Yeah, screwed him over by founding a company with him.
Funny how when it comes to Steve Jobs, everyone suddenly has much higher moral standards and assume they know everything about some story they've read.
It does makes sense to re-write things, because even if the capability increases, you'll still get better performance and battery life if you design with efficiency in mind.
The main problem is that Windows is designed for a mouse and keyboard. They can add all the touchscreen layers of functionality onto the OS they want, but there will still be many apps that will need to be re-written to take advantage of the tablet form. I doubt MS will ever release an iPad-style tablet with a desktop OS again -- at least if they get a clue.
Still not buying the idea that the Courier was an idea worth implementing. Until it has a single, flexible/foldable display, it just doesn't work. "Here's a photo of my family. My wife's face has be split in two, and my kid has her armed hacked off, but you can still make them out!" Sure, you could just display the photo on one screen, but then the other screen is only useful for displaying what would otherwise only be a swipe-gesture away.
Can we please stop the BS over the iPad's price? It's a bargain when you look at the technology inside it. It has a case made of machined aluminium and an IPS display, things you just don't find on any cheap netbooks. And while they may be more expensive than most netbooks, they're still cheaper than most decent laptops. They're cheaper than a decent mountain bike or a big screen TV, among other common products.
The Tesla has two braking systems: The traditional disk brakes and the regenerative braking from the motor. I'm guessing the problem was with the motor braking.
Clarkson doesn't just drive aggressively when testing cars on their track, he often thrashes them. The Tesla is a sports car, but it wasn't designed to be constantly power-slid around corners etc.
I got the article on my iPad, although it took ages to load because it loaded a set of unrelated images along the top before displaying the actual content. Similar problem on the full version of the site on a slow connection: all the crap in the side bar has to load before the actual article will appear. Then there are all the links that just go to their own site, making the off-site source link hard to find.
The other thing to consider is that in order to not have the laptop tip over, the base must be heavier than the screen, or you need additional support, or a clever folding mechanism, etc. The keyboard is also going to be quite bulky, unless you want an ultra thin keyboard at the expense of keyboard feel.
If you like Objective C, Apple's tablet is acceptable (maybe not very good, but good enough), but if you prefer to use any of the other 99.9% of computer languages and libraries, you lose.
Doesn't seem to have prevented people from writing decent software for iOS, though. Supporting just one language makes things simpler -- that's good.
As a result, the IOS and Android tablets are always going to be a pretty severe disadvantage when it comes to just what you can do with them, because the word "can" is defined as "are allowed to."
To most people, the "disadvantage" will not be noticeable.
We threw away decades of accreted tools, because arrogant people thought they had the final solution. They were wrong. These kind of people are always wrong. Your brand new-from-scratch solution always misses 90+% of use cases.
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah, screwed him over by founding a company with him.
Funny how when it comes to Steve Jobs, everyone suddenly has much higher moral standards and assume they know everything about some story they've read.
It does makes sense to re-write things, because even if the capability increases, you'll still get better performance and battery life if you design with efficiency in mind.
The main problem is that Windows is designed for a mouse and keyboard. They can add all the touchscreen layers of functionality onto the OS they want, but there will still be many apps that will need to be re-written to take advantage of the tablet form. I doubt MS will ever release an iPad-style tablet with a desktop OS again -- at least if they get a clue.
Yes, because what really makes sense on a tablet is a power-hungry CPU architecture.
I have error correcting typing, so my big fingers don't matter.
Still not buying the idea that the Courier was an idea worth implementing. Until it has a single, flexible/foldable display, it just doesn't work. "Here's a photo of my family. My wife's face has be split in two, and my kid has her armed hacked off, but you can still make them out!" Sure, you could just display the photo on one screen, but then the other screen is only useful for displaying what would otherwise only be a swipe-gesture away.
Can we please stop the BS over the iPad's price? It's a bargain when you look at the technology inside it. It has a case made of machined aluminium and an IPS display, things you just don't find on any cheap netbooks. And while they may be more expensive than most netbooks, they're still cheaper than most decent laptops. They're cheaper than a decent mountain bike or a big screen TV, among other common products.
A sports car is not a track-day car. Clackson could damage a race-car the way he drives around that test track.
The Tesla has two braking systems: The traditional disk brakes and the regenerative braking from the motor. I'm guessing the problem was with the motor braking.
Yes, it's a sports car, not a track day car. Top Gear often push the cars they test harder than most owners would do on a track day.
Clarkson doesn't just drive aggressively when testing cars on their track, he often thrashes them. The Tesla is a sports car, but it wasn't designed to be constantly power-slid around corners etc.
I got the article on my iPad, although it took ages to load because it loaded a set of unrelated images along the top before displaying the actual content. Similar problem on the full version of the site on a slow connection: all the crap in the side bar has to load before the actual article will appear. Then there are all the links that just go to their own site, making the off-site source link hard to find.
To most people, in the real world, it's much more excessive.
Apple didn't seem to have any problems. But then again, a lot of real people like their products, so they have a bigger pool to draw from.
The other thing to consider is that in order to not have the laptop tip over, the base must be heavier than the screen, or you need additional support, or a clever folding mechanism, etc. The keyboard is also going to be quite bulky, unless you want an ultra thin keyboard at the expense of keyboard feel.
But battery life isn't an advantage, then?
Most people aren't writers or hackers.
Not talking about Android, which sales numbers aren't that impressive, anyway.
Of course. Nothing to do with the fact that most people don't even know what Linux is ;)
Don't quite follow. What one would that be?
And just how many people would really want to install Linux on their iPads?
If you like Objective C, Apple's tablet is acceptable (maybe not very good, but good enough), but if you prefer to use any of the other 99.9% of computer languages and libraries, you lose.
Doesn't seem to have prevented people from writing decent software for iOS, though. Supporting just one language makes things simpler -- that's good.
As a result, the IOS and Android tablets are always going to be a pretty severe disadvantage when it comes to just what you can do with them, because the word "can" is defined as "are allowed to."
To most people, the "disadvantage" will not be noticeable.
We threw away decades of accreted tools, because arrogant people thought they had the final solution. They were wrong. These kind of people are always wrong. Your brand new-from-scratch solution always misses 90+% of use cases.
Examples to back that up?
Those problematic sites are less accessible to desktop users with vision or mobility impairments, too.
My MacBook Pro gets 7 hours.
Also, not all creative endeavors rely on a lot of typing.
So, you think that the only work that pays on a computer must involve a lot of typing?
Well, they're always going to be more bulky. I'm not interested in hypothetical products, either.
Haven't you heard of Android?