That's bullshit and you know it is. You can't just choose to ignore major parts of copyright and trademark law just because you're able to remember things.
If you honestly think that a few pissed off FOSS developers are going to even slightly affect the sales or reputation of MS games, you are quite terrifyingly deluded.
The problem there is that it would be COMPLETELY BLOODY UNUSABLE.
1: OS X was never written for touch devices. Neither were any of the applications. Assuming it has the same DPI as the MacBook Pro in front of me (13", 1280x800) it would be next to impossible to hit, well, anything on the menubar or the close window button or pretty much anything else.
2: A 1GHz ARM chip isn't fast enough. Funnily enough, I happen to own a 1.25 GHz G4 iMac with 512 RAM and a 1024x768 display. Roughly equivalent to the iPad's specs, and running Leopard like your hypothetical tablet would. It is, again, almost unusable. Applications takes forever to open. Buttons seem unresponsive. It's as fast as it ever was, but it just doesn't compare to modern computers. And your hypothetical tablet would be.
3: The battery would last about 3 hours. And I'm being very generous there.
And the main advantage: after those 4 years are up, you will still have a working PC and all of those games you've bought for it. Whereas with OnLive you will have thrown away $720 and if you cancel the service you will have nothing to show for it.
FWIW, I'm left-eyed but right-handed, and I shoot pretty well with my English longbow. Not Olympic-standard, but I doubt that's the fault of my eye or hand:)
I work for a major media management company (I won't say which one, but it's a number between 18 and 20, and we have American Idol and David Beckham in our stable). For the UK office (where I work as a support technician) we have about 200 users, 90% of which are now on Macs (and every week we're pushing more and more of the workforce towards them)
We're more than happy with the "anaemic" hardware line. MacBooks for 80% of staff, MacBook Pro for managers (and us down in IT) and Mac Pros for the video editors. The hardware is always as good or better than comparatively priced commodity hardware (we usually use Sony Vaios for the few remaining Windows users) but the software.......well, let's just say I do very little work. We're desperate to be able to roll out Snow Leopard across the company - Entourage is bloody awful - and the necessary switch to Exchange 07 means we can also officially support iPhones too. It will be a while before we're 100% Mac, and longer still before we can completely shed ourselves of MS software (the majority of which we've fund ot be unstable, insecure and difficult to use) but this Exchange support is a huge leap in the right direction.
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That's bullshit and you know it is. You can't just choose to ignore major parts of copyright and trademark law just because you're able to remember things.
"Dog. Dog with head split in half"
Then you know some crazy people.
Goddamn it! That's the first time it's ever happened to me!
(I swear if you say "that's not what I've heard" or "that's not what she said" I will find you)
Funnily enough female orgasms are also announced "loudly and repetitively, preferably with frequent appeals to one's deity"
He said _are_ a sixteen year old. Not _are in_ a sixteen year old.
Err:
http://www.android.com/
http://palmwebos.org/
http://www.symbian.org/
http://maemo.org/
You might not be able to publish iPhone apps (ignoring webapps) but it's not the only smartphone on the market.
Is that you Bill?
My 9400M is getting on for 2 years old. Not even the slightest hiccup so far.
Oh, and none of the other 200+ MacBooks and MacBook Pros I look after have reported any faults related to it either.
If you honestly think that a few pissed off FOSS developers are going to even slightly affect the sales or reputation of MS games, you are quite terrifyingly deluded.
The problem there is that it would be COMPLETELY BLOODY UNUSABLE.
1: OS X was never written for touch devices. Neither were any of the applications. Assuming it has the same DPI as the MacBook Pro in front of me (13", 1280x800) it would be next to impossible to hit, well, anything on the menubar or the close window button or pretty much anything else.
2: A 1GHz ARM chip isn't fast enough. Funnily enough, I happen to own a 1.25 GHz G4 iMac with 512 RAM and a 1024x768 display. Roughly equivalent to the iPad's specs, and running Leopard like your hypothetical tablet would. It is, again, almost unusable. Applications takes forever to open. Buttons seem unresponsive. It's as fast as it ever was, but it just doesn't compare to modern computers. And your hypothetical tablet would be.
3: The battery would last about 3 hours. And I'm being very generous there.
What a nub. He should have made sure he was behind seven proxies...
http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Seven_proxies
I guess I'll have to get some cash from the ATM machine to pay for all this - especially if there's DLC content. I hope I can remember my PIN number.
While I'm out I should probably pick up some new DVI interface cables and RAM memory.
And the main advantage: after those 4 years are up, you will still have a working PC and all of those games you've bought for it. Whereas with OnLive you will have thrown away $720 and if you cancel the service you will have nothing to show for it.
It sort of worked out for her though, as she is now the Queen of Blades, leading an almighty Zerg armada across Terran space.
There's a place where it IS a good idea?
So I'd need about 54 bucks worth. That's not a bad deal.
Ha! That's where you're wrong! He got modded Insightful!
In your face!
I wuz 'specktin' it ta be ded shooty, wiv tunz uv gunz all over, and loadsa dat red paint.
Ah. In that case, MS might be onto something.
Though on a technical level I'd like to know how it prioritises which account to list when there's more than one.
That's precisely what OS X does. If a limited user tries to do an admin-level task, it asks for an admin account name and admin password.
If an admin account tries the same thing, the username box is already filled, it just needs a password.
FWIW, I'm left-eyed but right-handed, and I shoot pretty well with my English longbow. Not Olympic-standard, but I doubt that's the fault of my eye or hand :)
Yeah, well I require more Pylons.
I work for a major media management company (I won't say which one, but it's a number between 18 and 20, and we have American Idol and David Beckham in our stable). For the UK office (where I work as a support technician) we have about 200 users, 90% of which are now on Macs (and every week we're pushing more and more of the workforce towards them)
We're more than happy with the "anaemic" hardware line. MacBooks for 80% of staff, MacBook Pro for managers (and us down in IT) and Mac Pros for the video editors. The hardware is always as good or better than comparatively priced commodity hardware (we usually use Sony Vaios for the few remaining Windows users) but the software.... ...well, let's just say I do very little work. We're desperate to be able to roll out Snow Leopard across the company - Entourage is bloody awful - and the necessary switch to Exchange 07 means we can also officially support iPhones too. It will be a while before we're 100% Mac, and longer still before we can completely shed ourselves of MS software (the majority of which we've fund ot be unstable, insecure and difficult to use) but this Exchange support is a huge leap in the right direction.
Yeah and they really stood the test of time.