I buy a new MacBook about once a year or as often as the updated hardware warrants it. I've done this for a long time and usually get about 50% of the original price when I sell the old one. My old laptop is usually sold within hours. I'm sure I could get more if I wanted to put some effort into it.
"When you sign up for iCloud, you automatically get 5GB of free storage. And that’s plenty of room, because of the way iCloud stores your content. Your purchased music, movies, apps, books, and TV shows, as well as your Photo Stream, don’t count against your free storage."
For most people, there is no need to purchase more storage. Your backups are much smaller than you'd think because it doesn't need to back up the OS or the App binaries.
The 50% statistic is based on only those required to file tax returns. This excludes the disabled, most retirees, and college students. What does the military have to do with it? While there are some exclusions for combat pay, military folks pay taxes just like anyone else.
Based on my own experience as a volunteer helping people with their taxes, the number is absolutely believable. The vast majority of the young families I work with actually get far more money back than was ever withheld from their pay check. The EIC and other credits mean these people make a nice profit from their tax returns.
I have a ThunderBolt RAID array. While it's not quite fast enough use the full bandwidth, it can hit about 700MB/s. An SSD array could be even faster. But the point is not how fast can I move data from one device, the point is I can be moving data to multiple devices without a slowdown. I can be running video to a monitor and data to multiple RAID arrays all on the same cable.
Citation please. Real world tests of USB 3 are peaking at about 2.5Gb/s right now. TB WILL do 2 channels of 10Gb/s. The overhead has already been figured in for TB while the rated 4Gb/s for USB 3 is before overhead.
Because Intel also made ThunderBolt. It's an Intel product, NOT an Apple product. It is also not a direct competitor to USB. It can do all the things USB can but it can also do a whole lot more. Want to connect your laptop to a fibrechannel SAN?...USB won't do that. Want to connect your laptop to multiple external monitors?...USB won't do that. Etc...
You make some perfectly accurate and valid points but your still basing your comparison on a very small sample. If life had been that good for most people there wouldn't have been a need for Social Security and Medicare. Debt is a serious issue both for individuals and governments. However, I think what your commenting on is mostly the pain that comes with disruption as society changes. It is not, yet, an indication that society is doomed.
You may call it anecdotal but I am much better off than my parents or grandparents. My children are doing better than I was at their age. I don't think I'm unique.
Your asseesment may be correct for a small subset of the american population but you are absolutely wrong that middle class nirvana and fixed-income pensions were the norm a generation ago. It's just not true. Remember the "war on poverty"? Remember the Great Depression? Bad things happen to good people and always have. Relative wealth moves around as society and industry changes but over all we ARE working less, eating more, and living longer healthier lives. The "poor" of today are much better off than the poor of 30, 60, or 100 years ago.
As for the "economic elites", it's always been the same. They have always been there and will always be there.
Stop whining and do your best to join them. Thats the way the world becomes a better place.
So you believe that America is not significantly different than other nations? You don't think our constitution was a radical departure from the forms of government present in every other nation on earth at that time?
You don't have a realistic view of history if you don't see that your life IS much easier than it would have been at any other point in time. All this technology and wealth does make your life easier than that of your ancestors. You may not like the elites but many got where they are by doing things to make the world a wealthier,healthier, easier place.
I do NOT have a responsibility to anyone else other than to leave them alone, to not harm them, to not steal from them...etc. Beyond that I can choose to help them, or to do business with them. It does certainly make sense, in many situations, to to aid others and I will gladly do so. However, as soon as the choice is taken from me by force then we are on the road to tyranny and serfdom. Forced transfer of wealth is immoral.
I keep reading this but it makes no sense when you actually look at what enterprise features you get. Take a look at the link below and tell us exactly which enterprise features are missing. A BES server is not a feature!
You might try actually reading your links. The iOS file system is always encrypted. All the links talk about is setting a pin to protect the encryption keys. There is no functional difference between BB and iOS encryption. You can easily force the use of pin codes as well.
I've been streaming Apples new 1080p content to my AppleTV over a 10Mb connection. It works great. Starts playing within a a few seconds and I've not had any buffering issues.
Keep reading. The various sources include different components in their estimates. If you take the most conservative, we still have the worlds largest reserves.
You really shouldn't trust Wikipedia. In 2010 the U.S. produced 9,688,00 BBL/Day which ranks us third in the world behind Saudi Arabia and Russia. Those two did 10,520,00 and 10,270,00 respectively. If you add up the numbers in the link below you will see thats 15% not 9%. For some reason you refuse to believe the U.S. is "major producer". A relatively modest increase in production would have an impact on world supply.
Your wrong. You confusing "proved" reserves with known reserves. "Proved" means we have already drilled there. If you include everything the geologists know about then we have the worlds largest oil reserves. "According to the Institute for Energy Research, we have more than 1.4 trillion barrels of technically recoverable oil in the U. S., which is enough oil to meet all our needs for the next 200 years."
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your so right! I mean other than the SOC, multi-touch, Cocoa Touch, the iOS kernel, and a bunch of other stuff it's exactly like an HTC phone.
I buy a new MacBook about once a year or as often as the updated hardware warrants it. I've done this for a long time and usually get about 50% of the original price when I sell the old one. My old laptop is usually sold within hours. I'm sure I could get more if I wanted to put some effort into it.
"When you sign up for iCloud, you automatically get 5GB of free storage. And that’s plenty of room, because of the way iCloud stores your content. Your purchased music, movies, apps, books, and TV shows, as well as your Photo Stream, don’t count against your free storage."
For most people, there is no need to purchase more storage. Your backups are much smaller than you'd think because it doesn't need to back up the OS or the App binaries.
The 50% statistic is based on only those required to file tax returns. This excludes the disabled, most retirees, and college students. What does the military have to do with it? While there are some exclusions for combat pay, military folks pay taxes just like anyone else.
Based on my own experience as a volunteer helping people with their taxes, the number is absolutely believable. The vast majority of the young families I work with actually get far more money back than was ever withheld from their pay check. The EIC and other credits mean these people make a nice profit from their tax returns.
Then please enlighten us as to how the Left views money.
I have a ThunderBolt RAID array. While it's not quite fast enough use the full bandwidth, it can hit about 700MB/s. An SSD array could be even faster. But the point is not how fast can I move data from one device, the point is I can be moving data to multiple devices without a slowdown. I can be running video to a monitor and data to multiple RAID arrays all on the same cable.
Citation please. Real world tests of USB 3 are peaking at about 2.5Gb/s right now. TB WILL do 2 channels of 10Gb/s. The overhead has already been figured in for TB while the rated 4Gb/s for USB 3 is before overhead.
TB supports either hubs or daisy chaining. The hubs have to be active though.
Because Intel also made ThunderBolt. It's an Intel product, NOT an Apple product. It is also not a direct competitor to USB. It can do all the things USB can but it can also do a whole lot more. Want to connect your laptop to a fibrechannel SAN?...USB won't do that. Want to connect your laptop to multiple external monitors?...USB won't do that. Etc...
Intel owns the IP, not Apple.
Black people don't go to the beach. Not funny but generally true!
You make some perfectly accurate and valid points but your still basing your comparison on a very small sample. If life had been that good for most people there wouldn't have been a need for Social Security and Medicare. Debt is a serious issue both for individuals and governments. However, I think what your commenting on is mostly the pain that comes with disruption as society changes. It is not, yet, an indication that society is doomed.
You may call it anecdotal but I am much better off than my parents or grandparents. My children are doing better than I was at their age. I don't think I'm unique.
Your asseesment may be correct for a small subset of the american population but you are absolutely wrong that middle class nirvana and fixed-income pensions were the norm a generation ago. It's just not true. Remember the "war on poverty"? Remember the Great Depression? Bad things happen to good people and always have. Relative wealth moves around as society and industry changes but over all we ARE working less, eating more, and living longer healthier lives. The "poor" of today are much better off than the poor of 30, 60, or 100 years ago.
As for the "economic elites", it's always been the same. They have always been there and will always be there.
Stop whining and do your best to join them. Thats the way the world becomes a better place.
So you believe that America is not significantly different than other nations? You don't think our constitution was a radical departure from the forms of government present in every other nation on earth at that time?
The problem lies with the definition of "well run". I really doubt we agree on what that means. One mans efficiency is another mans tyranny.
You don't have a realistic view of history if you don't see that your life IS much easier than it would have been at any other point in time. All this technology and wealth does make your life easier than that of your ancestors. You may not like the elites but many got where they are by doing things to make the world a wealthier,healthier, easier place.
I do NOT have a responsibility to anyone else other than to leave them alone, to not harm them, to not steal from them...etc. Beyond that I can choose to help them, or to do business with them. It does certainly make sense, in many situations, to to aid others and I will gladly do so. However, as soon as the choice is taken from me by force then we are on the road to tyranny and serfdom. Forced transfer of wealth is immoral.
I keep reading this but it makes no sense when you actually look at what enterprise features you get. Take a look at the link below and tell us exactly which enterprise features are missing. A BES server is not a feature!
http://www.google.com.mx/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=ios%20enterprise&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDMQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmanuals.info.apple.com%2Fen_US%2FEnterprise_Deployment_Guide.pdf&ei=qQB2T76MOIrC2QXw_p2xCQ&usg=AFQjCNFIrB7xPPigmXCfWrivh5q57lMOsg
You might try actually reading your links. The iOS file system is always encrypted. All the links talk about is setting a pin to protect the encryption keys. There is no functional difference between BB and iOS encryption. You can easily force the use of pin codes as well.
I've been streaming Apples new 1080p content to my AppleTV over a 10Mb connection. It works great. Starts playing within a a few seconds and I've not had any buffering issues.
Keep reading. The various sources include different components in their estimates. If you take the most conservative, we still have the worlds largest reserves.
How did I manage to drop a 0 on all three numbers...sheesh
You really shouldn't trust Wikipedia. In 2010 the U.S. produced 9,688,00 BBL/Day which ranks us third in the world behind Saudi Arabia and Russia. Those two did 10,520,00 and 10,270,00 respectively. If you add up the numbers in the link below you will see thats 15% not 9%. For some reason you refuse to believe the U.S. is "major producer". A relatively modest increase in production would have an impact on world supply.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2173rank.html
Your wrong. You confusing "proved" reserves with known reserves. "Proved" means we have already drilled there. If you include everything the geologists know about then we have the worlds largest oil reserves. "According to the Institute for Energy Research, we have more than 1.4 trillion barrels of technically recoverable oil in the U. S., which is enough oil to meet all our needs for the next 200 years."
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40872.pdf
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20120323/OPINION02/120322010/Difference-between-proven-recoverable-oil-reserves?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFrontpage%7Cs
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1911
http://www.boemre.gov/revaldiv/RedNatAssessment.htm
You do some strange rounding. The US produces about 15% of all oil sold.