IMHO, the biggest problem with "Time Machine" is that Apple is advertising it as a backup solution, but tells you to leave it connected to your computer. Grandma thinks she has a legit backup. Grandma is wrong. Archiving old version of files is great, but you still need a backup seperated from your computer.
You might want to do thorough check of your disk. I have made this mistake many times in the past, and the original file is always intact. I think it is a problem, however, that the damaged destination file doesn't indicate that it is damaged. You might think, "oh, I must have done a copy." I've been burned by that a couple times.
The rumor comes from Toshiba and I don't buy it. Why would Microsoft do this? They make money off movie downloads to the Xbox. Unless Toshiba is going to give MS a huge stake in the HD-DVD platform, I don't really see an upside for Redmond. I can see Toshiba making a media center extender, but I don't see MS letting them put an Xbox into it.
Help! I can't understand why 'apt-get install Half-Life_2' isn't working!
> Lets see, for Windows I must: > 1) Goto Store > 2) Pay for Software > 3) Insert CD > 4) Wonder what Autoplay is going to do > 5) Navigate non-standard installation
> For my debian/ubuntu systems: > 1) apt-get install softwarex
What if the current ACPI driver isn't faulty but the previous one was? What if Intel relied on the previous driver to design the sleep functions for the Core Duo? Then Microsoft fixes the ACPI driver. Uh-oh. This kind of thing happens in software all the time. There does seem to be some evidence for this scenerio in the article.
The problem is only reported on the latest Service Pack.
The problem has been known for seven months but not "fixed."
The problem only occurs on the Core Duo.
Microsoft seems ready to take responsibility for the problem even though the evidence points to a hardware problem.
The following quote from the Intel rep -- "It is something we have asked our engineers to put a high priority on. At this time, we may be able to solve the problem through drivers, firmware and software. If there is no solution from a software persepctive, we will look into hardware fixes for future platforms to prevent this issue."
And this other quote pointing a finger at the reference implementation -- "All the vendors have to design their products according to the power management specifications. If one component is not working properly, the whole system may be impacted."
So even if the bug was a Microsoft bug it could still affect all other system using the hardware designed to run on Windows.
You'd think the authors might install Linux on the notebook to check.
The Software & Information Industry Association hasn't been the Software Publishers Associtaion since the last millennium. The estimate that the macs account for 16% of personal computers is, at the very least, 7 years old!
I was being a little provocative with the subject. But aren't those numbers stunning. The marquee product for this season from one of the best known and most venerable computer companies in the marketplace, backed by a massive ad campaign, sporting specialized hardware and a customized, premium operating system has smaller market share that the niche product of a commodity hardware manufacturer with little, if any, mass market recognition. Have you seen the relative display visibility of these two products at your local Fry's? Now think about all those main-stream computer stores that don't even carry the Shuttle stuff. It's as if "Ladies in Lavender" sold more movie tickets than "Revenge of the Sith."
Several small companies already offer Windows PCs that are similar in size to the Mac mini, but these are relatively expensive, niche products, hardly flying off store shelves at the Mac mini's estimated rate of around 40,000 a month
and later:
Ken Huang, vice president of systems R&D at Shuttle, a Taiwanese manufacturer that sells around 50,000 small PCs every month
Slashdot Mirror
IMHO, the biggest problem with "Time Machine" is that Apple is advertising it as a backup solution, but tells you to leave it connected to your computer. Grandma thinks she has a legit backup. Grandma is wrong. Archiving old version of files is great, but you still need a backup seperated from your computer.
You might want to do thorough check of your disk. I have made this mistake many times in the past, and the original file is always intact. I think it is a problem, however, that the damaged destination file doesn't indicate that it is damaged. You might think, "oh, I must have done a copy." I've been burned by that a couple times.
The rumor comes from Toshiba and I don't buy it. Why would Microsoft do this? They make money off movie downloads to the Xbox. Unless Toshiba is going to give MS a huge stake in the HD-DVD platform, I don't really see an upside for Redmond. I can see Toshiba making a media center extender, but I don't see MS letting them put an Xbox into it.
Help! I can't understand why 'apt-get install Half-Life_2' isn't working!
> Lets see, for Windows I must:
> 1) Goto Store
> 2) Pay for Software
> 3) Insert CD
> 4) Wonder what Autoplay is going to do
> 5) Navigate non-standard installation
> For my debian/ubuntu systems:
> 1) apt-get install softwarex
What if the current ACPI driver isn't faulty but the previous one was? What if Intel relied on the previous driver to design the sleep functions for the Core Duo? Then Microsoft fixes the ACPI driver. Uh-oh. This kind of thing happens in software all the time. There does seem to be some evidence for this scenerio in the article.
The problem is only reported on the latest Service Pack.
The problem has been known for seven months but not "fixed."
The problem only occurs on the Core Duo.
Microsoft seems ready to take responsibility for the problem even though the evidence points to a hardware problem.
The following quote from the Intel rep -- "It is something we have asked our engineers to put a high priority on. At this time, we may be able to solve the problem through drivers, firmware and software. If there is no solution from a software persepctive, we will look into hardware fixes for future platforms to prevent this issue."
And this other quote pointing a finger at the reference implementation -- "All the vendors have to design their products according to the power management specifications. If one component is not working properly, the whole system may be impacted."
So even if the bug was a Microsoft bug it could still affect all other system using the hardware designed to run on Windows.
You'd think the authors might install Linux on the notebook to check.
here
The most important question left unanswered: Does it run Linux?
Sorry, make that at least 10 years old.
The Software & Information Industry Association hasn't been the Software Publishers Associtaion since the last millennium. The estimate that the macs account for 16% of personal computers is, at the very least, 7 years old!
I was being a little provocative with the subject. But aren't those numbers stunning. The marquee product for this season from one of the best known and most venerable computer companies in the marketplace, backed by a massive ad campaign, sporting specialized hardware and a customized, premium operating system has smaller market share that the niche product of a commodity hardware manufacturer with little, if any, mass market recognition. Have you seen the relative display visibility of these two products at your local Fry's? Now think about all those main-stream computer stores that don't even carry the Shuttle stuff. It's as if "Ladies in Lavender" sold more movie tickets than "Revenge of the Sith."
Is it possible that Intel has found someone who wants to buy their Itanium cpus?