And still save a LOT compared to the Macbook Air (like, $600). Heck, buy FIVE.
that's my tongue-in-cheek way of pointing out that they have different target audiences... I highly highly doubt there are many people out there just struggling with the "Oh, I WANT to buy an Acer Chromebook, but that battery means I guess I have to buy a Macbook Air instead" thought process.
So Samsung is on its way out as a supplier in the Apple chain... and HTC has design expertise on at least the LCD panels front. Could this all be part of HTC angling to win the supply chain inside track for Apple?
At one point I entertained the notion that JIm Cartwright (former Vice-Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) would make a good presidential candidate... then he failed to keep his zipper up. Then quite honestly, Petraeus came to mind... nevermore, i guess.
Just to get the info out there, because I see so many erroneous postings here concerning it... there's a bare-metal Type 1 hypervisor version of Hyper-V, Hyper-V Server 2012, that is free, no charge. For the OP, a type 1 hypervisor is one that you install on the machine as the "base" OS... then you run VMs for Linux, Windows, etc. within that hypervisor. That's opposed to Type 2 hypervisors, that run as a software package with in full OS that you have installed - like running VirtualBox inside Windows or Linux.
So now, having said that there is a free type 1 version of Hyper-V... I have to caveat it by pointing out that, like you might expect with Microsoft, it's basically a gateway drug to their other products, in that to administer it effectively and use it in most real-world use cases, you need to have e.g. Windows Server 2012 installed somewhere, etc.
What? Why would Win8 doing well be a huge boost for the industry? If it doesn't do well, won't the same dollars go to others in IT? And, since the profit margins are less in many cases, isn't that arguably a more effective use of the funds, in terms of producing value for consumers?
MS has done as well as it has because for every one actual fan of their products, there are 20 consultants/journalists/bloggers/3rd party developers rooting for them to succeed, independent of the actual value of their products.
Smoke is not the issue... unless it indicates there's a fire. She blocked Samsung evidence in widely criticized ways, and on in some cases less than flimsy technicalities.
It's a camera - that uses the network to upload picture and video. It's a music/video player - that uses the network to stream or download media. etc. etc.
I'm not ignoring your point, just pointing out that even with multiple modalities of usage, the Moto patents apply to all. So in this particular case, the Moto patents don't work as an example of your argument.
Before anyone's panties get in too tight a bundle here, we probably should actually follow the link and do that quaint, old-fashioned thing called "reading", which would lead us to notice that the person interviewed says: "I think in the future, as China tries to reach for exascale computing, the designs of these new supercomputers could fully rely on domestic processors. I wouldn't dismiss the possibility." and "But of course, we could take a different road, and end up using both foreign and domestic chips".
Rest easy, they don't even have their architecture figured out yet.
So with the Surface Pro vs. Surface RT pricing, MS is doing the usual manipulation of their prices, to benefit them, independent of the actual costs involved. The Surface Pro will cost little more to manufacture and support (in fact, it likely costs them less, when you factor in the "soft" costs to re-work the OS and Office to compile/function on ARM for the Surface RT), and yet, a Surface Pro unit is projected to cost several hundred dollars more.
And corporate America, at least (not as certain about international adoption), will no doubt pay their fee to belly on up to the trough, knowing that they can in turn pass that cost on to their customers.
This one really surprised me -- Office RT won't permit any macros or plugins. There are some other limitations (like not being able to email directly from the apps), but this seems like the show-stopper. No InfoPath forms, no plugins, no macros?
This is the kind of "feature" that will start emerging as real business users get their hands on it and start to try to use it.
Less generally punitive, but no doubt important to some, will be that Project and Visio aren't available.
Fire up those RDP servers, they're not goin' anywhere after all!
Hmm. I guess the iPad mini team missed a memo or two since the original iPad... so let's create a kinda sorta mini tablet that, while still a"mini", will be enough bigger than the 7" tablets so that Steve doesn't go zombie apocalypse on us and we can market it like crazy as providing SO much more screen surface that you'd be a FOOL to use a competitor... but make it way lower resolution than those 7" competitors (that cost a lot less). Things that make you go "hmm".
And for a thought-provoking treatment of the issues, for sci-fi fans (or freedom fans, really), consider reading Cory Doctorow's "Little Brother", downloadable for free.
Even better, 32GB Surface = 20 GB available, 16 GB iPad = 14.5 GB available (i've been hearing 1.5GB for iOS on the iPad). That's only 38% more space, for heaven's sake.
Anyone know the relative efficiency of the filesystems involved? Cluster size, etc.?
Otoh, iPad apps tend to be bloated, because of the resolution requirements of any embedded graphics...
He needs to add the cost of the licensing needed in order to be able to use Office for any actual work. Unless he means just for writing letters to friends/family or something...
Yeah, as long as you ignore the fact that that license supported the growth of its use. Yes, it may be counter-intuitive to some, but the GPL 2.0 license is a big part of WHY Linux has kicked *BSD's butt all over the marketplace.
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There, I fixed that headline for ya.
And still save a LOT compared to the Macbook Air (like, $600). Heck, buy FIVE.
... I highly highly doubt there are many people out there just struggling with the "Oh, I WANT to buy an Acer Chromebook, but that battery means I guess I have to buy a Macbook Air instead" thought process.
that's my tongue-in-cheek way of pointing out that they have different target audiences
So Samsung is on its way out as a supplier in the Apple chain ... and HTC has design expertise on at least the LCD panels front. Could this all be part of HTC angling to win the supply chain inside track for Apple?
At one point I entertained the notion that JIm Cartwright (former Vice-Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) would make a good presidential candidate ... then he failed to keep his zipper up. Then quite honestly, Petraeus came to mind ... nevermore, i guess.
...
And lost in the noise from Petraeus, a major defense contractor lost an about-to-be-king to the same thing
Just to get the info out there, because I see so many erroneous postings here concerning it ... there's a bare-metal Type 1 hypervisor version of Hyper-V, Hyper-V Server 2012, that is free, no charge. For the OP, a type 1 hypervisor is one that you install on the machine as the "base" OS ... then you run VMs for Linux, Windows, etc. within that hypervisor. That's opposed to Type 2 hypervisors, that run as a software package with in full OS that you have installed - like running VirtualBox inside Windows or Linux.
... I have to caveat it by pointing out that, like you might expect with Microsoft, it's basically a gateway drug to their other products, in that to administer it effectively and use it in most real-world use cases, you need to have e.g. Windows Server 2012 installed somewhere, etc.
So now, having said that there is a free type 1 version of Hyper-V
What? Why would Win8 doing well be a huge boost for the industry? If it doesn't do well, won't the same dollars go to others in IT? And, since the profit margins are less in many cases, isn't that arguably a more effective use of the funds, in terms of producing value for consumers?
MS has done as well as it has because for every one actual fan of their products, there are 20 consultants/journalists/bloggers/3rd party developers rooting for them to succeed, independent of the actual value of their products.
Perception is not the issue.
Smoke is not the issue ... unless it indicates there's a fire. She blocked Samsung evidence in widely criticized ways, and on in some cases less than flimsy technicalities.
The judge herself has been widely perceived as having a bias.
He said not to worry, it'll work itself out. Then he slapped me with his invisible hand (i think ... i'm pretty sure) for getting in a tizzy about it.
It's a camera - that uses the network to upload picture and video. It's a music/video player - that uses the network to stream or download media. etc. etc.
I'm not ignoring your point, just pointing out that even with multiple modalities of usage, the Moto patents apply to all. So in this particular case, the Moto patents don't work as an example of your argument.
Before anyone's panties get in too tight a bundle here, we probably should actually follow the link and do that quaint, old-fashioned thing called "reading", which would lead us to notice that the person interviewed says: "I think in the future, as China tries to reach for exascale computing, the designs of these new supercomputers could fully rely on domestic processors. I wouldn't dismiss the possibility." and "But of course, we could take a different road, and end up using both foreign and domestic chips".
Rest easy, they don't even have their architecture figured out yet.
To balance the books on their software-patent-based extortion of Android OEMs.
Oops, wrong href: FreedomBox.
Criticize all you want, but consider how the frog put in a pot of cool water doesn't sense the temperature rising till it's too late.
FreedomBox is something worth supporting (imho).
Just saying. Not enough people like you in my life (whether I agree with your perspectives or not).
/. ID, likely not :-)
That's assuming you're not some pimply kid just pretending to have thought things through to this extent. But with a 5-digit
Switch. You'll never look back, believe me.
So with the Surface Pro vs. Surface RT pricing, MS is doing the usual manipulation of their prices, to benefit them, independent of the actual costs involved. The Surface Pro will cost little more to manufacture and support (in fact, it likely costs them less, when you factor in the "soft" costs to re-work the OS and Office to compile/function on ARM for the Surface RT), and yet, a Surface Pro unit is projected to cost several hundred dollars more.
And corporate America, at least (not as certain about international adoption), will no doubt pay their fee to belly on up to the trough, knowing that they can in turn pass that cost on to their customers.
This one really surprised me -- Office RT won't permit any macros or plugins. There are some other limitations (like not being able to email directly from the apps), but this seems like the show-stopper. No InfoPath forms, no plugins, no macros?
This is the kind of "feature" that will start emerging as real business users get their hands on it and start to try to use it.
Less generally punitive, but no doubt important to some, will be that Project and Visio aren't available.
Fire up those RDP servers, they're not goin' anywhere after all!
And Riker and Laforge were captains at one point or another (albeit in the future).
Hmm. I guess the iPad mini team missed a memo or two since the original iPad ... so let's create a kinda sorta mini tablet that, while still a"mini", will be enough bigger than the 7" tablets so that Steve doesn't go zombie apocalypse on us and we can market it like crazy as providing SO much more screen surface that you'd be a FOOL to use a competitor ... but make it way lower resolution than those 7" competitors (that cost a lot less). Things that make you go "hmm".
FreedomBox is the answer!
And for a thought-provoking treatment of the issues, for sci-fi fans (or freedom fans, really), consider reading Cory Doctorow's "Little Brother", downloadable for free.
Even better, 32GB Surface = 20 GB available, 16 GB iPad = 14.5 GB available (i've been hearing 1.5GB for iOS on the iPad). That's only 38% more space, for heaven's sake.
...
Anyone know the relative efficiency of the filesystems involved? Cluster size, etc.?
Otoh, iPad apps tend to be bloated, because of the resolution requirements of any embedded graphics
He needs to add the cost of the licensing needed in order to be able to use Office for any actual work. Unless he means just for writing letters to friends/family or something ...
Yeah, as long as you ignore the fact that that license supported the growth of its use. Yes, it may be counter-intuitive to some, but the GPL 2.0 license is a big part of WHY Linux has kicked *BSD's butt all over the marketplace.
If anyone can do an apology ad worthy of this situation, it's them.