Then it's obviously PHP, as it's the most installed setup at most ISPs/web hosting companies.
It doesn't matter if another language is better, faster or more secure, because if you don't use PHP then you are seriously limiting your hosting options.
When you have a negligible market share, I'd think you be extremely careful not to lose ANY customers. But Apple did it, twice (from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X, then from PowerPC to intel x86).
It's Microsoft who should be daring and do it without worrying about losing customers, they have so many that it wouldn't be noticeable anyway. And since when has problems stopped people from using Microsoft products anyway?
And this is why I disable Java and plug-ins. If a website can't be used without Flash* and Java, it means it's coded like crap. And if the code is crap, the content is probably crap too.
* except video-based websites like YouTube, though I'm hoping they'll offer an "HTML5 Media"-based version soon enough for non-defective browsers.
Replying to myself here, about the comments made so far.
First, I didn't see it was for a 2.5" drive. As most of you pointed out, 256GB of high-speed, low-power storage in a laptop is a very good thing indeed.
To the few who say that most people don't have terabytes of data, you may be right. However a quick trip to your local Costco will show that external drives are now at 1TB and 2TB. If you want something smaller you will have to buy a 2.5" external drive which is around 250GB for nearly the price of the external 1TB 3.5" drive.
A 256GB capacity is getting large enough to replace hard-drives for good.
Hard drives have entered terabytes territory, and you think 256GB SSD drives are "large enough"?
Until SSD drives cost only around 10-25% more than a regular drive of the same capacity, they're not replacing them at all. For most consumers, capacity is king, not speed.
Intel has a much better board than this, erm, intel motherboard: the Intel D201GLY2A Little Valley Mainboard, 79$ in bulk packaging. And yes, that's a mini-ITX with a serial and parallel port and yes that includes the CPU too, an Intel Celeron 220 1.2 GHz, Conroe-L (65 nm) based on Intel Core microarchitecture.
Indeed, I really hate this "Windows owns 95% of the marketshare" myth.
It really is a myth, as far as games are concerned: - the marketshare numbers we keep hearing about are not about installed base, but sales - even if we go with these numbers, it's still wrong because it counts Windows servers and corporate desktops and laptops - it counts all users as being a possible market for games, which it isn't
As you say, if 40% of college students are buying Macs, why the hell are game companies so stuck up on the "Windows has 95% of the market" mantra? Are they all stupid, or what?
That's like all these game developers who keep saying that the Wii is inferior hardware and isn't really a next-gen system (but they still continue to make PS2 games anyway). So what, that's the best-selling gaming system right now, apart from the Nintendo DS, which is not only another Nintendo system, but even more "inferior" specs-wise.
If the gamers have Macs and Wiis, then make games for these systems!
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Then it's obviously PHP, as it's the most installed setup at most ISPs/web hosting companies.
It doesn't matter if another language is better, faster or more secure, because if you don't use PHP then you are seriously limiting your hosting options.
Not to mention that all the new consoles have USB ports.
And how does Microsoft forces people to upgrade tho their latest OS?
I still see Apple retailers using an old CRT iMac running Mac OS 9 for their invoices and all. Apple ditched Mac OS 9 support years ago.
Unsupported doesn't mean it's going to stop working tomorrow.
When you have a negligible market share, I'd think you be extremely careful not to lose ANY customers. But Apple did it, twice (from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X, then from PowerPC to intel x86).
It's Microsoft who should be daring and do it without worrying about losing customers, they have so many that it wouldn't be noticeable anyway. And since when has problems stopped people from using Microsoft products anyway?
When it came out, Doom pretty much required an "insane computer" to run. Now, you can run it on calculators, iPods and toasters.
Crysis in a VM? Probably in 10 years, on your phone.
Apple also did it again when they moved to intel processors with their universal binaries (but they did dump the "old Mac OS" compatibility).
If Apple can do it twice, why can't Microsoft do it once?
Why, can't find jobs as a Unix, web server or even plain networks administrator?
Computers != Microsoft.
Won't work. My ISP blocks torrents.
Tickets... IDs... Databases....
;)
As long as it's not from Diebold, they'll be ok.
And this is why I disable Java and plug-ins. If a website can't be used without Flash* and Java, it means it's coded like crap. And if the code is crap, the content is probably crap too.
* except video-based websites like YouTube, though I'm hoping they'll offer an "HTML5 Media"-based version soon enough for non-defective browsers.
It's a great album.
If you use Firefox on a Mac, all you get is Windows 95-style HTML form widgets. What's up with that? Why isn't Firefox using the built-in OS widgets?
Replying to myself here, about the comments made so far.
First, I didn't see it was for a 2.5" drive. As most of you pointed out, 256GB of high-speed, low-power storage in a laptop is a very good thing indeed.
To the few who say that most people don't have terabytes of data, you may be right. However a quick trip to your local Costco will show that external drives are now at 1TB and 2TB. If you want something smaller you will have to buy a 2.5" external drive which is around 250GB for nearly the price of the external 1TB 3.5" drive.
Until SSD drives cost only around 10-25% more than a regular drive of the same capacity, they're not replacing them at all. For most consumers, capacity is king, not speed.
Wow, thanks for the press'n drag trick!
Or rather... I'll believe it when it sees me!
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/9/24/
Torrent-tella?
Then you have no choice but to make the icon/mascot a robot spider!
How is 1290600 "almost past 1.2 million UIDs"?
That's 1.29 million...
Intel has a much better board than this, erm, intel motherboard: the Intel D201GLY2A Little Valley Mainboard, 79$ in bulk packaging. And yes, that's a mini-ITX with a serial and parallel port and yes that includes the CPU too, an Intel Celeron 220 1.2 GHz, Conroe-L (65 nm) based on Intel Core microarchitecture.
I also got modded as a troll, probably by a combination of Microsoft + Sony fanboys who can't handle the truth.
Indeed, I really hate this "Windows owns 95% of the marketshare" myth.
It really is a myth, as far as games are concerned:
- the marketshare numbers we keep hearing about are not about installed base, but sales
- even if we go with these numbers, it's still wrong because it counts Windows servers and corporate desktops and laptops
- it counts all users as being a possible market for games, which it isn't
As you say, if 40% of college students are buying Macs, why the hell are game companies so stuck up on the "Windows has 95% of the market" mantra? Are they all stupid, or what?
That's like all these game developers who keep saying that the Wii is inferior hardware and isn't really a next-gen system (but they still continue to make PS2 games anyway). So what, that's the best-selling gaming system right now, apart from the Nintendo DS, which is not only another Nintendo system, but even more "inferior" specs-wise.
If the gamers have Macs and Wiis, then make games for these systems!
You and your fancy electronic ping-pong. Back in my day we had board games!
I am stunned by your reply.