The Wikipedia article states: "The successors to 45nm technology will be 32 nm, 22 nm, and then 16 nm technology; it is possible that these numbers are arbitrary, but it is also possible that they reflect fundamental physical limits of some sort." So which is it, arbitrary or fundamental physical limits?
I doubt Mac users are much bothered by its low marketshare. We've been a minority for decades, and the past few years have shown that the platform can do just fine with single-digit adoption. If we cared about marketshare, why would we be using Macs?
Similarly, I agree that Macs (if they ever become popular enough) will have to deal with many of the same security issues that plague Windows, but again this argument is largely irrelevant. Security has never been the major selling point of the Mac, at least among its core demographic. What attracts certain people to the Mac is its friendly interface and a philosophy of design finely tuned towards whimsy and artistic expression. Apple is in good shape as long as these people are around to buy Macs, just as Microsoft will probably always dominate the desktop as long as beancounters and linear thinkers dominate the business world.
Never happen. To personify the company, Microsoft's ego is too big; you ever notice how it routinely enters markets completely irrelevant to its then-current strategies, apparently only for the sake of proving to itself, once again, that it's capable of domination? Microsoft wants so badly to be the best that it can't stand the sight of another tech company being successful. This seems to stem from some sort of deep-seated insecurity.
So even if Microsoft were already licensing OS X today, you can bet it would be looking for ways to homebrew a solution of its own. Not to mention the fundamental differences in taste and approach to workplace environment between the target demographic of Windows vs. Mac OS X, but we'll not go there yet...
On the other hand, New York is the safest large city in the nation (and has been for years), despite the fact that it's almost impossible to buy a gun without turning to the black market. Chicago's problem isn't gun control.
Much more attractive than what, vanilla OpenOffice? That's not saying much. Any Mac user will tell you NeoOffice still looks like shit, and more importantly, behaves in ways that contravene a Mac user's expectations of elegance and consistency.
Amtrak has to be sudsidized in order to compete with subsidized roads and highways. Stop subsidizing the latter (and incidentally get rid of the income tax deduction for mortgage payments on single-family residences, which has contributed immeasurably to sprawl) and you can cut subsidies to the former.
At the very least, people who happen to use the same password would all know each others' passwords. Unless the database admins were smart enough to salt the hashes, which Wikipedia's weren't.
In other words, a healthy nicotine addiction can help you avoid RSI.:-)
Seriously. Even if you don't get up to puff, just moving your limbs around once in a while is enough to prevent most RSI injury. My chiropractor told me the same thing ten years ago, though he pointed out there are probably better ways to keep yourself from sitting immobile all day.
No, I didn't bother asking any oncologists about my chiropractor's advice. And I probably wouldn't bring it up in a cancer ward. But perhaps NORML could help spread the word.
Oh, and just to add from personal experience, I think that's the reason those "trendy ergonomic chairs" work so well. They're just so maddeningly uncomfortable that you can't help squirming.
I still do horrible things like sit cross-legged in it, slouch, etc.
About ten years ago, my chiropractor mentioned that the best way to avoid RSI, back pain, and other workplace injuries in the cube is simply to make sure to change your position a lot. This is good news if you're naturally antsy, but apparently a lot of people just sit in the same position in front of their computers all day long, and that's what gets you in the end.
This is the theory behind those programs to remind you to take short breaks every hour. It's also a good excuse to ask your employer for a laptop computer so you can amble over to the couch, the coffeeshop, the park, or wherever you feel like working. Stay moving, stay alive.
It sounds plausible, and I've heard the same thing from at least two other chiropractors I've met. (I've never developed a cubicle injury, at least not yet--I was seeing a chiropractor for physical therapy, long story.)
Thank you, yes, I was unaware of that. It does indeed look terribly narrow, not to mention a huge stretch from home row position--wouldn't that layout give your right pinky finger RSI? (On North American keyboards, by the way, that key's labeled "Return.")
Well, personally I see "aesthetics" as comprising functionality and comfort. For example, a lopsided keyboard would make me feel uncomfortable, and impair my design judgment. (OK, that's a stretch.) And as I mentioned, full-size arrow keys would make (vertical) scrolling more difficult.
But "aesthetics" concerns personal preference; you might not care about the visual balance of your workspace if you're not a visual person, and you might not care about vertical scrolling if you, um, don't scroll vertically. Reasonable people will disagree on matters of taste, so reviews offering different perspectives like this are good for everyone.
It's pretty obvious TH is a "refugee" PC user, Mac ownership notwithstanding. He complains about the Enter key, for Steve's sake. And do the half-height arrow keys really bother him? I'd have thought most people would prefer them; they make it easier to scroll through a document, for one thing. Moreover, full height arrow keys would completely destroy the MacBook Pro's neutral, balanced aesthetic, and I just know it'd bother me subconsciously when I'm trying to work. Who but a PC user would want a lopsided keyboard?
(In reply to down-modded thread:) You're right, of course—grandparent post could well have been meant sincerely. Even if it were supposed to be a troll, the alternate interpretation is still a good point in the context of this discussion. I'm sorry that you got modded down for your insight.
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The Wikipedia article states: "The successors to 45nm technology will be 32 nm, 22 nm, and then 16 nm technology; it is possible that these numbers are arbitrary, but it is also possible that they reflect fundamental physical limits of some sort." So which is it, arbitrary or fundamental physical limits?
Bullshit. Why don't you visit China sometime? You might be surprised.
I doubt Mac users are much bothered by its low marketshare. We've been a minority for decades, and the past few years have shown that the platform can do just fine with single-digit adoption. If we cared about marketshare, why would we be using Macs?
Similarly, I agree that Macs (if they ever become popular enough) will have to deal with many of the same security issues that plague Windows, but again this argument is largely irrelevant. Security has never been the major selling point of the Mac, at least among its core demographic. What attracts certain people to the Mac is its friendly interface and a philosophy of design finely tuned towards whimsy and artistic expression. Apple is in good shape as long as these people are around to buy Macs, just as Microsoft will probably always dominate the desktop as long as beancounters and linear thinkers dominate the business world.
Never happen. To personify the company, Microsoft's ego is too big; you ever notice how it routinely enters markets completely irrelevant to its then-current strategies, apparently only for the sake of proving to itself, once again, that it's capable of domination? Microsoft wants so badly to be the best that it can't stand the sight of another tech company being successful. This seems to stem from some sort of deep-seated insecurity.
So even if Microsoft were already licensing OS X today, you can bet it would be looking for ways to homebrew a solution of its own. Not to mention the fundamental differences in taste and approach to workplace environment between the target demographic of Windows vs. Mac OS X, but we'll not go there yet...
On the other hand, New York is the safest large city in the nation (and has been for years), despite the fact that it's almost impossible to buy a gun without turning to the black market. Chicago's problem isn't gun control.
Maybe you don't want your kids to accidentally shoot themselves after breaking into your locked gun closet.
Much more attractive than what, vanilla OpenOffice? That's not saying much. Any Mac user will tell you NeoOffice still looks like shit, and more importantly, behaves in ways that contravene a Mac user's expectations of elegance and consistency.
Amtrak has to be sudsidized in order to compete with subsidized roads and highways. Stop subsidizing the latter (and incidentally get rid of the income tax deduction for mortgage payments on single-family residences, which has contributed immeasurably to sprawl) and you can cut subsidies to the former.
I just almost foed you for that.
Michael Bloomberg receives a $1 salary, and so does Peter Kalikow, the chairman of the MTA. So do Brin and Page (Google) and Yahoo's Terry Semel.
It's nothing new; I seem to remember Lee Iacocca doing the same thing in the '70s. But among today's CEOs, I'm fairly sure Jobs is the pioneer. >:-)
Like this.
At the very least, people who happen to use the same password would all know each others' passwords. Unless the database admins were smart enough to salt the hashes, which Wikipedia's weren't.
In other words, a healthy nicotine addiction can help you avoid RSI. :-)
Seriously. Even if you don't get up to puff, just moving your limbs around once in a while is enough to prevent most RSI injury. My chiropractor told me the same thing ten years ago, though he pointed out there are probably better ways to keep yourself from sitting immobile all day.
No, I didn't bother asking any oncologists about my chiropractor's advice. And I probably wouldn't bring it up in a cancer ward. But perhaps NORML could help spread the word.
Oh, and just to add from personal experience, I think that's the reason those "trendy ergonomic chairs" work so well. They're just so maddeningly uncomfortable that you can't help squirming.
This is the theory behind those programs to remind you to take short breaks every hour. It's also a good excuse to ask your employer for a laptop computer so you can amble over to the couch, the coffeeshop, the park, or wherever you feel like working. Stay moving, stay alive.
It sounds plausible, and I've heard the same thing from at least two other chiropractors I've met. (I've never developed a cubicle injury, at least not yet--I was seeing a chiropractor for physical therapy, long story.)
Thank you, yes, I was unaware of that. It does indeed look terribly narrow, not to mention a huge stretch from home row position--wouldn't that layout give your right pinky finger RSI? (On North American keyboards, by the way, that key's labeled "Return.")
We Mac users are a merry folk. Tee hee.
Do you still hand-crank your horseless carriage because key ignition is for the lazy?
(Sorry for the car analogy. I really couldn't help it. It's pathological to Slashdot, I think.)
Well, personally I see "aesthetics" as comprising functionality and comfort. For example, a lopsided keyboard would make me feel uncomfortable, and impair my design judgment. (OK, that's a stretch.) And as I mentioned, full-size arrow keys would make (vertical) scrolling more difficult.
But "aesthetics" concerns personal preference; you might not care about the visual balance of your workspace if you're not a visual person, and you might not care about vertical scrolling if you, um, don't scroll vertically. Reasonable people will disagree on matters of taste, so reviews offering different perspectives like this are good for everyone.
It's pretty obvious TH is a "refugee" PC user, Mac ownership notwithstanding. He complains about the Enter key, for Steve's sake. And do the half-height arrow keys really bother him? I'd have thought most people would prefer them; they make it easier to scroll through a document, for one thing. Moreover, full height arrow keys would completely destroy the MacBook Pro's neutral, balanced aesthetic, and I just know it'd bother me subconsciously when I'm trying to work. Who but a PC user would want a lopsided keyboard?
(In reply to down-modded thread:) You're right, of course—grandparent post could well have been meant sincerely. Even if it were supposed to be a troll, the alternate interpretation is still a good point in the context of this discussion. I'm sorry that you got modded down for your insight.
Sometimes, you don't even need XSS to be annoying. (Worksafe.)
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