You can only buy the device in about 80 stores NATIONWIDE or on Microsoft Store's website, no shit it's sales are low. Put it in Wal-Mart, Best Buy, etc and it would probably triple sales. That's not say 3 Million is an impressive number, but it's just common sense that most people just don't know it exists.
I assume like OSX there would be virtually no learning curve between updates, it would be kind of like a Service pack, but more repetitive and more focused on experience than security (since Microsoft uses constant updates to handle that.)
Using XP costs money for the headaches alone, I don't understand why everyone using Windows doesn't have 7. I can see not using 8, but there is no excuse for not having 7 on all Windows machines. None. XP came out a decade ago.
"I still have that half-second grace period to nudge the mouse and not need to punch in the password to unlock it."
You know you can change when the monitor suspends and set that differently as to when you are prompted for a password? I use Start8 and avoid Metro on my desktop, but it's amazing on my tablet. The problem is that Windows 8 needs to detect when there is no touch input and act accordingly, or let Metro apps run in a Windowed mode. Duh, add an exit, minimize, maximize button to the metro apps. Add a small drop shadow like the Zune desktop application has. Some of this stuff is common sense, and is what is really holding Windows 8 back from being amazing. Hopefully "blue" fixes this.
Having had to deal with OSX on a work level, with a Mac server, I can vouch that that is totally untrue. I would have killed to have had a Windows or Linux machine running the server environment.
Yes, that's because a lot of the people out there still use Windows XP and compare it to the latest OSX; which is almost like comparing the ENIAC to the Apple Lisa. Ask someone with Windows 7 their view on Windows and it will be wholly different.
2 times more powerful? In what universe? Are you saying the hardware barely above the 360 and PS3 are is somehow magically performing twice as well? Hogwash. It's not just a Nintendo thing, the next gen from Microsoft is supposedly going to have what we now would expect from a mid-low range gaming PC, and after PS3 (still) being a loss for Sony (profit wise) I'd expect the same from them. Graphics are becoming less important to people, this next generation will see marginal graphics improvements with big user experience improvements. WiiU is the first of that onslaught, it's not necessarily a bad device just because its specs aren't PC gaming grade. Why so defensive?
I have no idea how you were modded up, because your "Right up until FOX has to step in and get the Supreme Court to declare "lying" as protected free speech... To keep them on the air," is blatantly false. Not only was it not Fox News (it was a Fox affiliate) but that's not even what happened. The Fox affiliate wouldn't run a piece about GMO without a response from Monsanto. It had absolute NOTHING to do with "lying." I'm a critic of Fox News (and MSNBC which has turned into a joke) but at least get your facts somewhat straight, instead of perpetuating this lie that the netroots throw around.
Your take on history is hilarious, the government has never been good at anything aside from issuing money and conducting war. Show me a time in history when government was corrupt and I'll tell you why you're completely incorrect. The government overlooks things its friends do, etc. It's no different in private industry, except the government has virtually unlimited power to ruin your life.
Not to troll but I like my Surface and my WIndows 8 machine with Start8 is phenomenal, and I want a Lumia 920...look at that camera. Microsoft is doing things right, though some things need more polish...but I know tons of people with iPhones that have apps crash constantly, etc. I think Balmer pushed Microsoft through a tough anti-trust time frame and a resurgence is upon us. Also aren't netbooks and ultrabooks...very good sellers?
A Union for IT would be completely disastrous locking in people who haven't adapted to technology. Get this: A lot of people who work in IT aren't in their 20s or 30s. Talk to anyone who works in IT security and you'll see that a vast majority of people there have NO clue what they are doing...and you want a Union to make it harder to fire these people while giving them a pension that takes away from people who come in and actually know the new technology? Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb.
The sticker price of the car would never pay for the gas money you'd save by switching to it. I actually like the Tesla cars, you can go into their stores in some cities and it's pretty neat to see...but it's also expensive as hell. If you want to save on gas just buy a motorcycle.
I know a lot of people with iPads, but I never see anyone using it. Doesn't anyone else find that strange? I see people using their smart phones and MacBooks or UltraBooks. So really aside from the cool factor, is an iPad really...necessary? To be frank, I can't stand using an iPad, some people say the size is just right...but to me it feels super awkward to use. The Kindle (the original with e-ink) I think feels great to use, something about the iPad just feels weird. Maybe it's the idea of having an OS made for phones on it. I hope the Surface fairs better. Unfortunately for Microsoft there isn't a cult there, Apple has a cult.
I agree, but Apple has changed things a bit, there still has to be a central marketplace for the average user to find things...that's what Apple changed. Google has a central marketplace, but it's also ridden with viruses, malware, etc and isn't very nice at all. I wish there was some alternative, where maybe Microsoft would merely control people who have other marketplaces, and it would be up to say..CNET to insure that their download was safe, etc. This is sort of what they are doing with listed x86 programs, but because it's centralized it congests wait times. I don't know the answer, I wish it were simple...but even though it hurts developers...Apple doesn't give a shit, and because of this, neither does the customer. As a result any non-centralized strategy will be heavily undermined, because...consumers want simple. So, unfortunately Microsoft and Google both have no choice but to mimic Apple to some degree. That said, clearly Microsoft is more committed to cross platform than Apple is, with Microsoft services running on iOS and Android.
Why are people giving up on free speech as an absolute in the U.S. and why hasn't it spread throughout the world? People have fought hard against the Christian right to earn free speech, and now people are looking to yield it to Islam? Why? They are bred of the same monster, you can't back down and pussy out just because some psychopath is threatening to bomb your newspaper. It's the silence of the people they threaten that is really curtailing free speech, the government doesn't have to make a law...people are being bullied into submission, and we can't keep doing this and expecting our society of ideas to flourish. The free speech allowed around Nazism and other terrible ideas in the U.S. have never brought about Nazism in the U.S. Free speech is a deterrent of these ideas, if your idea is so bad then society will shame it. It takes time...I 100% support absolute free speech, unless the person is found to actually be plotting harm or death, it should be protected. There are other curtails that make sense like blackmailing, etc, but near limitless free speech is what American culture is all about. We bitch about the FCC bleeping and censoring a bunch of nonsense, but are all to willing to let a bunch of people overseas dictate what we can say or do. Fuck them, they're the ones being intolerant, if they are being portrayed as a violent group...and in retaliations they are a violent group then they are hurting their own cause. Islam needs a Ghandi moment, resistance through peace. Radical Islam is Islam's biggest problem right now, and they need to stand up to them. The U.S. foreign policy does breed some terrorists out for revenge, but generally if one side would stop retaliating and the community would stand up to their nutroots, a more peaceable society could be founded. Free speech has nothing to do with it.
Let me remind you that prior to the fall of Soviet Russia, religion was outlawed all together in -most- oppressive nations. I think religion is just a tool that politics uses to oppress, but it's not a necessary entity to oppression.
Yes getting people interested in science with stunts is a complete waste of time. NASA has totally failed to capture the imaginative of kids these days, even though decades ago they were doing things very similar to this. Sure this isn't exactly going to the moon, but there is a lot of science behind this, and if it helps people become more interested, then it is far from a waste of time or money.
Though the Air force is used for military means rather than exploratory means, it's pretty clear that most of the prototypes in the AF pipeline are space and air...not just air. So many of the advances of shuttles etc that NASA has been pushing toward are being propagated into the Air force portfolio, NASA should just become a sub-arm of the Air force...basically. Then it can get military money (which we know is massive and won't be cut.) It just makes sense. NASA can deal with the interplanetary means of the air force and piggy back off of their funding AND their new air craft hybrids of space and air vehicles.
Nokia was on a downward slopes WELL before adopting Windows Phone, and now HTC is also hurting...it's the industry. Google and Apple are crushing the competition with patent claims, marketing blitz, buying up competitors etc. Android hasn't been enough to save HTC, I don't know why people think Android would help Nokia. Samsung and Motorola rule the roost in that platform, that's not going to change soon.
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You can only buy the device in about 80 stores NATIONWIDE or on Microsoft Store's website, no shit it's sales are low. Put it in Wal-Mart, Best Buy, etc and it would probably triple sales. That's not say 3 Million is an impressive number, but it's just common sense that most people just don't know it exists.
I assume like OSX there would be virtually no learning curve between updates, it would be kind of like a Service pack, but more repetitive and more focused on experience than security (since Microsoft uses constant updates to handle that.)
Using XP costs money for the headaches alone, I don't understand why everyone using Windows doesn't have 7. I can see not using 8, but there is no excuse for not having 7 on all Windows machines. None. XP came out a decade ago.
"I still have that half-second grace period to nudge the mouse and not need to punch in the password to unlock it." You know you can change when the monitor suspends and set that differently as to when you are prompted for a password? I use Start8 and avoid Metro on my desktop, but it's amazing on my tablet. The problem is that Windows 8 needs to detect when there is no touch input and act accordingly, or let Metro apps run in a Windowed mode. Duh, add an exit, minimize, maximize button to the metro apps. Add a small drop shadow like the Zune desktop application has. Some of this stuff is common sense, and is what is really holding Windows 8 back from being amazing. Hopefully "blue" fixes this.
Having had to deal with OSX on a work level, with a Mac server, I can vouch that that is totally untrue. I would have killed to have had a Windows or Linux machine running the server environment.
Ask most people who switched to OSX what their OS was prior to OSX, and you will find that most will say XP on an older crappy OEM machine.
Yes, that's because a lot of the people out there still use Windows XP and compare it to the latest OSX; which is almost like comparing the ENIAC to the Apple Lisa. Ask someone with Windows 7 their view on Windows and it will be wholly different.
2 times more powerful? In what universe? Are you saying the hardware barely above the 360 and PS3 are is somehow magically performing twice as well? Hogwash. It's not just a Nintendo thing, the next gen from Microsoft is supposedly going to have what we now would expect from a mid-low range gaming PC, and after PS3 (still) being a loss for Sony (profit wise) I'd expect the same from them. Graphics are becoming less important to people, this next generation will see marginal graphics improvements with big user experience improvements. WiiU is the first of that onslaught, it's not necessarily a bad device just because its specs aren't PC gaming grade. Why so defensive?
I have no idea how you were modded up, because your "Right up until FOX has to step in and get the Supreme Court to declare "lying" as protected free speech... To keep them on the air," is blatantly false. Not only was it not Fox News (it was a Fox affiliate) but that's not even what happened. The Fox affiliate wouldn't run a piece about GMO without a response from Monsanto. It had absolute NOTHING to do with "lying." I'm a critic of Fox News (and MSNBC which has turned into a joke) but at least get your facts somewhat straight, instead of perpetuating this lie that the netroots throw around.
Your take on history is hilarious, the government has never been good at anything aside from issuing money and conducting war. Show me a time in history when government was corrupt and I'll tell you why you're completely incorrect. The government overlooks things its friends do, etc. It's no different in private industry, except the government has virtually unlimited power to ruin your life.
Not to troll but I like my Surface and my WIndows 8 machine with Start8 is phenomenal, and I want a Lumia 920...look at that camera. Microsoft is doing things right, though some things need more polish...but I know tons of people with iPhones that have apps crash constantly, etc. I think Balmer pushed Microsoft through a tough anti-trust time frame and a resurgence is upon us. Also aren't netbooks and ultrabooks...very good sellers?
Not to rain on Nate Silver's parade, but Real Clear Politics's state by state average was also correct on every single state. So, you know.
A Union for IT would be completely disastrous locking in people who haven't adapted to technology. Get this: A lot of people who work in IT aren't in their 20s or 30s. Talk to anyone who works in IT security and you'll see that a vast majority of people there have NO clue what they are doing...and you want a Union to make it harder to fire these people while giving them a pension that takes away from people who come in and actually know the new technology? Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb.
The sticker price of the car would never pay for the gas money you'd save by switching to it. I actually like the Tesla cars, you can go into their stores in some cities and it's pretty neat to see...but it's also expensive as hell. If you want to save on gas just buy a motorcycle.
And Obama did everything in his power to stop it! Just kidding, it actually increased drastically.
I'm just waiting on someone to violate the patent I filed to put "images that represent programs or their activities" on "computing devices."
Glad to see how level headed you are, patent trolls harm everyone.
I know a lot of people with iPads, but I never see anyone using it. Doesn't anyone else find that strange? I see people using their smart phones and MacBooks or UltraBooks. So really aside from the cool factor, is an iPad really...necessary? To be frank, I can't stand using an iPad, some people say the size is just right...but to me it feels super awkward to use. The Kindle (the original with e-ink) I think feels great to use, something about the iPad just feels weird. Maybe it's the idea of having an OS made for phones on it. I hope the Surface fairs better. Unfortunately for Microsoft there isn't a cult there, Apple has a cult.
I agree, but Apple has changed things a bit, there still has to be a central marketplace for the average user to find things...that's what Apple changed. Google has a central marketplace, but it's also ridden with viruses, malware, etc and isn't very nice at all. I wish there was some alternative, where maybe Microsoft would merely control people who have other marketplaces, and it would be up to say..CNET to insure that their download was safe, etc. This is sort of what they are doing with listed x86 programs, but because it's centralized it congests wait times. I don't know the answer, I wish it were simple...but even though it hurts developers...Apple doesn't give a shit, and because of this, neither does the customer. As a result any non-centralized strategy will be heavily undermined, because...consumers want simple. So, unfortunately Microsoft and Google both have no choice but to mimic Apple to some degree. That said, clearly Microsoft is more committed to cross platform than Apple is, with Microsoft services running on iOS and Android.
A full page of comments...and not a single post that can be taken seriously at all, well done Slashdot, well done.
Why are people giving up on free speech as an absolute in the U.S. and why hasn't it spread throughout the world? People have fought hard against the Christian right to earn free speech, and now people are looking to yield it to Islam? Why? They are bred of the same monster, you can't back down and pussy out just because some psychopath is threatening to bomb your newspaper. It's the silence of the people they threaten that is really curtailing free speech, the government doesn't have to make a law...people are being bullied into submission, and we can't keep doing this and expecting our society of ideas to flourish. The free speech allowed around Nazism and other terrible ideas in the U.S. have never brought about Nazism in the U.S. Free speech is a deterrent of these ideas, if your idea is so bad then society will shame it. It takes time...I 100% support absolute free speech, unless the person is found to actually be plotting harm or death, it should be protected. There are other curtails that make sense like blackmailing, etc, but near limitless free speech is what American culture is all about. We bitch about the FCC bleeping and censoring a bunch of nonsense, but are all to willing to let a bunch of people overseas dictate what we can say or do. Fuck them, they're the ones being intolerant, if they are being portrayed as a violent group...and in retaliations they are a violent group then they are hurting their own cause. Islam needs a Ghandi moment, resistance through peace. Radical Islam is Islam's biggest problem right now, and they need to stand up to them. The U.S. foreign policy does breed some terrorists out for revenge, but generally if one side would stop retaliating and the community would stand up to their nutroots, a more peaceable society could be founded. Free speech has nothing to do with it.
Let me remind you that prior to the fall of Soviet Russia, religion was outlawed all together in -most- oppressive nations. I think religion is just a tool that politics uses to oppress, but it's not a necessary entity to oppression.
Yes getting people interested in science with stunts is a complete waste of time. NASA has totally failed to capture the imaginative of kids these days, even though decades ago they were doing things very similar to this. Sure this isn't exactly going to the moon, but there is a lot of science behind this, and if it helps people become more interested, then it is far from a waste of time or money.
Though the Air force is used for military means rather than exploratory means, it's pretty clear that most of the prototypes in the AF pipeline are space and air...not just air. So many of the advances of shuttles etc that NASA has been pushing toward are being propagated into the Air force portfolio, NASA should just become a sub-arm of the Air force...basically. Then it can get military money (which we know is massive and won't be cut.) It just makes sense. NASA can deal with the interplanetary means of the air force and piggy back off of their funding AND their new air craft hybrids of space and air vehicles.
Nokia was on a downward slopes WELL before adopting Windows Phone, and now HTC is also hurting...it's the industry. Google and Apple are crushing the competition with patent claims, marketing blitz, buying up competitors etc. Android hasn't been enough to save HTC, I don't know why people think Android would help Nokia. Samsung and Motorola rule the roost in that platform, that's not going to change soon.