There's no need from sarcasm. I was just commenting in general to the people who are not aware that you can do that with Lion. There are a lot of people who do not know that (in part because Apple doesn't explicitly state it).
If an optical drive is so essential then either not buy the Mac Mini or purchase a external DVD drive. I've seen portable 2.5" ones for under $30 recently. Apple was the first major computer maker to do away with floppy drives (and now most people don't miss them) and add USB. I think moving away from any moving parts is a great trend that should increase reliability overall. We're moving beyond physical media. It can hurt some people in the transition period but we'll get through it.
"Can I drag and drop Lion from a net connected machine onto a USB drive and install it on a machine that isn't connected to the internet (eg: one I use for editing)?"
Yes.
"Apple are still fine with the 3 machine install for home use / application seat installed concurrently on both employees home and employer owned machines?"
You can install Lion on as many computers as you want. If you do it via the Mac App Store, I believe you're limited to 10 computers (you'd have to sign in with one account). If you install from flash drive or DVD, there is no limit on how many computers you can install it on (you'd just be skirting/disregarding the EULA if you did more than 10).
That's not true. You have to have Snow Leopard to download it (but you can download in an Apple store or get Lion elsewhere). Burn it to DVD or put it on a flash drive and you can install it on any Intel-based Mac, regardless of current OS.
The great thing is that you can download it, put it on a flash drive or burn it to a DVD and install it on all your computers. Apple has its faults but essentially giving Lion away is a nice gesture (Apple's profit margins are certainly high enough to allow Apple to do this). The thing I'm looking forward to is seeing if Lion speeds up my computer; Macs usually run faster after upgrading OS X.
Thanks for pointing out that part of the article; that part really bugs me because it has nothing to do with the article. Where was the editor on this story? The article seems like it's pro-Apple until you start to read it closely - that "Antennagate" part and the "iPhone 4 -- a notoriously fragile device" statement. Both are inflammatory but at least the "fragile device" statement has some relevance to the story (although it's wrong to call the iPhone "notoriously fragile").
Contact your representatives and tell them that "current laws are more than enough for law enforcement to track down and arrest hackers." You know more about technology than your politicians do (probably) so be an informed and active citizen and let them know your thoughts about the matter. Get some of your friends and neighbors to do the same thing. Then, when the issue comes up they might just listen to what you said.
"I would never buy another Moto phone again, so I would have needed to do this anyways"
The new Motorola Triumph for Virgin Mobile does not have MotoBlur; it uses stock Android (2.2 right now but should be upgraded to Gingerbread, or at least it can be rooted and manually upgraded to Gingerbread).
Apple with a P/E of just over 16 is one of the lowest of tech companies. In this day that's a good P/E ratio (it's also trending downward). I'm not saying their stock won't fall but the P/E ratio is actually quite decent.
It's still early beta (I know Google overuses that term) and it's far better than Facebook. That's the big comparison for UI; true, it might be a low bar. G+ will get better, hopefully.
To be more accurate, proposing a hypothesis and then seeking to falsify it is only part of the scientific method and not all of it, as I said. I should have been clearer in my previous response.
China imported about $92 billion worth of products from the U.S. in 2010 (http://www.uschina.org/statistics/tradetable.html). That's less than the U.S. imports from China but China would struggle more without those imports. They are trying to become self-sufficient (yes, often by unfair trade agreements and through IP theft) but will not be able to in our current world. It's just not possible to be completely insulated economically, even on an import level.
As I commented above, China is the largest foreign holder of U.S. Treasury securities - over $1 trillion worth. They are already heavily invested in the U.S. economy and continue to become more so.
If you must know, I was merely proposing a hypothesis that might be either true or false or even just partially true. It's the scientific method - propose a hypothesis and then see if it is falsifiable. Instead of trying to insult my intelligence (I'm well aware of the limits of my intellect), you could counter with research or even just expert views on the matter showing that the Chinese do not in fact invest in the U.S. economy and will never do so in the future. Like I said, it was a brief comment without full development because I am limited in the time I can spend on commenting on./. It is a comment meant to spur commentary, hopefully from someone who has international business experience and a background in economics (I know, there aren't many non-tech people on Slashdot but there might be some).
In any case, China is the largest holder of U.S. public debt (http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Documents/mfh.txt), which means that they have invested in the U.S. economy, even if it is through these Treasury securities.
The games will be the online apps that Google is promoting via Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore. It won't take much for them to integrate those into Google+, open them to other (compliant) web browsers, and there you have a decent alternative to Facebook games (if you're into that sort of thing).
Yes, but then we get to purchase cheap Chinese products that raise our overall standard of living. Further, if Chinese people are making more money, they will turn around and spend that money to make more money. Some of it will be invested directly in the U.S. economy. Yes, we need more jobs here but we need incentives for people and businesses to create jobs here rather than mainly abroad (although the companies certainly can do both). Sorry, I don't have time to expand on this more.
The surplus was gone before the tax cuts were instituted. The tech bubble burst that started in 2000 didn't help. 9/11 didn't help (estimates put direct and indirect costs of 9/11 - just what the terrorists did, not including our military/intelligence response - in the hundreds of billions of dollars, which all reduced government income). Then we had the housing market bubble bursts that we're still not through. The housing market problems were largely caused by government policies created in the 1990s. It didn't help that we had a fiscally unsound administration from 2001 to 2009 and a worse one (a massive increase in spending with an extension of tax cuts; that's fiscal disaster) from 2009 to the present (not that we should really blame the administrations, Congress is in charge of spending). In short, the surplus was based on predictions as accurate as NASA saying this telescope would be on time and under budget. When has anything the government done been on time and under cost?
They're just responding to the pandering from the Democrats. The Republicans will do exactly that - slash across the board and raise taxes - if the Democrats let them. Thankfully, it looks like at least Pres. Obama is willing to say he'll support such actions. I'm not giving the Republicans a free pass but Republicans have only been in the majority of the House for 1.5 years while for 2 years previously the Democrats had majorities in the House, Senate, and had the White House all while doing nothing serious about the budget other than creating a huge deficit (which they in turn blamed on Republicans for creating the "need" for it, as if Republicans are solely responsible for all the ills in the country). It's awfully hard to get anything done when you play the victim and always blame one party for all the problems in the world. That's such inane thinking, it's almost unbelievable. Democrats having been destroying this country with as much aplomb as Republicans ever have had.
I always view the WSJ opinion pieces as serving as nice complements to the opinion pieces in the NY Times. Read both and you have a good balance on the issues.
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There's no need from sarcasm. I was just commenting in general to the people who are not aware that you can do that with Lion. There are a lot of people who do not know that (in part because Apple doesn't explicitly state it).
A Mac Mini isn't portable?
If an optical drive is so essential then either not buy the Mac Mini or purchase a external DVD drive. I've seen portable 2.5" ones for under $30 recently. Apple was the first major computer maker to do away with floppy drives (and now most people don't miss them) and add USB. I think moving away from any moving parts is a great trend that should increase reliability overall. We're moving beyond physical media. It can hurt some people in the transition period but we'll get through it.
"Can I drag and drop Lion from a net connected machine onto a USB drive and install it on a machine that isn't connected to the internet (eg: one I use for editing)?"
Yes.
"Apple are still fine with the 3 machine install for home use / application seat installed concurrently on both employees home and employer owned machines?"
You can install Lion on as many computers as you want. If you do it via the Mac App Store, I believe you're limited to 10 computers (you'd have to sign in with one account). If you install from flash drive or DVD, there is no limit on how many computers you can install it on (you'd just be skirting/disregarding the EULA if you did more than 10).
That's not true. You have to have Snow Leopard to download it (but you can download in an Apple store or get Lion elsewhere). Burn it to DVD or put it on a flash drive and you can install it on any Intel-based Mac, regardless of current OS.
The great thing is that you can download it, put it on a flash drive or burn it to a DVD and install it on all your computers. Apple has its faults but essentially giving Lion away is a nice gesture (Apple's profit margins are certainly high enough to allow Apple to do this). The thing I'm looking forward to is seeing if Lion speeds up my computer; Macs usually run faster after upgrading OS X.
They are working on an iPad app.
Thanks for pointing out that part of the article; that part really bugs me because it has nothing to do with the article. Where was the editor on this story? The article seems like it's pro-Apple until you start to read it closely - that "Antennagate" part and the "iPhone 4 -- a notoriously fragile device" statement. Both are inflammatory but at least the "fragile device" statement has some relevance to the story (although it's wrong to call the iPhone "notoriously fragile").
Contact your representatives and tell them that "current laws are more than enough for law enforcement to track down and arrest hackers." You know more about technology than your politicians do (probably) so be an informed and active citizen and let them know your thoughts about the matter. Get some of your friends and neighbors to do the same thing. Then, when the issue comes up they might just listen to what you said.
"I would never buy another Moto phone again, so I would have needed to do this anyways"
The new Motorola Triumph for Virgin Mobile does not have MotoBlur; it uses stock Android (2.2 right now but should be upgraded to Gingerbread, or at least it can be rooted and manually upgraded to Gingerbread).
The invite is wending its way through the nodes and fiber supporting the Internet.
/. didn't like my: "Done" response ("This exact comment has already been posted. Try to be more original...") so here's a longer reply.
Apple with a P/E of just over 16 is one of the lowest of tech companies. In this day that's a good P/E ratio (it's also trending downward). I'm not saying their stock won't fall but the P/E ratio is actually quite decent.
It's still early beta (I know Google overuses that term) and it's far better than Facebook. That's the big comparison for UI; true, it might be a low bar. G+ will get better, hopefully.
I don't want to turn this into a bigger invite asking thread but it's already there. If anyone wants an invite let me know.
Did you get an invite yet? I can provide invites.
To be more accurate, proposing a hypothesis and then seeking to falsify it is only part of the scientific method and not all of it, as I said. I should have been clearer in my previous response.
China imported about $92 billion worth of products from the U.S. in 2010 (http://www.uschina.org/statistics/tradetable.html). That's less than the U.S. imports from China but China would struggle more without those imports. They are trying to become self-sufficient (yes, often by unfair trade agreements and through IP theft) but will not be able to in our current world. It's just not possible to be completely insulated economically, even on an import level.
As I commented above, China is the largest foreign holder of U.S. Treasury securities - over $1 trillion worth. They are already heavily invested in the U.S. economy and continue to become more so.
Ad hominem attacks show a dizzying intellect.
./. It is a comment meant to spur commentary, hopefully from someone who has international business experience and a background in economics (I know, there aren't many non-tech people on Slashdot but there might be some).
If you must know, I was merely proposing a hypothesis that might be either true or false or even just partially true. It's the scientific method - propose a hypothesis and then see if it is falsifiable. Instead of trying to insult my intelligence (I'm well aware of the limits of my intellect), you could counter with research or even just expert views on the matter showing that the Chinese do not in fact invest in the U.S. economy and will never do so in the future. Like I said, it was a brief comment without full development because I am limited in the time I can spend on commenting on
In any case, China is the largest holder of U.S. public debt (http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Documents/mfh.txt), which means that they have invested in the U.S. economy, even if it is through these Treasury securities.
The games will be the online apps that Google is promoting via Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore. It won't take much for them to integrate those into Google+, open them to other (compliant) web browsers, and there you have a decent alternative to Facebook games (if you're into that sort of thing).
Yes, but then we get to purchase cheap Chinese products that raise our overall standard of living. Further, if Chinese people are making more money, they will turn around and spend that money to make more money. Some of it will be invested directly in the U.S. economy. Yes, we need more jobs here but we need incentives for people and businesses to create jobs here rather than mainly abroad (although the companies certainly can do both). Sorry, I don't have time to expand on this more.
Oops, I should have written Republicans have been in the majority of the House for .5 years, not 1.5. My mistake.
The surplus was gone before the tax cuts were instituted. The tech bubble burst that started in 2000 didn't help. 9/11 didn't help (estimates put direct and indirect costs of 9/11 - just what the terrorists did, not including our military/intelligence response - in the hundreds of billions of dollars, which all reduced government income). Then we had the housing market bubble bursts that we're still not through. The housing market problems were largely caused by government policies created in the 1990s. It didn't help that we had a fiscally unsound administration from 2001 to 2009 and a worse one (a massive increase in spending with an extension of tax cuts; that's fiscal disaster) from 2009 to the present (not that we should really blame the administrations, Congress is in charge of spending). In short, the surplus was based on predictions as accurate as NASA saying this telescope would be on time and under budget. When has anything the government done been on time and under cost?
They're just responding to the pandering from the Democrats. The Republicans will do exactly that - slash across the board and raise taxes - if the Democrats let them. Thankfully, it looks like at least Pres. Obama is willing to say he'll support such actions. I'm not giving the Republicans a free pass but Republicans have only been in the majority of the House for 1.5 years while for 2 years previously the Democrats had majorities in the House, Senate, and had the White House all while doing nothing serious about the budget other than creating a huge deficit (which they in turn blamed on Republicans for creating the "need" for it, as if Republicans are solely responsible for all the ills in the country). It's awfully hard to get anything done when you play the victim and always blame one party for all the problems in the world. That's such inane thinking, it's almost unbelievable. Democrats having been destroying this country with as much aplomb as Republicans ever have had.
Most of those positions are close enough to the NYT opinion articles that reading the NYT will cover it. ;) I kid.
I always view the WSJ opinion pieces as serving as nice complements to the opinion pieces in the NY Times. Read both and you have a good balance on the issues.