So you will have the option of browsing the 'fast' web in chrome, or have a completely new user experience in IE.
Dude... Er...
Okay, you need to get out of the sun for a while. Have a glass of water. It's going to be okay. We'll be over here using every other major browser in the world with full hardware acceleration.
A lot of people don't upgrade their stuff until it needs replacing. Your arguments are similar the the standard logic for deciding when to buy a car.
Windows 7 is good. You can do your stuff. It doesn't run slowly on a remotely modern computer. It doesn't crash.
The mistake here is expecting any operating system to be a "huge jump" in anything. Windows 2000 is good enough for almost everyone. Windows 7 lets you get a *whole lot* more stuff done if you have a lot of software, multiple monitors (I'd be lost without the new titlebar-dragging mechanics), gaming hardware, etc etc etc.
The other thing that happens when you get a new operating system is that you get all the latest backend stuff that users don't know about but get upset if they don't have (DX11, WPF, desktop compositing, IPv6, WDDM, that kind of thing).
It's a lot easier to write and maintain spiffy, modern software if you're using recent APIs and standards. You're welcome to stick with what works, but don't expect the rest of the world to wait for you.
I think IE9 might help. The minute IE stops being the SOURCE OF ALL COMPUTER PROBLEMS EVER, I will stop having my users select and migrate to a different browser.
Citation-demanding is just an easy way to filibuster a discussion. You aren't entitled to a citation.
It's a conversation. You know, casual talking about stuff. If someone says something, and you think they may be full of shit, say "I think you're full of shit", and if they care, they may cite their source.
Not required. The baseline interface ActiveX uses is not that big (IE6 ran on Windows 98). if you bundled an entire basic install of Windows 98 as a compatibility layer, it would still be a fraction of the size of Adobe Reader.
After observing Red Flag, Loongson, and the basic nature of Chinese hardware, I predict we're going to shortly see an "oh wait, they were lying, it's 200 teraflops of American hardware" come down the pipe.
The profit is there. The handset manufacturer is getting paid for that handset, even if the carrier is amortizing the cost over the consumer's contract term plus default risk.
This must be true for only certain keyboards, because so far, running a keyboard through the dishwasher and letting it dry a few days has always resulted in a dead keyboard or a sticking membrane for me.
There's a amazingly large group of people who know how to basically operate a computer, but cannot read, spell, or follow simple instructions worth a damn. Their smart friends/relatives observe this, and (quite correctly) push them towards buying a Mac, to reduce the tech support load.
when will Skynet take over the internet and prevent me downloading?
A few years ago, if you own an iPhone (or a Tivo, or a dedicated industrial control computer, or a modern game console, or an advanced VOIP phone, or an expensive Blu-ray player with beefy processing hardware, or...)
We have all kinds of computers around us that you can't (or it's difficult to) run arbitrary software on. Apple seems to want to make your actual *computer* one of them.
In addition to being a great platform for all sorts of real work, Mac OS happens to be the ideal platform for illiterate morons (no insult intended to all the users who aren't morons). There's a lot of those, and practically none of them dual boot.
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No. You are not entitled to citations during a conversation with people. Ever.
So you will have the option of browsing the 'fast' web in chrome, or have a completely new user experience in IE.
Dude...
Er...
Okay, you need to get out of the sun for a while. Have a glass of water. It's going to be okay. We'll be over here using every other major browser in the world with full hardware acceleration.
It's not apples and oranges, it's apples versus half-apples. Software does run on old operating systems, but often features have to be lopped off.
DX10/11 is the most obvious example, of course. Your game will run on Windows XP. If you like tesselation/dynamic DOF/CUDA, you need to upgrade.
A lot of people don't upgrade their stuff until it needs replacing. Your arguments are similar the the standard logic for deciding when to buy a car.
Windows 7 is good. You can do your stuff. It doesn't run slowly on a remotely modern computer. It doesn't crash.
The mistake here is expecting any operating system to be a "huge jump" in anything. Windows 2000 is good enough for almost everyone. Windows 7 lets you get a *whole lot* more stuff done if you have a lot of software, multiple monitors (I'd be lost without the new titlebar-dragging mechanics), gaming hardware, etc etc etc.
The other thing that happens when you get a new operating system is that you get all the latest backend stuff that users don't know about but get upset if they don't have (DX11, WPF, desktop compositing, IPv6, WDDM, that kind of thing).
It's a lot easier to write and maintain spiffy, modern software if you're using recent APIs and standards. You're welcome to stick with what works, but don't expect the rest of the world to wait for you.
Counterexample: I had MS' activation drone tell me to buy Windows again when I told him I had a new motherboard.
I think IE9 might help. The minute IE stops being the SOURCE OF ALL COMPUTER PROBLEMS EVER, I will stop having my users select and migrate to a different browser.
"good enough" is a huge thing in browsers.
Citation-demanding is just an easy way to filibuster a discussion. You aren't entitled to a citation.
It's a conversation. You know, casual talking about stuff. If someone says something, and you think they may be full of shit, say "I think you're full of shit", and if they care, they may cite their source.
They probably won't care.
Not required. The baseline interface ActiveX uses is not that big (IE6 ran on Windows 98). if you bundled an entire basic install of Windows 98 as a compatibility layer, it would still be a fraction of the size of Adobe Reader.
After observing Red Flag, Loongson, and the basic nature of Chinese hardware, I predict we're going to shortly see an "oh wait, they were lying, it's 200 teraflops of American hardware" come down the pipe.
I wouldn't mind being wrong, though.
Is this like you go into the grocery store and eat a few twinkies and the manager bum rushes you and makes you gay?
Only in your dreams, mate.
Wheeoops, meant to reply to GP, not you.
He was suggesting a profit hole.
I don't believe the handset manufacturer is selling them 2-for-1. That's the profit hole you're talking about, right?
The carrier is paying for the handsets, then absorbing the BOGO discount. And NOBODY suggests the carriers aren't making a profit.
The profit is there. The handset manufacturer is getting paid for that handset, even if the carrier is amortizing the cost over the consumer's contract term plus default risk.
If I see you using two monitors and two keyboards, I'm going to assume you're attempting to reproduce by division.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
This must be true for only certain keyboards, because so far, running a keyboard through the dishwasher and letting it dry a few days has always resulted in a dead keyboard or a sticking membrane for me.
I think you breezed right over my multiple, redundant qualifiers. My OP had clarifications laid out in a sort of RAID-5.
Work a helpdesk for a while ;)
There's a amazingly large group of people who know how to basically operate a computer, but cannot read, spell, or follow simple instructions worth a damn. Their smart friends/relatives observe this, and (quite correctly) push them towards buying a Mac, to reduce the tech support load.
I hope you're right. Barring the scenario I described, a Mac App Store is a great thing.
Be sure to get the punctuation marks right in the plans.
Because Apple has the user devotion, market capital, and skill of execution to *change the industry* if they want to.
Frankly, I'm scared they're going to take my computer away.
when will Skynet take over the internet and prevent me downloading?
A few years ago, if you own an iPhone (or a Tivo, or a dedicated industrial control computer, or a modern game console, or an advanced VOIP phone, or an expensive Blu-ray player with beefy processing hardware, or...)
We have all kinds of computers around us that you can't (or it's difficult to) run arbitrary software on. Apple seems to want to make your actual *computer* one of them.
You're right, Fedora and Suse DID look like mistakes to me.
Not just credit card processing, ya dork. The entire marketing and distribution network.
Apple is pairing that restriction with relatively solid execution. Microsoft is just throwing money down the drain, I guaran-fuckin-tee ya.
Watch it for a year and see what happens.
In addition to being a great platform for all sorts of real work, Mac OS happens to be the ideal platform for illiterate morons (no insult intended to all the users who aren't morons). There's a lot of those, and practically none of them dual boot.