This problem could have been easily avoided. Send iTunes users an announcement that they can go to the store and get the U2 album for free, if they want to. That's how the game stores Steam and GOG usually do these kind of things. I have not seen them chucking any items into my library against my will.
All of the composited Linux desktops are also rather sluggish. I still have not heard a compelling explanation, why this is. Even a simple window minimize zoom animation gets choppy on low-end hardware. Get an Atom netbook and compare MATE/Cinnamon/GNOME/KDE/Unity (so basically any composited desktop with animations) with Windows, and the experience is worlds apart. There is something wrong with the graphics stack (compositor, X.org, kernel drivers?) which no one wants to admit. However, at the same time, a single OpenGL context (such as a game) usually runs at great performance under Linux.
Are you joking? WiFi, Bluetooth and touchpad are piece of cake to get working on any new laptop, under Linux. The biggest problem under Linux is the glitchy desktop (yeah, see my sig...), not driver issues. ACPI WMI drivers for manufacturer-specific hotkeys and stuff like that are often problematic, but that's about it.
That's because Linux needs less powerful hardware to run properly.
In most cases that is not true anymore. A lot of the full-fledged Linux desktop environments are quite laggy on low-end (for example Atom) hardware, while a full Windows 7/8 desktop runs smooth like butter on them.
Then you don't have to do much. Just ship an unactivated Windows version. 30 days to activate. Then the customer can purchase an OEM product key separately.
So basically you just want the MS monopoly to continue? Yes, Dell is essentially forced to include Windows. Yes, the OEM OS costs are included in the price of the PC, and that is precisely the problem: the customer is forced to pay for something he didn't necessarily want, and isn't aware of the alternatives.
Digital gets a little twitchy, you see a still frame (or nothing). Sound becomes silent. It's hard for your brain to actually filter out a blank screen and no audio.
That's just the extreme tipping point. Before reaching that point you can pick up a very crusty signal and still enjoy a perfect picture and audio while the error correction is working its ass off behind the scenes.
With analogue signal as bad, you might already be losing color information, and luxuries like NICAM sound are a distant dream.
We need more customer protection like this. The companies' standard strategy seems to be that after the product has been delivered to the customer, the customer feedback and support is essentially a black hole.
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It will be Windows NT 6.4.
Pretty much all capacitive touchscreens are glossy.
students who took an elective COBOL class earned on average $10,000 more a year upon graduation than classmates who hadn't
Makes me think if this is median or mode average. Maybe there's a single expert who got some crazy $10,000,000/a mission critical deal. ;)
Sandwich artist.
which isn't really a problem when nothing uses even half of the 16GB I have installed in the box. And that includes Visual Studio and SQL Server.
Not that surprising when Visual Studio typically uses only 100MB. :)
Minecraft is a simplistic game any software developer can code in 6 months.
It has zero value.
Only extremely skilled and highly motivated developers can create something like Minecraft in 6 months. For most, it would take 6 years.
Because I come across glitches like that all the time.
This problem could have been easily avoided. Send iTunes users an announcement that they can go to the store and get the U2 album for free, if they want to. That's how the game stores Steam and GOG usually do these kind of things. I have not seen them chucking any items into my library against my will.
As for your screenshot - context please.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/431232
We've had composited Linux desktops for almost a decade already.
Thanks. I'll run some benchmarks against Windows 3.0.
All of the composited Linux desktops are also rather sluggish. I still have not heard a compelling explanation, why this is. Even a simple window minimize zoom animation gets choppy on low-end hardware. Get an Atom netbook and compare MATE/Cinnamon/GNOME/KDE/Unity (so basically any composited desktop with animations) with Windows, and the experience is worlds apart. There is something wrong with the graphics stack (compositor, X.org, kernel drivers?) which no one wants to admit. However, at the same time, a single OpenGL context (such as a game) usually runs at great performance under Linux.
What's not "full-featured" about Xubuntu?
That it does not have any desktop effects!
Are you joking? WiFi, Bluetooth and touchpad are piece of cake to get working on any new laptop, under Linux. The biggest problem under Linux is the glitchy desktop (yeah, see my sig...), not driver issues. ACPI WMI drivers for manufacturer-specific hotkeys and stuff like that are often problematic, but that's about it.
Not a problem because Linux comes with all drivers inbox.
That's because Linux needs less powerful hardware to run properly.
In most cases that is not true anymore. A lot of the full-fledged Linux desktop environments are quite laggy on low-end (for example Atom) hardware, while a full Windows 7/8 desktop runs smooth like butter on them.
Then you don't have to do much. Just ship an unactivated Windows version. 30 days to activate. Then the customer can purchase an OEM product key separately.
Or simply require the product key to be purchased separately and ship an unactivated copy of Windows on the computer.
So basically you just want the MS monopoly to continue? Yes, Dell is essentially forced to include Windows. Yes, the OEM OS costs are included in the price of the PC, and that is precisely the problem: the customer is forced to pay for something he didn't necessarily want, and isn't aware of the alternatives.
Yes.
Most consumers aren't even aware of options (Linux). They see Windows as an integral part of the PC platform.
I have to admit that's a fair argument... :)
Digital gets a little twitchy, you see a still frame (or nothing). Sound becomes silent. It's hard for your brain to actually filter out a blank screen and no audio.
That's just the extreme tipping point. Before reaching that point you can pick up a very crusty signal and still enjoy a perfect picture and audio while the error correction is working its ass off behind the scenes.
With analogue signal as bad, you might already be losing color information, and luxuries like NICAM sound are a distant dream.
It's still depressing that money-back or warranty replacement is all we have got.
We need more customer protection like this. The companies' standard strategy seems to be that after the product has been delivered to the customer, the customer feedback and support is essentially a black hole.