On the iPad, Apple charges $100 for an additional 16 Gigs, $200 for an additional 48 Gigs and now $300 for an additinal 96 Gigs with the latest iteration of the iPad announced yesterday.
If you rent 1200 sq ft of office space, some of it will be used for bathrooms, some for heating/AC, some for telco closet, electrical panel, etc., not to mention space occupied by thing like stairs if your space occupies two stories.
How much space is available on a 64 Gig MacBook Air? Of course, you have to load a suitable collection of applications (including Office 2011) to make the comparison fair...
The Surface costs less than a comparable Apple product (MacBook Air).
The specifications for the Surface Pro are fine - it's an i5 processor, 4 Gigs of RAM, 64 or 128 Gig of storage space, JUST LIKE THE BASE MacBook Air!
Who ever told you the Surface would make a suitable desktop replacement? And please, define "butchered version of Windows"? It will run ANY Windows 7 application that can fit within it's RAM and storage limitations...
OMG, you're right - this tablet is a TOTALLY inadequate build plaform for my enterprise software project.
I bet this thing would also totally suck at running the Adobe Creative Suite tools - it's USELESS!
It's a workhorse TABLET - not a desktop replacement.
I am at a loss to understand how a 128 Gig x86 tablet is totally useless as a professional tool, yet countless millions use MacBook Airs with 64 Gig of storage, not to mention the countless thousands of near-hackers that have swapped 64, 80 or 128 Gig SSDs into their older x86 laptops to prolong their useful life.
I can't wait to see what happens when they all realize their computers are USELESS.
You're right, no one at MS ever thought of that. Why don't you call Steve Ballmer and let him know you've found a serious flaw in their surface product.
Of course, the only way yo upgrade the OS is through one, 20 GB download - no other method is possible.
I don't remember anyone looking at HD sizes and subtracting the space occupied by Windows and other pre-installed applications and complaining that saying the HD in their new PC is listed as 80 Gigs but they only have 65 Gigs of "free" storage once you account for the OS, apps, etc.
Apple/Android tablet makers store their OS in a small, discrete storage device, with a second, larger storage space for user apps and content. Windows RT devices only have one storage space shared by OS, apps, and content. The smallest iPad is a 16 Gig device + OS storage space, the smallest Windows RT device is 32 Gig for OS, apps, and content.
No, actually, it IS a PC, no matter how much you think it isn't.
The only issue is that rather than have distinct OS storage space, as most tablets do, this device stores all software, user content and OS in one large storage space.
While the first 4K Microsoft BASIC was significant in many ways, the ROM-based Microsoft BASIC included with literally tens of millions of computers shaped the industry in ways no other application ever did.
It's impact was in being the first tool used by an entire generation of programmers, it shaped their thinking in ways that frustrated some.
When you want to toss an upgraded GPU in an older system, keep an eye on the PCI spec level, no sense buying the latest whiz-bang video card if your system only has a first-gen PCI Express slot.
Another concern will be power - many older systems have smaller power supplies or power supplies that provide just enough power for power-hungry older system components.
I just went through this very decision process, but for a desktop machine, not a gaming system. I picked up a Dell Optiplex 755 with a decent Core 2 Duo CPU at a surplus sale. I upped the RAM to 8 Gigs and was quite happy, but then I started thinking about the graphics subsystem. This box had integrated Intel graphics, and that left something to be desired under Windows 7. So one quick trip to local computer store later, and for less than $40 I dropped an HD6450 in it and am quite pleased. The system now supports DirectX 11, everything seems very 'snappy' and I'm quite sure this box could handle Windows 8 for general desktop use., adding a couple more years to it's useful life.
Second, the OS and apps obviously need RAM, but to base your opinion on the vast improvement between 512 Meg and 2,048 Meg on an XP box is kinda pointless. Two Gigs of RAM was the sweet spot for XP and typical desktop use. Four gigs made the machine more responsive, but the cost typically didn't justify upgrade to 4 Gigs.
Windows 7 really runs well with 4 Gigs, and when the next 4 Gigs only costs another $20 why not go to 8 Gigs - but that's on a modern desktop. An older desktop likely has DdR2 RAM, and that is typically twice the cost of current DDR3 RAM.
If you have a gaming rig with less than 4 Gifs of RAM, yes, upgrade your RAM, otherwise a GPU upgrade will be best.
Back in the P4 days PC Magazine ran an article - best bang for the buck with a $200 upgrade. (At the time, $200 was the going price for a current mainstream CPU, 4 Gigs of RAM or a solid-performing graphics card. After testing all the various options on a 3 year-old computer showed that the money was best-spent on a graphics card upgrade.
What they found was that in windows, for a typical desktop user, everything effectively went through the video system, and a slow graphics card could hamper the fastest CPU.
If a 6 months sentence was appropriate, he should gotten a jury trial on that 6 months charge.
The Prosecutor can not set the sentences before the trial takes place - they can drop some or all of the charges, but not impose restrictions on the sentence the judge can impose.
The Judge can follow federal sentincing guidelines or not.
The Judge can set the sentences to run concurrently or sequentially.
The Judge can throw the case out.
The Prosecutor is responsible for cataloging the crimes they believe were comitted and then present their case to the court for a decision.
The Prosecutor can make sentencing recommendations once the convictions are made.
Note that no security, physical or electronic, was ever broken.
Was there a sign that said "No Trespassing" on the wiring closet? Is anyone allowed to go anywhere there isn't an actual lock protecting?
Really? Anyone is allowed full access to anything in my unlocked mailbox that isn't sealed? You know this how?
Mailboxes are in fact highly-regulated in the United States, I find it hard to believe that I am allowed to go to my neighbors house and read his copy of Sports Illustrated and return it to his mailbox without penalty/repurcussions...
Aaron Swartz wrote a program that automatically downloaded journal articles, and faced 13 felony charges for it.
No, he wasn't.
Have you read the actual charges against him? He comitted up to 13 felonies when he harvested the millions of documents using his program.
That MIT offered free access to the repository via their network didn't give him the right to break into the schools wiring closet, install a computer and hard drive, and download an estimated 20% of the JSTOR archives.
Ortiz’s husband attacked the Swartz family on Twitter: "Truly incredible that in their own son's obit they blame others for his death and make no mention of the 6-month offer... 6 months is not 35 years or lifetime" What an asshole.
Oddly, almost no one reports on this offer of a 6 month sentence instaed of 35 years...
There was never any serious question about Swartz commiting the crimes he was charged with (video tape of him doing it, his fingerprints on the HD inside the laptop, etc.), honestly a 6 month sentece would have been about right.
Remember, none of the charges were for copyright infringement.
The US Attorney is following through on the laws as passed by duly-elected leaders. It's convienient to blame the prosecutor, but they didn't write the laws.
Here's a nice little write-up regarding WY seizure laws - most other states have similar laws in effect, as does the federal government.
"Finding security flaws" is not what he is being charged with, he published a how-to for others to exploit the weakness and chose to NOT tell AT&T about the vulnerability.
He is being prosecuted for what he did AFTER he found the weakness, not for finding the weakness.
The prosecutor's role should not be the opposite of this, getting a conviction by any means. It should be to have justice prevaiL.
I'd much prefer a legal system where the prosecutor is charged with finding the truth, not just stringing together enough facts to convince a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. I don't know if you misspoke or what, but a Prosecutor that is only interested in convictions isn't what I want.
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On the iPad, Apple charges $100 for an additional 16 Gigs, $200 for an additional 48 Gigs and now $300 for an additinal 96 Gigs with the latest iteration of the iPad announced yesterday.
If you rent 1200 sq ft of office space, some of it will be used for bathrooms, some for heating/AC, some for telco closet, electrical panel, etc., not to mention space occupied by thing like stairs if your space occupies two stories.
Seriously dude, did you even consider checkiing your math?
How much space is available on a 64 Gig MacBook Air? Of course, you have to load a suitable collection of applications (including Office 2011) to make the comparison fair...
The Surface costs less than a comparable Apple product (MacBook Air).
The specifications for the Surface Pro are fine - it's an i5 processor, 4 Gigs of RAM, 64 or 128 Gig of storage space, JUST LIKE THE BASE MacBook Air!
Who ever told you the Surface would make a suitable desktop replacement? And please, define "butchered version of Windows"? It will run ANY Windows 7 application that can fit within it's RAM and storage limitations...
OMG, you're right - this tablet is a TOTALLY inadequate build plaform for my enterprise software project.
I bet this thing would also totally suck at running the Adobe Creative Suite tools - it's USELESS!
It's a workhorse TABLET - not a desktop replacement.
I am at a loss to understand how a 128 Gig x86 tablet is totally useless as a professional tool, yet countless millions use MacBook Airs with 64 Gig of storage, not to mention the countless thousands of near-hackers that have swapped 64, 80 or 128 Gig SSDs into their older x86 laptops to prolong their useful life.
I can't wait to see what happens when they all realize their computers are USELESS.
You're right, no one at MS ever thought of that. Why don't you call Steve Ballmer and let him know you've found a serious flaw in their surface product.
Of course, the only way yo upgrade the OS is through one, 20 GB download - no other method is possible.
I don't remember anyone looking at HD sizes and subtracting the space occupied by Windows and other pre-installed applications and complaining that saying the HD in their new PC is listed as 80 Gigs but they only have 65 Gigs of "free" storage once you account for the OS, apps, etc.
Apple/Android tablet makers store their OS in a small, discrete storage device, with a second, larger storage space for user apps and content. Windows RT devices only have one storage space shared by OS, apps, and content. The smallest iPad is a 16 Gig device + OS storage space, the smallest Windows RT device is 32 Gig for OS, apps, and content.
No, actually, it IS a PC, no matter how much you think it isn't.
The only issue is that rather than have distinct OS storage space, as most tablets do, this device stores all software, user content and OS in one large storage space.
While the first 4K Microsoft BASIC was significant in many ways, the ROM-based Microsoft BASIC included with literally tens of millions of computers shaped the industry in ways no other application ever did.
It's impact was in being the first tool used by an entire generation of programmers, it shaped their thinking in ways that frustrated some.
When you want to toss an upgraded GPU in an older system, keep an eye on the PCI spec level, no sense buying the latest whiz-bang video card if your system only has a first-gen PCI Express slot.
Another concern will be power - many older systems have smaller power supplies or power supplies that provide just enough power for power-hungry older system components.
I just went through this very decision process, but for a desktop machine, not a gaming system. I picked up a Dell Optiplex 755 with a decent Core 2 Duo CPU at a surplus sale. I upped the RAM to 8 Gigs and was quite happy, but then I started thinking about the graphics subsystem. This box had integrated Intel graphics, and that left something to be desired under Windows 7. So one quick trip to local computer store later, and for less than $40 I dropped an HD6450 in it and am quite pleased. The system now supports DirectX 11, everything seems very 'snappy' and I'm quite sure this box could handle Windows 8 for general desktop use., adding a couple more years to it's useful life.
First off, your two reasons are exactly the same.
Second, the OS and apps obviously need RAM, but to base your opinion on the vast improvement between 512 Meg and 2,048 Meg on an XP box is kinda pointless. Two Gigs of RAM was the sweet spot for XP and typical desktop use. Four gigs made the machine more responsive, but the cost typically didn't justify upgrade to 4 Gigs.
Windows 7 really runs well with 4 Gigs, and when the next 4 Gigs only costs another $20 why not go to 8 Gigs - but that's on a modern desktop. An older desktop likely has DdR2 RAM, and that is typically twice the cost of current DDR3 RAM.
If you have a gaming rig with less than 4 Gifs of RAM, yes, upgrade your RAM, otherwise a GPU upgrade will be best.
Back in the P4 days PC Magazine ran an article - best bang for the buck with a $200 upgrade. (At the time, $200 was the going price for a current mainstream CPU, 4 Gigs of RAM or a solid-performing graphics card. After testing all the various options on a 3 year-old computer showed that the money was best-spent on a graphics card upgrade.
What they found was that in windows, for a typical desktop user, everything effectively went through the video system, and a slow graphics card could hamper the fastest CPU.
The Prosecutor can not set the sentences before the trial takes place - they can drop some or all of the charges, but not impose restrictions on the sentence the judge can impose.
The Judge can follow federal sentincing guidelines or not.
The Judge can set the sentences to run concurrently or sequentially.
The Judge can throw the case out.
The Prosecutor is responsible for cataloging the crimes they believe were comitted and then present their case to the court for a decision.
The Prosecutor can make sentencing recommendations once the convictions are made.
Was there a sign that said "No Trespassing" on the wiring closet? Is anyone allowed to go anywhere there isn't an actual lock protecting?
Really? Anyone is allowed full access to anything in my unlocked mailbox that isn't sealed? You know this how?
Mailboxes are in fact highly-regulated in the United States, I find it hard to believe that I am allowed to go to my neighbors house and read his copy of Sports Illustrated and return it to his mailbox without penalty/repurcussions...
No, he wasn't.
Have you read the actual charges against him? He comitted up to 13 felonies when he harvested the millions of documents using his program.
That MIT offered free access to the repository via their network didn't give him the right to break into the schools wiring closet, install a computer and hard drive, and download an estimated 20% of the JSTOR archives.
AT&T's crime was thinking their data was secure when it wasn't.
This kid's crime was publishing his "how-to" to enable anyone to exploit AT&T's mistake.
Oddly, almost no one reports on this offer of a 6 month sentence instaed of 35 years...
There was never any serious question about Swartz commiting the crimes he was charged with (video tape of him doing it, his fingerprints on the HD inside the laptop, etc.), honestly a 6 month sentece would have been about right.
Remember, none of the charges were for copyright infringement.
The US Attorney is following through on the laws as passed by duly-elected leaders. It's convienient to blame the prosecutor, but they didn't write the laws.
Here's a nice little write-up regarding WY seizure laws - most other states have similar laws in effect, as does the federal government.
Like the fellow in the JSTOR case, he decided his crime was OK because he was trying to further his political aims.
"Finding security flaws" is not what he is being charged with, he published a how-to for others to exploit the weakness and chose to NOT tell AT&T about the vulnerability.
He is being prosecuted for what he did AFTER he found the weakness, not for finding the weakness.
If he had alerted AT&T instead of peddling his story to gawker there would have been no case.
I'd much prefer a legal system where the prosecutor is charged with finding the truth, not just stringing together enough facts to convince a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. I don't know if you misspoke or what, but a Prosecutor that is only interested in convictions isn't what I want.
He published a how-to on downloading customer info from AT&T, rather than alert AT&T to the vulnerability.