It's purely because that's what was available when the systems were originally made and it's still hugely expensive to replace those systems. Many banks have and are enjoying cost savings, but they needed to bite the bullet and convert from difficult to maintain COBOL systems. Besides the cost, banks are also averse to risk, and change causes risk.
Try the System76 laptops. The Gazelle is a very nice machine for the price, and I think all of their machines come with matte screens, with glossy being an option. The Bonobo is a 17" beast of a machine that is not particularly portable, but makes a great gaming or development machine. Both have 1440x1080 screens.
For business use, even consumers can't get by with a tablet at times. Are iOS devices restricted to uploading certain types of files to web pages? That requirement comes up more often than you might think in a business setting.
Plus, if you have a camera other than an iPhone, or want to use an external drive, etc, iOS devices are right out due to crippled connection options, and even Android devices require rooting in many cases for USB OTG. Quite a few people have these requirements. There are lots more bits of missing functionality too, many of which are due to artificial restrictions in iOS. With both devices, input in many cases requires bluetooth (or USB with android as well) add-ons to be useful. I don't think the portion of people that can get by with just a tablet is as high as you think.
In all of the 'IBM shops' I've worked in, it's quite close to fanatacism. If it says 'IBM' on it, it will go through purchasing without question. Software or hardware from a competing vendor that is an industry standard, cheaper, with better performance and more features requires massive justifications. It may also be the 'old boys network' of sales people as well.
That line of business has a list of customers that make Apple fans look rational. They'll buy anything with IBM on it that the salesmen show them. They're set until the last of them retire or die off.
Margins are pretty tight in that business. They'll do much better stcking to their mainframe business charging ridiculous prices for MIPS to customers that can't afford the cost of migrating.
A wireless trackball makes a great interface for the couch (or desk for that matter). I prefer something like the Logitech Trackman, with the ball under the thumb, as your hand never has to move. I've always considered the mouse to be an inferior design for most things.
Linux and Mac are both making inroads to businesses. Yeah, tablets and phones are part of it to, but trends towards BYOD don't have to be limited to those.
Would someone be violating your privacy if they just took the pictures and kept them for themself, or mailed them to friends? I don't even see the need to bring the internet into the conversation except as a medium for transfer, storage, and publicity. If there are problem with privacy, deal with them using rights and laws that already exist. Don't blame the tool.
Many of our morals and ethics are now in direct conflict with the vast majority ro religions. Where the morals or ethics came from is irrelevent. Many religions have some good ideas at their core, it's just that they eventually tend to be used by people to wield power over others.
I bought one despite the space deficiencies. For someone with an older phone who wants to get out of the contract cycle, the price was too good to pass up. I can live without the removable battery, but I very much miss the local storage. I was actually thinking it would be cool if someone came out with a low cost flash drive with secure wifi or bluetooth access to it. For the right price that might almost be better than extra storage in the phone.
Older router, slower processor, G only. Buffalo has some nicer routers with DD-WRT per-installed. Really though, I was just saying that for most people, a wireless access point is their primary concern, not a hardened router.
Google also has the "Google Authenticator", which DropBox also uses. It's free, open-source, and multi-platform. It would have been nice if they had it as an option, as it works quite well (nice for SSH as well).
They won't do it. I keep saying that they're trying to move towards Metro and away from the old desktop, as a desktop where they can dictate what you can run, and that they get 30% of the price of is much more attractive to them even if they love a lot of 'customers'. They figure if it worked for Apple, it will work for them.
This 'perfect storm' of opportunity for Canonical (and Linux in general) would have been spectacular if Canonical hadn't trraded their surfboard for a clown hat and ironing board.
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It's purely because that's what was available when the systems were originally made and it's still hugely expensive to replace those systems. Many banks have and are enjoying cost savings, but they needed to bite the bullet and convert from difficult to maintain COBOL systems. Besides the cost, banks are also averse to risk, and change causes risk.
You can get the same precision and fault tolerance by using commodity hardware by running multiple jobs in parallel, but it's rarely required.
Sorry, that resolution is 1920x1080.
Try the System76 laptops. The Gazelle is a very nice machine for the price, and I think all of their machines come with matte screens, with glossy being an option. The Bonobo is a 17" beast of a machine that is not particularly portable, but makes a great gaming or development machine. Both have 1440x1080 screens.
For business use, even consumers can't get by with a tablet at times. Are iOS devices restricted to uploading certain types of files to web pages? That requirement comes up more often than you might think in a business setting.
Plus, if you have a camera other than an iPhone, or want to use an external drive, etc, iOS devices are right out due to crippled connection options, and even Android devices require rooting in many cases for USB OTG. Quite a few people have these requirements. There are lots more bits of missing functionality too, many of which are due to artificial restrictions in iOS. With both devices, input in many cases requires bluetooth (or USB with android as well) add-ons to be useful. I don't think the portion of people that can get by with just a tablet is as high as you think.
In all of the 'IBM shops' I've worked in, it's quite close to fanatacism. If it says 'IBM' on it, it will go through purchasing without question. Software or hardware from a competing vendor that is an industry standard, cheaper, with better performance and more features requires massive justifications. It may also be the 'old boys network' of sales people as well.
That line of business has a list of customers that make Apple fans look rational. They'll buy anything with IBM on it that the salesmen show them. They're set until the last of them retire or die off.
Margins are pretty tight in that business. They'll do much better stcking to their mainframe business charging ridiculous prices for MIPS to customers that can't afford the cost of migrating.
A wireless trackball makes a great interface for the couch (or desk for that matter). I prefer something like the Logitech Trackman, with the ball under the thumb, as your hand never has to move. I've always considered the mouse to be an inferior design for most things.
Linux and Mac are both making inroads to businesses. Yeah, tablets and phones are part of it to, but trends towards BYOD don't have to be limited to those.
You can't post a direct link from an iPad?
Would someone be violating your privacy if they just took the pictures and kept them for themself, or mailed them to friends? I don't even see the need to bring the internet into the conversation except as a medium for transfer, storage, and publicity. If there are problem with privacy, deal with them using rights and laws that already exist. Don't blame the tool.
Many of our morals and ethics are now in direct conflict with the vast majority ro religions. Where the morals or ethics came from is irrelevent. Many religions have some good ideas at their core, it's just that they eventually tend to be used by people to wield power over others.
Wasn't his meaning more "you shouldn't be doing it on the internet?".
They do have an Android app. They've had it for years.
... which are full of fake, paid content. I stick to fiction with a better plot ... on my Kobo.
They don't have them because they don't want them. They can be manually installed. Kindle wants you to go to Amazon, etc. There is no Google tax.
I bought one despite the space deficiencies. For someone with an older phone who wants to get out of the contract cycle, the price was too good to pass up. I can live without the removable battery, but I very much miss the local storage. I was actually thinking it would be cool if someone came out with a low cost flash drive with secure wifi or bluetooth access to it. For the right price that might almost be better than extra storage in the phone.
Oh, you mean like anything running Cyanogen, etc, Kindles, HP TouchPads, etc? Sure they can.
Older router, slower processor, G only. Buffalo has some nicer routers with DD-WRT per-installed. Really though, I was just saying that for most people, a wireless access point is their primary concern, not a hardened router.
No wireless AP though.
Google also has the "Google Authenticator", which DropBox also uses. It's free, open-source, and multi-platform. It would have been nice if they had it as an option, as it works quite well (nice for SSH as well).
They won't do it. I keep saying that they're trying to move towards Metro and away from the old desktop, as a desktop where they can dictate what you can run, and that they get 30% of the price of is much more attractive to them even if they love a lot of 'customers'. They figure if it worked for Apple, it will work for them.
This 'perfect storm' of opportunity for Canonical (and Linux in general) would have been spectacular if Canonical hadn't trraded their surfboard for a clown hat and ironing board.
I like to choose the software I can install. Perhaps Apple isn't meant for us.