Microsoft also included some measures in newer versions of Windows to mitigate user stupidity... and even one to mitigate programmer stupidity in Internet Explorer.
Not that there aren't still holes in those methods... or the user can just be stupid and click Allow.
68k emulation in PPC was decent. Classic mode worked for most applications and Rosetta was as seamless as it gets. I understand that Microsoft has a ton of backwards compatibility they need to maintain, but if a company the fraction of your size can do it, why can't you?
er... so these periodic compatibility updates I see for Windows aren't related to backwards compatibility? Including the Windows 7 one back in February that fixed Warcraft 3's video playback (that's the only fix I noticed for stuff I had)?
Yes, there are still problems, particularly for games (Ex: Syberia crashes on my Win7 x64 PC when you enter the factory courtyard, even in Windows 98 compatibility mode; I run the entire game in a VMWare Player Windows XP VM now... won't work in VirtualBox or Wine because WineD3D only supports D3D 8 and 9), but MS does have a lot of compatibility shims to make everything from Windows 95 to present run. Having said that, the 64-bit version of Windows will not run 16-bit Windows applications (for Windows 3.1 or earlier) at all.
Of course, since Snow Leopard doesn't even include Rosetta to run PPC programs from 5 years ago, expecting Windows from 2009 to run 1993 applications is a stretch.
they have one of the better HTML 5 supporting mobile browsers (which they support to everyone's benefit by helping out Webkit),
This phrase alone has SO many qualifiers that need to be thrown out there: 1. Apple started the Webkit project by forking KHTML. Mainly because they weren't getting along well with the KHTML people. 2. Apple is only supporting HTML5 video using a codec they helped write.
1) It seems like it's a pretty good computerised replacement for people that do work that involved carrying clipboards around.
Some people who used to have clipboards have already switched them out with specialized pads. See: FedEx.
Chances are someone that still uses a clipboard is filling out some sort of form. Policy may require that these forms be filled out by hand and signed. So, while some people who carry clipboards may be able to switch to one (or another pad for that matter), not all will.
2) Pilots are going to love it.
I'd prefer it if pilots would, I don't know, fly the plane. In fact, they may be forbidden by policy to carry electronic devices due to recent problems with Texting causing crashes (See: Continental Connection flight 3407)
3) Splendid for doctors.
See paragraph 2 of my response to #1.
4) Great for sales reps. You can do an informal presentation across a desk. Or plug in a cable and give the presentation on a projector.
The iPad doesn't have a video output. You'd need a USB (or Bluetooth) projector, or you're out of luck.
This is also assuming there's an app for that.
5) Great for students. Reading textbooks *IS* part of their work, and being able to carry a large number of them in a small package is good. Even if they have a laptop, it's good to be able to type on that whilst having the book open on a separate screen.
I'd argue that last point. These days, laptops have widescreen. It's not that hard to have two applications each taking up half the screen. With a Laptop and an iPad, you need room to have both on your surface (desk, lap, etc...), as you can't both hold the iPad and type on the laptop at the same time.
6) Great for anyone that needs to travel light whilst still doing some light data entry tasks. The Macbook Air is small and light, but the iPad is half the weight and significantly smaller.
Yes, and light data tasks are all a touchscreen is good for. You really need a keyboard for anything heavier, or even, say, writing a letter. ("It looks like you're writing a letter! Do you need help with that?" Er... sorry, I'm done with the Clippy joke)
You're absolutely wrong that this is simply marketing. It would be absurd for Apple to deliberately not have enough iPads (or hold them back in warehouses) for the sole purpose of making it look like demand is super high, because this would mean lost sale after lost sale. It would also mean that Apple is deliberately under producing (or under selling).
I have two words for you: Nintendo Wii.
In case you don't know what I'm talking about, Nintendo under-produced Wii units for at least the first two years it was on the market. Even now, stores still run out because Nintendo isn't producing enough of them.
Yet Wii is the number one video game console worldwide... figure that one out.
Buffy was on Friday nights? It started on Monday nights. Then it moved but It wasn't on Friday nights on the WB if I remember right. I thought is was Tuesday or Thursday for some reason.
"Dawn's in trouble again, must be Tuesday." -- Buffy, Once More With Feeling, after the move to UPN
Interestingly, Friday is considered a good day by the Sci-fi/Syfy channel, whose ratings are normally fairly good on that day. Supposedly Friday being considered a "Death Slot" by the networks is a recent phenomenon, and is probably self-fulfilling.
I thought the Friday night death slot was a FOX thing, not for all networks. Thus, people learned not to watch FOX on Friday nights.
I remember reading somewhere (or maybe it was in a commentary thing) that Alyson Hannigan didn't think she had a good singing voice and asked to have as few singing lines as possible.
And before anyone argues that XCode is free, there are also the following considerations: 1. You need a Mac for it. 2. You need to know one of the programming languages allowed for usage. Ostensibly, this means Objective C. 3. Novell makes a product named Monotouch that compiles code written in C# to native code. Currently it only officially supports C#, but expect support for VB.NET (and possibly other languages like IronRuby and IronPython) later. It also includes bindings to directly access iPhone APIs, since these apps would just be crappy ports if they didn't.
I'm sorry, but due to the new end user license agreement, you can't upload or view videos converted from Flash on an iPhone/iPad. They must be originate in one of these formats:.mov,.mp4
You may laugh... but because apps from the App Store also run on the iPod Touch and iPad, all it takes is for a court to decide they have a monopoly in either market and Apple can be held liable under anti-trust regulations.
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That's strange... 2000 and newer have a Windows Service that runs specifically to allow you to change DNS settings without rebooting the computer.
Microsoft is clinging to market share like a rat to the last scrap of cheese on the trap. How are they gonna fare over the next decade?
er... an 85-90% OS market share in the desktop PC market is nothing to sneeze at.
Despite being in second place in the video game market (worldwide; they're in first place in North America) Microsoft makes money hand over fist, thanks to the suckers^Hpeople who buy Xbox Live subscriptions... they pay approximately $50/year to have what PC, PS3, and Wii users have for free.
Apple is INVENTING new markets. How do you compete with a player that doesn't just change fields when you've finally figured out the rules, they essentially change planets...?
See what I said about Xbox Live subscriptions? Microsoft invented that market. Microsoft also had a fairly early online game store for the 360, even though Valve's Steam service for PC predates it (Steam being the original "app store").
Sony used to be good at this, but they lost their vision somewhere after the Walkman, probably right around CD players.
It's interesting that you would say that. The Sony PlayStation was forward thinking. Sony realized in the early 90s what Nintendo and Sega didn't; that 3D games were the wave of the future (Sega Saturn had better 2D capabilities) and cartridges were a limited format that would hold games back (Nintendo stuck with cartridges).
The PlayStation 2 built on the PlayStation's success to become the best selling video game system of all time.
Sony tried something new with the PS3 and it backfired on them, mainly because it cost too much to produce. Apparently they don't have Jobs's Reality Distortion Field to make people buy overpriced iPads^Hgadgets. Then again, the PS3 also had to play catch-up with the Xbox 360, which had already been on the market for a year.
At the time, Jobs was still smarter than Gates. Still is. Just different games. Gates went for world domination, and got all the headaches an emperor hates. Jobs went for market domination, and is still leading in pretty much every area they care to develop in.
Except the PC market. According to Gartner's January 13 press release, the top five companies in PC sales worldwide in Q4 2009 were HP, Acer, Dell, Lenovo, and Toshiba. The top five companies in PC sales the US in Q4 2009 were HP, Dell, Acer, Toshiba, and Apple.
Gartner has yet to release its 2010 Q1 data.
Apple TV is the only loser I can think of, and the iPad will own that market soon enough.
I haven't done a lot of research here, but I'm guessing that Apple TV failed because of its price point. It does nothing more than any Xbox 360 or PS3 can do, and those are not that much more expensive (in fact, the cheapest model Xbox 360 is cheaper than the Apple TV, but it doesn't include a remote). Even the music streaming part for Xbox/PS3 works with any Windows XP Media Center PC or newer; Vista/7 includes Media Center in all editions.
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Am I the only one who remembers that Windows 98 would require rebooting if you even updated your DNS settings?
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"What do you mean I can't run Bejeweled on it?!" -- Mom
How long do you think it would take MSFT to more to a different chipset?
Last I checked, Windows currently runs on 3 hardware platforms in various versions (not counting mobile phone versions). Those are: x86, x86-64, and Itanium.
heck MSFT has a hard time supporting 64bit hardware from 2003.
It does? That's strange, I don't recall having problems on my x86-64 system... Other than it won't run code written for Windows from 15+ years ago.
1. The cost, far higher than either of its rivals. I can afford it, but I can't justify it to myself - it feels like being screwed over.
How long ago was this?
Right now, the consoles are priced at: Wii - $199 USD for the 512MB version. Only supports 480i/480p (NTSC) or 576i/576p (PAL) graphics modes. Supports Composite and Component video connectors. Can also play GameCube games, but requires GameCube controllers and memory cards to do so. Xbox 360 - $199 USD for the 512MB version, $299 for the 120GB version (sometimes includes 1-2 games), $399 for the 250GB/2 Controller/1 game versions (current versions are Splinter Cell or Final Fantasy XIII, previously was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2). Supports Composite, Component, and HDMI video connectors. Doesn't support Wireless networking without buying a $100 external adapter. Charges a monthly fee for online gaming. Can also play Xbox (original) games. All versions come with 1 Headset to match one of its controllers. PS3 - $299 USD for the 120GB version, $349 USD for the 250GB version. Supports Composite, Component, and HDMI video connectors. Hard Drive can be swapped for any 2.5" hard drive.
The Constitution specifically protects the right to petition your government. It does not specify any restrictions. It doesn't exempt the judiciary.
If you're going to reference something, why not quote it (or the relevant section of it)?
"Congress shall make no law... abridging... the right of the people... to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." (Taken from the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States)
So yes, there is a restriction.
There are also laws that govern legal proceedings, and reading what other people more knowledgeable about law than I am, some of those were broken by the defendant; hence the contempt charge.
Nobody looks forward to using Microsoft products. They use them because they have to. Even if you think that all the hype around Apple products is just advertising brainwashing and the fans are just drooling zombies, here's a thought: Microsoft has even more money to spend on branding and they can't even manage to inspire lukewarm enthusiasm.
The Xbox 360 seems to be the one exception. What's really surprising is that people keep going back to it even after their 360 breaks.
I suppose they have a vested interest due to their game libraries.
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Microsoft also included some measures in newer versions of Windows to mitigate user stupidity... and even one to mitigate programmer stupidity in Internet Explorer.
Not that there aren't still holes in those methods... or the user can just be stupid and click Allow.
Shouldn't that be Adobe/Novell? (It's "MonoTouch from Novell")
You're making the naive assumption that the European models of iPhone / iPad are identical to the North American versions.
Hint: They aren't.
Well, with my mom, it would actually be Seven Wonders II, I was just using Bejeweled as an example.
er... so these periodic compatibility updates I see for Windows aren't related to backwards compatibility? Including the Windows 7 one back in February that fixed Warcraft 3's video playback (that's the only fix I noticed for stuff I had)?
Yes, there are still problems, particularly for games (Ex: Syberia crashes on my Win7 x64 PC when you enter the factory courtyard, even in Windows 98 compatibility mode; I run the entire game in a VMWare Player Windows XP VM now... won't work in VirtualBox or Wine because WineD3D only supports D3D 8 and 9), but MS does have a lot of compatibility shims to make everything from Windows 95 to present run. Having said that, the 64-bit version of Windows will not run 16-bit Windows applications (for Windows 3.1 or earlier) at all.
Of course, since Snow Leopard doesn't even include Rosetta to run PPC programs from 5 years ago, expecting Windows from 2009 to run 1993 applications is a stretch.
This phrase alone has SO many qualifiers that need to be thrown out there:
1. Apple started the Webkit project by forking KHTML. Mainly because they weren't getting along well with the KHTML people.
2. Apple is only supporting HTML5 video using a codec they helped write.
Nintendo is releasing two high-profile first party games in the next two months: Super Mario Galaxy 2 (mid-May) and Metroid: Other M (mid-June).
Some people who used to have clipboards have already switched them out with specialized pads. See: FedEx.
Chances are someone that still uses a clipboard is filling out some sort of form. Policy may require that these forms be filled out by hand and signed. So, while some people who carry clipboards may be able to switch to one (or another pad for that matter), not all will.
I'd prefer it if pilots would, I don't know, fly the plane. In fact, they may be forbidden by policy to carry electronic devices due to recent problems with Texting causing crashes (See: Continental Connection flight 3407)
See paragraph 2 of my response to #1.
The iPad doesn't have a video output. You'd need a USB (or Bluetooth) projector, or you're out of luck.
This is also assuming there's an app for that.
I'd argue that last point. These days, laptops have widescreen. It's not that hard to have two applications each taking up half the screen. With a Laptop and an iPad, you need room to have both on your surface (desk, lap, etc...), as you can't both hold the iPad and type on the laptop at the same time.
Yes, and light data tasks are all a touchscreen is good for. You really need a keyboard for anything heavier, or even, say, writing a letter.
("It looks like you're writing a letter! Do you need help with that?" Er... sorry, I'm done with the Clippy joke)
I have two words for you: Nintendo Wii.
In case you don't know what I'm talking about, Nintendo under-produced Wii units for at least the first two years it was on the market. Even now, stores still run out because Nintendo isn't producing enough of them.
Yet Wii is the number one video game console worldwide... figure that one out.
...because Microsoft knows what people will reasonably buy?
Windows and Office are Microsoft's biggest money-makers, so they correspondingly have the most advertising.
"Dawn's in trouble again, must be Tuesday." -- Buffy, Once More With Feeling, after the move to UPN
I thought the Friday night death slot was a FOX thing, not for all networks. Thus, people learned not to watch FOX on Friday nights.
I remember reading somewhere (or maybe it was in a commentary thing) that Alyson Hannigan didn't think she had a good singing voice and asked to have as few singing lines as possible.
And that she later regretted that request.
*checks math* ...but it has only been two years since Batman: The Dark Knight came out...
And before anyone argues that XCode is free, there are also the following considerations:
1. You need a Mac for it.
2. You need to know one of the programming languages allowed for usage. Ostensibly, this means Objective C.
3. Novell makes a product named Monotouch that compiles code written in C# to native code. Currently it only officially supports C#, but expect support for VB.NET (and possibly other languages like IronRuby and IronPython) later. It also includes bindings to directly access iPhone APIs, since these apps would just be crappy ports if they didn't.
I'm sorry, but due to the new end user license agreement, you can't upload or view videos converted from Flash on an iPhone/iPad. They must be originate in one of these formats: .mov, .mp4
You may laugh... but because apps from the App Store also run on the iPod Touch and iPad, all it takes is for a court to decide they have a monopoly in either market and Apple can be held liable under anti-trust regulations.
That's strange... 2000 and newer have a Windows Service that runs specifically to allow you to change DNS settings without rebooting the computer.
er... an 85-90% OS market share in the desktop PC market is nothing to sneeze at.
Despite being in second place in the video game market (worldwide; they're in first place in North America) Microsoft makes money hand over fist, thanks to the suckers^Hpeople who buy Xbox Live subscriptions... they pay approximately $50/year to have what PC, PS3, and Wii users have for free.
See what I said about Xbox Live subscriptions? Microsoft invented that market. Microsoft also had a fairly early online game store for the 360, even though Valve's Steam service for PC predates it (Steam being the original "app store").
It's interesting that you would say that. The Sony PlayStation was forward thinking. Sony realized in the early 90s what Nintendo and Sega didn't; that 3D games were the wave of the future (Sega Saturn had better 2D capabilities) and cartridges were a limited format that would hold games back (Nintendo stuck with cartridges).
The PlayStation 2 built on the PlayStation's success to become the best selling video game system of all time.
Sony tried something new with the PS3 and it backfired on them, mainly because it cost too much to produce. Apparently they don't have Jobs's Reality Distortion Field to make people buy overpriced iPads^Hgadgets. Then again, the PS3 also had to play catch-up with the Xbox 360, which had already been on the market for a year.
Except the PC market. According to Gartner's January 13 press release, the top five companies in PC sales worldwide in Q4 2009 were HP, Acer, Dell, Lenovo, and Toshiba.
The top five companies in PC sales the US in Q4 2009 were HP, Dell, Acer, Toshiba, and Apple.
Gartner has yet to release its 2010 Q1 data.
I haven't done a lot of research here, but I'm guessing that Apple TV failed because of its price point. It does nothing more than any Xbox 360 or PS3 can do, and those are not that much more expensive (in fact, the cheapest model Xbox 360 is cheaper than the Apple TV, but it doesn't include a remote). Even the music streaming part for Xbox/PS3 works with any Windows XP Media Center PC or newer; Vista/7 includes Media Center in all editions.
Am I the only one who remembers that Windows 98 would require rebooting if you even updated your DNS settings?
"What do you mean I can't run Bejeweled on it?!" -- Mom
Last I checked, Windows currently runs on 3 hardware platforms in various versions (not counting mobile phone versions). Those are: x86, x86-64, and Itanium.
It does? That's strange, I don't recall having problems on my x86-64 system... Other than it won't run code written for Windows from 15+ years ago.
How long ago was this?
Right now, the consoles are priced at:
Wii - $199 USD for the 512MB version. Only supports 480i/480p (NTSC) or 576i/576p (PAL) graphics modes. Supports Composite and Component video connectors. Can also play GameCube games, but requires GameCube controllers and memory cards to do so.
Xbox 360 - $199 USD for the 512MB version, $299 for the 120GB version (sometimes includes 1-2 games), $399 for the 250GB/2 Controller/1 game versions (current versions are Splinter Cell or Final Fantasy XIII, previously was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2). Supports Composite, Component, and HDMI video connectors. Doesn't support Wireless networking without buying a $100 external adapter. Charges a monthly fee for online gaming. Can also play Xbox (original) games. All versions come with 1 Headset to match one of its controllers.
PS3 - $299 USD for the 120GB version, $349 USD for the 250GB version. Supports Composite, Component, and HDMI video connectors. Hard Drive can be swapped for any 2.5" hard drive.
If you're going to reference something, why not quote it (or the relevant section of it)?
"Congress shall make no law... abridging... the right of the people... to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." (Taken from the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States)
So yes, there is a restriction.
There are also laws that govern legal proceedings, and reading what other people more knowledgeable about law than I am, some of those were broken by the defendant; hence the contempt charge.
The Xbox 360 seems to be the one exception. What's really surprising is that people keep going back to it even after their 360 breaks.
I suppose they have a vested interest due to their game libraries.