Mac OS X will start to show more and more vulnerabilities as it ages. This is mostly what's wrong with Windows today, there is so much legacy code. Also, there is a lot of fear to change things significantly because of the possibility of breaking third party code (so many programs tie in to Internet Explorer for example, I'm sure this is why it's taken so long to rewrite it). I think as OS X ages, you will find lots of people still running 10.0 or 10.1 (did those even have a personal firewall?) with horribly vulnerable machines. Just like in the Windows world, they are not going to want to pay to upgrade their machine to the latest version of OS X, probably because they've been fed crap about how secure OS X is and "who needs to upgrade when it works fine for me?". Right now life is good for Apple, but lets see about 8 years from now when they have to deal with all the legacy crap code out there.....
I notice that this is the same site that was reported yesterday on Digg about the portable N64. Interestingly, the site was not brought down by the Digg people.....so.....score 1 for Slashdot!
...but the dominant paradigm seems to be to build more functionality into this heavy hunk of metal rather than build up the functionality of smaller, better-suited devices.
What if the maid replaced the keyboard with one that has a built-in keylogger? Sure, maybe you can trust your hotel, but can you trust every hotel employee, and everyone each of those employees knows? You really can't trust anything that you don't own when it comes to computers.
In the (distant?) future, it would be better to bring with you your own extremely small computer, maybe with internal flash hard disk to prevent physical damage, with an unfoldable keyboard and a monitor made of digital paper.
Just think, we saw Symantec issue a complaint about Microsoft entering the anti-virus market on Windows. But here they can release Norton Anti-Virus 2006 Speaker Edition and bring in a new era of profits! Trouble is, it might bring the output to a crawl.....
You could also say that Apple has given some of it's customers less than what they paid for. The older model should be available at a reduced price considering the new and improved model is out. I bet in your heart you know it's wrong. Just look in there once in a while, and throw out that apple core, okay?
This is not only a shady practice, but how many times can we read about this?!?! Maybe slashdot should just label all of these stories the same but "upgrade" the content!
This is very true. Google uses your mail as a marketing analysis tool. Of course they won't tell you this, and instead depend on excuses to trick rabid gmail fanboys.....
If they're going to do this they ought to just allow us to delete our email, and store it behind the scenes. The lack of an easily accessible delete button is the reason I don't use gmail. There is obviously a reason for it, or it wouldn't be that way. Just think about it.
I know, why run KDE on top of a hodgepodge, poorly retrofitted filesystem (HFS really sucks), an OS brimming with Finder crashes, self-corrupting preference files, constantly corrupted OS caches, and the list continues. I don't particularly care for KDE either, but at least you don't have to pay for upgrades to beta-quality software year after year.
Typically, email you send travels through your ISP mail servers to the recipient ISP mail servers. This is hardly P2P. Sure, you can run your own mail server but most don't. So no, I don't consider email a P2P service.
hey make sure things Just Work, much like Apple.....that's a laugh. Explain why two separate DVD's with thumb prints on them caused two separate PowerMac G5's running Panther to panic and crash, losing all unsaved data.
I work in an environment where Mac, x86 running Windows and x86 running Linux are heavily used. Plus, I make a living fixing both Windows-based machines and Apple.
I'm sorry to report I couldn't disagree with you more. While I have found the PowerMac line to be acceptable for the most part, Apple has a strong tendancy to make extremely foolish design moves for the sake of the "cool look" they are so famous for on their other lines.
The flat-panel iMac comes to mind especially. Ever had to replace anything inside this beast? If so, you know what I mean. You can't even open it up without having to apply heatsink grease to close it back up. Getting it apart and even putting it together can easily bend pins that connect to the motherboard. Let me tell you, this thing is a complete dust-trap. Ever needed to replace the neck that connects the display to the base? Hope you have 6 hours to replace that one. Let's talk about the iMac and the mysterious failing Power/Analog/Video board. Or how about the eMacs that require you to discharge the CRT in order to replace the hard drive?
I do like the OS to a certain extent. Of course I could do without all the legacy garbage and evil resource forks, and don't get me started about the design flaw that is the dock. And why can't they make the Finder a little more reliable? Sure the O/S doesn't crash, but the system is pretty useless without Finder and sometimes it won't relaunch properly after the spinning wheel of death.
Overall, I would say Apple is just so-so. The engineers ought to put more time into making the system more maintainable rather than "cool". Again, I would say I've had better luck with the PowerMac line, but they certainly don't beat x86 with even mediocre hardware, and I couldn't care less about the looks, I don't own a computer to stare at the case.
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The parent post is a perfect example of why digg will never be slashdot. Great post!
Mac OS X will start to show more and more vulnerabilities as it ages. This is mostly what's wrong with Windows today, there is so much legacy code. Also, there is a lot of fear to change things significantly because of the possibility of breaking third party code (so many programs tie in to Internet Explorer for example, I'm sure this is why it's taken so long to rewrite it). I think as OS X ages, you will find lots of people still running 10.0 or 10.1 (did those even have a personal firewall?) with horribly vulnerable machines. Just like in the Windows world, they are not going to want to pay to upgrade their machine to the latest version of OS X, probably because they've been fed crap about how secure OS X is and "who needs to upgrade when it works fine for me?". Right now life is good for Apple, but lets see about 8 years from now when they have to deal with all the legacy crap code out there.....
I notice that this is the same site that was reported yesterday on Digg about the portable N64. Interestingly, the site was not brought down by the Digg people.....so.....score 1 for Slashdot!
But did he say it would make.....Hot Coffee?
What if the maid replaced the keyboard with one that has a built-in keylogger? Sure, maybe you can trust your hotel, but can you trust every hotel employee, and everyone each of those employees knows? You really can't trust anything that you don't own when it comes to computers. In the (distant?) future, it would be better to bring with you your own extremely small computer, maybe with internal flash hard disk to prevent physical damage, with an unfoldable keyboard and a monitor made of digital paper.
Just think, we saw Symantec issue a complaint about Microsoft entering the anti-virus market on Windows. But here they can release Norton Anti-Virus 2006 Speaker Edition and bring in a new era of profits! Trouble is, it might bring the output to a crawl.....
You could also say that Apple has given some of it's customers less than what they paid for. The older model should be available at a reduced price considering the new and improved model is out. I bet in your heart you know it's wrong. Just look in there once in a while, and throw out that apple core, okay?
This is not only a shady practice, but how many times can we read about this?!?! Maybe slashdot should just label all of these stories the same but "upgrade" the content!
This is very true. Google uses your mail as a marketing analysis tool. Of course they won't tell you this, and instead depend on excuses to trick rabid gmail fanboys..... If they're going to do this they ought to just allow us to delete our email, and store it behind the scenes. The lack of an easily accessible delete button is the reason I don't use gmail. There is obviously a reason for it, or it wouldn't be that way. Just think about it.
I know, why run KDE on top of a hodgepodge, poorly retrofitted filesystem (HFS really sucks), an OS brimming with Finder crashes, self-corrupting preference files, constantly corrupted OS caches, and the list continues. I don't particularly care for KDE either, but at least you don't have to pay for upgrades to beta-quality software year after year.
Typically, email you send travels through your ISP mail servers to the recipient ISP mail servers. This is hardly P2P. Sure, you can run your own mail server but most don't. So no, I don't consider email a P2P service.
hey make sure things Just Work, much like Apple.....that's a laugh. Explain why two separate DVD's with thumb prints on them caused two separate PowerMac G5's running Panther to panic and crash, losing all unsaved data.
What do you mean "movies that we own"?
I work in an environment where Mac, x86 running Windows and x86 running Linux are heavily used. Plus, I make a living fixing both Windows-based machines and Apple.
I'm sorry to report I couldn't disagree with you more. While I have found the PowerMac line to be acceptable for the most part, Apple has a strong tendancy to make extremely foolish design moves for the sake of the "cool look" they are so famous for on their other lines.
The flat-panel iMac comes to mind especially. Ever had to replace anything inside this beast? If so, you know what I mean. You can't even open it up without having to apply heatsink grease to close it back up. Getting it apart and even putting it together can easily bend pins that connect to the motherboard. Let me tell you, this thing is a complete dust-trap. Ever needed to replace the neck that connects the display to the base? Hope you have 6 hours to replace that one. Let's talk about the iMac and the mysterious failing Power/Analog/Video board. Or how about the eMacs that require you to discharge the CRT in order to replace the hard drive?
I do like the OS to a certain extent. Of course I could do without all the legacy garbage and evil resource forks, and don't get me started about the design flaw that is the dock. And why can't they make the Finder a little more reliable? Sure the O/S doesn't crash, but the system is pretty useless without Finder and sometimes it won't relaunch properly after the spinning wheel of death.
Overall, I would say Apple is just so-so. The engineers ought to put more time into making the system more maintainable rather than "cool". Again, I would say I've had better luck with the PowerMac line, but they certainly don't beat x86 with even mediocre hardware, and I couldn't care less about the looks, I don't own a computer to stare at the case.
peer to peer network (no I'm not taliing about P2P apps) so defensive....M[P|I]AA.....arrest this man!!!!!
Why not use Symantec GoBack for this purpose?
.....does WINE support bonzi buddy?