimped RAM, HDD, and OS are bigger considerations. And the fact that the touch screen is not detachable to use as a tablet.
A Surface Pro is a versatile device, not a server. It isn't intended to run databases.
Either you should have Intel Xeon based hardware with remote access infrastructure, or you are a very niche customer such as a software consultant/vendor.
Why worry about a thermal limit when the CPU is more powerful than required for your daily needs. We're not living in the early days where overclocking was a thing. We're living in the post-scarcity world of computing, where people talk about throwing javascript bitcoin miners into a site and expect it to go unnoticed.
The CPU compares favorably to my decade old Core 2 Duo, which I have not had need to replace.
The Surface Pro is a thing of beauty. I found out what I was missing from my computing experience.
I did pay about $1,000 for a Surface Pro 4 kit. Still got a few pieces left to acquire though. If you are not going to use the accessories, not much reason to purchase a Surface Pro. It is the accessories which expand the devices capabilities and make it worth the price.
Not everybody who uses a laptop uses it primarily on their laps.
I also don't need a lot of tablet centric apps. As long as the screen isn't so tiny my fingers won't work for a web browser. I primarily use the tablet functions for reading the news, and email, and watching videos. Don't need anything else in that mode, really.
As far as the laptop mode goes, it works well enough for where I use it. If I'm going to be doing serious computing, I'm going to be sitting at a table or desk. Otherwise the keyboard gets out of the way as soon as I am done with it. On the rare occasion I travel, I am usually driving, thus I never use the Surface while traveling. Only when I get to a hotel.
Even better, when I do use it on my lap, I don't use the stand as a leg, but lay the top over my crossed leg, and use the stand to keep it from sliding down. Works well enough I haven't ever wanted a laptop.
Finally, the Surface Pro Dock is a thing of beauty. Really makes it extremely useful in an office setting, to carry between meetings and such.
I disagree. AI will likely be inflexible, and humans are a diverse and dynamic group. Infinite diversity in infinite combinations may apply. Also, what can go wrong will go wrong.
AI cannot adapt to the wide diversity, nor effectively apply thing like grace and forgiveness.
What is the point? That Surface laptop is priced similarly to the entry level Surface Pro, but without any of the advantages. Is a traditional keyboard worth giving up the versatility of the Surface platform?
1. Change the clutch on my car.
- An AI in a robotics shop will be able to assemble and disassemble vehicles. This is kind of where AI began, with Ford's assembly line. Eventually changing the clutch won't be a problem. Older models will be considered hobbyist, not job creating work.
2. Fix my home's AC.
- How many different ways can an AC break? The question isn't whether an AI powered robot can fix AC, but whether it is cost effective to do so.
3. Trim my trees.
- Is this a matter of art and presentation, or function? Safety would be a concern, we are a long way off from feasibly being able to turn an AI driven "killer robot" loose in the yard and expect it to only trim trees.
4. Talk to me about my investments.
- Simple investment advice based on trends and spreadsheets? AI's cheap and effective. The ability to teach you about your investments and/or investing is something AI may never be able to do. At any rate, it would require very advanced AI to be able to speak in layman's terms.
5. Diagnose my illness (without a doctor as the interface)
- AI is already making progress in this area. AI doctors are on their way. At the very least this reduces the need for highly skilled medical professionals, as those fewer professionals would be able to focus on outliers or challenging illnesses.
6. Teach my kids.
- Teach your kids what? This is one of the targets for AI, getting it to pass a Turing test. Children typically have simpler questions for which there is usually adequate knowledge and refinement to turn into an AI. Most of what your kids learn in school can be taught by AI.
7. Police my neighborhood.
- I'd agree with this. Policing is a very complex and intuition heavy job, very centered on the human experience. Basic surveillance, such as speeding ticket cameras, and home security systems are probably a significant portion of AI's abilities in this area.
8. Put out a house fire.
- AI ought to exceed here, outside of the first responder issue. Too many variables between a fire station and a fire. If you can get an AI and equipment to a house fire, then it can make better decisions on how to reduce or minimize damage to your house and belongings. Potentially an AI with the proper sensors would better be able to rescue trapped pets and humans without risking loss of life of first responders. However, due to the lack of savings an AI and robotics combination will bring, I doubt any use of AI in the firefighting arena to affect jobs anytime in the near future.
9. Rescue someone.
- Back to the above. Depends on the circumstances, and the risk to bystanders. Rescuing individuals often entails going "outside the script", or encountering circumstances which are "outside the script". However, there may be many types of risk which can have programmed mitigations, or nearly foolproof fallback plans. The more we can system-ize something, the greater the possibility we can turn that system into an AI program.
10. Get elected and participate in government.
- Actually, I see this as a possibility. There would be some concerns as to what areas AI would be safe to govern, not everything should be a simple pre-programmed response. And learning AI is about implementing what we would "pre-program" into the AI given infinite time and resources.
It isn't completely insane advice. Buy low, sell high.
The question is this the low, or whats left of the high? If enough people buy now it could stabilize the stock, staving off panic, and potentially creating another bubble. Which means he might be right that this is the time to buy. But remember, this is a very expensive game of hot potato. I'm leaning more towards this being the end of bitcoin, or the beginning of the end. If this crash is slow enough it might actually become a currency.
You can't test for every variable. And exploits abound. Sometimes you need a proof to explain the severity of a risk or choice.
Its the old alcoholics anonymous argument. You can micromanage, spending enormous resources on never ending mitigation and remediation, or you can let a person or organization "hit rock bottom" and get a sense of the horror and self-correct.
A competent I.T. lead doesn't mean an organization is competent with I.T.
Mandatory meetings regarding "reply to" and "from" don't necessarily do squat. Even when they do help, it only helps to contain the damage. An organization is only as strong or as competent as its weakest link.
A bridge for lego men doesn't have to be built with the same standards as a bridge for people.
Similarly, different bridge construction techniques and knowledge are needed for different types of bridges. You don't need to know how to build the Golden Gate bridge to built a simple arch bridge over a stream in a garden.
The other point is that failures in I.T. shouldn't be anywhere near as disastrous in the lower experience levels as in bridge building. Loss of life should not be a risk. Even loss of data shouldn't be a significant risk. The skill level of a programmer should reflect the value of data he is addressing. Not all data is valuable enough to pay a programmer several hundred grand a year. And some programs barely touch any data at all.
Might be a good comment. Just because we can, doesn't mean we should. Who benefits from a large base of barely coders?
One of Microsoft's advatages early was was that it was easy to program for. Bring down the difficulty of programming, and you bring down the cost of the programmer. Bring down the cost of the programmer, and you bring down the cost of the software. Bring down the cost of the software and you open up the market.
However, bring the time and knowledge to program down too low, and you end up with bad programmers and users that blame the OS and/or computer, not the skill level of the programmer.
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I use whois it to determine the nature of traffic. I typically don't bother with contact information, I'm just looking for information I can use to identify whether the traffic is legitimate or not, so I know which PC to pull from the network,
I did have a choice. I opted to upgrade as soon as it was available.
I am also aware of the LTSB releases of Windows 10, and so can load one of those if I so chose, giving myself full control over which Windows 10 release I'm on. Beyond that I have researched Linux distributions which will work with my Surface Pro 4, and can switch away if I tire of Windows itself.
The specs of your 2010 Mac Mini are probably about on par with my slightly older Core 2 Duo Vista/Dell Inspiron gaming rig. It just has a slightly better Geforce GT 240 graphics card.
I do if you are complaining about an entry level Surface Laptop not being able to run databases. May as well complain about the hauling capacity of a Prius, while comparing it to a two ton truck.
Would you run your databases on a $299 or $399 laptop? Thought not. This ain't a a $800 laptop, its an $800 centerpiece. A piece of jewlry.
Hyperbole on the performance of the Surface? No problems with my Sueface Pro 4 performance wise.
Not saying the Surface Laptop is a bargain, cause it ain't. But it ought to be adequate for most users. Ones who would likely get a $399 to $499 laptop.
10 S is crap for business, unless you're lucky enough to have all your apps available through the app store. Even VMWare Horizon, a common remote desktop app to replace VPN, only has a crappy UWP/Metro app in the store. You have to use the x86 app to get full functionality.
Yes, all Surface devices have wireless.
Pretty sure the summary said this had a 128GB SSD. Far too small for most uses of a laptop.
You really need to pay attention to the OS, reportedly it has the Windows 10 S. It is a tablet OS on a laptop form factor device, that is underpowered for its price range.
Didn't see the OS when I checked the website, but Windows 10 S was a feature of the laptop at launch, so,...
It ain't that heavy, and I often rest my tablet on my chest while lying down anyway. Just let you arm bear the weight, rather than your fingers. Never get tired holding it that way.
As for laps, you've never used one on your lap for extended periods, undoubtedly. If you use the rear extension in the manner you describe, yeah, unstable. The rear extension is much more versatile, and accomodating however. Very easy to use on a lap when not in a bus, car, or airplane.
How old is your i3? Early i3's were dual thread processors. The Core M3 is hyper threaded for four simultaneous threads, apparently has a higher cache.
While an M3 can't compete withthe performance of a current generation i5, it likely compares to the earliest i5 processors in laptops.
The M3 is no slouch, and I haven't noticed any slowdown, aside from gaming. Its more than enough for the Surface Pro 4 for my day to day use.
That said, not sure what the target market is for this laptop.
Base specs between a Celeron and a Core M3 are similar, but I am very confident that the Core M3 can toast a similarly spec'd Celeron.
For one, the Core M3 is hyper-threaded, so it has four threads. I'm sure your Celeron is only a dual thread. Those extra threads likely compensate for the Core M3 being slightly underpowered.
Another thing is the Celeron's lack of cache and instruction sets. For tasks require a single core and raw clock speeds the two are about on par, for much anything else the Core M3 is very noticeably faster.
The gimped RAM, HDD, and OS are bigger considerations. And the fact that the touch screen is not detachable to use as a tablet.
A Surface Pro is a versatile device, not a server. It isn't intended to run databases.
Either you should have Intel Xeon based hardware with remote access infrastructure, or you are a very niche customer such as a software consultant/vendor.
Yes. Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, Fall Creators Update.
The ability to link incongruous information, doesn't equate to flexibility.
It equates to either errors in logic, or clarity of insight. The former is very bad, the latter is simply still inflexible.
What's worse is the Windows Store is pretty much dead. Only found one app worth downloading. A wifi diagnostic app.
Why worry about a thermal limit when the CPU is more powerful than required for your daily needs. We're not living in the early days where overclocking was a thing. We're living in the post-scarcity world of computing, where people talk about throwing javascript bitcoin miners into a site and expect it to go unnoticed.
The CPU compares favorably to my decade old Core 2 Duo, which I have not had need to replace.
The Surface Pro is a thing of beauty. I found out what I was missing from my computing experience. I did pay about $1,000 for a Surface Pro 4 kit. Still got a few pieces left to acquire though. If you are not going to use the accessories, not much reason to purchase a Surface Pro. It is the accessories which expand the devices capabilities and make it worth the price.
Not everybody who uses a laptop uses it primarily on their laps.
I also don't need a lot of tablet centric apps. As long as the screen isn't so tiny my fingers won't work for a web browser. I primarily use the tablet functions for reading the news, and email, and watching videos. Don't need anything else in that mode, really.
As far as the laptop mode goes, it works well enough for where I use it. If I'm going to be doing serious computing, I'm going to be sitting at a table or desk. Otherwise the keyboard gets out of the way as soon as I am done with it. On the rare occasion I travel, I am usually driving, thus I never use the Surface while traveling. Only when I get to a hotel.
Even better, when I do use it on my lap, I don't use the stand as a leg, but lay the top over my crossed leg, and use the stand to keep it from sliding down. Works well enough I haven't ever wanted a laptop.
Finally, the Surface Pro Dock is a thing of beauty. Really makes it extremely useful in an office setting, to carry between meetings and such.
I disagree. AI will likely be inflexible, and humans are a diverse and dynamic group. Infinite diversity in infinite combinations may apply. Also, what can go wrong will go wrong.
AI cannot adapt to the wide diversity, nor effectively apply thing like grace and forgiveness.
What is the point? That Surface laptop is priced similarly to the entry level Surface Pro, but without any of the advantages. Is a traditional keyboard worth giving up the versatility of the Surface platform?
1. Change the clutch on my car.
- An AI in a robotics shop will be able to assemble and disassemble vehicles. This is kind of where AI began, with Ford's assembly line. Eventually changing the clutch won't be a problem. Older models will be considered hobbyist, not job creating work.
2. Fix my home's AC.
- How many different ways can an AC break? The question isn't whether an AI powered robot can fix AC, but whether it is cost effective to do so.
3. Trim my trees.
- Is this a matter of art and presentation, or function? Safety would be a concern, we are a long way off from feasibly being able to turn an AI driven "killer robot" loose in the yard and expect it to only trim trees.
4. Talk to me about my investments.
- Simple investment advice based on trends and spreadsheets? AI's cheap and effective. The ability to teach you about your investments and/or investing is something AI may never be able to do. At any rate, it would require very advanced AI to be able to speak in layman's terms.
5. Diagnose my illness (without a doctor as the interface)
- AI is already making progress in this area. AI doctors are on their way. At the very least this reduces the need for highly skilled medical professionals, as those fewer professionals would be able to focus on outliers or challenging illnesses.
6. Teach my kids.
- Teach your kids what? This is one of the targets for AI, getting it to pass a Turing test. Children typically have simpler questions for which there is usually adequate knowledge and refinement to turn into an AI. Most of what your kids learn in school can be taught by AI.
7. Police my neighborhood.
- I'd agree with this. Policing is a very complex and intuition heavy job, very centered on the human experience. Basic surveillance, such as speeding ticket cameras, and home security systems are probably a significant portion of AI's abilities in this area.
8. Put out a house fire.
- AI ought to exceed here, outside of the first responder issue. Too many variables between a fire station and a fire. If you can get an AI and equipment to a house fire, then it can make better decisions on how to reduce or minimize damage to your house and belongings. Potentially an AI with the proper sensors would better be able to rescue trapped pets and humans without risking loss of life of first responders. However, due to the lack of savings an AI and robotics combination will bring, I doubt any use of AI in the firefighting arena to affect jobs anytime in the near future.
9. Rescue someone.
- Back to the above. Depends on the circumstances, and the risk to bystanders. Rescuing individuals often entails going "outside the script", or encountering circumstances which are "outside the script". However, there may be many types of risk which can have programmed mitigations, or nearly foolproof fallback plans. The more we can system-ize something, the greater the possibility we can turn that system into an AI program.
10. Get elected and participate in government.
- Actually, I see this as a possibility. There would be some concerns as to what areas AI would be safe to govern, not everything should be a simple pre-programmed response. And learning AI is about implementing what we would "pre-program" into the AI given infinite time and resources.
It isn't completely insane advice. Buy low, sell high.
The question is this the low, or whats left of the high? If enough people buy now it could stabilize the stock, staving off panic, and potentially creating another bubble. Which means he might be right that this is the time to buy. But remember, this is a very expensive game of hot potato. I'm leaning more towards this being the end of bitcoin, or the beginning of the end. If this crash is slow enough it might actually become a currency.
You can't test for every variable. And exploits abound. Sometimes you need a proof to explain the severity of a risk or choice.
Its the old alcoholics anonymous argument. You can micromanage, spending enormous resources on never ending mitigation and remediation, or you can let a person or organization "hit rock bottom" and get a sense of the horror and self-correct.
A competent I.T. lead doesn't mean an organization is competent with I.T.
Mandatory meetings regarding "reply to" and "from" don't necessarily do squat. Even when they do help, it only helps to contain the damage. An organization is only as strong or as competent as its weakest link.
A bridge for lego men doesn't have to be built with the same standards as a bridge for people.
Similarly, different bridge construction techniques and knowledge are needed for different types of bridges. You don't need to know how to build the Golden Gate bridge to built a simple arch bridge over a stream in a garden.
The other point is that failures in I.T. shouldn't be anywhere near as disastrous in the lower experience levels as in bridge building. Loss of life should not be a risk. Even loss of data shouldn't be a significant risk. The skill level of a programmer should reflect the value of data he is addressing. Not all data is valuable enough to pay a programmer several hundred grand a year. And some programs barely touch any data at all.
Might be a good comment. Just because we can, doesn't mean we should. Who benefits from a large base of barely coders?
One of Microsoft's advatages early was was that it was easy to program for. Bring down the difficulty of programming, and you bring down the cost of the programmer. Bring down the cost of the programmer, and you bring down the cost of the software. Bring down the cost of the software and you open up the market.
However, bring the time and knowledge to program down too low, and you end up with bad programmers and users that blame the OS and/or computer, not the skill level of the programmer.