I have to admit being rather disappointed with XFCE, mostly around the standard desktop tools. I especially missed Nautilus. I ended up back to G3 running in fallback mode and have been really happy with that.
The resolution of the iPad screen is listed http://www.apple.com/au/ipad/specs/ for any prosepctive buyer that cares to look. I don't understand your point. People are told the resolution. The actual pixel resolution is just not used as a term to market the product is all. Using technical specifications to market a product is not very common anymore, except for some specialty products, such as a car may be marketed by the amount of hp or kW the engine produces. But the general population dont choose a car based on its engine power and probably don't even care.
Most astute buyers are more than capable of bypasssing the marketing terminolgy of any product they buy and select based on technical specifications that meet their needs.
I was also trying to think of what year this was or what model of apple computer it was that you could not install a third party hard drive? Unless my defintion and their definition of install is differnt? Will somebody enlighten me?
Yes it is speculation, hence the use of the word "seems".
However the article begins with a "... developers True Knowledge received a call last week from Apple representative Richard Chipman letting them know that Evi's days in the App Store were numbered because the company felt it violated rule 8.3 in its developer guidelines." This implies that the people at True Knowledge believed that their app was being pulled. And that the implication is clear that this was at the the request of Chipman from Apple. And later we discover that Apple are working with True Knowledge to remove similarities, I don't think it is unreasonable, assuming statements form True Knowledge are accurate and that "sources familar with the matter" are also accurate that to consider Apple may have changed their mind is a reasonable inference.
I would like to point out this article http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/27/2828283/sources-apple-not-pulling-evi-app-working-with-developers-to-avoid
which among other things states that "... the app remains in the App Store, and according to sources familiar with the matter, Apple is attempting to work with the developers on bumping out those similarities, rather than just pulling the product."
Anyway it seems that Apple may have reconsidered their position on this, which is probably a good thing for the small guys.
This is such a waste of time. Why can't talented programmers spend their efforts on more productive activities. Write the next great game, etc. If you want Siri, buy an effing iPhone. I know I'm in the (very small) minority here, but I just don't understand hackers.
Me either, but the first product that Woz and Jobs made and sold was a telephone system hacking device. So from this we can see that sometimes other things can evolve from hacking at other peoples work.
I cannot for the life of me think of any reason anyone would want or need siri on any platform.
Thanks but no..
Haha, this reminds me of what I said when I first saw VisiCalc.
I think Siri is cool, it is in the realms of the Star Trek Enterprise computer where they interfaced using voice.
Siri obviously has a way to go, but i think it is still Beta, unless I am wrong.
In my opinion this all about managing the perception on whether or not a particular piece of software is a required component for any particular os distribution and whether the distro managers have the right to decide what they include and what they don't for any reason.
I am reminded of incident recently where to set up a particular development environment on my fedora desktop box required the use of apache as a reverse proxy, which only required very simple configuration of the httpd.conf file. Assisting someone setup their Ubuntu desktop box not only required installing apache and configuration, but also adding the required apache modules, not overly difficult, but annoying me none the less. It was my perception that the Ubuntu desktop provided an inferior solution than Fedora, but to the many Ubuntu fans that I work with, this was a non issue, because it was still possible to add the webserver and required modules. "And who needs a webserver on a desktop anyway"
I was unconvinced until recently I needed to install nmap on my mac os x box, and I realise that its all a matter of perspective and what is important to me and what i am prepared to accept in an os distribution of what and what not should be included.
I see the the inclusion or exclusion of sqlninja the same way, totally abstract from the deciding reasonings of the os distributor. It really does not matter if its included by default or easily obtainable in a package, it is still possible to do, so therefore not important, it is just someone else's opinion on what should and should not be rightfully included.
I find some things easier to get things done on OS X than I do on Linux, but maybe its just the distro i use (fc13 atm). I find that i am supporting other devs using an Ubuntu distro and I understand its just my unfamiliarity with the location of conf and the differing mindset of the package maintainers but I find I detest configuring and using an Ubuntu box over an FC box.
Funnily enough the devs using os x never seem to need help.
My point is that all OS'es and various distro's have their strengths and weaknesses, for a user, no mater their technical aptitude, its all about familiarity of the tools they are using and their ability and willingness to adapt to the new situation, software or operating environment.
I have found stuff that just works under windows that has been a *real* bitch to get going on my fc box.
Ever use a Thinkpad X201? It's a true competitor for the MBA.
It has a normal, upgradable SSD in it. And the thing even has a freakin Core i7 in it for goodness sake!
If Lenovo can do it, why can't Apple?
Maybe you are prepared to put up with the extra weight and size as a trade off for the extra grunt, but not everyone would be. I confess to have never used a Thinkpad X201, have you ever used an MBA?
Has nothing to do with being proprietary. How do you upgrade a SSD when it's soldered onto your motherboard?
Well I would use a soldering iron, but fortunately this is not necessary as the both the Toshiba Blade X-gale SSD and the Photofast SSD (which incidently uses a Sandforce SF-1200 controller) are user replaceable by anyone with the correct screwdriver.
And, Microsoft needs to figure out that people want to stick an SSD and traditional hard drive in their laptops, so Windows needs better support for moving the Users directory (you can do it but it's "unsupported").
Amen to that.
In today's age with the advent of SSD I would have thought it perfectly normal to want to easily move my home dir to a different drive, (something easily achieved in any linux flavour, os x or even xp) but apparently Microsoft don't consider this necessary in Windows 7.
Of course if I want to reinstall windows, it is possible I believe.
"We believe that Internet Explorer is a really good browser" - Steve Jobs, 1997
I believe, tho I could be wrong, that he was referring to mac version of Internet Explorer, which was nothing like the windows version of the day. In fact the only thing they had in common seemed to be the name.
These are just isolated statistics from one institution and in no means representative of a whole country or the whole world for that matter, but interesting none the less. As a long time mac user (25 years ago I bought my first mac and I still use mac today) a long time windows user (2001 I bought my first windows machine and I still use windows everyday) and long time linux user (circa 1997 I built my first linux server (RH5.something) and I still use both FC13 and Ubuntu 10 ). As a java web app developer my main dev machine in the work place runs FC13. It replaces an Win XP box that i have dev'ed with for the last 3 years. At home for private projects my machine is a Mac Pro. I only mention these facts to add some cred to my next statement.
I hate all of the OSes for differing reasons. They all suck. They all have their individual issues that get in my way as I try and work in my chosen profession.
As a long time/. reader, I am continually amazed at the amount of FUD spread (by particularly/. posters about, who in my view should know better) about the various OS'es. Don't get me wrong, I love the jibing and the fanboi accusations but, OMG please at least check your facts before hitting your keyboards.
If one where to survey my immediate family, I mean my brothers, my sister my nieces my nephews, my own children even, (over 10 people) the only one in my family that uses a windows PC in exclusion to any other OS, is my 80 year old father. The rest all use macs as either their main computer or only computer. This does not mean that this is typical of a world wide trend, it is just a trend within my family.
Book publishers in Australia receive payments for books that are in libraries. This money is often passed onto the author. Not sure about elsewhere in the world.
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I turned my interest in computing into an IT programming career at 40, now I am turning 54 this year and still earning my living as a programmer.
I have to admit being rather disappointed with XFCE, mostly around the standard desktop tools. I especially missed Nautilus. I ended up back to G3 running in fallback mode and have been really happy with that.
The resolution of the iPad screen is listed http://www.apple.com/au/ipad/specs/ for any prosepctive buyer that cares to look. I don't understand your point. People are told the resolution. The actual pixel resolution is just not used as a term to market the product is all. Using technical specifications to market a product is not very common anymore, except for some specialty products, such as a car may be marketed by the amount of hp or kW the engine produces. But the general population dont choose a car based on its engine power and probably don't even care. Most astute buyers are more than capable of bypasssing the marketing terminolgy of any product they buy and select based on technical specifications that meet their needs.
I'd imagine old Motorolas were made here, though. Anyone know?
Depends on how old you mean. I think in the 80's they were made in their malaysia plant.
I was also trying to think of what year this was or what model of apple computer it was that you could not install a third party hard drive? Unless my defintion and their definition of install is differnt?
Will somebody enlighten me?
And now.... It's not just you. Thank you for that.
Yes it is speculation, hence the use of the word "seems". However the article begins with a "... developers True Knowledge received a call last week from Apple representative Richard Chipman letting them know that Evi's days in the App Store were numbered because the company felt it violated rule 8.3 in its developer guidelines." This implies that the people at True Knowledge believed that their app was being pulled. And that the implication is clear that this was at the the request of Chipman from Apple. And later we discover that Apple are working with True Knowledge to remove similarities, I don't think it is unreasonable, assuming statements form True Knowledge are accurate and that "sources familar with the matter" are also accurate that to consider Apple may have changed their mind is a reasonable inference.
I would like to point out this article http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/27/2828283/sources-apple-not-pulling-evi-app-working-with-developers-to-avoid which among other things states that "... the app remains in the App Store, and according to sources familiar with the matter, Apple is attempting to work with the developers on bumping out those similarities, rather than just pulling the product." Anyway it seems that Apple may have reconsidered their position on this, which is probably a good thing for the small guys.
Speaking to your phone makes you look crazy and snob so for that reason I'M OUT
Haha yeah I remember back in the day when all you could do was speak into a phone.
This is such a waste of time. Why can't talented programmers spend their efforts on more productive activities. Write the next great game, etc. If you want Siri, buy an effing iPhone. I know I'm in the (very small) minority here, but I just don't understand hackers.
Me either, but the first product that Woz and Jobs made and sold was a telephone system hacking device. So from this we can see that sometimes other things can evolve from hacking at other peoples work.
I cannot for the life of me think of any reason anyone would want or need siri on any platform. Thanks but no..
Haha, this reminds me of what I said when I first saw VisiCalc. I think Siri is cool, it is in the realms of the Star Trek Enterprise computer where they interfaced using voice. Siri obviously has a way to go, but i think it is still Beta, unless I am wrong.
I'm LMAOing!
Same here
Which rarely makes sense, especially when dealing with actual fire.
I think we should bring this into the 21st century and change it to "fight pew pew with pew pew"
In my opinion this all about managing the perception on whether or not a particular piece of software is a required component for any particular os distribution and whether the distro managers have the right to decide what they include and what they don't for any reason.
I am reminded of incident recently where to set up a particular development environment on my fedora desktop box required the use of apache as a reverse proxy, which only required very simple configuration of the httpd.conf file. Assisting someone setup their Ubuntu desktop box not only required installing apache and configuration, but also adding the required apache modules, not overly difficult, but annoying me none the less. It was my perception that the Ubuntu desktop provided an inferior solution than Fedora, but to the many Ubuntu fans that I work with, this was a non issue, because it was still possible to add the webserver and required modules. "And who needs a webserver on a desktop anyway"
I was unconvinced until recently I needed to install nmap on my mac os x box, and I realise that its all a matter of perspective and what is important to me and what i am prepared to accept in an os distribution of what and what not should be included.
I see the the inclusion or exclusion of sqlninja the same way, totally abstract from the deciding reasonings of the os distributor. It really does not matter if its included by default or easily obtainable in a package, it is still possible to do, so therefore not important, it is just someone else's opinion on what should and should not be rightfully included.
I find some things easier to get things done on OS X than I do on Linux, but maybe its just the distro i use (fc13 atm). I find that i am supporting other devs using an Ubuntu distro and I understand its just my unfamiliarity with the location of conf and the differing mindset of the package maintainers but I find I detest configuring and using an Ubuntu box over an FC box.
Funnily enough the devs using os x never seem to need help.
My point is that all OS'es and various distro's have their strengths and weaknesses, for a user, no mater their technical aptitude, its all about familiarity of the tools they are using and their ability and willingness to adapt to the new situation, software or operating environment.
I have found stuff that just works under windows that has been a *real* bitch to get going on my fc box.
Ever use a Thinkpad X201? It's a true competitor for the MBA.
It has a normal, upgradable SSD in it. And the thing even has a freakin Core i7 in it for goodness sake!
If Lenovo can do it, why can't Apple?
Maybe you are prepared to put up with the extra weight and size as a trade off for the extra grunt, but not everyone would be. I confess to have never used a Thinkpad X201, have you ever used an MBA?
Has nothing to do with being proprietary. How do you upgrade a SSD when it's soldered onto your motherboard?
Well I would use a soldering iron, but fortunately this is not necessary as the both the Toshiba Blade X-gale SSD and the Photofast SSD (which incidently uses a Sandforce SF-1200 controller) are user replaceable by anyone with the correct screwdriver.
And, Microsoft needs to figure out that people want to stick an SSD and traditional hard drive in their laptops, so Windows needs better support for moving the Users directory (you can do it but it's "unsupported").
Amen to that. In today's age with the advent of SSD I would have thought it perfectly normal to want to easily move my home dir to a different drive, (something easily achieved in any linux flavour, os x or even xp) but apparently Microsoft don't consider this necessary in Windows 7. Of course if I want to reinstall windows, it is possible I believe.
"We believe that Internet Explorer is a really good browser" - Steve Jobs, 1997
I believe, tho I could be wrong, that he was referring to mac version of Internet Explorer, which was nothing like the windows version of the day. In fact the only thing they had in common seemed to be the name.
These are just isolated statistics from one institution and in no means representative of a whole country or the whole world for that matter, but interesting none the less. As a long time mac user (25 years ago I bought my first mac and I still use mac today) a long time windows user (2001 I bought my first windows machine and I still use windows everyday) and long time linux user (circa 1997 I built my first linux server (RH5.something) and I still use both FC13 and Ubuntu 10 ). As a java web app developer my main dev machine in the work place runs FC13. It replaces an Win XP box that i have dev'ed with for the last 3 years. At home for private projects my machine is a Mac Pro. I only mention these facts to add some cred to my next statement. I hate all of the OSes for differing reasons. They all suck. They all have their individual issues that get in my way as I try and work in my chosen profession. As a long time /. reader, I am continually amazed at the amount of FUD spread (by particularly /. posters about, who in my view should know better) about the various OS'es. Don't get me wrong, I love the jibing and the fanboi accusations but, OMG please at least check your facts before hitting your keyboards.
If one where to survey my immediate family, I mean my brothers, my sister my nieces my nephews, my own children even, (over 10 people) the only one in my family that uses a windows PC in exclusion to any other OS, is my 80 year old father. The rest all use macs as either their main computer or only computer. This does not mean that this is typical of a world wide trend, it is just a trend within my family.
Book publishers in Australia receive payments for books that are in libraries. This money is often passed onto the author. Not sure about elsewhere in the world.
/agree
I have been buying apple products since 1984, I will never again buy a first gen apple product again.
And heres me thinking that Apple were a hardware company.