Fifty percent? Because IT people load Vista on their own desktops?
IT people can afford to play with Vista on our own desktops, because we can afford for them to break. So some of us do (myself not included). We cannot however afford to play with Vista on our users' desktops. While we may want to play with it ourselves, we're definitely NOT anxious to start rolling it out to users. So I don't know where 50% is coming from.
It seems to me that "Places like CompUSA" are closing because they are not competing effectively with Best Buy, which is basically "like CompUSA" except for the small detail that they're in the black. They both have similarly lame customer service, so that wouldn't seem to be the reason for the closing of one or the other.
Although, it would be nice to think that it was. It seems that we have a tendency to put up with companies that are completely impersonal and couldn't care less about us as individual customers, as long as we can get the cheapest possible price on the latest shiny status symbol thingy.
Sure, now your incredibly important Windows apps work 100% on that Linux desktop.
But now, you're still putting all the resources into maintaining that Windows environment. Then, you're paying extra for servers to run that Citrix environment, and Citrix licensing (Have you ever seen Metaframe pricing?). AND, you're now also allocating the resources to maintain the Linux environment.
How does that possibly leave you better off, as opposed just leaving Windows on your desktops?
I don't think that's a fair comparison. "Kleenex" is generally understood by most native English speakers to simply mean facial tissue. "iPod" is generally understood to mean "iPod, made by Apple, with a scroll wheel and a shiny finish, and white headbuds" and not "generic MP3 player."
Luggage gets lost. Luggage gets tossed around very roughly. And items are known to go "missing" from luggage.
And items have been known to get stolen in airport terminals. Or set down. Or dropped. Or have coffee spilled on them while in-use on the plane. All while in the possession of their owner.
I'm not saying you're better off checking your laptop. But there are risks either way. You are not eliminating risk by keeping it with you. If you can't afford the risk, leave it at home.
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I agree 110%. This is all WAY too much effort over a TV show.
The "what a waste of food" comment above was also right on. Not to mention money.
Fifty percent? Because IT people load Vista on their own desktops?
IT people can afford to play with Vista on our own desktops, because we can afford for them to break. So some of us do (myself not included). We cannot however afford to play with Vista on our users' desktops. While we may want to play with it ourselves, we're definitely NOT anxious to start rolling it out to users. So I don't know where 50% is coming from.
I'm assuming they mean 90-100 m^3 of air, compressed.
It seems to me that "Places like CompUSA" are closing because they are not competing effectively with Best Buy, which is basically "like CompUSA" except for the small detail that they're in the black. They both have similarly lame customer service, so that wouldn't seem to be the reason for the closing of one or the other.
Although, it would be nice to think that it was. It seems that we have a tendency to put up with companies that are completely impersonal and couldn't care less about us as individual customers, as long as we can get the cheapest possible price on the latest shiny status symbol thingy.
Sure, now your incredibly important Windows apps work 100% on that Linux desktop.
But now, you're still putting all the resources into maintaining that Windows environment. Then, you're paying extra for servers to run that Citrix environment, and Citrix licensing (Have you ever seen Metaframe pricing?). AND, you're now also allocating the resources to maintain the Linux environment.
How does that possibly leave you better off, as opposed just leaving Windows on your desktops?
I don't think that's a fair comparison. "Kleenex" is generally understood by most native English speakers to simply mean facial tissue. "iPod" is generally understood to mean "iPod, made by Apple, with a scroll wheel and a shiny finish, and white headbuds" and not "generic MP3 player."
And items have been known to get stolen in airport terminals. Or set down. Or dropped. Or have coffee spilled on them while in-use on the plane. All while in the possession of their owner.
I'm not saying you're better off checking your laptop. But there are risks either way. You are not eliminating risk by keeping it with you. If you can't afford the risk, leave it at home.