According to Cosmologist Carl Sagan, we are all made of starstuff (ie: dust from comets and asteroids that hit earth), which means that Humans and all life on Earth origionated in OuterSpace, thus we are all ET's.
So, now when programmers say there are "bugs" in the system, we know they mean nano-bugs; and we can all look forward to nano-viruses that will follow.
Get me a can of NANO-RAID, please!
Microsoft can keep Internet Explorer, let it die.
Its bloated, its slow, its so full of holes and exploits that no one should be running it in the first place.
There is Firefox and Safari for Mac OS X, and Mac OS 9 users can always go back to Netscape or Mozilla (early release).
I don't know what all the fuss is about, it (IE) was a badly written; late to market; bloatware browser in the first place.
If Microsoft wants to improve the user experiance of Windows, they should hire the folks over at Apple Computer.
After all Windows is just a bad copy of Mac OS that they got from Zerox.
What comes around, goes around...
Here is what will happen when those laptops hit the street of those impoverished nations:
1) They will be sold to local pawn shops or richer people for food, clothing or medical treatments that these people need more than this type of technology.
2) The ones that are used, will be used very little or mis-understood, because technology with out proper training is utter folley.
3) They will end up in secondary or used markets and provide litte to no benifit to those that have them due to the reasons listed above.
sad but true
Cue up Bohemian Rhapsody http://www.queenwords.com/lyrics/songs/sng11_01.sh tml
Then you can count the number of times that I said NO to Microsoft's OS as well as any of their office software, browers or utilities.
Of course by now you can multiply that by about 1000 because I have never owned a PC that runs Windows of any flavor or DOS for that matter.
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If you look at all the other post here, this is far from an isolated unit.
Based on the number of issues, Its obvious that there is a problem with those systems.
I wouln't be in a hurry to purchase one now!
What did you expect? This is a Microsoft Product!!
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My son came home last night talking about a friend at school who stood in line to purchase one of these OVER HYPED game systems. He took it home and set it up and after about 5 min of gameplay the system crashed and became un-usable. He is now taking it back for a refund.
Based on their track record, Microsoft will have to come out with a firmware upgrade or some such nonsense as consumers have once again become their beta testers.
If Apple were to release MacOS x86 for any old run of the mill Intel based computer. That would mean the end of the line for Apple's well designed and award winning hardware. Apple would compete for desktop OS market that is currently dominated by Microsofts Windows operating system. But as we all know domination does not mean superior and any market can change over time (anyone remember what VHS did to BETA then DVD did to VHS is a prime example).
So in the short to mid-term, hardware contol is good for Apple, but it may not be so good for the market. Time will tell.
So we are all realted..
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So we are all related to some space Lichens that came from Mars?
I think NOT!
Yup, if they wan't something they just take it.
It started with the term Windows, then the GUI they stole from Apple, they even can hold off the Justice Department from being broken up as the monopoly they are. Just goes to show you those with the Gold make the rules...
Nothing has changed at all
Since Apple has branched out (pun intended) to consumer electronics (ie: the iPod). I'm not sure you can still call them a *just* a computer company. They are more of a Digital Media/Consumer Electronics and computing platform maker. Not sure what you would call that outside the fact that they have successfully diversified where Dell has not. If the computer market dries up tomorrow, Dell will be in big trouble. Apple will still have the iPod's and the digital music/media to fall back on.
You know you have been around to long when you witness the breakup of a large monopoly like Ma Bell only to see it come back together. So what ever happened to the breakup of Microsoft anyway?
Apple Reps love to blow smoke in your face and use the dog and pony show to make their product look good. But seriously, we have associates who have road tested (ie: taken them out of the office), the ibook with mixed results. Everything from cracked screens to chips dents and OS issues when running pro software.
The Ti-books are quite lovely by comparison and hold up for everyone I know who owns one. The problem and the gripe was the price point, and only Apple can change that, but they won't.
We have looked at the ibooks and will pass thanks. These may be fine for School children, but they won't hold up to the road test and no one in the office likes white.
Apple has yet to grab "the middle class" market. Thats the price range from $1000-1500.00, what most consumers in that area expect to pay for a new Laptop.
I'm very disappointed that Apple is still charging $2000-2400 for G4 powerbooks that are now a generation behind their desktops and priced more than a comparable Wintel notebook.
At this price point looks like we'll be buying some more Mac Mini's and lugging the monitors arround, fun stuff.
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According to Cosmologist Carl Sagan, we are all made of starstuff (ie: dust from comets and asteroids that hit earth), which means that Humans and all life on Earth origionated in OuterSpace, thus we are all ET's.
So, now when programmers say there are "bugs" in the system, we know they mean nano-bugs; and we can all look forward to nano-viruses that will follow. Get me a can of NANO-RAID, please!
Video Blogs are nothing more than a BIG waste of bandwidth.
Microsoft can keep Internet Explorer, let it die. Its bloated, its slow, its so full of holes and exploits that no one should be running it in the first place. There is Firefox and Safari for Mac OS X, and Mac OS 9 users can always go back to Netscape or Mozilla (early release). I don't know what all the fuss is about, it (IE) was a badly written; late to market; bloatware browser in the first place.
And all this time I thought the basic building blocks of Life were made by Lego....
The only question is, will everyone be willing to relearn how to type? Hell No!
If Microsoft wants to improve the user experiance of Windows, they should hire the folks over at Apple Computer. After all Windows is just a bad copy of Mac OS that they got from Zerox. What comes around, goes around...
IE is only good for playing games on yahoo anyhow, so good ridance!
Looking at the picture reminds me of ink blots...
Here is what will happen when those laptops hit the street of those impoverished nations: 1) They will be sold to local pawn shops or richer people for food, clothing or medical treatments that these people need more than this type of technology. 2) The ones that are used, will be used very little or mis-understood, because technology with out proper training is utter folley. 3) They will end up in secondary or used markets and provide litte to no benifit to those that have them due to the reasons listed above. sad but true
Looker http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082677/ Michael did not have today's FX, but the theme is familiar.
Then I don't have to wait for TVio or pay their silly fee's to get a Mac DVR!!
Cue up Bohemian Rhapsody http://www.queenwords.com/lyrics/songs/sng11_01.sh tml
Then you can count the number of times that I said NO to Microsoft's OS as well as any of their office software, browers or utilities.
Of course by now you can multiply that by about 1000 because I have never owned a PC that runs Windows of any flavor or DOS for that matter.
If you look at all the other post here, this is far from an isolated unit. Based on the number of issues, Its obvious that there is a problem with those systems. I wouln't be in a hurry to purchase one now!
My son came home last night talking about a friend at school who stood in line to purchase one of these OVER HYPED game systems. He took it home and set it up and after about 5 min of gameplay the system crashed and became un-usable. He is now taking it back for a refund. Based on their track record, Microsoft will have to come out with a firmware upgrade or some such nonsense as consumers have once again become their beta testers.
Got 2 auto updates in the last week.
If Apple were to release MacOS x86 for any old run of the mill Intel based computer. That would mean the end of the line for Apple's well designed and award winning hardware. Apple would compete for desktop OS market that is currently dominated by Microsofts Windows operating system. But as we all know domination does not mean superior and any market can change over time (anyone remember what VHS did to BETA then DVD did to VHS is a prime example). So in the short to mid-term, hardware contol is good for Apple, but it may not be so good for the market. Time will tell.
So we are all related to some space Lichens that came from Mars? I think NOT!
Yup, if they wan't something they just take it. It started with the term Windows, then the GUI they stole from Apple, they even can hold off the Justice Department from being broken up as the monopoly they are. Just goes to show you those with the Gold make the rules... Nothing has changed at all
Since Apple has branched out (pun intended) to consumer electronics (ie: the iPod). I'm not sure you can still call them a *just* a computer company. They are more of a Digital Media/Consumer Electronics and computing platform maker. Not sure what you would call that outside the fact that they have successfully diversified where Dell has not. If the computer market dries up tomorrow, Dell will be in big trouble. Apple will still have the iPod's and the digital music/media to fall back on.
You know you have been around to long when you witness the breakup of a large monopoly like Ma Bell only to see it come back together. So what ever happened to the breakup of Microsoft anyway?
Apple Reps love to blow smoke in your face and use the dog and pony show to make their product look good. But seriously, we have associates who have road tested (ie: taken them out of the office), the ibook with mixed results. Everything from cracked screens to chips dents and OS issues when running pro software. The Ti-books are quite lovely by comparison and hold up for everyone I know who owns one. The problem and the gripe was the price point, and only Apple can change that, but they won't.
We have looked at the ibooks and will pass thanks. These may be fine for School children, but they won't hold up to the road test and no one in the office likes white.
Apple has yet to grab "the middle class" market. Thats the price range from $1000-1500.00, what most consumers in that area expect to pay for a new Laptop. I'm very disappointed that Apple is still charging $2000-2400 for G4 powerbooks that are now a generation behind their desktops and priced more than a comparable Wintel notebook. At this price point looks like we'll be buying some more Mac Mini's and lugging the monitors arround, fun stuff.