What OS supported USB first is irrelevent. The claim that Apple "made" USB is ridiculous. Apple took advantage of the upcoming technology and contributed nothing to the effort. USB was years in the making, it was created by Intel, supported my MS, and required to be shipped in all PC in order to get MS certification. Intel and MS made USB. Apple had nothing to do with it.
Windows is built by professional coders as is Linux largely. Both are upheld to a high standard.
"Now we learn that Windows is made pretty much like Linux." Don't think we learned that at all. Windows isn't made at all like Linux and the article doesn't shed any light on how it's done really. Believe what you will believe but just because the article says so doesn't mean it's true. Nowhere in the article did it suggest that the development process for Windows is anything like Linux.
I don't know if you are responding to me but it seems like we're in agreement. Of course I don't think Dell should develop its own processors.
Dell doesn't like fixed expenses of which R&D is one. They like recurring ones because they scale with the business. Dell makes more profit per employee and per dollar invested than anyone else. R&D companies are not in the same league. There's a reason for Dell historic rise in the stock market after all. If you wanted someone to earn money for you, would you choose Michael Dell or Steve Jobs? No one does it better than Michael Dell.
I have no problem with Dell rebranding products or farming out development. Save their R&D investment for where it really counts. Mp3 players aren't it. Dell kicks Apple's ass where it counts---in big business.
How long has the shuffle been out? A year? How much cheaper can it be had than $99? $95? Big deal.
The shuffle is a me-too product that Apple introduced long after the market was saturated with flash products that had superior features. Of all the flash players, the shuffle is the most feature-poor. Only Apple lovers accept that the screen is unneccesary. Everyone else seems to be able to fit one in at the same or lower price.
The Dell product is late and just like all the others but still better than the shuffle. Doesn't take much to achieve that.
Dell doesn't pretend to do great R&D. The brag that they get others to do it for them. Others spend the moeny and Dell makes the profits. Investors seem to like it that way.
don't forget to mention the discomfort of these devices then and the fact that it can be hard to sleep with them. The Bose headphones can be hard to sleep in too but are far more comfortable otherwise and don't sound as bad as people say---especially the second generation ones.
I have the Etymotics and the Shures (suck) but have given up on traveling with either of them because they are too uncomfortable over time. Your ear canal may be different. Bose for me even though I also despise the company. Their noise cancelling headphones are the only technology that's worth having.
How does arranging ports in size order mean a lot in everyday usage? How does it mean anything at all? Would allowing a product to run its own battery down in two days even when off be considered "attention to detail"? How about a product that has no obvious on/off switch (and never actually turns off)?
Installation is not a breeze on the G5 nor is the design ingenious. It's average and par for the course these days. It should come as no surprise that no additional cooling was required when you replaced two drives with two others either.
You seem to think you have something to say but all you've done is something obvious and commonplace. I realize that mac owners aren't used to upgrading components but it's done all the time.
Prior art abounds for Apple's scroll wheel as well. Funny no one is complaining about that. Seems that applying existing techniques to solve new problems is patentable---Creative's as well as Apple's. Reap what you sow, Apple.
Dell produces the Recovery CD, not MS. It would be highly surprising, though possible, that Dell got the video driver wrong. It's more likely the video card was replaced and this complaint is nothing but bullshit. It's also possible that there's a hardware problem.
You think IBM is in the business of providing endless amounts of charity funding? Why don't you provide a living wage to the guy? IBM is a for-profit business.
You use iPhoto? That disqualifies you as expert. It's not like no one's ever done that sort of automatic image manipulation without using a mac/automator after all. You can do all that within image processing apps (even on a mac).
Good to know you're an expert on future MS and Apple OS products as well.
How is that an "artifact"? In order for someone to receive a benefit they don't pay for, someone else has to pay and receive nothing. Those would be the rich, not the poor people in North Dakota.
That quote is cute but it's also ignorant sexist bullshit. If it were true there'd be no need for the word "intuitive" in the language to begin with. Written by an idiot with tits on his mind.
I'd sure like to know what sorts of things RMS does that would be capital offenses in Texas yet legal in Mass. Care to enlighten us further? In Texas, how many crimes not involving the wrongful death of another qualify for the death penalty?
The effect is to make the last day of your life 35 years longer of course.
There are plenty of things you can do to improve the quality of your life and to remain healthy as you age. I assume you do all of those things already?
Could there be any other answer other than the process of aging being slowed down?
Unless your a guy and decreased fertility means never having an erection again. It's all about quality of life. Would you consider a treatment that would prolong your life 30 years but required your genitals to be removed? Perhaps when you are 70 but not when you're 18.
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What OS supported USB first is irrelevent. The claim that Apple "made" USB is ridiculous. Apple took advantage of the upcoming technology and contributed nothing to the effort. USB was years in the making, it was created by Intel, supported my MS, and required to be shipped in all PC in order to get MS certification. Intel and MS made USB. Apple had nothing to do with it.
Windows is built by professional coders as is Linux largely. Both are upheld to a high standard.
"Now we learn that Windows is made pretty much like Linux." Don't think we learned that at all. Windows isn't made at all like Linux and the article doesn't shed any light on how it's done really. Believe what you will believe but just because the article says so doesn't mean it's true. Nowhere in the article did it suggest that the development process for Windows is anything like Linux.
I don't know if you are responding to me but it seems like we're in agreement. Of course I don't think Dell should develop its own processors.
Dell doesn't like fixed expenses of which R&D is one. They like recurring ones because they scale with the business. Dell makes more profit per employee and per dollar invested than anyone else. R&D companies are not in the same league. There's a reason for Dell historic rise in the stock market after all. If you wanted someone to earn money for you, would you choose Michael Dell or Steve Jobs? No one does it better than Michael Dell.
I have no problem with Dell rebranding products or farming out development. Save their R&D investment for where it really counts. Mp3 players aren't it. Dell kicks Apple's ass where it counts---in big business.
They should have come up with something with fewer syllables like "iPod shuffle"? The "DJ" part is from the family branding just like "iPod".
Could the UI be any worse than the shuffle's? At least it has a screen.
If you haven't used it then how do you know and why do you guess everyone else knows it too?
How long has the shuffle been out? A year? How much cheaper can it be had than $99? $95? Big deal.
The shuffle is a me-too product that Apple introduced long after the market was saturated with flash products that had superior features. Of all the flash players, the shuffle is the most feature-poor. Only Apple lovers accept that the screen is unneccesary. Everyone else seems to be able to fit one in at the same or lower price.
The Dell product is late and just like all the others but still better than the shuffle. Doesn't take much to achieve that.
Dell doesn't pretend to do great R&D. The brag that they get others to do it for them. Others spend the moeny and Dell makes the profits. Investors seem to like it that way.
Apple never made processors. They do make the loud-as-hell Powermac G5's though.
don't forget to mention the discomfort of these devices then and the fact that it can be hard to sleep with them. The Bose headphones can be hard to sleep in too but are far more comfortable otherwise and don't sound as bad as people say---especially the second generation ones.
I have the Etymotics and the Shures (suck) but have given up on traveling with either of them because they are too uncomfortable over time. Your ear canal may be different. Bose for me even though I also despise the company. Their noise cancelling headphones are the only technology that's worth having.
yeah the Shure ones really suck.
How does arranging ports in size order mean a lot in everyday usage? How does it mean anything at all? Would allowing a product to run its own battery down in two days even when off be considered "attention to detail"? How about a product that has no obvious on/off switch (and never actually turns off)?
Their packaging is nice.
No it doesn't. The nano is obviously superior to the product it replaces. Making that decision requires no guts at all.
Perhaps you should buy it so that you qualify for the source distribution then.
Installation is not a breeze on the G5 nor is the design ingenious. It's average and par for the course these days. It should come as no surprise that no additional cooling was required when you replaced two drives with two others either.
You seem to think you have something to say but all you've done is something obvious and commonplace. I realize that mac owners aren't used to upgrading components but it's done all the time.
Your sex life is uninteresting as well.
totalitarianism is the OSF way. You haven't been paying attention.
No, but you have to pick your mouse up with any decent sized screen. Just because you don't have to look doesn't mean it's faster or easier.
Prior art abounds for Apple's scroll wheel as well. Funny no one is complaining about that. Seems that applying existing techniques to solve new problems is patentable---Creative's as well as Apple's. Reap what you sow, Apple.
Dell produces the Recovery CD, not MS. It would be highly surprising, though possible, that Dell got the video driver wrong. It's more likely the video card was replaced and this complaint is nothing but bullshit. It's also possible that there's a hardware problem.
You think IBM is in the business of providing endless amounts of charity funding? Why don't you provide a living wage to the guy? IBM is a for-profit business.
You use iPhoto? That disqualifies you as expert. It's not like no one's ever done that sort of automatic image manipulation without using a mac/automator after all. You can do all that within image processing apps (even on a mac).
Good to know you're an expert on future MS and Apple OS products as well.
How is that an "artifact"? In order for someone to receive a benefit they don't pay for, someone else has to pay and receive nothing. Those would be the rich, not the poor people in North Dakota.
That quote is cute but it's also ignorant sexist bullshit. If it were true there'd be no need for the word "intuitive" in the language to begin with. Written by an idiot with tits on his mind.
I'd sure like to know what sorts of things RMS does that would be capital offenses in Texas yet legal in Mass. Care to enlighten us further? In Texas, how many crimes not involving the wrongful death of another qualify for the death penalty?
The effect is to make the last day of your life 35 years longer of course.
There are plenty of things you can do to improve the quality of your life and to remain healthy as you age. I assume you do all of those things already?
Could there be any other answer other than the process of aging being slowed down?
Unless your a guy and decreased fertility means never having an erection again. It's all about quality of life. Would you consider a treatment that would prolong your life 30 years but required your genitals to be removed? Perhaps when you are 70 but not when you're 18.