If it was Microsoft that could have been feasible. But I really don't see Apple making ARM laptops. They don't want confusion and x86 MacBooks and ARM iPads seams to have good distinction.
Apple has a better record of handling a CPU architecture change than any other company I know of. For years, they were shipping OS X as hybrid PPC-x86 code (fat binaries, or "Universal Binaries" in Apple parlance) and Xcode would automatically compile for both architectures and bundle them in the same executable file. Even outside of universal binaries, Apple's Intel-based computers could run PPC-only code just fine, thanks to Rosetta (removed last year with Lion). I don't think confusion over which architecture your computer is would be a problem with Apple, should they decide to move to ARM (unlike Microsoft with WinRT).
I would imagine that, until recently, the biggest hurdle (other than speed) has been that modern OS X requires a 64-bit CPU, which wasn't available until ARMv8 was released last year.
I don't use Google anymore, precisely because of the "search bubble". My Google result just now was: 1. Wikipedia 2. Firefox 3. Opera 4. Chrome
Somewhat interesting, given that I don't use Firefox or Opera. My DuckDuckGo search gives me a bunch of web browser definitions, reviews, comparisons...and Firefox. So I guess some things are the same. It's all a plot by Mozilla.
The new iPod nano has a built-in pedometer, so we're a step in the right direction. Now, if they give it the capability to measure bicycling statistics, I will be all over it.
I don't think the carriers want you using your data. They want you paying for data, certainly--but using it? At least with AT&T, they've been limiting what the iPhone can do over cellular since the App Store came out. You still can't download anything over 50MB over cellular, and only recently did they enable FaceTime over cellular. It makes sense, too: The less people actually using data, the less they have to invest in infrastructure.
Other than that, yeah, you're probably right. Google wants access to your data, and the manufacturers want to shave a dollar off their costs (not yours, though) by removing the SD slot. To be fair, it's very likely that the slot wasn't used much. Phones have enough memory for most people these days. Besides, the manufacturers will be all too happy to give you higher capacity in $100 increments.
Spin? What did I spin? My parenthetical opinion? It was all true:
1. I do find the lack of standardized cables mildly annoying. I had to charge my Kindle the other night, and only had an iPhone cable upstairs, so I had to go downstairs to grab a micro-USB cable. Mildly annoying, but not terrible.
2. The new connector is nicer to use than micro-USB. It plugs in quicker and easier, and it's easier to tell that it's all the way in. Plus, it's reversible.
3. I don't see it becoming a standard that other manufacturers adopt, which is unfortunate in light of #2.
Just because I have an opinion that's different from Slashdot groupthink (in that, having used the connector, I actually like it), it doesn't mean that I'm trying to spin anything.
Why is this news? The people who want the adapter have already ordered one, and they already received an email stating their adapter has been shipped. Is this just another excuse to rag on Apple for not going micro-USB (as if anyone anywhere thought they actually would)?
(Personally, I find the lack of standardized cables mildly annoying. However, I'm backward--I wish everyone would move to lightning cables, not micro-USB. Lightning is just nicer to use: it plugs in quicker without having to look, and you don't have to worry about orientation. Sadly, Apple will never work to make it a standard.)
California is trying this. If our "success" is any indication of how it would be in other parts of the country, then I wouldn't touch high-speed rails with a 10-foot pole.
I care when less people smoke, because it means less foul stench wherever I go. If you want to smoke, go for it--but I'm wouldn't appreciate that you do if I were ever to meet you.
Whenever I have to work on someone's computer, they always start freaking out and asking if their pictures will be okay. They don't care about any important documents--just the pictures. So I suppose that, if you wanted to be real vindictive, and you know you only have a few seconds in which to act, you would take out their pictures. Of course, the smarter vindictive person would just open up the command prompt and nuke their system from there (though it lacks something of the personal touch).
(Of course, we're talking about a guy who didn't notice all he was deleting was the worthless default pictures that ship with Windows, so how smart could he be?)
I read it when I was twelve. It's important to note that it is a YA book, so people who read it at that age will likely enjoy it a lot more. Anyway, some of your complaints--namely those about Locke--are answered in later books. However, it's also worth noting that a lot of people don't really like those other books...
I was amused at the way they identified themselves to me: "Microsoft Malicious Software Department". Yeah, I'm posting on Slashdot, but even I was surprised that Microsoft is so transparent about selling malware...
Google "scans" and "puts up" pages that are publicly viewable. They don't put up pages that are behind a pay wall (unless, of course, the web server is poorly configured, or the dev makes it possible for Googlebot to view the pages--such as experts-exchange). Scanning non-free books and making them searchable is akin to putting up pages behind a paywall when they haven't actually been given permission to do so.
I spoke with them on two occasions. Both times, I got them quickly off the line by saying I run Macs, not Windows PCs (this was actually very confusing for them). I had actually hoped they would call them again, because I wanted to string them along as long as possible by acting as the nightmare customer of all tech support folk: Basically, by acting like an idiot. I'd planned on getting confused by common terms (what's a mouse? left click, right click, huh?) and just doing everything as slowly as possible.
Agreed, I am pleasantly surprised with the Win8 preview (been running it since it came out). What I like about the new Start Screen is that you have a lot more space to play around with in terms of icon position and organization. It also has better search features than the old start menu, as you can now specify search scope easily, with either the mouse or a keyboard combination (I don't believe you can do this on Win7), and it works faster as a launcher (in that it finds applications faster).
I just hope that the apps I commonly use won't become metro-only. Chrome has a metro mode and a windowed mode, which I think is the best of both worlds. Also, the button placement for shutdown/sleep/restart is plain dumb.
I've never understood the reasoning behind the plurality of companies. Is it because a company is made up of more than one person? What if it's a one-man shop? Why don't we treat cars as plural, since they're made up of many moving parts? If it's because the parts in question are not people, then do the British (and others) treat country names as plural?
Or (perhaps more likely) is it just another of the idiosyncrasies of the English language?
Out of curiosity, why Newegg over Amazon? I used to do the same thing, but as I was building a new PC in July, I decided to spec the same build out on Amazon and Newegg. Buying from Amazon saved me $150. Granted, $80 of that was tax differences (which is now gone, as Amazon now charges taxes in California), but the remaining $70 was composed of cheaper parts and free shipping.
It was disappointing, really. Newegg has long been one of my favorite sites, but besides their slightly better interface for finding parts, I can't really justify buying from them anymore.
The NHTSA created a system that by systematic error and poor design is responsible for two thirds of all driving related fatalities. Not to mention blind spot mirrors that with more advanced optics could be eliminated but car manufacturers are prevented from replacing by law.
I'm curious about this one. Any specific examples?
Every ThinkPad X1 Carbon has an anti-glare IPS display with a native resoltion of 1600x900. But you know, it's missing the Apple logo on the top cover.
The parent specifically mentioned the MacBook Air, which is why I brought up its display resolution. Also, that X1 Carbon, while a nice system, is more expensive.
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Google doesn't make that much money from Android. They actually make more off iOS than Android.
I believe that when you compile with the Simulator as a target, it generates x86 code, which is a large part of why the Simulator runs so smoothly.
If it was Microsoft that could have been feasible. But I really don't see Apple making ARM laptops. They don't want confusion and x86 MacBooks and ARM iPads seams to have good distinction.
Apple has a better record of handling a CPU architecture change than any other company I know of. For years, they were shipping OS X as hybrid PPC-x86 code (fat binaries, or "Universal Binaries" in Apple parlance) and Xcode would automatically compile for both architectures and bundle them in the same executable file. Even outside of universal binaries, Apple's Intel-based computers could run PPC-only code just fine, thanks to Rosetta (removed last year with Lion). I don't think confusion over which architecture your computer is would be a problem with Apple, should they decide to move to ARM (unlike Microsoft with WinRT).
I would imagine that, until recently, the biggest hurdle (other than speed) has been that modern OS X requires a 64-bit CPU, which wasn't available until ARMv8 was released last year.
I don't use Google anymore, precisely because of the "search bubble". My Google result just now was:
1. Wikipedia
2. Firefox
3. Opera
4. Chrome
Somewhat interesting, given that I don't use Firefox or Opera. My DuckDuckGo search gives me a bunch of web browser definitions, reviews, comparisons...and Firefox. So I guess some things are the same. It's all a plot by Mozilla.
It has a built-in pedometer. That's what interests me.
Actually, many companies don't charge you until the item has shipped. Amazon doesn't. Neither does Apple.
The new iPod nano has a built-in pedometer, so we're a step in the right direction. Now, if they give it the capability to measure bicycling statistics, I will be all over it.
I don't think the carriers want you using your data. They want you paying for data, certainly--but using it? At least with AT&T, they've been limiting what the iPhone can do over cellular since the App Store came out. You still can't download anything over 50MB over cellular, and only recently did they enable FaceTime over cellular. It makes sense, too: The less people actually using data, the less they have to invest in infrastructure.
Other than that, yeah, you're probably right. Google wants access to your data, and the manufacturers want to shave a dollar off their costs (not yours, though) by removing the SD slot. To be fair, it's very likely that the slot wasn't used much. Phones have enough memory for most people these days. Besides, the manufacturers will be all too happy to give you higher capacity in $100 increments.
Spin? What did I spin? My parenthetical opinion? It was all true:
1. I do find the lack of standardized cables mildly annoying. I had to charge my Kindle the other night, and only had an iPhone cable upstairs, so I had to go downstairs to grab a micro-USB cable. Mildly annoying, but not terrible.
2. The new connector is nicer to use than micro-USB. It plugs in quicker and easier, and it's easier to tell that it's all the way in. Plus, it's reversible.
3. I don't see it becoming a standard that other manufacturers adopt, which is unfortunate in light of #2.
Just because I have an opinion that's different from Slashdot groupthink (in that, having used the connector, I actually like it), it doesn't mean that I'm trying to spin anything.
Actually, that's an angle I didn't think of. Thanks.
Why is this news? The people who want the adapter have already ordered one, and they already received an email stating their adapter has been shipped. Is this just another excuse to rag on Apple for not going micro-USB (as if anyone anywhere thought they actually would)?
(Personally, I find the lack of standardized cables mildly annoying. However, I'm backward--I wish everyone would move to lightning cables, not micro-USB. Lightning is just nicer to use: it plugs in quicker without having to look, and you don't have to worry about orientation. Sadly, Apple will never work to make it a standard.)
California is trying this. If our "success" is any indication of how it would be in other parts of the country, then I wouldn't touch high-speed rails with a 10-foot pole.
I care when less people smoke, because it means less foul stench wherever I go. If you want to smoke, go for it--but I'm wouldn't appreciate that you do if I were ever to meet you.
Whenever I have to work on someone's computer, they always start freaking out and asking if their pictures will be okay. They don't care about any important documents--just the pictures. So I suppose that, if you wanted to be real vindictive, and you know you only have a few seconds in which to act, you would take out their pictures. Of course, the smarter vindictive person would just open up the command prompt and nuke their system from there (though it lacks something of the personal touch).
(Of course, we're talking about a guy who didn't notice all he was deleting was the worthless default pictures that ship with Windows, so how smart could he be?)
The question is already answered in the summary, actually:
Foxconn will eventually replace human workers for much of its electronic assembly, but probably not in time for the iPhone 6.
So, uh, I guess that depends on if the theoretical "you" buys the next iPhone, or the one after that...
I read it when I was twelve. It's important to note that it is a YA book, so people who read it at that age will likely enjoy it a lot more. Anyway, some of your complaints--namely those about Locke--are answered in later books. However, it's also worth noting that a lot of people don't really like those other books...
I was amused at the way they identified themselves to me: "Microsoft Malicious Software Department". Yeah, I'm posting on Slashdot, but even I was surprised that Microsoft is so transparent about selling malware...
I got a couple calls from these guys. I couldn't understand them then, either.
Google "scans" and "puts up" pages that are publicly viewable. They don't put up pages that are behind a pay wall (unless, of course, the web server is poorly configured, or the dev makes it possible for Googlebot to view the pages--such as experts-exchange). Scanning non-free books and making them searchable is akin to putting up pages behind a paywall when they haven't actually been given permission to do so.
I spoke with them on two occasions. Both times, I got them quickly off the line by saying I run Macs, not Windows PCs (this was actually very confusing for them). I had actually hoped they would call them again, because I wanted to string them along as long as possible by acting as the nightmare customer of all tech support folk: Basically, by acting like an idiot. I'd planned on getting confused by common terms (what's a mouse? left click, right click, huh?) and just doing everything as slowly as possible.
Alas, it was not to be.
Agreed, I am pleasantly surprised with the Win8 preview (been running it since it came out). What I like about the new Start Screen is that you have a lot more space to play around with in terms of icon position and organization. It also has better search features than the old start menu, as you can now specify search scope easily, with either the mouse or a keyboard combination (I don't believe you can do this on Win7), and it works faster as a launcher (in that it finds applications faster).
I just hope that the apps I commonly use won't become metro-only. Chrome has a metro mode and a windowed mode, which I think is the best of both worlds. Also, the button placement for shutdown/sleep/restart is plain dumb.
I've never understood the reasoning behind the plurality of companies. Is it because a company is made up of more than one person? What if it's a one-man shop? Why don't we treat cars as plural, since they're made up of many moving parts? If it's because the parts in question are not people, then do the British (and others) treat country names as plural?
Or (perhaps more likely) is it just another of the idiosyncrasies of the English language?
Out of curiosity, why Newegg over Amazon? I used to do the same thing, but as I was building a new PC in July, I decided to spec the same build out on Amazon and Newegg. Buying from Amazon saved me $150. Granted, $80 of that was tax differences (which is now gone, as Amazon now charges taxes in California), but the remaining $70 was composed of cheaper parts and free shipping.
It was disappointing, really. Newegg has long been one of my favorite sites, but besides their slightly better interface for finding parts, I can't really justify buying from them anymore.
The NHTSA created a system that by systematic error and poor design is responsible for two thirds of all driving related fatalities. Not to mention blind spot mirrors that with more advanced optics could be eliminated but car manufacturers are prevented from replacing by law.
I'm curious about this one. Any specific examples?
Every ThinkPad X1 Carbon has an anti-glare IPS display with a native resoltion of 1600x900. But you know, it's missing the Apple logo on the top cover.
The parent specifically mentioned the MacBook Air, which is why I brought up its display resolution. Also, that X1 Carbon, while a nice system, is more expensive.