I love seeing this reasoning; always amusing.
Yes, it took Apple until version 3 for c&p, release June 17th, 2009. So how is that an excuse for Google, having released 3 versions of Android so far this year? Just because it took Apple until v3 to get it right doesn't mean Google should wait until v3 as well, especially when they're competing with a device that does do it properly. It's as if Google's Android engineers had never used an iPhone. HTC obviously thought it was a problem, because they went and implemented proper c&p as apart of Sense. Obviously Motorola thought the keyboard sucked, so they put Swype on the X as standard. My point is why is Google relying upon 3rd party companies to fix their oversights?
Even the Nokia N900 does a better job of it.
Read this in an interview with Jobs. They basically made an iPad prototype and Jobs said, "let's make a phone out of this". So they did.
That is 100% correct. It was an All Things D interview with Mossberg and Swisher; I think it might have even been D8 this year. iOS (even before it was called that) was always designed to go on both a tablet and phone. Android, on the other hand, wasn't, at least until v3.0.
Seeing as how rudimentary features like the virtual keyboard and copy/paste suck on Android, I hope they fix that before going headstrong into tablets. Sure, HTC has fixed the C&P issue in Sense, and Swype is really cool, but those sorts of things need to be good right out of the box, and not necessitate a 3rd party to come in and fix them.
Right, because Linux servers with CC info on them aren't being hacked on a daily basis, and then loaded with redirects to malware sites.
Oh wait......they are. My viewpoint still stands. Any OS can be hacked provided the target is worthwhile.
I don't disagree with you at all. They should have reported exactly what version of Windows was used. Tech "reporting" is pretty bad these days overall.
However I do find it amusing that one guy says my "logic is wrong" and that Linux is used for CC transactions and it's secure, etc.
Apparently he hasn't seen any of the thousands of compromised Linux-run sites that are hosting today's flavor of Antivirus Pro/2010/etc malware.
Again, it doesn't matter what the OS is. Any of the major three can be hacked if the target is worth the time.
As much as I'm not a fan of Windows, it's the target, not the OS that's the problem. OS X and Linux can be circumvented too, if the prize is worth it. Anyone who doesn't realize that is a fool.
What I have a problem with is that I own a 1st gen iPod touch; bought just a couple weeks before the gen 2's came out, so it's just under 2 years old. I cannot install iOS4, so I cannot install this patch. In essence, I have a device that works perfectly fine, but that has a gapping security hole in it that Apple refuses to patch. Why should I run out and buy another $300 device when the one I have now works perfectly fine? I'm really pissed right now.
I also have 2 MacBook Pro's, and an iPad. Is Apple going to abandon them after 2 years? Probably.
It's really aggravating how Apple is the "most environmentally concerned" electronics/computer company, yet they want me to throw away my perfectly functional device and buy a new one.
Sure, I have the option to run Opera (it warns when downloading a PDF), jailbreak it and install the patch (which is what I'll probably end up doing) or just use it as a *gasp* iPod, but the point is I shouldn't have to. I don't want or need the other crap that comes with iOS4. I just want the damn security patch.
I guess it just depends on where you're at. Working in the Chicago Loop I don't see anything that old, bringing me back to the point of wanting to see software tested on hardware that's relatively modern, so it relates to what I see at clients' offices.
Those chips came out no later than 2003. I have a 2500+ from the same series still sitting in my basement. It's now 2009.
2009 minus 2003 equals 6 years.
Glad I could do the math for ya.
Yes I have looked at machines in offices lately. I work in one. I realize some offices are on a longer cycle than we are (3 year) however it would have been nice to see tests done on a modern machine, even with modest hardware.
And an Athlon XP 3000+ is from like 2002 or 2003; a little long in the tooth, and edging on being pretty damn irrelevant.
Prior to my current position I was a consultant downtown, and even then there were no offices (out of at least 100) that ran desktops older than 5 years.
I assume this will be supported on the iPod Touch as well, and if so, will be full of win. I can have most of the functionality of the iPhone with VoIP without the expense monthly fee.
I agree on the hardware support, for the most part. If you're paying attention when you buy stuff, it's not a problem. But every once and awhile you'll run across something that'll drive you nuts trying to get it to work.
As for the DNS, proxy, DHCP, web, DB, etc., absolutely. I love Linux for that, and we use it heavily when combined with VMWare ESX for a lot of our servers.
The problem with desktop in the enterprise is the hundreds (maybe thousands) of industry-specific apps that are Windows only. Juris for legal, Rockwell for PLC's, Best Software for asset management, etc.
While Linux itself is very much ready from a stability standpoint, the software (and to some extent, hardware) support just isn't there.
Which sucks, because my life as an IT guy would be so much easier if everyone ran Ubuntu.
That is until they port Antivirus 2009 to Linux.;)
The fanboys drinking the Apple Kool-Aid, or the people whining about how overpriced they are.
Some things never change. Can't it be as simple as if you want OSX, spend the higher amount on a Mac, if you don't care, don't buy a Mac?
Why the semi-annual articles?
I've worked in IT for 6 years now. There hasn't been a time in this short career where a networked hard drive system of some sort wasn't available to users, whether it be NAS or a simple $800 RAIDed Samba server. There also has never been a time where I've experienced a user naive enough to think that storing data only on a laptop is a good idea. Does IT facilitate the backup of the laptop data? Sure. I show them when they receive the laptop how to run a sync with their network share, so in the event of failure they can retrieve data. Do I manage every single laptop in a 1000 person company? No. I don't. I don't have the time to babysit or micro-manage the users or their laptops. There are some solutions available that back up data over the internet, and that are centrally managed, but then your talking $$$, and that's not something that's always easy to get approval for, when simple user diligence will do the trick for free.
And once again, as it applies to this article, I will mention that even worst case scenario is to buy a $120 500GB USB drive to keep at home (or office with no server) and back up to that. Not A Big Deal. I've got at least 30 field guys who are never in the office, and when they get back from traveling to their home office, they dock the laptop and run a sync to the external HD. I'd hardly call that something highly technical needing the babysitting of IT.
Do you work in the real world, or just go to school? Users at my business most definitely do take part in making sure their data is backed up from their laptops, though of course IT assists them when required.
I do know what I am talking about. Not all users are as out of the loop as you assume.
Thinkpads are business laptops, aimed at business users, who have servers and/or NAS devices at their business. But you already knew that.
I don't know of too many home users with $3000 Thinkpads. Do you?
Even if they don't have RAID or a NAS, they can spend the $120 on a 500GB USB external drive for home use.
I know in this day of 250GB laptop drives people think they need all that space, but come on, "paltry"? With a modest iTunes directory, photos, documents, a couple small VM's, I'm at 33GB used out of my 200GB 7.2K drive.
A 64GB drive would be fine for a lot of people, especially the target audience of this laptop. Anyone that's actually an intelligent user (rofl) is moving their stuff over to a RAID equipped server or NAS anyway.
He also accused ISPs, telcos, device makers, and numerous specifically named companies such as Apple, Google, Yahoo!, Oracle, and Facebook of building 'multi billion dollar industries on the back of our content without paying for it', and of being 'makers of burglary kits' who have made 'a thieves' charter' to steal money from the music industry. That's funny. Didn't Apple make this:
http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/06/u2_ipod_video.jpg
Don't they make a product (RED) iPod Nano for Bono's pet project?
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The day that tubes cease to exist will be a sad day, because no combination of zeros and ones or some crappy solid state circuit can reproduce the sound of a good tube amp.
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I love seeing this reasoning; always amusing. Yes, it took Apple until version 3 for c&p, release June 17th, 2009. So how is that an excuse for Google, having released 3 versions of Android so far this year? Just because it took Apple until v3 to get it right doesn't mean Google should wait until v3 as well, especially when they're competing with a device that does do it properly. It's as if Google's Android engineers had never used an iPhone. HTC obviously thought it was a problem, because they went and implemented proper c&p as apart of Sense. Obviously Motorola thought the keyboard sucked, so they put Swype on the X as standard. My point is why is Google relying upon 3rd party companies to fix their oversights? Even the Nokia N900 does a better job of it.
Read this in an interview with Jobs. They basically made an iPad prototype and Jobs said, "let's make a phone out of this". So they did.
That is 100% correct. It was an All Things D interview with Mossberg and Swisher; I think it might have even been D8 this year. iOS (even before it was called that) was always designed to go on both a tablet and phone. Android, on the other hand, wasn't, at least until v3.0. Seeing as how rudimentary features like the virtual keyboard and copy/paste suck on Android, I hope they fix that before going headstrong into tablets. Sure, HTC has fixed the C&P issue in Sense, and Swype is really cool, but those sorts of things need to be good right out of the box, and not necessitate a 3rd party to come in and fix them.
Right, because Linux servers with CC info on them aren't being hacked on a daily basis, and then loaded with redirects to malware sites. Oh wait......they are. My viewpoint still stands. Any OS can be hacked provided the target is worthwhile.
I don't disagree with you at all. They should have reported exactly what version of Windows was used. Tech "reporting" is pretty bad these days overall. However I do find it amusing that one guy says my "logic is wrong" and that Linux is used for CC transactions and it's secure, etc. Apparently he hasn't seen any of the thousands of compromised Linux-run sites that are hosting today's flavor of Antivirus Pro/2010/etc malware. Again, it doesn't matter what the OS is. Any of the major three can be hacked if the target is worth the time.
As much as I'm not a fan of Windows, it's the target, not the OS that's the problem. OS X and Linux can be circumvented too, if the prize is worth it. Anyone who doesn't realize that is a fool.
What I have a problem with is that I own a 1st gen iPod touch; bought just a couple weeks before the gen 2's came out, so it's just under 2 years old. I cannot install iOS4, so I cannot install this patch. In essence, I have a device that works perfectly fine, but that has a gapping security hole in it that Apple refuses to patch. Why should I run out and buy another $300 device when the one I have now works perfectly fine? I'm really pissed right now. I also have 2 MacBook Pro's, and an iPad. Is Apple going to abandon them after 2 years? Probably. It's really aggravating how Apple is the "most environmentally concerned" electronics/computer company, yet they want me to throw away my perfectly functional device and buy a new one. Sure, I have the option to run Opera (it warns when downloading a PDF), jailbreak it and install the patch (which is what I'll probably end up doing) or just use it as a *gasp* iPod, but the point is I shouldn't have to. I don't want or need the other crap that comes with iOS4. I just want the damn security patch.
A Blu Ray burner and a couple SSD's to the wife. Too bad it took getting a Dutch Oven from the Sun to finally be able to do it though.
They're going to power a Ferrari out of 34.5 Vespa scooter engines.
I guess it just depends on where you're at. Working in the Chicago Loop I don't see anything that old, bringing me back to the point of wanting to see software tested on hardware that's relatively modern, so it relates to what I see at clients' offices.
Those chips came out no later than 2003. I have a 2500+ from the same series still sitting in my basement. It's now 2009. 2009 minus 2003 equals 6 years. Glad I could do the math for ya.
Yes I have looked at machines in offices lately. I work in one. I realize some offices are on a longer cycle than we are (3 year) however it would have been nice to see tests done on a modern machine, even with modest hardware. And an Athlon XP 3000+ is from like 2002 or 2003; a little long in the tooth, and edging on being pretty damn irrelevant. Prior to my current position I was a consultant downtown, and even then there were no offices (out of at least 100) that ran desktops older than 5 years.
Nothing like testing on modern hardware! Wait, I've got a P4 sitting around here somewhere we can test with.......
I assume this will be supported on the iPod Touch as well, and if so, will be full of win. I can have most of the functionality of the iPhone with VoIP without the expense monthly fee.
I agree on the hardware support, for the most part. If you're paying attention when you buy stuff, it's not a problem. But every once and awhile you'll run across something that'll drive you nuts trying to get it to work. As for the DNS, proxy, DHCP, web, DB, etc., absolutely. I love Linux for that, and we use it heavily when combined with VMWare ESX for a lot of our servers.
The problem with desktop in the enterprise is the hundreds (maybe thousands) of industry-specific apps that are Windows only. Juris for legal, Rockwell for PLC's, Best Software for asset management, etc. While Linux itself is very much ready from a stability standpoint, the software (and to some extent, hardware) support just isn't there. Which sucks, because my life as an IT guy would be so much easier if everyone ran Ubuntu. That is until they port Antivirus 2009 to Linux. ;)
The fanboys drinking the Apple Kool-Aid, or the people whining about how overpriced they are. Some things never change. Can't it be as simple as if you want OSX, spend the higher amount on a Mac, if you don't care, don't buy a Mac? Why the semi-annual articles?
Yeah, I'd much rather use the Eee PC than my 2.4Ghz/2GB RAM/200GB HD equipped T61p running Debian. ;)
I've worked in IT for 6 years now. There hasn't been a time in this short career where a networked hard drive system of some sort wasn't available to users, whether it be NAS or a simple $800 RAIDed Samba server. There also has never been a time where I've experienced a user naive enough to think that storing data only on a laptop is a good idea. Does IT facilitate the backup of the laptop data? Sure. I show them when they receive the laptop how to run a sync with their network share, so in the event of failure they can retrieve data. Do I manage every single laptop in a 1000 person company? No. I don't. I don't have the time to babysit or micro-manage the users or their laptops. There are some solutions available that back up data over the internet, and that are centrally managed, but then your talking $$$, and that's not something that's always easy to get approval for, when simple user diligence will do the trick for free. And once again, as it applies to this article, I will mention that even worst case scenario is to buy a $120 500GB USB drive to keep at home (or office with no server) and back up to that. Not A Big Deal. I've got at least 30 field guys who are never in the office, and when they get back from traveling to their home office, they dock the laptop and run a sync to the external HD. I'd hardly call that something highly technical needing the babysitting of IT.
Do you work in the real world, or just go to school? Users at my business most definitely do take part in making sure their data is backed up from their laptops, though of course IT assists them when required. I do know what I am talking about. Not all users are as out of the loop as you assume.
Thinkpads are business laptops, aimed at business users, who have servers and/or NAS devices at their business. But you already knew that. I don't know of too many home users with $3000 Thinkpads. Do you? Even if they don't have RAID or a NAS, they can spend the $120 on a 500GB USB external drive for home use.
I know in this day of 250GB laptop drives people think they need all that space, but come on, "paltry"? With a modest iTunes directory, photos, documents, a couple small VM's, I'm at 33GB used out of my 200GB 7.2K drive. A 64GB drive would be fine for a lot of people, especially the target audience of this laptop. Anyone that's actually an intelligent user (rofl) is moving their stuff over to a RAID equipped server or NAS anyway.
Strictly the realm of hobbyists and zealous audiophiles? Do you listen to blues, jazz, rock, metal, pop, or alternative music? Then you're listening to the work of tubes. Serious guitarists, pro and amateur alike only use tube amps to get the best possible sound. The day that tubes cease to exist will be a sad day, because no combination of zeros and ones or some crappy solid state circuit can reproduce the sound of a good tube amp.
Aren't I allowed to hate *both* MS and Sony? I agree. It's like picking the shiniest of two enormous turds.
When are they going to come out with software that prevents the UPS monkeys from breaking my stuff in transit. That'd be nice.