My clients power down all their Macs. They're set to sleep after a fixed interval, which uses hardly any power - and they can all wake for remote access when needed. Easy!
Plus, there are no marketing stooges around to force them to change the name to something an end luser could easily understand.
That's a shame really. Because marketing stooges are the people who get what you call 'lusers' to buy the product. I think you probably want this to happen, and the 'marketing stooge' knows what the 'luser' would like. I'm a 'luser' and I want my programs to have descriptive names, please.
One overlooked problem with the private car is that you go on owning it while you're not using it. It consumes space and security while you're working, sleeping, or away on vacation. Consequently it's not being used to best efficiency.
And although the point-to-point argument is hard to beat, it's only valid for a specific range of distances. For me personally, that's 10-200 km. Less than that, and I'll walk or cycle. More than that, I'll take the train or fly. When I arrive at my destination it might be handy to have a car again - that's what rental cars are for. But while I'm away, why should I pay for parking my redundant 'home car'? Here in the UK at least, airports and inter-city rail stations are well served by public transport - and expensive car parks. The cost of parking at airports or rail stations makes it worthwhile to take a little extra trouble in order not to leave my car at the interchange.
Luckily I live within cycling distance of several major rail stations and one airport (London City). Well, not luckily really, I choose to live in central London, and public transport is one of the reasons I made that choice.
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My clients power down all their Macs. They're set to sleep after a fixed interval, which uses hardly any power - and they can all wake for remote access when needed. Easy!
Driving distances in feet? Ah, Americans. I trust they're going to broaden its appeal to the rest of us!
One overlooked problem with the private car is that you go on owning it while you're not using it. It consumes space and security while you're working, sleeping, or away on vacation. Consequently it's not being used to best efficiency.
And although the point-to-point argument is hard to beat, it's only valid for a specific range of distances. For me personally, that's 10-200 km. Less than that, and I'll walk or cycle. More than that, I'll take the train or fly. When I arrive at my destination it might be handy to have a car again - that's what rental cars are for. But while I'm away, why should I pay for parking my redundant 'home car'? Here in the UK at least, airports and inter-city rail stations are well served by public transport - and expensive car parks. The cost of parking at airports or rail stations makes it worthwhile to take a little extra trouble in order not to leave my car at the interchange.
Luckily I live within cycling distance of several major rail stations and one airport (London City). Well, not luckily really, I choose to live in central London, and public transport is one of the reasons I made that choice.