911 service should be alternatively taxed. After all it is really about emergency services reaching your house or location. In fact, it would be better to base it out of income as you can use the services anywhere. One part of taxing transparency is connecting the taxes with their uses.
While I don't mind most things when they are closed source, the relentless promotion of Skype will lead to lock in to their network. Then the rates go up. AIM is the perfect example. Instead of using open source technology allowing for an evolving standard, everyone uses AIM, and so is stuck with a proprietary service.
I live in NYC and can't get anything much better. There are no density problems here, just a real lack of competition. If RoadRunner thinks I will stay for their crap the moment there is a real broadband option, they are sorely mistaken.
And metadata and these other features are going to make "Joe Sixpack"s life much easier. Apple's Spotlight is just one example of what metadata lets you do. There are many advantages to the end user in having a sophisticated FS.
I think you will see that become prevalent everywhere. Mac with Spotlight technology, Windows with whatever they come out with and Linux with all of the new refined metadata FS's like Reiser4
Soon not having extensive metadata will seem archaic.
802.16a, or metropolitan networks would seem to be the future of wireless anyway. So this seems only like a stopgap kind of measure, much like DLinks proprietary 802.11b boosted speeds. Anyone who buys into proprietary solutions like this deserves what they get....
I agree that one of the main problems with the eMac is expense. The integrated monitor is also a major problem for most IT departments, they already have an investment in a bunch of monitors, why can't they use those?
And contrary to most people's statements here, there are two things that everyone is going to do with these machines that matter: word-process and surf the web.
Yes, schools teach photoshop and maya and whatever else. However, it is easier for Apple to sell them specialized hardware in fields where they are strong. Apple gets screwed by not having all of those cheap word-processing machines. Once cheap Windows boxes start taking over that field the administrators start thinking how to get them to do everything.
That is a really simple question, a touchscreen has fewer affordances than hard buttons. With my trusty 48sx I could bang out numbers without looking at the calculator until the result was up. With a touchscreen I would have to keep looking down.
The price is totally in line with a heavily specialized piece of equipment...
Try the 2.84 lb. Panasonic W-2, that is a real subnote... Or buy a Mac which is better, don't buy poorly built junk from Sony who also don't even know what customer service is.
The real problem is that the desktop revolution made anyone think they were capable of design, even though they are manifestly not even nearly capable. Combine that with plenty of bad taste, and what you get is a bunch of crap.
I know that someone wrote a program for Windows called MacDrive or something like that to read the Mac HFS format. Frankly, for my purpose, it doesn't have to read fast under Windows, it just has to work consistently and well so that I can use it as needed. It would be ideal for USB keychain drives and other such things as well. Right now I guess we are stuck with network servers and FAT32.
The real problem is Windows compatibility. I have to use FAT32 as a default just to be able to read the file system on my Mac, Windows, and Linux boxes. Whatever the future holds, it at least needs a driver for Windows that is easy to use....
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911 service should be alternatively taxed. After all it is really about emergency services reaching your house or location. In fact, it would be better to base it out of income as you can use the services anywhere. One part of taxing transparency is connecting the taxes with their uses.
I want to buy a card without broadcast flag, but I really want it to have CableCard capability as well....
While I don't mind most things when they are closed source, the relentless promotion of Skype will lead to lock in to their network. Then the rates go up. AIM is the perfect example. Instead of using open source technology allowing for an evolving standard, everyone uses AIM, and so is stuck with a proprietary service.
I live in NYC and can't get anything much better. There are no density problems here, just a real lack of competition. If RoadRunner thinks I will stay for their crap the moment there is a real broadband option, they are sorely mistaken.
And metadata and these other features are going to make "Joe Sixpack"s life much easier. Apple's Spotlight is just one example of what metadata lets you do. There are many advantages to the end user in having a sophisticated FS.
I think you will see that become prevalent everywhere. Mac with Spotlight technology, Windows with whatever they come out with and Linux with all of the new refined metadata FS's like Reiser4 Soon not having extensive metadata will seem archaic.
I think they want you to buy an xServe instead. I think that is why they have crippled the number of HDs.
802.16a, or metropolitan networks would seem to be the future of wireless anyway. So this seems only like a stopgap kind of measure, much like DLinks proprietary 802.11b boosted speeds. Anyone who buys into proprietary solutions like this deserves what they get....
I agree that one of the main problems with the eMac is expense. The integrated monitor is also a major problem for most IT departments, they already have an investment in a bunch of monitors, why can't they use those? And contrary to most people's statements here, there are two things that everyone is going to do with these machines that matter: word-process and surf the web. Yes, schools teach photoshop and maya and whatever else. However, it is easier for Apple to sell them specialized hardware in fields where they are strong. Apple gets screwed by not having all of those cheap word-processing machines. Once cheap Windows boxes start taking over that field the administrators start thinking how to get them to do everything.
That is a really simple question, a touchscreen has fewer affordances than hard buttons. With my trusty 48sx I could bang out numbers without looking at the calculator until the result was up. With a touchscreen I would have to keep looking down. The price is totally in line with a heavily specialized piece of equipment...
Try the 2.84 lb. Panasonic W-2, that is a real subnote... Or buy a Mac which is better, don't buy poorly built junk from Sony who also don't even know what customer service is.
The real problem is that the desktop revolution made anyone think they were capable of design, even though they are manifestly not even nearly capable. Combine that with plenty of bad taste, and what you get is a bunch of crap.
I know that someone wrote a program for Windows called MacDrive or something like that to read the Mac HFS format. Frankly, for my purpose, it doesn't have to read fast under Windows, it just has to work consistently and well so that I can use it as needed. It would be ideal for USB keychain drives and other such things as well. Right now I guess we are stuck with network servers and FAT32.
Why not? Why doesn't someone develop a nice FS, something like BFS/XFS/ReiserFS and also make Windows and Mac drivers?
The real problem is Windows compatibility. I have to use FAT32 as a default just to be able to read the file system on my Mac, Windows, and Linux boxes. Whatever the future holds, it at least needs a driver for Windows that is easy to use....