I realize it is a lot cheaper, but I amnto sure it is worth it. Does the XScale processor pack the necessary punch? I know I have one (albeit a probably inferior one) in my Toshiba e740, which has many of the qualities this thing brags about.
Also, is this an actual touch screen? If so, this is unfortunate Having used Tablets before, I really enjoyed the special pens, and would think this would make a great picture.
Also, that thumb keyboard looks quite lacking, and considering they are not bragging about their handwriting recognition, it probably also leaves something to be desired.
At this point, I think I could get a lot more functionality out of a laptop or one of those tablets-that-runs-your-pc-iver-wifi things than I necesarily would this.
Your analogy fails. Ferrari's are an expensive type of car. Stereolythographic printers are not just an expensive version of a 2D plotter, but can only be really compared to other rapid prototyping devices.
How is this even a controversy. I attend Texas A&M, which like UTD has a no Wi-Fi poliocy in all their housing. We also are not allowed to hook up routers, hubs, switches, and DHCP servers. They make us run a virusscan tey provide (which installs an ActiveX plugin to check) before we can get on the network. Guess what: it is their network, so they can inconvinience me with security and bandwidth concerns. It is not my right to be able to hook whatever I want up to their network. I could move if I was not willing to deal with the prohibition (or just disobey it, which my roommate and I were discussing doing the other day.)
I've seen the UTD apartments before... 802.11a probably would do it. Drag around an ethernet cable, it isnto your right to go wireless.
btw, this was actually linked from my school's tech page (although I got here directly.)
"Fourway stops are bad enough where I live. Sixway(or more) stops would be an absolute nightmare!"
Yes, stops... please say you do not nplan on driving one of these things;)
"Yes, but pilot liscences are quite a bit more difficult to get than driving licenses. They also cost about 5-6 thousand and can be revoked at the drop of a hat if you do anything wrong. Thus you have alot fewer morons flying than driving."
Actually, they do not and cannot revoke recreational pilot's licenses at a drop of a hat. If you screw up, it might be suspended, but revocation is rare.
If you'd take 10 seconds to read ANYTHING, you'd realize the site is not typically a blog, but the main content was replaced with an MT blog because it is lower bandwidth.
1. Shuttle does not make mini-itx computers. They make flex-atx computers
2. Neither form factor is that old, though they might have been making small computers since then. I think they made different electronics back then, though.
I would place nano-itx and SFF in different leagues, the later having the necessary power for gaming, video processing, CG, etc. and the frmer just being cool and good for less demanding tasks (multimedia, word/spreadsheet processing, networking etc.)
Have you worked with one of these things? This is one of those retarded stigmas that has no basis in reality. They are small, yes, but SMART. They are actually well designed. The ones I dealt with have been a joy. The hard drive and optical drive rack lifts out for a very open design. RAM and processor are not in impossible places there is plenty of room to get around when working on the heart components once the drives are out.
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I realize it is a lot cheaper, but I amnto sure it is worth it. Does the XScale processor pack the necessary punch? I know I have one (albeit a probably inferior one) in my Toshiba e740, which has many of the qualities this thing brags about. Also, is this an actual touch screen? If so, this is unfortunate Having used Tablets before, I really enjoyed the special pens, and would think this would make a great picture. Also, that thumb keyboard looks quite lacking, and considering they are not bragging about their handwriting recognition, it probably also leaves something to be desired. At this point, I think I could get a lot more functionality out of a laptop or one of those tablets-that-runs-your-pc-iver-wifi things than I necesarily would this.
Your analogy fails. Ferrari's are an expensive type of car. Stereolythographic printers are not just an expensive version of a 2D plotter, but can only be really compared to other rapid prototyping devices.
How is this even a controversy. I attend Texas A&M, which like UTD has a no Wi-Fi poliocy in all their housing. We also are not allowed to hook up routers, hubs, switches, and DHCP servers. They make us run a virusscan tey provide (which installs an ActiveX plugin to check) before we can get on the network. Guess what: it is their network, so they can inconvinience me with security and bandwidth concerns. It is not my right to be able to hook whatever I want up to their network. I could move if I was not willing to deal with the prohibition (or just disobey it, which my roommate and I were discussing doing the other day.) I've seen the UTD apartments before... 802.11a probably would do it. Drag around an ethernet cable, it isnto your right to go wireless. btw, this was actually linked from my school's tech page (although I got here directly.)
I hate to troll /., but no shit.
I can scarcely remember the last time I used a floppy for non-disgnostic purposes.
"Fourway stops are bad enough where I live. Sixway(or more) stops would be an absolute nightmare!" Yes, stops... please say you do not nplan on driving one of these things ;)
"Yes, but pilot liscences are quite a bit more difficult to get than driving licenses. They also cost about 5-6 thousand and can be revoked at the drop of a hat if you do anything wrong. Thus you have alot fewer morons flying than driving." Actually, they do not and cannot revoke recreational pilot's licenses at a drop of a hat. If you screw up, it might be suspended, but revocation is rare.
If you'd take 10 seconds to read ANYTHING, you'd realize the site is not typically a blog, but the main content was replaced with an MT blog because it is lower bandwidth.
The amount of information on them could not be more than half the terrabyte, according to my calculations, actually.
1. Shuttle does not make mini-itx computers. They make flex-atx computers 2. Neither form factor is that old, though they might have been making small computers since then. I think they made different electronics back then, though.
I would place nano-itx and SFF in different leagues, the later having the necessary power for gaming, video processing, CG, etc. and the frmer just being cool and good for less demanding tasks (multimedia, word/spreadsheet processing, networking etc.)
I have seen it done several times, with this being the best, IMO.
Have you worked with one of these things? This is one of those retarded stigmas that has no basis in reality. They are small, yes, but SMART. They are actually well designed. The ones I dealt with have been a joy. The hard drive and optical drive rack lifts out for a very open design. RAM and processor are not in impossible places there is plenty of room to get around when working on the heart components once the drives are out.