Jobs is going to loose the smart phone wars just like he lost the PC wars.
Last time I checked, Apple has both larger revenues and larger profits than any other manufacterer of consumer desktop and laptop computers on the market. I'd be happy to "lose" like that too.
Putting a sticker on your product is one thing, but I seriously doubt a lot of harddrive manufacturers would be interested in producing a product that would only function in Microsoft Windows. Especially since it would only work in Vista and 7, which together barely hold a quarter of the market today.
That Seagate's concept of a hybrid drive is a lot better product than what Microsoft was suggesting with the ReadyDrive concept, as Seagate's hybrid drive doesn't rely on functionality only provided by Microsoft Windows and Microsoft's ReadyDrive does.
No, I would expect a harddrive to work in Linux. A harddrive which relies on ReadyDrive would not be a very good product, as it would only work correctly in Windows. That's why those type of harddisks never caught on, even though Microsoft did try to push this concept.
What Seagate is doing now, is using the ReadyDrive-concept of hybrid harddrives, but provide ReadyBoost-type technology on the controller of the harddisk instead of relying on the operating system.
Nothing sound weird to me, as I'm not a native speaker. I understand data is plural, but do you also use it like that in sentences? Would you say: "the data is stored safely" or "the data are stored safely?"
The way to get both performance and storage right now is to by TWO disks. An amazing concept I know. Who would have thought it was possible to get more then one HD/SSD into a PC.
In most computers sold today, the fitting of more than one harddrive is not possible. Besides that, it's a very difficult to manage solution, as people will have to manually decide what to put on the fast drive and what to put on the large drive. All in all it's a very fiddly solution, only available to tech-savvy folks with customazible computers. Not to mention the fact that two drives are more expensive than one.
In the real world, a hybrid drive such as Seagate is proposing is a lot better in almost every way thinkable. It's just one drive, so it will fit in basically every computer in existence and it functions completely automatic, as the user is presented with just one storage medium. The tests in the article prove this type of drive is both faster than traditional drives and a lot cheaper than SSD's, so it really is best of both worlds.
I wonder if people can ever get it into their heads that an SSD is about speed, not about capacity.
That's because harddrives are meant for capacity, not speed. Nobody thinks "Hey, my computer is slow, lets get a new harddrive". People buy harddrives to store their stuff on, so they want the drive that will hold the most stuff. So if you want to sell a lot of harddrives, you have to make sure they are able to hold a lot of data first and then think of a USP on top of that, which is exactly what Seagate is doing by creating these hybrid disks. The result will be large and fast disks for everyone.
If Microsoft would produce them by themselves, that wouldn't be a problem. But as they don't do that sort of thing, they need to convince a harddrive manufacturer to produce it for them. And I don't think a lot of harddrive manufacturers would be interested in such a product.
SSD wont be as cheap per GB as traditional drives for many years to come. Chances are that even when a 500 GB SSD drive gets to an acceptable price point, an old-fashioned hard drive would still be cheaper and hold many, many more data at the same time.
This solution provides a cost-effective way to have both performance and storage *right now*.
No, because then every time your computer reboots, you need to fill the cache again. Using a solid state cache, you need to fill the cache only once and then keep it updated according to your usage, but a reboot wont harm performance at all.
The difference between this drive and every other drive on the markt is not the fact it has a cache. Every harddisk has a cache. The difference is: this drive has a 4 GB cache. And because it's an SSD cache and not (as you suggest) a RAM cache, it maintains it's state even between reboots, so your computer is fast right from the start.
I bought it in the store, costs the same as every other version. Had to grab the binary from ID's site though.
So the store doesn't sell a Linux version of the game. You bought a Windows version and used the resource files on the disc in combination with a Linux binary that wasn't on the disc you bought.
No, for a change, don't look at the iPhone. Look at what the man in the article is actually talking about: Mac OS X. Can you name one platform that is more open and runs commercial games?
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I don't think there are a lot of car manufacturers out there who consider GM a winner anyway.
The article you're referring to can be found here (Dutch text, but the attached image / graph is in English).
It's data from 2008 and shows that RIM and Apple together have about 3% of the market share, yet make 35% of all the profits in that market.
Even more telling is mobile data usage, which exploded since the release of the iPhone.
Jobs is going to loose the smart phone wars just like he lost the PC wars.
Last time I checked, Apple has both larger revenues and larger profits than any other manufacterer of consumer desktop and laptop computers on the market. I'd be happy to "lose" like that too.
Thanks, I suppose I'll be using that a lot from now on.
Putting a sticker on your product is one thing, but I seriously doubt a lot of harddrive manufacturers would be interested in producing a product that would only function in Microsoft Windows. Especially since it would only work in Vista and 7, which together barely hold a quarter of the market today.
That Seagate's concept of a hybrid drive is a lot better product than what Microsoft was suggesting with the ReadyDrive concept, as Seagate's hybrid drive doesn't rely on functionality only provided by Microsoft Windows and Microsoft's ReadyDrive does.
No, I would expect a harddrive to work in Linux. A harddrive which relies on ReadyDrive would not be a very good product, as it would only work correctly in Windows. That's why those type of harddisks never caught on, even though Microsoft did try to push this concept.
What Seagate is doing now, is using the ReadyDrive-concept of hybrid harddrives, but provide ReadyBoost-type technology on the controller of the harddisk instead of relying on the operating system.
Thanks! So it's "much data" holding "many bytes", right?
Nothing sound weird to me, as I'm not a native speaker. I understand data is plural, but do you also use it like that in sentences? Would you say: "the data is stored safely" or "the data are stored safely?"
How can I tell when to use "many" and when to use "much"?
The way to get both performance and storage right now is to by TWO disks. An amazing concept I know. Who would have thought it was possible to get more then one HD/SSD into a PC.
In most computers sold today, the fitting of more than one harddrive is not possible. Besides that, it's a very difficult to manage solution, as people will have to manually decide what to put on the fast drive and what to put on the large drive. All in all it's a very fiddly solution, only available to tech-savvy folks with customazible computers. Not to mention the fact that two drives are more expensive than one.
In the real world, a hybrid drive such as Seagate is proposing is a lot better in almost every way thinkable. It's just one drive, so it will fit in basically every computer in existence and it functions completely automatic, as the user is presented with just one storage medium. The tests in the article prove this type of drive is both faster than traditional drives and a lot cheaper than SSD's, so it really is best of both worlds.
I wonder if people can ever get it into their heads that an SSD is about speed, not about capacity.
That's because harddrives are meant for capacity, not speed. Nobody thinks "Hey, my computer is slow, lets get a new harddrive". People buy harddrives to store their stuff on, so they want the drive that will hold the most stuff. So if you want to sell a lot of harddrives, you have to make sure they are able to hold a lot of data first and then think of a USP on top of that, which is exactly what Seagate is doing by creating these hybrid disks. The result will be large and fast disks for everyone.
Should it be "much" instead? I'm not a native English speaker, so if you could enlighten me on how to use the language correctly, I would be thankful.
If Microsoft would produce them by themselves, that wouldn't be a problem. But as they don't do that sort of thing, they need to convince a harddrive manufacturer to produce it for them. And I don't think a lot of harddrive manufacturers would be interested in such a product.
Except it would not be two physical drives. Awesome for laptops!
Not to mention it would be a Windows-only product.
SSD wont be as cheap per GB as traditional drives for many years to come. Chances are that even when a 500 GB SSD drive gets to an acceptable price point, an old-fashioned hard drive would still be cheaper and hold many, many more data at the same time.
This solution provides a cost-effective way to have both performance and storage *right now*.
No, because then every time your computer reboots, you need to fill the cache again. Using a solid state cache, you need to fill the cache only once and then keep it updated according to your usage, but a reboot wont harm performance at all.
The difference between this drive and every other drive on the markt is not the fact it has a cache. Every harddisk has a cache. The difference is: this drive has a 4 GB cache. And because it's an SSD cache and not (as you suggest) a RAM cache, it maintains it's state even between reboots, so your computer is fast right from the start.
It's not just Unix-parts that are open sourced by Apple. There's a lot more.
I bought it in the store, costs the same as every other version. Had to grab the binary from ID's site though.
So the store doesn't sell a Linux version of the game. You bought a Windows version and used the resource files on the disc in combination with a Linux binary that wasn't on the disc you bought.
Because OS X isn't open source. Darwin is though and it runs fine on any IBM PC clone.
Open like a Mac? What does that mean? Its not like Apple is anymore open than MS is
Actually, Apple is a lot more open than MS is.
In all fairness, a Linux client of Steam is on its way.
Look at the iPhone.
No, for a change, don't look at the iPhone. Look at what the man in the article is actually talking about: Mac OS X. Can you name one platform that is more open and runs commercial games?
Holy shit, you... you... you figured out step 3!!