My work laptop is an HP. When they upgraded us from Windows XP to Windows 7 and then Office 2010 to whatever the latest is, it brought my machine to it's knees. Not enough memory. I think those machines are going to be sucking wind with 2-3GB. I think I had 4 and had to go to 8.
Why on earth they kept this data is beyond me. If you want to get info on wifi hotspots, that's one thing. Actually storing the data sent over those hotspots is absurdly stupid for a company as large as google. They have lawyers, they should have known better.
I agree. Netapp tried to buy ASIS after they had ASIS (the name of their dedup product) integrated into their filers. That should tell everyone what the people at Netapp think of their own solution.
I don't know how this could possibly have gotten modded insightful. Gmail is the most feature free web based email service I have ever used. Yahoo blows it away.
You can't even sort your contacts by last name!
In my opinion, yahoo mail blows gmail out of the water.
I don't get this. Should Nintendo be forced to let Flash games run on the DSI? Or Sony on the PSP?
What is the difference? It would certainly benefit developers to be able to write in flash and sell on these platforms as well. Why is nobody complaining about them?
I have a thinkpad and it is fine for me (I prefer trackpoints to touch pads). The battery life isn't the best, but I can live with it.
The thing that is going to make me spend the extra cash (and if you knew me, you'd know how much I hate spending extra cash), is Mac OS X.
I absolutely hate windows. I really do. I tried running linux for a while, but there are too many things I can't do under linux (Itunes, ESPN360, Netflix streaming, etc). I am not going to give up functionality/capabilities to run linux. I know linux could do these things if content providers like netflix and espn would support it, but they don't and there isn't anything I can do about that.
I am also looking forward to playing with Xcode. I disagree with many things apple does and think they price gouge at every chance, but giving away the development tools for free is pretty awesome.
Hopefully, a year from now I won't be hating OS X too.
I agree that apple does nickel and dime you. I don't agree that these things should be included.
Most people will never use the VGA or DVI adapter, so you are adding a bunch of stuff to the landfills that shouldn't have been made in the first place.
I have an ipod and have never had a need for a belt clip or dock.
Earth first (or second or third or at least not last) man!
That is exactly the problem I have with it: the monthly fee. It is outrageously high for providing scheduling information. If it was 1/2 the current price, I might be able to justify it. No way at 12.95.
The hardware is a bit pricey, but it isn't really the deal breaker for me. I just can't abide that monthly fee.
And combined with the above, that's better than 90% of the other manufacturers who shove actual commodity parts into cheap plastic cases and stuff Windows Home Edition on the hard drive....
If they would only just install windows home edition and leave it at that... They have to install all of that trialware/nagware for "free" and then not give you the windows media to put a clean install on your machine. I just love that about Windows PC's.
I have a couple thinkpads and hate all the junk lenovo puts on them.
I installed Media Go on my PC and can't believe what a terrible piece of software it is. It tries to update itself every time I launch it and fails. I messed with it a few times and have never been able to get it to work and have since given up on it.
I have played with my nephew's DS and I just hate the size of the screen. Having two tiny screens just isn't that appealing to me. I really like the screen on my PSP. I have one of the original units and really like the form factor. It could use more and better games, but the problems with it aren't the hardware.
I think this new OS will face the same hurdles that prevent me from running linux: No Itunes, no espn360 and no streaming from Netflix.
I would dump windows in a heartbeat if I could just get those running seemlessly on Linux. And by seemlessly, I mean not having to run wine and jump through a bunch of hoops to get version X of this or that to run...
Right now only Apple and Microsoft get you these things.
I agree. There are several titles on the PSP that I really like and play quite a bit. I never buy a game at full price when it comes out. But some people do, so I understand why they charge more at release. They really need to incorporate this into the digital download model - higher price at release, lower price once the title is "old."
They also need to let you move games from one device to another like Itunes does with music. I wouldn't buy a digital download game that I could only play on my current player.
I like the idea of no UMD's. There are usually only a few titles I am actively playing and I have always wanted to have these all on my PSP all the time without lugging around disks.
All in all, I think the PSP is a great portable gaming platform. I wish there were more titles...
Ahhhh... WRUW: I have many wonderful memories of long nights in the basement of Mather Memorial building and Saturday afternoons at Studio-A-Rama. Two brained stegasaurus drive-inn, live from the vatican, the Bob Dobbs radio revival. Those were the days...
This is only marginally related (and maybe not even that). I get over the air digital content on my HD tv. I refuse to pay the monthly fees to get cable or satellite. I remember people complaining that the broadcast networks got huge chunks of air space when they started broadcasting in digital. Our PBS station broadcasts 5 different channels. Why don't the commercial networks broadcast some quality programming on their excess capacity? ABC could broadcast ESPN over the air - but they don't. It seems like you would pick up additional viewers at not much cost if you already own the broadcast frequencies. Does anyone know why they don't do this?
I had the $13/month local channel package from Comcast. I bought an HDTV with a tuner and put an antenna in my attic. I now get all of the local broadcast channels, most in HD.
I called comcast today to cancel and the lady told me broadcast was going away:
Comcast Rep: Why are you dropping cable?
Me: I have an HDTV with a digital tuner, I am getting these channels over the air for free.
Comcast Rep: You know you won't be able to do that in 2009 when the law changes?
Me: Only analog broadcasts will be impacted in 2009. I have a digital receiver.
Comcast Rep: It doesn't matter, in 2009 you will have to get Cable from someone.
Me: You are either intentionally spreading disinformation or you have no idea what you are talking about. Just cancel my cable.
I really would like to get ESPN/Discovery but there is no way I am going to pay $60+ per month to get them.
I agree, but if gamestops are franchises - you are still supporting a local business. Having a game store in my town is worth something to me - even if it is a national chain. And the biggest reason it is worth something to me is used games. I will gladly wait to play a game to get it at 50% or more off the original price.
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My work laptop is an HP. When they upgraded us from Windows XP to Windows 7 and then Office 2010 to whatever the latest is, it brought my machine to it's knees. Not enough memory. I think those machines are going to be sucking wind with 2-3GB. I think I had 4 and had to go to 8.
All I run is office, a browser and putty.
My 6 hear old Macbook pro is still running fine:
Processor Name: Intel Core i7 Running @ 2.66 GHz
Upgraded the memory from 4GB to 8GB, upgraded the hard drive from 512GB to 1TB.
And it has a matte display which is regrettably no longer available from Apple.
Shouldn't that be enough?
I love to see these guys fail.
Is it still true that Office and Windows are their only profitable products?
Perhaps it should have been don't be stupid.
Why on earth they kept this data is beyond me. If you want to get info on wifi hotspots, that's one thing. Actually storing the data sent over those hotspots is absurdly stupid for a company as large as google. They have lawyers, they should have known better.
I agree. Netapp tried to buy ASIS after they had ASIS (the name of their dedup product) integrated into their filers. That should tell everyone what the people at Netapp think of their own solution.
Oh never mind (this was ie8, but it lets you know what is important to them):
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/08/02/0036205/Microsofts-Ad-Team-Trumps-IE-Developers-Privacy-Aims
I don't know how this could possibly have gotten modded insightful. Gmail is the most feature free web based email service I have ever used. Yahoo blows it away.
You can't even sort your contacts by last name!
In my opinion, yahoo mail blows gmail out of the water.
I don't get this. Should Nintendo be forced to let Flash games run on the DSI? Or Sony on the PSP?
What is the difference? It would certainly benefit developers to be able to write in flash and sell on these platforms as well. Why is nobody complaining about them?
I have a thinkpad and it is fine for me (I prefer trackpoints to touch pads). The battery life isn't the best, but I can live with it.
The thing that is going to make me spend the extra cash (and if you knew me, you'd know how much I hate spending extra cash), is Mac OS X.
I absolutely hate windows. I really do. I tried running linux for a while, but there are too many things I can't do under linux (Itunes, ESPN360, Netflix streaming, etc). I am not going to give up functionality/capabilities to run linux. I know linux could do these things if content providers like netflix and espn would support it, but they don't and there isn't anything I can do about that.
I am also looking forward to playing with Xcode. I disagree with many things apple does and think they price gouge at every chance, but giving away the development tools for free is pretty awesome.
Hopefully, a year from now I won't be hating OS X too.
I agree that apple does nickel and dime you. I don't agree that these things should be included. Most people will never use the VGA or DVI adapter, so you are adding a bunch of stuff to the landfills that shouldn't have been made in the first place. I have an ipod and have never had a need for a belt clip or dock. Earth first (or second or third or at least not last) man!
The lifetime might work if it was my lifetime and not the lifetime of the device. I believe you have to pay again if you upgrade your tivo device.
Bravo. Well said!
That is exactly the problem I have with it: the monthly fee. It is outrageously high for providing scheduling information. If it was 1/2 the current price, I might be able to justify it. No way at 12.95. The hardware is a bit pricey, but it isn't really the deal breaker for me. I just can't abide that monthly fee.
And combined with the above, that's better than 90% of the other manufacturers who shove actual commodity parts into cheap plastic cases and stuff Windows Home Edition on the hard drive....
If they would only just install windows home edition and leave it at that... They have to install all of that trialware/nagware for "free" and then not give you the windows media to put a clean install on your machine. I just love that about Windows PC's. I have a couple thinkpads and hate all the junk lenovo puts on them.
I installed Media Go on my PC and can't believe what a terrible piece of software it is. It tries to update itself every time I launch it and fails. I messed with it a few times and have never been able to get it to work and have since given up on it.
I have played with my nephew's DS and I just hate the size of the screen. Having two tiny screens just isn't that appealing to me. I really like the screen on my PSP. I have one of the original units and really like the form factor. It could use more and better games, but the problems with it aren't the hardware.
I think this new OS will face the same hurdles that prevent me from running linux: No Itunes, no espn360 and no streaming from Netflix.
I would dump windows in a heartbeat if I could just get those running seemlessly on Linux. And by seemlessly, I mean not having to run wine and jump through a bunch of hoops to get version X of this or that to run...
Right now only Apple and Microsoft get you these things.
I agree. There are several titles on the PSP that I really like and play quite a bit. I never buy a game at full price when it comes out. But some people do, so I understand why they charge more at release. They really need to incorporate this into the digital download model - higher price at release, lower price once the title is "old."
They also need to let you move games from one device to another like Itunes does with music. I wouldn't buy a digital download game that I could only play on my current player.
I like the idea of no UMD's. There are usually only a few titles I am actively playing and I have always wanted to have these all on my PSP all the time without lugging around disks.
All in all, I think the PSP is a great portable gaming platform. I wish there were more titles...
Ahhhh... WRUW: I have many wonderful memories of long nights in the basement of Mather Memorial building and Saturday afternoons at Studio-A-Rama. Two brained stegasaurus drive-inn, live from the vatican, the Bob Dobbs radio revival. Those were the days...
It may be invented so far in the future that everyone has forgotten the term, but I think it is a great name for a VR room.
This is only marginally related (and maybe not even that). I get over the air digital content on my HD tv. I refuse to pay the monthly fees to get cable or satellite. I remember people complaining that the broadcast networks got huge chunks of air space when they started broadcasting in digital. Our PBS station broadcasts 5 different channels. Why don't the commercial networks broadcast some quality programming on their excess capacity? ABC could broadcast ESPN over the air - but they don't. It seems like you would pick up additional viewers at not much cost if you already own the broadcast frequencies. Does anyone know why they don't do this?
You are getting a great deal. The equivalant package from Comcast where I live is $48. And you don't get any HD channels with that. I live in MA.
I had the $13/month local channel package from Comcast. I bought an HDTV with a tuner and put an antenna in my attic. I now get all of the local broadcast channels, most in HD.
I called comcast today to cancel and the lady told me broadcast was going away:
Comcast Rep: Why are you dropping cable?
Me: I have an HDTV with a digital tuner, I am getting these channels over the air for free.
Comcast Rep: You know you won't be able to do that in 2009 when the law changes?
Me: Only analog broadcasts will be impacted in 2009. I have a digital receiver.
Comcast Rep: It doesn't matter, in 2009 you will have to get Cable from someone.
Me: You are either intentionally spreading disinformation or you have no idea what you are talking about. Just cancel my cable.
I really would like to get ESPN/Discovery but there is no way I am going to pay $60+ per month to get them.
I agree, but if gamestops are franchises - you are still supporting a local business. Having a game store in my town is worth something to me - even if it is a national chain. And the biggest reason it is worth something to me is used games. I will gladly wait to play a game to get it at 50% or more off the original price.