I'd venture a guess that one of the main reasons that most smart TVs are used as plain TVs is because the people that bought them don't even know they are smart. Thus, they can't go through the rationale the GP proposed.
Altough, they can go through a similar one: "This is the top of line TV, it must be good", that coupled with the fact that all top of the line TVs are smart makes them favor buying smart TVs... But not at the expense of add-ons. They just probably don't want add-ons.
I know. As soon as we understand a problem well enough to have a computer doing it, we redefine "inteligence" to make that problem not need it. (Well, there are computers simulating human brains right now. Currently they suck at it, mainly because of hardware limitation. Anyway, simulating a human brain doesn't require inteligence.)
Nothing of what you said changes the fact that computers are increasing the productivity of mental workers. It doesn't matter what "inteligence" means on your dictionary.
Yet, we have cars planes and ships able to make entire trips without any external help, computers that localize any piece of data we want, computers that talk with us. The biggest part of every chip out there was designed by a computer, a computer helped reducing your car fuel consuption by sugesting new designs, computers are responsible for designing most of the structure on our buildings, bridges and tunnels.
I don't know what kind of theory are you waiting for. But for the looks of it, it will be quite a useless one.
You probably won't be surprized to learn that the Sharepoint versioning system is a descendent of Source Safe. But MS seems to have fixed the most obvious bugs.
Somehow, people also can't backup it, just like Exchange.
The correct answer normaly starts with "We have a plan". But then, you must follow it with an actual plan, and you must be sure people will be able to hear your plan, instead of laughing since the begining of your speech.
Your plan will also put Google in a court for the best part of a decade. It just doesn't make it clear how, but MS will find a way, you can be sure of that.
Funny. I don't have as much certainty... But I can say it looks like that the "tablet revolution" has only one more generation (ok, for 2 model generations, customers replacing it once, tablets change quite fast) to go before it gets good enough, and all the fuzz turn into "tablets are dying!!!1!", that obviously is as wrong as the current "tablets will rule the world!!!".
They want a machine that is cheap, gets them on Facebook, has a video/audio player, a web browser, email and Skype...
...some accounting software, keep the files they care about (those photos don't all go to Flick), and play games. Also, they'll need to write text once in a while. All of that can be done on a tablet. All of that is easier with keyboard and mouse. All of that is still easier with a large screen, a large keyboard and a real mouse. Notice that the price goes down every time things get easier.
Now that I've mentioned price, notice that the price of all types of computers is getting quite low. Do you know somebody that avoid buying pens because they already have one that writes (at home), why would he want another (here)?
The thing is, the vast majority of home users are pure consumers and couldn't give 2 shits about productivity applications.
How is it up there on that horse? Nobody is a pure consumer.
For others, a netbook is a very storable PC. A lot of people don't really want a computer taking up space constantly when they only use it for a short time.
I don't see much difference in storage from a full sized laptop. I guess that reason is correct, but it doesn't apply to netbooks. That's why so many people have laptops nowadays.
A netbook is great for portability, as laptops aren't really portable. But even then, netbooks seem to be always underspecked and ultraportables seem to be always overpriced. I'm currently looking into a portable computer to buy, and I'm almost settling on a tablet with a keyboard.
What? In engineering we normaly fit continuous data with a finite number of points. What means we fit a curve with exactly 0% of the points, and often quite sucessfully. Physics also used to work this way, astronomy is still there.
The number of points you need has no relation at all to the size of your universe.
You haven't seen the results of any modern radio telescope, have you?
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Almost no one but the hard core geek uses their mobile browser as much as the voice or texting services they purchased the phone for in the first place.
It's email (I'm resisting the temptation to finish that setence with "stupid", because you really doesn't deserve that label).
People use smartphones for email and things similar to it, like twiter and facebook updates. Not for the web, not for complex work, but for communication.
I used to think it was just me, but then, all the studies I've seen recently about how people read email point to that.
Anyway, the GUI launcher is better. That's why everybody switched to it... Except that now MS came with a GUI launcher that is nearly as good as apropos, just a bit cruder.
Pretty much a direct side-effect of an industry-wide arms race to lower price
It was a race to increase profits. Branded computers (that were the norm) become lemons just like the unbranded ones, it was after it that they needed to reduce their prices, as people stopped trusting the old brands.
And then, some new brands appeared, most of them out of junk-sellers that started to not sell junk, like Samsung. And the Apple brand survived all the time.
You know, the PC market has an incredibly low barrier to entry. If the big players get out, the space will be full again in... How long does it take to open a business in your country?
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I'd venture a guess that one of the main reasons that most smart TVs are used as plain TVs is because the people that bought them don't even know they are smart. Thus, they can't go through the rationale the GP proposed.
Altough, they can go through a similar one: "This is the top of line TV, it must be good", that coupled with the fact that all top of the line TVs are smart makes them favor buying smart TVs... But not at the expense of add-ons. They just probably don't want add-ons.
I know. As soon as we understand a problem well enough to have a computer doing it, we redefine "inteligence" to make that problem not need it. (Well, there are computers simulating human brains right now. Currently they suck at it, mainly because of hardware limitation. Anyway, simulating a human brain doesn't require inteligence.)
Nothing of what you said changes the fact that computers are increasing the productivity of mental workers. It doesn't matter what "inteligence" means on your dictionary.
Yet, we have cars planes and ships able to make entire trips without any external help, computers that localize any piece of data we want, computers that talk with us. The biggest part of every chip out there was designed by a computer, a computer helped reducing your car fuel consuption by sugesting new designs, computers are responsible for designing most of the structure on our buildings, bridges and tunnels.
I don't know what kind of theory are you waiting for. But for the looks of it, it will be quite a useless one.
Untill they stop using the Open Document Format, they won't own your data.
But any team of 50 need 6 months to produce what a 16 years old kid can do alone in a week. You can't blame the plataform.
You probably won't be surprized to learn that the Sharepoint versioning system is a descendent of Source Safe. But MS seems to have fixed the most obvious bugs.
Somehow, people also can't backup it, just like Exchange.
The correct answer normaly starts with "We have a plan". But then, you must follow it with an actual plan, and you must be sure people will be able to hear your plan, instead of laughing since the begining of your speech.
Hum... WP are currently suing MSFT arguing exactly that MS is the one that delayed their Windows version of WP untill near 2000.
Your plan will also put Google in a court for the best part of a decade. It just doesn't make it clear how, but MS will find a way, you can be sure of that.
Yeah, anybody that tries to compete with Microsoft will see their laywers. For whatever reason they invent that has any chance of creating a delay.
Now, why is this plan worse than the Chrome OS alternative? (Because of the cruft they get from Windows compatibility, maybe?)
They mean disk. And download size.
That.
Robots and AI. Much more AI than robots, by the way.
Is there a Nobel Prize in Economics!?
That's news. When did the undead Nobel return from his grave to create it?
Funny. I don't have as much certainty... But I can say it looks like that the "tablet revolution" has only one more generation (ok, for 2 model generations, customers replacing it once, tablets change quite fast) to go before it gets good enough, and all the fuzz turn into "tablets are dying!!!1!", that obviously is as wrong as the current "tablets will rule the world!!!".
Now that I've mentioned price, notice that the price of all types of computers is getting quite low. Do you know somebody that avoid buying pens because they already have one that writes (at home), why would he want another (here)?
How is it up there on that horse? Nobody is a pure consumer.
There, FIFY. But it being bigger is good too. Just not as good.
I don't see much difference in storage from a full sized laptop. I guess that reason is correct, but it doesn't apply to netbooks. That's why so many people have laptops nowadays.
A netbook is great for portability, as laptops aren't really portable. But even then, netbooks seem to be always underspecked and ultraportables seem to be always overpriced. I'm currently looking into a portable computer to buy, and I'm almost settling on a tablet with a keyboard.
I simply don't get why Android can't use an EXT-4 (or 3, or 2) formated card.
By Mutphy's Law, your testing procedure will cause defects. And void your warranty.
What? In engineering we normaly fit continuous data with a finite number of points. What means we fit a curve with exactly 0% of the points, and often quite sucessfully. Physics also used to work this way, astronomy is still there.
The number of points you need has no relation at all to the size of your universe.
But you can still stick a note to the monitor.
You haven't seen the results of any modern radio telescope, have you?
It's email (I'm resisting the temptation to finish that setence with "stupid", because you really doesn't deserve that label).
People use smartphones for email and things similar to it, like twiter and facebook updates. Not for the web, not for complex work, but for communication.
I used to think it was just me, but then, all the studies I've seen recently about how people read email point to that.
If they have a man page, it's quite usefull.
Anyway, the GUI launcher is better. That's why everybody switched to it... Except that now MS came with a GUI launcher that is nearly as good as apropos, just a bit cruder.
It was a race to increase profits. Branded computers (that were the norm) become lemons just like the unbranded ones, it was after it that they needed to reduce their prices, as people stopped trusting the old brands.
And then, some new brands appeared, most of them out of junk-sellers that started to not sell junk, like Samsung. And the Apple brand survived all the time.
You know, the PC market has an incredibly low barrier to entry. If the big players get out, the space will be full again in... How long does it take to open a business in your country?