To use an analogy:
I'm a medical student at the moment and I've got to wait six years until I am qualified and certified to diagnose a patient and solve their problems. However, I work as a nursing auxillary to pay my way through medical school and I'm allowed to diagnose minor problems like bed-sores, irritation from cannulation, poor oxygen saturation and treat them (apply dressings, remove and replace cannula, administer oxygen) despite not having any qualifications.
I think that summarises IT certification too: for important and critical systems like air traffic control, health databases, electrical distribution systems, chemical manufacturer systems etc, certification is required to show that you've not only proved you have the skills to prevent life-threatening problems but to solve them. It also provides a measure of legal protection, both for you and for your employer should something go wrong. However, for minor systems like B&M store systems and other "low-level" systems there's no need for certification if you've got the skills, howsoever obtained, to run and maintain them.
You're right: there's a single 4Gb chip in the Nano with space for one more. There's a tutorial here about how to add another 4Gb chip to your Nano to make it into a 7.4Gb Nano. The webmaster will do it for you if you're squeemish about opening up your Nano yourself.
Really, I'm surprised Apple didn't do this any sooner given how massively popular an 8Gb Nano would be. Perhaps they were waiting for the inevitable decline in sales so that they could use an 8Gb Nano to swing them back up again?
The Windows Vista sidebar has already been ported to Windows XP. You can find a download link here along with installation instructions. More widgets and gadgets for the sidebar can be found here.
I tried it and it just doesn't do anything for me that can't already be done in Windows XP without taking up more screen-space.
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To use an analogy: I'm a medical student at the moment and I've got to wait six years until I am qualified and certified to diagnose a patient and solve their problems. However, I work as a nursing auxillary to pay my way through medical school and I'm allowed to diagnose minor problems like bed-sores, irritation from cannulation, poor oxygen saturation and treat them (apply dressings, remove and replace cannula, administer oxygen) despite not having any qualifications.
I think that summarises IT certification too: for important and critical systems like air traffic control, health databases, electrical distribution systems, chemical manufacturer systems etc, certification is required to show that you've not only proved you have the skills to prevent life-threatening problems but to solve them. It also provides a measure of legal protection, both for you and for your employer should something go wrong. However, for minor systems like B&M store systems and other "low-level" systems there's no need for certification if you've got the skills, howsoever obtained, to run and maintain them.
You're right: there's a single 4Gb chip in the Nano with space for one more. There's a tutorial here about how to add another 4Gb chip to your Nano to make it into a 7.4Gb Nano. The webmaster will do it for you if you're squeemish about opening up your Nano yourself.
Really, I'm surprised Apple didn't do this any sooner given how massively popular an 8Gb Nano would be. Perhaps they were waiting for the inevitable decline in sales so that they could use an 8Gb Nano to swing them back up again?
The Windows Vista sidebar has already been ported to Windows XP. You can find a download link here along with installation instructions. More widgets and gadgets for the sidebar can be found here.
I tried it and it just doesn't do anything for me that can't already be done in Windows XP without taking up more screen-space.