"Your entire life will be subscription-based 30 years from now."
Which isn't a bad thing. My weekly fresh fruit & veg is ordered under a "subscription" model. Saves me from going to the supermarket thus I avoid the junkfood isle.
The problem here is price gouging & monopolies - not the subscription model itself. And I believe competition will be the answer to high prices. For example, if Airtable decided to increase their pricing by $$$, I can guarantee the first thing their customers will do is type in google "Airtable Vs...". But how about if we look at Airtable as the customer. Which vendors are they locked in with to deliver & maintain their product? What if the vendors that Airtable use suddenly jacked up their pricing by $$$, which coincidentally are the same vendors that Airtables competitors use too, so all these similar vendors all jack up their price in sync... Hmmmm...
I'm curious as to how old your OLD PC is.:)
Old isn't the problem. It's simply the HDD is the bottleneck. Coincidentally, quick booting up and shutting down are one of the first observations you'll see with an SSD drive, even on an old computer. I've installed SSD's all modern systems, however the oldest systems would be on an AMD 8450E and atom based systems, they boot in a matter of seconds after the upgrade, some one Windows 7, others on Windows 10, the OS doesn't make a huge difference.
Also, most SSD's ship with clone image software, so you're keeping your old system image AND the old HDD is now an on the shelf static backup.
This. I had to repair WU on my W7 laptop last week, and all the hidden WX updates all came back. Wonder if they'll remove them from the MS update servers once July is over, but they're likely just to leave them there to rot.
I have never rage quit anything as hard as when I rage quit MS Word during my picture heavy study assignment the other day. It's all a bit of a blur now, but I distinctly remember the hate, the absolute hate I had for all things Microsoft after it complete fucked my assignment. Hours were lost.:(
But, from every down there's an up. That day I gave up on Word for ever, my friends reminded me that I had Powerpoint installed, and needless to say that all my assignments are done, rightly or wrongly, in Powerpoint... and I can put my photo's where ever the fuck I want.
I must admit, I had to google his name as I'd never heard of him. "TV Presenter", he looks like a 40 year old try hard hipster, now I understand his agenda.
There is nothing sustainable about what we do here. Just look at how developers have been cutting down the forests of our beloved Koala bear... Sums up the entire country.
Hmm, who was the richest man in the world again? What was his name... Can't recall, as I was too busy working and not complaining of the invasion of my privacy & intrusive ads on my Start menu.
Usually that aunty inlaw that you celebrate Christmas with every second year. Keep this in mind for the next Christmas dinner you have with her/them, as it's a great conversation to have that makes a routine Christmas otherwise.:)
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"Your entire life will be subscription-based 30 years from now."
Which isn't a bad thing. My weekly fresh fruit & veg is ordered under a "subscription" model. Saves me from going to the supermarket thus I avoid the junkfood isle.
The problem here is price gouging & monopolies - not the subscription model itself. And I believe competition will be the answer to high prices. For example, if Airtable decided to increase their pricing by $$$, I can guarantee the first thing their customers will do is type in google "Airtable Vs...". But how about if we look at Airtable as the customer. Which vendors are they locked in with to deliver & maintain their product? What if the vendors that Airtable use suddenly jacked up their pricing by $$$, which coincidentally are the same vendors that Airtables competitors use too, so all these similar vendors all jack up their price in sync... Hmmmm...
"After oxygen, silicon is the second most abundant element in Earth's crust, and yet it has nothing to do with biological life. "
Silicon has a LOT to do with biological life. Plants slurp the stuff up non-stop.
https://www.google.com.au/sear...
So how long until Windows 10 updates screw users and force them to update? ... oh wait.
... you're!
I'm curious as to how old your OLD PC is. :)
Old isn't the problem. It's simply the HDD is the bottleneck. Coincidentally, quick booting up and shutting down are one of the first observations you'll see with an SSD drive, even on an old computer. I've installed SSD's all modern systems, however the oldest systems would be on an AMD 8450E and atom based systems, they boot in a matter of seconds after the upgrade, some one Windows 7, others on Windows 10, the OS doesn't make a huge difference.
Also, most SSD's ship with clone image software, so you're keeping your old system image AND the old HDD is now an on the shelf static backup.
It's 2016, why are you defragging? Go by an SSD already!!!
This. I had to repair WU on my W7 laptop last week, and all the hidden WX updates all came back. Wonder if they'll remove them from the MS update servers once July is over, but they're likely just to leave them there to rot.
I have never rage quit anything as hard as when I rage quit MS Word during my picture heavy study assignment the other day. It's all a bit of a blur now, but I distinctly remember the hate, the absolute hate I had for all things Microsoft after it complete fucked my assignment. Hours were lost. :(
But, from every down there's an up. That day I gave up on Word for ever, my friends reminded me that I had Powerpoint installed, and needless to say that all my assignments are done, rightly or wrongly, in Powerpoint... and I can put my photo's where ever the fuck I want.
I would like to subscribe.
Too late. I just had a vision of the future, and it was truly terifying.
What complaints do you have on 3 that deter you from its usage?
I must admit, I had to google his name as I'd never heard of him. "TV Presenter", he looks like a 40 year old try hard hipster, now I understand his agenda.
So what's to stop you and I from creating a bank for the people?
There is nothing sustainable about what we do here. Just look at how developers have been cutting down the forests of our beloved Koala bear... Sums up the entire country.
The dimmable LED downlights in my computer study work a treat. :)
Interestingly, many same model cars rust in the same spots, due to the same manufacturing process that they all went under. :)
Hmm, who was the richest man in the world again? What was his name... Can't recall, as I was too busy working and not complaining of the invasion of my privacy & intrusive ads on my Start menu.
Please tell me that this plot is a video game in the making!
I know them feels. ;_;
Says who? Coal is dead cheap, and is certainly not "soaring" in price.
Do you recall the name, or do you have a link?
What do you mean "think"? Are you suggesting that the elite are poking holes through my browser protection?
With myself working on front line CAD support, the reality of your post terrifies me.
Usually that aunty inlaw that you celebrate Christmas with every second year. Keep this in mind for the next Christmas dinner you have with her/them, as it's a great conversation to have that makes a routine Christmas otherwise. :)
And I stopped using G+ when Google shoved it down my god damned throat.