... and also things like Pioneer One. It can work, but I think the really big budget movies (which I do like on occasion) would be much more rare. I'm not sure we would have seen LOTR with this model. As special effects technology gets less expensive though, perhaps in the future it's possible.
My perspective is that Apple is trying to *replace* the music cartels. We need more competition. Google and Amazon are a start, but what I'd reallly like to see is a lot of independent artists who I can give money to directly if I enjoy their music enough. Unfortunately, I don't think this will work quite as well for movies.
Curiosity got the better of me this week and I checked YouTube for "Friday" by Rebecca Black. I've apologized to my brain, and will never do that again. Please Google, please kill the current music cartels.
Correct or not, it's accepted convention, and more publicly recognizable if people just hear Linux. Yes, most of us know its origins... this is Gnews for Gnerds.
I think I may be with you. I've found Gnome to be configurable enough on low-end laptops with limited resolution, where KDE to really shine requires some decent real estate. Gnome seems to be removing almost all of their configurability, leaving you with too much of a "our way or the highway" feel for me (this is gnome-shell I'm talking about here, although Unity seems similar). I may go back to KDE just to get the configurability I need. It will depend on how close to what *I* consider perfect the desktop is. If it isn't damn near perfect, off to KDE I go...
Same experience here. Used the default IE/Bing settings when setting up a Windows machine for something I'd searched earlier and was surprised I couldn't find the same results I'd found earlier... and these were common reference facts from a large company. I tried a few more side by side comparisons and found Bing... lacking.
On the plus side, they probably won't have a big problem with it, and if they're very smart (which much of the time, they are) they can use this privacy review as a feature if they want to push any of their own social services over some of their competitors. Worst case, it may push some other to volunteer for the same sort of reviews.
Yes they should. This is why I wipe machines when I get them (with Linux these days as I'm not impressed with the information that a default Windows install phones home with). Is it going to take jail terms before these companies realize that the machines and software we're buying are ours, not theirs to do with as they please?
I first read that as "Shoot any managers or bean-counters that approach the area or Worked for Apple". Seemed a tad harsh... but still... they are managers and bean counters. I can sometimes understand the attitude.
Only an OS X system gives you the ability to easily try things natively on all three systems, since creating a hackintosh is not really supported.
It's the *best* because they take away abilities both of the other major OSes have, the ability to easily run them on commodity hardware. OS X is fine as an OS, but that's not a point in its favour.
I should add that these machines really won't be obsolete in 2 years, but neither will they be high-end machines. I would expect to get 4 years out of them. It's not worth getting a warranty though. An acquaintance who a Mac user paid more for his warranty than my laptop at the time cost. It was worth it as he seemed to have gotten a lemon that was in for repairs 4 times in 3 years before being replaced. Lemons sometimes happen, and the problems usually start to show up in the basic warranty period.
decide on how much disk space and RAM you need, what screen resolution you want, then go to one of the big retailers and find one with a keyboard a trackpad you like. This is what I generally do (with the added check for Linux compatibility). That last 4 I've bought (for myself and others) have all been less than $500, and the only one with a problem was a Dell (screen inverter is going). These are home machines, but are used every day.
They're almost at the point of being disposable, which kind of bothers me. I'd love to spend real money and get a good machine I can upgrade to make last 5+ years, but it's just not worth it.
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I wish there was a "-1 informative".
... and also things like Pioneer One. It can work, but I think the really big budget movies (which I do like on occasion) would be much more rare. I'm not sure we would have seen LOTR with this model. As special effects technology gets less expensive though, perhaps in the future it's possible.
I actually have an RSS feed just for Adobe security updates. It's kind of sad.
My perspective is that Apple is trying to *replace* the music cartels. We need more competition. Google and Amazon are a start, but what I'd reallly like to see is a lot of independent artists who I can give money to directly if I enjoy their music enough. Unfortunately, I don't think this will work quite as well for movies.
Curiosity got the better of me this week and I checked YouTube for "Friday" by Rebecca Black. I've apologized to my brain, and will never do that again. Please Google, please kill the current music cartels.
It works really well in conjunction with DropBox or other cloud data services as well.
Correct or not, it's accepted convention, and more publicly recognizable if people just hear Linux. Yes, most of us know its origins ... this is Gnews for Gnerds.
I think I may be with you. I've found Gnome to be configurable enough on low-end laptops with limited resolution, where KDE to really shine requires some decent real estate. Gnome seems to be removing almost all of their configurability, leaving you with too much of a "our way or the highway" feel for me (this is gnome-shell I'm talking about here, although Unity seems similar). I may go back to KDE just to get the configurability I need. It will depend on how close to what *I* consider perfect the desktop is. If it isn't damn near perfect, off to KDE I go ...
Turd polishing is a time honoured tradition in software development.
... and lose all my work since?
That's it. Some people don't seem to believe in the concept of 'enough money'.
Same experience here. Used the default IE/Bing settings when setting up a Windows machine for something I'd searched earlier and was surprised I couldn't find the same results I'd found earlier ... and these were common reference facts from a large company. I tried a few more side by side comparisons and found Bing ... lacking.
(I think you're supposed to express interest in his newsletter ... it's a tradition)
And there's a reason we call them gum trees.
It's because they have no teeth. Duh.
What's the matter? Fresh fruit not good enough for you?
... Thought that one had my name on it.
On the plus side, they probably won't have a big problem with it, and if they're very smart (which much of the time, they are) they can use this privacy review as a feature if they want to push any of their own social services over some of their competitors. Worst case, it may push some other to volunteer for the same sort of reviews.
Yes they should. This is why I wipe machines when I get them (with Linux these days as I'm not impressed with the information that a default Windows install phones home with). Is it going to take jail terms before these companies realize that the machines and software we're buying are ours, not theirs to do with as they please?
Doesn't a laptop have a bigger screen?
I first read that as "Shoot any managers or bean-counters that approach the area or Worked for Apple". Seemed a tad harsh ... but still ... they are managers and bean counters. I can sometimes understand the attitude.
More accurately, OS X is the only one that doesn't have the option of easily running it on commodity hardware.
Only an OS X system gives you the ability to easily try things natively on all three systems, since creating a hackintosh is not really supported.
It's the *best* because they take away abilities both of the other major OSes have, the ability to easily run them on commodity hardware. OS X is fine as an OS, but that's not a point in its favour.
Apple gives you loads of options.
Absolutely. They're famous for it. Apple's all about choice.
I should add that these machines really won't be obsolete in 2 years, but neither will they be high-end machines. I would expect to get 4 years out of them. It's not worth getting a warranty though. An acquaintance who a Mac user paid more for his warranty than my laptop at the time cost. It was worth it as he seemed to have gotten a lemon that was in for repairs 4 times in 3 years before being replaced. Lemons sometimes happen, and the problems usually start to show up in the basic warranty period.
They're almost at the point of being disposable, which kind of bothers me. I'd love to spend real money and get a good machine I can upgrade to make last 5+ years, but it's just not worth it.