I'm surprised MS hasn't announced they're moving to a model where XP patches are available as part of a subscription service - I'd pay $2 per month to keep Windows update running on my XP machine - Just tie Windows update to a Windows Live account, with a credit card attached to that. Corporate customers could purchase a site license. If there really are millions upon millions of XP machines out there, there must be some money to be made here.
This is a very clever post because I can't decide if it's sarcastic or not, but I'll bite.
Why shouldn't someone in rural Nebraska or Korea have the same right to an obscure band as someone who lives in NYC with access to record shops stocking obscure content? "Giving privilege to none?" Gimme a break.
So why should UK citizens pay £145/year just so other people around the world can watch the BBC for free?
All BBC has to do is stick some ads in its stream to help pay for the rest of us. Brits could watch the streams ad-free. I know ads will drive some Slashdotters absolutely apoplecticly apeshit bananas, but I'd watch some ads if it meant I could watch BBC content.
I've never heard of an integrated TV tuner in a tablet.
When I was in Seoul a few months ago I was surprised to learn that almost all smartphones in Korea include a integrated TV turner, complete with antenna. You could see all these people commuting on the train watching broadcast TV - Even on flip-phones.
... look at what your government does to people anywhere around the world.
Could America do better? Yes, MUCH better - But the USA is still orders-of-magnitudes better than the ignorant savages in these Islamic theocracies. Last time I checked, this non-AC Slashdot post won't get me lashed and thrown in prison for seven years. If I look out the window I can see unaccompanied women with their faces uncovered (gasp!) driving cars.
People prefer devices designed for specific functions
Not when one device does multiple things well. This is the case with my Surface Pro. There's no need to carry an iPad + A computer. The pro is a good tablet and a good computer. As you say, for the same reason there is no need to carry a phone + MP3 player.
Haven't used it a lot outside, but I'd say it's certainly not in the class of a ruggedized tablet in this regard. Much better than my Dell laptop was, but certainly not in the class of a transreflective display.
battery life
I get about five to six hours out of mine, which has been fine so far. I wouldn't want the weight that would come with additional batteries. I know that Samsung (and others) have their own version of the "Pro" with Atom processors. That will give you better battery life (the Pro is i5), but of course you'll sacrifice performance.
Windows 8
Windows 8 is fine, particularly after you install the classic shell start menu. You've got the Metro tiles if you're just in a meeting or something - Good touch apps for email, surfing, plus CNN apps and others - All I need. When you're at your desk you can use desktop mode. I agree that Win 8 is kinda dumb on a desktop, but on the Pro it works well.
I've been carrying 'laptops' since you were probably in diapers. My Pro is not a laptop. It's a cleverly designed multifunction device that is a laptop, desktop and tablet all in one. It replaced a 'laptop.'
It would be nice if tablet designers, OS designers, and app coders stopped treating tablets like media consumption devices and started treating them like actual replacements for people who need to do actual work.
They have. It's called the Surface PRO.
I have one, and it works like a charm. It's a Core i5 running Metro + Win 8 pro. Runs full Office and has access to all network resources. At my desk it has its desktop extended to another monitor (try doing that with a f*cking iPad) with attached keyboard & mouse. Away from my desk it's got a detachable proper clicky keyboard and a nifty stylus.
All my colleagues carry two devices (iPad + Notebook) - I carry one.
Every time I pull it out at a meeting or at the airport people say "oooh... what's *that*?" The RT noise is distracting people from what is otherwise a very cool machine.
The last thing you want is a bluescreen on the battlefield.
This bluescreen bullsh!t is getting pretty tired. I've got four or five PCs at home running Windows and another three or four on my desk at work. I haven't seen a blue screen in many years. Maybe you might see them on some overclocked overheating whitebox frankenmachine full of dust and nicotine built in some kid's basement, but I've got Dell, HP, Gateway, Samsung and Surface Pro hardware and I've never seen a BSD on any of 'em.
Given the scale the PCs are deployed at, nobody repairs them. Nobody. I mean we're talking less than 1 in 1000 PCs ever being repaired, even if it'd be a software repair only!
Where the hell do you work? I work for a company that makes PC Lifecycle Management software (amongst other things). I'm in contact with many IT guys at many companies across many verticals. They re-image all the time. Replace bad RAM, bad drives. Replace cracked displays, replace coffee-filled keyboards... On an on. No one has the budget to throw out a perfectly good laptop just because it needs a new image or new stick of RAM.
Plus Thinkpads are still fully supported with Windoze XP drivers
Unfortunately, with the next Thinkpad release (Q3) this is coming to an end. Lenovo is dropping XP support. Makes sense, as MS is doing the same thing.
Hmmm. The fact that most (or all) Haliburton chief executives are Republicans is not a legitimate concern? Heh. At the end of the day, Haliburton is owned and run by the GOP. That alone is a reason for concern.
NYT surfing is trivial. It just works with Privacy Mode in IE. (Does anyone surf WITHOUT privacy mode anymore?) It also works with AdBlock integration in the MS content filter.
Why do you surf the NYT? If the answer is 'They have content I'm interested in' then I have to ask why you are unwilling to pay to support their writers, servers, bandwidth and everything else?
If your country was being invaded or your people were being murdered wholesale you'd pray for a war to end it.
Fucking retarded fucks don't give a fuck about reality.
Look you f*cking retarded Anonymous Coward f*ck who doesn't give a f*ck about reality - Read a history book.
World War I had nothing to do with countries being invaded and citizens being murdered. It was all about the aristocracy sending young boys to their death due to antiquated treaties signed by the same aristocrats. It carried on for years, with boys being shot, gassed and suffering terribly so those same SOBs could save face.
I just made the mistake of buying an audiobook on audible.co.uk. Never again.
Yep, same here. It's why I buy all my audiobooks as unabridged MP3 CDs on Amazon.ca. Sure, they're not available immediately, but I'm still usually listening to the last one anyway.
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I'm surprised MS hasn't announced they're moving to a model where XP patches are available as part of a subscription service - I'd pay $2 per month to keep Windows update running on my XP machine - Just tie Windows update to a Windows Live account, with a credit card attached to that. Corporate customers could purchase a site license. If there really are millions upon millions of XP machines out there, there must be some money to be made here.
So if you live in Hyder, Alaska you're only expected to listen to Twangy's Good Ol' Boys (specializing in CCR cover tunes?0
This is a very clever post because I can't decide if it's sarcastic or not, but I'll bite.
Why shouldn't someone in rural Nebraska or Korea have the same right to an obscure band as someone who lives in NYC with access to record shops stocking obscure content? "Giving privilege to none?" Gimme a break.
So why should UK citizens pay £145/year just so other people around the world can watch the BBC for free?
All BBC has to do is stick some ads in its stream to help pay for the rest of us. Brits could watch the streams ad-free. I know ads will drive some Slashdotters absolutely apoplecticly apeshit bananas, but I'd watch some ads if it meant I could watch BBC content.
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You could also tunnel to your home proxy server
Most good web filtering gateways detect and block tunneling & proxy protocols as they're a vector for data leakage.
If you want to do searches at work, the safest path is your own laptop or tablet with a 3G (or 4G) card.
I've never heard of an integrated TV tuner in a tablet.
When I was in Seoul a few months ago I was surprised to learn that almost all smartphones in Korea include a integrated TV turner, complete with antenna. You could see all these people commuting on the train watching broadcast TV - Even on flip-phones.
http://modernseoul.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/south-korea-vs-qatar-cell-phone-tv.jpg
... look at what your government does to people anywhere around the world.
Could America do better? Yes, MUCH better - But the USA is still orders-of-magnitudes better than the ignorant savages in these Islamic theocracies. Last time I checked, this non-AC Slashdot post won't get me lashed and thrown in prison for seven years. If I look out the window I can see unaccompanied women with their faces uncovered (gasp!) driving cars.
And no, I'm not American...
Which has nothing to do with your 'merge functionality' comment above. I dislike the iPad OS, so it's a no-buy for me.
People prefer devices designed for specific functions
Not when one device does multiple things well. This is the case with my Surface Pro. There's no need to carry an iPad + A computer. The pro is a good tablet and a good computer. As you say, for the same reason there is no need to carry a phone + MP3 player.
The Pro version isn't selling at all.
It's a pity, because I've got a Pro and it's a pretty kickass machine. I agree the RT doesn't make sense, but the Pro is well thought out.
display readability in full daylight
Haven't used it a lot outside, but I'd say it's certainly not in the class of a ruggedized tablet in this regard. Much better than my Dell laptop was, but certainly not in the class of a transreflective display.
battery life
I get about five to six hours out of mine, which has been fine so far. I wouldn't want the weight that would come with additional batteries. I know that Samsung (and others) have their own version of the "Pro" with Atom processors. That will give you better battery life (the Pro is i5), but of course you'll sacrifice performance.
Windows 8
Windows 8 is fine, particularly after you install the classic shell start menu. You've got the Metro tiles if you're just in a meeting or something - Good touch apps for email, surfing, plus CNN apps and others - All I need. When you're at your desk you can use desktop mode. I agree that Win 8 is kinda dumb on a desktop, but on the Pro it works well.
You have a laptop.
I've been carrying 'laptops' since you were probably in diapers. My Pro is not a laptop. It's a cleverly designed multifunction device that is a laptop, desktop and tablet all in one. It replaced a 'laptop.'
It would be nice if tablet designers, OS designers, and app coders stopped treating tablets like media consumption devices and started treating them like actual replacements for people who need to do actual work.
They have. It's called the Surface PRO.
I have one, and it works like a charm. It's a Core i5 running Metro + Win 8 pro. Runs full Office and has access to all network resources. At my desk it has its desktop extended to another monitor (try doing that with a f*cking iPad) with attached keyboard & mouse. Away from my desk it's got a detachable proper clicky keyboard and a nifty stylus.
All my colleagues carry two devices (iPad + Notebook) - I carry one. Every time I pull it out at a meeting or at the airport people say "oooh... what's *that*?" The RT noise is distracting people from what is otherwise a very cool machine.
> Doesn't say in the summary
????
"This leaves Dell as the only OEM who has not sworn off Windows RT."
Terrestrial radio is not required to pay musicians anything, and never has
In fact, back in the day, it was the opposite - The artists' labels directed payola at the radio stations to get their vinyl played.
If a song was in heavy rotation on radio in a major market it would translate into increased sales.
The last thing you want is a bluescreen on the battlefield.
This bluescreen bullsh!t is getting pretty tired. I've got four or five PCs at home running Windows and another three or four on my desk at work. I haven't seen a blue screen in many years. Maybe you might see them on some overclocked overheating whitebox frankenmachine full of dust and nicotine built in some kid's basement, but I've got Dell, HP, Gateway, Samsung and Surface Pro hardware and I've never seen a BSD on any of 'em.
Given the scale the PCs are deployed at, nobody repairs them. Nobody. I mean we're talking less than 1 in 1000 PCs ever being repaired, even if it'd be a software repair only!
Where the hell do you work? I work for a company that makes PC Lifecycle Management software (amongst other things). I'm in contact with many IT guys at many companies across many verticals. They re-image all the time. Replace bad RAM, bad drives. Replace cracked displays, replace coffee-filled keyboards... On an on. No one has the budget to throw out a perfectly good laptop just because it needs a new image or new stick of RAM.
Plus Thinkpads are still fully supported with Windoze XP drivers
Unfortunately, with the next Thinkpad release (Q3) this is coming to an end. Lenovo is dropping XP support. Makes sense, as MS is doing the same thing.
Hmmm. The fact that most (or all) Haliburton chief executives are Republicans is not a legitimate concern? Heh. At the end of the day, Haliburton is owned and run by the GOP. That alone is a reason for concern.
Facebook only makes people more antisocial.
You're doing it wrong.
Maybe it's because I'm Gen-X, but for my circle (sorry, Google), Facebook makes us more social.
"We're getting together at The Cedar Cottage Pub on Wednesday night. Who's in?"
"Hey, who knows a kid-friendly pancakes place that's open on Sunday morning?"
Here is a road sign that is more typical for the USA
You need to have door-to-door mail service because otherwise the mailboxes will get all shot up?
Jesus Christ.
What kind of Mad-Maxian post apocalyptic nightmare has the USA turned into? Get your shit together, USA.
NYT surfing is trivial. It just works with Privacy Mode in IE. (Does anyone surf WITHOUT privacy mode anymore?) It also works with AdBlock integration in the MS content filter.
Why do you surf the NYT? If the answer is 'They have content I'm interested in' then I have to ask why you are unwilling to pay to support their writers, servers, bandwidth and everything else?
If your country was being invaded or your people were being murdered wholesale you'd pray for a war to end it.
Fucking retarded fucks don't give a fuck about reality.
Look you f*cking retarded Anonymous Coward f*ck who doesn't give a f*ck about reality - Read a history book.
World War I had nothing to do with countries being invaded and citizens being murdered. It was all about the aristocracy sending young boys to their death due to antiquated treaties signed by the same aristocrats. It carried on for years, with boys being shot, gassed and suffering terribly so those same SOBs could save face.
I just made the mistake of buying an audiobook on audible.co.uk. Never again.
Yep, same here. It's why I buy all my audiobooks as unabridged MP3 CDs on Amazon.ca. Sure, they're not available immediately, but I'm still usually listening to the last one anyway.