Memory and Storage are different things. Welcome to Computer Sci 101.
No fooling. And how is that even germane, since the term used was MEMORY (which I took to mean Flash MEMORY). If they meant RAM, say RAM, night a nebulous term like "memory".
In my domain, windows updates are set to a local machine. No update is advertised or pushed unless it makes it to the update server, and is approved for distribution from there. For good measure, the firewall blocks connections to MS's update servers. Never had your problem. It's easy to fix, and many do it. That your work didn't means it's not a priority where you work. It's that simple.
How nice for you. We are a very small business, with no real IT. And let me tell you, there are a LOT more of companies in our situation than there are with even one full-time IT person.
So, pray tell, at this point, how do your snarky comments actually HELP me?
Order of importance, please. And the things you listed are just not true in any way. Oh wait, I just noticed your username. Never mind, pointless conversation. Try not to choke on Apple's cock and remember to pay attention to the balls.
You know what would enhance your Windows 10 experience even more? Uninstalling it.
Speaking of which, my work laptop is a Windows Pro 7 machine, attached to a Domain.
A couple of months ago, right after the stories broke about "Telemetry" and GWX being force-fed to W7 machines, I COMPLETELY DISABLED (at least I thought!) Windows Updates. No more "Don't shut off your computer. Installing Update 1 of 22,524" when I tried to shut down and go home, no other "Updater" prompts, and no "You know, you'd really like Windows 10" kind of "Prompts".
Time passes.
So, this morning, I boot up my laptop, and there in the System Tray is a brand-new "Windows" icon. "What's THAT?" I ask myself (already having a sick feeling that I knew what it was). Sure enough, when I hovered over the icon, it had a Tooltip that said "Get WIndows 10".
So, my questions are thus:
1. How the FUCK do I get RID of it?
2. Since this is a "Pro" install CONNECTED TO A DOMAIN, why is it even TRYING?
3. How did it appear when I SUPPOSEDLY have Windows Updates COMPLETELY DISABLED?!?
iPhones are great. It's the iTunes ecosystem that turns me completely off. How can they make such a great device with a superb OS only to pair it up with desktop software that is so totally awful.
There is no "iTunes" on iOS. There is "Music", which is not the same App in any way.
the iPhone's CPU is extremely fast at single threaded or dual threaded operation, but Android devices win multithreaded benchmarks.
I wonder if that is because iOS is slower at thread management than Android? Long ago, I used to see postings about how much faster Linux was at thread creation/destruction than OS X. But that was a long time ago, and I wonder if it is still the case.
I wonder if Apple has ever ported iOS to any of the top of the line Android hardware platforms to make comparisons.
It's probably a bunch of work just to get drivers working and even more for necessary optimizations, with a net result of "just about the same" but it would be interesting to see what would happen.
My feeling is that it would be "about the same" as long as we stay in the same ballpark, hardware-wise. But that isn't what is important, because the military can't (and wouldn't) approve a clusterfuck like that, anyway.
Insinuating people trained to kill have more valuable insight in software/hardware cell phone engineering and that all uses of devices for spec ops purposes would be immediately translatable for civillian purposes.
Not everyone in the military has a job that includes killing, dumbass.
... Their experience showed that Android is glitchy, and the truth is that iOS is more stable than Android, hence motivating the switch. New Android hardware may not fix any stability issues in this case.
Yes, seriously. Do you want the list in Alphabetical Order, or in Order of Importance?
Remember, we're talking about the Military here. They could give a rats ass about your precious "Sideloading", and "Cyanogenmod" crapola. They are interested in just a couple of things: Reliability and Responsiveness of hardware and software, and Security of the OS.
Overall, iPhone "wins" on both counts, sorry.
Oh, and not having Google datamining every single thing is probably a consideration in a Military application, too...
And I would imagine that it also helps that Apple is the only U.S.-based cellphone manufacturer.
"Yahoo"... The brand is the problem. It sounds like a good name for a personal website in 1998 (with 85 gifs and a turquoise background).
Say what you will about those ugly old websites, but at least they weren't tracking your every move and trying to upskirt your personal data for profit.
LOL! No doubt!
And this comes just one day after I said in a staff meeting how our corporate website looked "amateurish" because it uses a fairly saturated background color on most pages.
Now maybe I think we should keep that look, and perhaps change the font to "Courier New"...
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The glass and software are made in U.S.A. at least. Source: http://www.macworld.co.uk/feat...
The second one being the important one.
1. How the FUCK do I get RID of it?
As for that question, try GWX Control Panel. I've yet to see a prompt since. As for the other two, 'money'.
I was wondering if I would need GWX Control Panel, thanks!
Yeah, but they only work for a month or so from what I remember... You need enterprise dev license to install custom signed apps permanently.
I think they actually changed that in iOS 9.
Memory and Storage are different things. Welcome to Computer Sci 101.
No fooling. And how is that even germane, since the term used was MEMORY (which I took to mean Flash MEMORY). If they meant RAM, say RAM, night a nebulous term like "memory".
In my domain, windows updates are set to a local machine. No update is advertised or pushed unless it makes it to the update server, and is approved for distribution from there. For good measure, the firewall blocks connections to MS's update servers. Never had your problem. It's easy to fix, and many do it. That your work didn't means it's not a priority where you work. It's that simple.
How nice for you. We are a very small business, with no real IT. And let me tell you, there are a LOT more of companies in our situation than there are with even one full-time IT person.
So, pray tell, at this point, how do your snarky comments actually HELP me?
I think you didn't read the "desktop software that is so totally awful" part.
I read it; but didn't think it applied; since the REST of us were talking about MOBILE stuff.
Derp.
Begone foul scum supporting closed source proprietary crap.
Open Source is great; but it is NOT the be-all, end-all, most-importantest-thing for good software design.
In fact, it has a TERRIBLE track-record in that regard.
Order of importance, please. And the things you listed are just not true in any way. Oh wait, I just noticed your username. Never mind, pointless conversation. Try not to choke on Apple's cock and remember to pay attention to the balls.
Interesting, because, reading down through the comments, it seems like the people who have tried both (particularly with the Military Software Stack, KNOX), even those who profess to hate iOS/Apple, choose iPhone hands-down.
But even those who have just used both, most prefer iOS over Android.
So, suck on that.
You know what would enhance your Windows 10 experience even more? Uninstalling it.
Speaking of which, my work laptop is a Windows Pro 7 machine, attached to a Domain.
A couple of months ago, right after the stories broke about "Telemetry" and GWX being force-fed to W7 machines, I COMPLETELY DISABLED (at least I thought!) Windows Updates. No more "Don't shut off your computer. Installing Update 1 of 22,524" when I tried to shut down and go home, no other "Updater" prompts, and no "You know, you'd really like Windows 10" kind of "Prompts".
Time passes.
So, this morning, I boot up my laptop, and there in the System Tray is a brand-new "Windows" icon. "What's THAT?" I ask myself (already having a sick feeling that I knew what it was). Sure enough, when I hovered over the icon, it had a Tooltip that said "Get WIndows 10".
So, my questions are thus:
1. How the FUCK do I get RID of it?
2. Since this is a "Pro" install CONNECTED TO A DOMAIN, why is it even TRYING?
3. How did it appear when I SUPPOSEDLY have Windows Updates COMPLETELY DISABLED?!?
Discuss.
Does NSA/DARPA/GAO really believe iPhone will do any better?
Why yes, yes it does.
Kinda the whole point, isn't it?
iPhones are great. It's the iTunes ecosystem that turns me completely off. How can they make such a great device with a superb OS only to pair it up with desktop software that is so totally awful.
There is no "iTunes" on iOS. There is "Music", which is not the same App in any way.
Can the Army install custom apps for themselves or they need to be approved first for Apple?
ANYone can install custom iOS apps for themselves. You don't even have to be a Registered Developer.
But, but, but, Open OS! You can go look at the code any time you want! And fix it!
You're a liar and you know it.
*doh
But at least the Company is based in the U.S.A.
Soldier: Siri! Open my chute!
Siri: I'm sorry, the app "My Chute" is not installed.
Soldier: Fffffffuuuuuuu
*SPLAT*
Now THAT's how you do a Siri joke! Perfect!
the iPhone's CPU is extremely fast at single threaded or dual threaded operation, but Android devices win multithreaded benchmarks.
I wonder if that is because iOS is slower at thread management than Android? Long ago, I used to see postings about how much faster Linux was at thread creation/destruction than OS X. But that was a long time ago, and I wonder if it is still the case.
I wonder if Apple has ever ported iOS to any of the top of the line Android hardware platforms to make comparisons.
It's probably a bunch of work just to get drivers working and even more for necessary optimizations, with a net result of "just about the same" but it would be interesting to see what would happen.
My feeling is that it would be "about the same" as long as we stay in the same ballpark, hardware-wise. But that isn't what is important, because the military can't (and wouldn't) approve a clusterfuck like that, anyway.
Insinuating people trained to kill have more valuable insight in software/hardware cell phone engineering and that all uses of devices for spec ops purposes would be immediately translatable for civillian purposes.
Not everyone in the military has a job that includes killing, dumbass.
And the Samsung flagships are very good devices, clearly competitive with the iPhone.
But then they still run Android; and therein lies the rub.
... Their experience showed that Android is glitchy, and the truth is that iOS is more stable than Android, hence motivating the switch. New Android hardware may not fix any stability issues in this case.
FTFY.
IOS Currently has 900 unique CVEs released: https://www.cvedetails.com/vul...
Android has 430 unique CVEs release: https://www.cvedetails.com/vul...
But doesn't that list usually only contain vulnerabilities that have been ADDRESSED?
If anything, there are Android phones sporting more memory or faster processors.
More memory than a 128 GB iPhone? And have you seen any benchmarks on the iPhone vs. pretty much any Android phone?
But seriously? iPhone superior to Android?
Yes, seriously. Do you want the list in Alphabetical Order, or in Order of Importance?
Remember, we're talking about the Military here. They could give a rats ass about your precious "Sideloading", and "Cyanogenmod" crapola. They are interested in just a couple of things: Reliability and Responsiveness of hardware and software, and Security of the OS.
Overall, iPhone "wins" on both counts, sorry.
Oh, and not having Google datamining every single thing is probably a consideration in a Military application, too...
And I would imagine that it also helps that Apple is the only U.S.-based cellphone manufacturer.
It's freakin food, why wouldn't you want tightly controlled quality?
I mean "Tightly controlled", like "each tomato shall be between 4.05 and 5.25 inches in diameter".
Say what you will about those ugly old websites, but at least they weren't tracking your every move and trying to upskirt your personal data for profit.
LOL! No doubt!
And this comes just one day after I said in a staff meeting how our corporate website looked "amateurish" because it uses a fairly saturated background color on most pages.
Now maybe I think we should keep that look, and perhaps change the font to "Courier New"...