The layout of older homes probably won't let owners take advantage of this. Many homes were designed with few if any windows that are in direct sunlight. The south facing wall in my house has no windows at all. In northern hemispheres homes are often designed so that south facing windows are beneath long eaves that block the high midday sun during the summer months but are short enough to let the sun warm the floor (often tile) inside the windows during the winter when the sun is low in the sky.
It's kind of too bad that the market for this will probably be very limited and it likely will not be successful.
Note that the article says "hardware staff" not "WebOS Developers." Since HP is discontinuing hardware development for WebOS platforms this is not surprising. I suspect they will continue to own the operating system in hopes of licensing it to other companies.
The analogy he uses assumes you are buying a bag that looks and operates exactly like the legitimate bag thereby fooling your friends into thinking you have the real deal. It's still a "prestige" purchase because it's designed to boost your image.
A non-Apple branded pad is never going to get the same perceived envy from onlookers which is why a lot of the people are willing to part with the additional cash...people need the self-esteem boost.
Buying a fake Rolex impersonates a real Rolex while buying a Seiko does not. It's not important that you know it's fake...it's that others think it's real.
The off-brand pad will never have the allure to the masses of the iPad. In fact...it will probably have less allure than an Apple branded fake.
Absolutely right. Granted, it's not for everyone but in my job my employer has decided to go with midrange laptops. However, my job has changed a bit since I started it and I may want to do some light CAD work from time to time. This would be just the ticket because it's a lot cheaper than buying one of the workstation options they have available.
I still think we are headed to a dystopian future similar to that described in Soylent Green. I don't mean the dietary content but rather the polarization of an overpopulated society into the insanely rich and the destitutely poor with virtually no middle class. Those in power are working hard today to corral all of the wealth with every senate bill.
In 20 years or so I predict those of us outside of the privileged 10% will be fighting over scraps.
I attended OSU in EE from 2002 to 2008. They were always very Linux friendly in my experience. The LUG (Linux Users Group) had a room in a building set up to help people configure Linux on their laptops. I managed to stump them once with Cygwin on my HP TC1100 Tablet. Nevertheless, Linux was welcomed at least by the user community. I never needed official IT support but their website did have things like setup instructions for SSH on Linux as well as Windows and Mac. I think a lot of work-study students from the CS school were working for IT so the Linux support probably infiltrated that way.
Another Linux related shift OSU made on an official level while I was there was to migrate all of the college of engineering UNIX labs from HPUX workstations and servers to Redhat Enterprise. This was obviously an officially sanctioned move as it required new hardware and a different support model but it seemed to go off without a hitch.
So, it probably depends on the school and the particular college within the school. The EECS department at OSU was pretty proactive in my opinion. If you want to get support, I'd recommend looking for or starting a users group and see what kind of response you get. If nothing else, taking the initiative would look good on a resume.
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It's kind of too bad that the market for this will probably be very limited and it likely will not be successful.
OMG! My lost Farmville crop records!! Now I can honestly show my farming prowess and put it on my resume!
Note that the article says "hardware staff" not "WebOS Developers." Since HP is discontinuing hardware development for WebOS platforms this is not surprising. I suspect they will continue to own the operating system in hopes of licensing it to other companies.
A non-Apple branded pad is never going to get the same perceived envy from onlookers which is why a lot of the people are willing to part with the additional cash...people need the self-esteem boost.
Buying a fake Rolex impersonates a real Rolex while buying a Seiko does not. It's not important that you know it's fake...it's that others think it's real.
The off-brand pad will never have the allure to the masses of the iPad. In fact...it will probably have less allure than an Apple branded fake.
http://www.theonion.com/video/apple-introduces-revolutionary-new-laptop-with-no,14299/
Absolutely right. Granted, it's not for everyone but in my job my employer has decided to go with midrange laptops. However, my job has changed a bit since I started it and I may want to do some light CAD work from time to time. This would be just the ticket because it's a lot cheaper than buying one of the workstation options they have available.
I still think we are headed to a dystopian future similar to that described in Soylent Green. I don't mean the dietary content but rather the polarization of an overpopulated society into the insanely rich and the destitutely poor with virtually no middle class. Those in power are working hard today to corral all of the wealth with every senate bill. In 20 years or so I predict those of us outside of the privileged 10% will be fighting over scraps.
I attended OSU in EE from 2002 to 2008. They were always very Linux friendly in my experience. The LUG (Linux Users Group) had a room in a building set up to help people configure Linux on their laptops. I managed to stump them once with Cygwin on my HP TC1100 Tablet. Nevertheless, Linux was welcomed at least by the user community. I never needed official IT support but their website did have things like setup instructions for SSH on Linux as well as Windows and Mac. I think a lot of work-study students from the CS school were working for IT so the Linux support probably infiltrated that way. Another Linux related shift OSU made on an official level while I was there was to migrate all of the college of engineering UNIX labs from HPUX workstations and servers to Redhat Enterprise. This was obviously an officially sanctioned move as it required new hardware and a different support model but it seemed to go off without a hitch. So, it probably depends on the school and the particular college within the school. The EECS department at OSU was pretty proactive in my opinion. If you want to get support, I'd recommend looking for or starting a users group and see what kind of response you get. If nothing else, taking the initiative would look good on a resume.
I'd do it but then my roomates would know where I stash my weed. ;)
I kept expecting to see a computer with a bong and stash bag "hidden" behind the "transparent" monitor.