Yes... but many non-techies are getting them instead of a 'real' laptop because of the price.
I'm not bashing them... I think they've made laptops affordable for many. And they do get the job done. They just aren't very fast. Slower, in fact, than the specs would imply. I (and this is purely subjective) didn't feel a significant difference in interface (both XP and Ubunu) response and program load times between a 1.4Ghz Atom SSD netbook and a old 800mhz PIII laptop.
I think most people are disappointed when they see how slow they are. But, they're great for light use & travel.
I would have bought one myself but I have a lot of old (and small) laptops lying around and I didn't notice any huge performance boost with the new netbooks I've played with.
Though I do agree with him somewhat about browsing, I'm discovering that serendipity is equally possible on the internet. The only real issue I see here are the copyright issues when students 'borrow' a book from the library.
1) Cost (apart from a reader) isn't an issue for the students because it's a library, not a book store
2) I spilled coffee on my e-book reader this morning and it still works. Even if it didn't, the contents of the SD card would likely be safe and the copy on my computer definitely would be.
3.) My ebook reader is the only battery powered device I own that has never run out of power when I was using it (in nearly two years of daily use). That's not to say it can't or won't, but it's unlikely. (I typically plug it into a PC once a week to download content)
I like paper books too but damn, my e-book reader is convenient... and content is much cheaper (mostly free even) if you know where to look for it.
I agree... (and I argued against going with google apps for this reason) but people seem to think it's 'magic' and their data is safe. Google doesn't really offer backup services for small business and they don't seem to want to answer questions about it.
You can get Postini but Google doesn't encourage it for under 100 users. (it overkill for small business) There are utilities out there for users to individually backup mail but they are a) slow (backup via pop or imap) and b) are not easily managed or scheduled.
In any case, I never expected Google to restore the mail, just to help me figure out what happened to it.
... I submitted to Ask Slashdot about Google Enterprise Support earlier today. Guess that won't get posted.
I expect and can live with occasional outages but when mail disappears as has happened with a paying, Google Apps customer of mine it is another matter.
Google tech support has been slow and woefully inadequate in helping to resolve the issue or even determine what happened. Also, while the assumption has always been "backups are not necessary with gmail" I can't get a straight answer from Google about the possibility of restore without Postini services in the case of malicious data deletion as appears to be the case in this instance. It's hard to say because Google still hasn't given me basic information about the missing data. They were able to tell me that it was all deleted at once by some one who legitimately logged in but the won't tell me when.
Anyone else have encounters with Google support over missing mail?
"I Ay"? Why "I Ay"? (IA = Information Assurance, a government acronym for "network security", more or less) Did they use audio > text software? Wouldn't surprise me.
If you really want to see what kind of bureaucracy we're dealing with, check out the glossary.
Assuming the hard drive is still readable, at least she won't have to hunt down hardware and you can probably find a used one for $100. I've got 10 year old laptops that still work fine.
Well, first and foremost, UAC doesn't pop up 5 million times a day. (though I still prefer it off, completely)
Also, It feels snappier, some things are more intelligently arranged (control panel for one, though only marginally), Explorer works a little better, fewer compatibility issues.... lots of little things that just add up to a better experience.
Mainly, I'm still not swearing at it after a few weeks of constant use whereas I was (and continue to be since I have to support it) fed up with Vista within hours.
How'd a response from someone who hasn't even seen the film make it to the top? Come on moderators.
District 9 is very good. Good enough to vault to the top 10 best sci fi films of all time, IMO. The sci fi part is solid though there are a few unanswered questions. Not enough of an issue to detract from the experience.
Most people are reading way too much into the film. It's a traditional anti-hero redemption adventure at heart. I think the South African refugee camp setting is what kills it for some but I loved it. Best Sci Fi in quite some time though I haven't seen Moon yet. DS9 is more adventure than cerebral and I think that's what the director intended. Quite funny at times too.
startup/shutdown benchmarks are practically meaningless because the time will vary widely depending on what's installed on the machine.
That said....
Win7 x64 RTM, unlike Vista, won't annoy you right out of the box. (or at least not nearly as much) It seems faster/more responsive than Vista and even runs acceptably well on netbook class hardware (x86 version). Compatibility (x64) seems excellent so far (tested with many games, audio (think VST), and video apps. Very stable. No crashes yet despite trying.
on the other hand:
No seriously compelling reason to switch from XP, yet...
The GUI, with all bells & whistles enabled, does't scale well when trying to manage 1000s or even 100s of multimedia files. Media Player would bog down a bit while previewing dozen's of mp3s, one after another. Media Center takes many seconds (10+ some times) to browse/sort directories of video. Thumbnail and metadata generation for video files is noticeably slow. I would think that anyone with a large and somewhat organized multimedia collection would be better off disabling this stuff. I'm used to a more or less instant response when working with just file names & dates under XP. (note files, were supposedly already indexed by Windows Search)
Included and Windows Update drivers, while copious (nearly everything works after an install on various hardware) are often limited. You still need to go out and find the latest drivers for full functionality. (still, it's nice that most everything basically works right away...)
Aeropeek on anything less than a 9600 GT is freaking annoying, and even then the frequent screen blanks with autoplay, video driver installation (something like 20 screen blanks!), and full screen 3d swithes are jarring.
Bottom line, I doubt many people will be requesting XP downgrades once they get their hands on Win 7 so we may as well get used to it.
Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't the ship that Nostromo found an 'other' alien ship... a second alien race that also succumbed to the same aliens that massacred the humans in the other three movies?
Perhaps there was prior human contact with this other race. Perhaps, even, there were humans or human androids on that ship. There's a whole slew of possibilities, though my vote is for non-human protagonists.
None, really, just more content. Over priced content, IMO.
40 bucks for GH AC/DC with an album full of songs I already own? After one or two purchases like that you start to feel like a sucker.
And it just feels wrong to pay 2$ for a single song download when the same Mp3 is 99 cents or less elsewhere. Most of us already own the songs we want to play with. Paying twice the cost of the song for what amounts to over-simplified tablature feels like a rip off.
I'll buy another rhythm game when I feel it's worth the price. A bigger, better bundle of songs and/or new game play.
Pardon me but I was trying to be concise. Yes, the British are as culpable as we, though I hardly believe that they twisted our arm.
"Why is America forced to carry the cross for the problems Europe created in the middle-east?"
Because our short sighted/paranoid/greedy (Take your pick, either we're afraid of the big bad communist (and now, the al qaeda catch-all) wolf or we want oil, or both. I think the short sighted part goes well with either...) leaders keep volunteering us for it.
That's putting it mildly. Try "CIA orchestrated coup to replace democratically elected government with dictatorship" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ajax)
I ran a shop for 2 years with NOD32 with practically no infections and very little maintenance. Prior to NOD32 we used Symantec corporate version and had 1 or 2 outbreaks a year.
No AV is invulnerable but NOD32 does a fine job of preventing most infections. It also is the least resource intensive product out there and will not noticeably slow your PCs. It's hooks into the TCP/IP stack go a long way in preventing web distributed malware. So far, it is NOT bloatware and I believe Eset prides themselves on that.
One other thing to note.... There is NO AV solution out there that which can remove all malware from an already infected machine. Start with clean machines. Removal of the latest malware (esp rootkits) usually requires specialized tools and some manual detective work.
I found that the management console went mostly unused. The clients can be configured to email alerts when infections are detected. The only thing I found the mgmnt console useful for was generating reports for auditors.
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While the US foreign policy stance seems to mean little to many Americans, it means a hell of a lot to the rest of the planet.
That said, I'm as surprised as everyone else. But I guess if Kissinger can win one, anyone can.
Still, it will be fun to watch the US right wing's collective head explode today.
... not email users.
I can see the benefit of email like features in a chat client but not the reverse.
Then again, I haven't actually tried it.
Wasn't that what they are designed for?
Yes... but many non-techies are getting them instead of a 'real' laptop because of the price.
I'm not bashing them... I think they've made laptops affordable for many. And they do get the job done. They just aren't very fast. Slower, in fact, than the specs would imply. I (and this is purely subjective) didn't feel a significant difference in interface (both XP and Ubunu) response and program load times between a 1.4Ghz Atom SSD netbook and a old 800mhz PIII laptop.
... coming soon to a Craig's list near you.
I think most people are disappointed when they see how slow they are.
But, they're great for light use & travel.
I would have bought one myself but I have a lot of old (and small) laptops lying around and I didn't notice any huge performance boost with the new netbooks I've played with.
Though I do agree with him somewhat about browsing, I'm discovering that serendipity is equally possible on the internet. The only real issue I see here are the copyright issues when students 'borrow' a book from the library.
1) Cost (apart from a reader) isn't an issue for the students because it's a library, not a book store
2) I spilled coffee on my e-book reader this morning and it still works. Even if it didn't, the contents of the SD card would likely be safe and the copy on my computer definitely would be.
3.) My ebook reader is the only battery powered device I own that has never run out of power when I was using it (in nearly two years of daily use). That's not to say it can't or won't, but it's unlikely. (I typically plug it into a PC once a week to download content)
I like paper books too but damn, my e-book reader is convenient... and content is much cheaper (mostly free even) if you know where to look for it.
I agree... (and I argued against going with google apps for this reason) but people seem to think it's 'magic' and their data is safe. Google doesn't really offer backup services for small business and they don't seem to want to answer questions about it.
You can get Postini but Google doesn't encourage it for under 100 users. (it overkill for small business) There are utilities out there for users to individually backup mail but they are a) slow (backup via pop or imap) and b) are not easily managed or scheduled.
In any case, I never expected Google to restore the mail, just to help me figure out what happened to it.
In which case, whom ever is in charge now deserves to be fired.
... I submitted to Ask Slashdot about Google Enterprise Support earlier today. Guess that won't get posted.
I expect and can live with occasional outages but when mail disappears as has happened with a paying, Google Apps customer of mine it is another matter.
Google tech support has been slow and woefully inadequate in helping to resolve the issue or even determine what happened. Also, while the assumption has always been "backups are not necessary with gmail" I can't get a straight answer from Google about the possibility of restore without Postini services in the case of malicious data deletion as appears to be the case in this instance. It's hard to say because Google still hasn't given me basic information about the missing data. They were able to tell me that it was all deleted at once by some one who legitimately logged in but the won't tell me when.
Anyone else have encounters with Google support over missing mail?
... for the BBC system any day.
Most cable too.
Nice job, lame ass contract media company
I willing to bet it was produced by a DOD employee. Be afraid.
"I Ay"? Why "I Ay"? (IA = Information Assurance, a government acronym for "network security", more or less) Did they use audio > text software? Wouldn't surprise me.
If you really want to see what kind of bureaucracy we're dealing with, check out the glossary.
This is what mindless bureaucracies produce and why I no longer work for the DOD.
If it makes you feel any better, many (most, I hope) government employees don't this stuff too seriously.
I gotta say, Win 7 x64 has been surprisingly compatible. No show stoppers in a few months of use, unlike Vista and XP. I think it's time.
Assuming the hard drive is still readable, at least she won't have to hunt down hardware and you can probably find a used one for $100. I've got 10 year old laptops that still work fine.
The reason I don't have an Android is a) I've got a year left on my contract and b) my carrier doesn't offer one.
Just wait a year or three.
Well, first and foremost, UAC doesn't pop up 5 million times a day. (though I still prefer it off, completely)
Also, It feels snappier, some things are more intelligently arranged (control panel for one, though only marginally), Explorer works a little better, fewer compatibility issues.... lots of little things that just add up to a better experience.
Mainly, I'm still not swearing at it after a few weeks of constant use whereas I was (and continue to be since I have to support it) fed up with Vista within hours.
... the hero (Van De Merwe) I had a hard time rooting for...
Probably because we was actually an anti-hero and that was the point. Personally, I wanted him dead for the entire film.
How'd a response from someone who hasn't even seen the film make it to the top? Come on moderators.
District 9 is very good. Good enough to vault to the top 10 best sci fi films of all time, IMO.
The sci fi part is solid though there are a few unanswered questions. Not enough of an issue to detract from the experience.
Most people are reading way too much into the film. It's a traditional anti-hero redemption adventure at heart. I think the South African refugee camp setting is what kills it for some but I loved it. Best Sci Fi in quite some time though I haven't seen Moon yet. DS9 is more adventure than cerebral and I think that's what the director intended. Quite funny at times too.
startup/shutdown benchmarks are practically meaningless because the time will vary widely depending on what's installed on the machine.
That said....
Win7 x64 RTM, unlike Vista, won't annoy you right out of the box. (or at least not nearly as much)
It seems faster/more responsive than Vista and even runs acceptably well on netbook class hardware (x86 version).
Compatibility (x64) seems excellent so far (tested with many games, audio (think VST), and video apps.
Very stable. No crashes yet despite trying.
on the other hand:
No seriously compelling reason to switch from XP, yet...
The GUI, with all bells & whistles enabled, does't scale well when trying to manage 1000s or even 100s of multimedia files. Media Player would bog down a bit while previewing dozen's of mp3s, one after another. Media Center takes many seconds (10+ some times) to browse/sort directories of video. Thumbnail and metadata generation for video files is noticeably slow. I would think that anyone with a large and somewhat organized multimedia collection would be better off disabling this stuff. I'm used to a more or less instant response when working with just file names & dates under XP. (note files, were supposedly already indexed by Windows Search)
Included and Windows Update drivers, while copious (nearly everything works after an install on various hardware) are often limited. You still need to go out and find the latest drivers for full functionality. (still, it's nice that most everything basically works right away...)
Aeropeek on anything less than a 9600 GT is freaking annoying, and even then the frequent screen blanks with autoplay, video driver installation (something like 20 screen blanks!), and full screen 3d swithes are jarring.
Bottom line, I doubt many people will be requesting XP downgrades once they get their hands on Win 7 so we may as well get used to it.
Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't the ship that Nostromo found an 'other' alien ship... a second alien race that also succumbed to the same aliens that massacred the humans in the other three movies? Perhaps there was prior human contact with this other race. Perhaps, even, there were humans or human androids on that ship. There's a whole slew of possibilities, though my vote is for non-human protagonists.
None, really, just more content. Over priced content, IMO.
40 bucks for GH AC/DC with an album full of songs I already own? After one or two purchases like that you start to feel like a sucker.
And it just feels wrong to pay 2$ for a single song download when the same Mp3 is 99 cents or less elsewhere. Most of us already own the songs we want to play with. Paying twice the cost of the song for what amounts to over-simplified tablature feels like a rip off.
I'll buy another rhythm game when I feel it's worth the price. A bigger, better bundle of songs and/or new game play.
Beatles will probably do well though...
Pardon me but I was trying to be concise. Yes, the British are as culpable as we, though I hardly believe that they twisted our arm.
"Why is America forced to carry the cross for the problems Europe created in the middle-east?"
Because our short sighted/paranoid/greedy (Take your pick, either we're afraid of the big bad communist (and now, the al qaeda catch-all) wolf or we want oil, or both. I think the short sighted part goes well with either...) leaders keep volunteering us for it.
Have a nice day.
nuff said.
... propping up the Shah,
That's putting it mildly. Try "CIA orchestrated coup to replace democratically elected government with dictatorship" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ajax)
We reap what we sow.
I ran a shop for 2 years with NOD32 with practically no infections and very little maintenance. Prior to NOD32 we used Symantec corporate version and had 1 or 2 outbreaks a year.
No AV is invulnerable but NOD32 does a fine job of preventing most infections. It also is the least resource intensive product out there and will not noticeably slow your PCs. It's hooks into the TCP/IP stack go a long way in preventing web distributed malware. So far, it is NOT bloatware and I believe Eset prides themselves on that.
One other thing to note.... There is NO AV solution out there that which can remove all malware from an already infected machine. Start with clean machines. Removal of the latest malware (esp rootkits) usually requires specialized tools and some manual detective work.
I found that the management console went mostly unused. The clients can be configured to email alerts when infections are detected. The only thing I found the mgmnt console useful for was generating reports for auditors.