I wish to concur the statement that Ubuntu is now the fastest most user friendly modern OS out there.
Try it you might be surprised.
IRecognition: I am no longer Apple's Target Market
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Re: IRecognition: I am no longer Apple's Target Market
#92What's weird is that this has been a running argument for almost the entire existence of Apple. Here's the thing though -- Apple hasn't changed. They are simply closer to their goals then ever. I'm not saying it's right. But computer as an appliance? That's the dream! In the 80s we would argue on Usenet that the WIMP interface was too simplistic, and that real computer users stuck to the command line only. Now, in 20…
The issue is that many Apple fanboys never experienced the original Apple, the one with proprietary connectors and Mac OS specific APIs for video, 2D, 3D, networking .... When Apple tried to cater to the open source community using the UNIX underpinnings of Mac OS X, young generations thought Apple was always more open than Microsoft, when actually they were the opposite. Now that they are back on top with more profi…
>> The issue is that many Apple fanboys ...
This is where I stopped reading...
It seems to be all the rage to write up anecdotal frustrations full of hyperbole about Apple these days, that's fine, but why do they have to be on Hacker News? Why should I care some guy on the internet doesn't want a computer that isn't user serviceable, or a tablet that uses a curated app store that contains 'literally thousands upon thousands of apps I don't need'? Please just go tell your buddies on the linux forums how you built your own distro instead of trolling the internet with articles about stuff you don't like, or at the very least refrain from posting them on a site like Hacker News, which is supposed to be informational (I guess).
The information content of this article is close to zero, it's nothing more than some random rant about stuff that's irrelevant for people who just use their computers to get shit done, instead of making a statement of idealism and tech-ethics out of them. Last time I checked, Macs running OS X are still great for almost any kind of creative application.
Re: IRecognition: I am no longer Apple's Target Market
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Users can disable the check.
For now. All the apps out there are still signed with Apple's cert.
I regularly encounter applications that are not signed. It's easy to circumvent Gatekeeper (right click, then choose open). But I can imagine that this is quite confusing for the average end user. For them, it is already turning into a walled garden.
Re: IRecognition: I am no longer Apple's Target Market
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I haven't used Ubuntu in two years. Is it true that there are now ads in it? Edit: I am referring to this http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/09/22/1319216/ubuntu-will-n... I haven't seen them first hand, but I was hoping someone might give their opinion here.
I clean-installed Ubuntu 12.10 last weekend. Out of the box it has an Amazon icon in the side 'dock', I removed it and don't remember what it does. Searching with the 'dash' search box does bring up results from Amazon. The alt-f2 run box, while looking the same as the search box except for saying "run a command" instead of "search", does not perform the Amazon searches. Personally I wouldn't really consider it obtru…
You can disable ads in the Privacy settings. More here:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/privacy-ubuntu-1210-am...
To be honest, I found the ads to be quite annoying, I usually start applications by pressing the Super key and then typing the name. I don't see how showing Amazon search results for "terminal" or "chrome" are relevant.
I am happy that they accept donations on the download page now. Hopefully this will reduce the need for such experiments.
Re: IRecognition: I am no longer Apple's Target Market
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You can't do less with an iPad than with an Apple II, you can do a great deal more. And you can also do a great deal more with an iPad if your previous experience with computers was mostly confusing. It depends on how you define "you". Broadly, the term "you" means "people". It doesn't mean "every person under the sun, especially programmers". If we correct for misinterpretations, I would say people in general can do…
Let's compare apples to apples (pun not intended) but it is fairly obvious you cannot do AS much on a tablet as on a desktop computer. You cannot do graphic design as well, you cannot do 3d modeling, photo editing, you cannot type office documents in the most efficient way, you cannot compress movies at reasonable speeds, you cannot develop for it (although I know this is technically possible it is far from being acc…
"When parents want to edit HD videos of their kids taken with their camcorder they will not run to their iPad to do it"
That's the problem right there. I don't know many "parents" (== non-technical-people) who are able to edit HD Videos, at all, period. Most non-technical people I know have memorised how to do the few things they actually need from their computer, like check emails, compose documents, and use the software-de-jour of their workplace. But anything beyond that is massively more than they know how to do without running to a more technical user for help.
The whole argument is, iPad makes it possible whereas before it wasn't possible, forget if it's fast or not.
Re: IRecognition: I am no longer Apple's Target Market
#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
The issue is that many Apple fanboys never experienced the original Apple, the one with proprietary connectors and Mac OS specific APIs for video, 2D, 3D, networking .... When Apple tried to cater to the open source community using the UNIX underpinnings of Mac OS X, young generations thought Apple was always more open than Microsoft, when actually they were the opposite. Now that they are back on top with more profi…
> Mac OS specific APIs for video, 2D, 3D, networking .... Which other platforms had/have non platform specific APIs for 2D and video?
X11 is crossplatform (not just to unix - my VMS box runs it)
Re: IRecognition: I am no longer Apple's Target Market
#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
The issue is that many Apple fanboys never experienced the original Apple, the one with proprietary connectors and Mac OS specific APIs for video, 2D, 3D, networking .... When Apple tried to cater to the open source community using the UNIX underpinnings of Mac OS X, young generations thought Apple was always more open than Microsoft, when actually they were the opposite. Now that they are back on top with more profi…
> Mac OS specific APIs for video, 2D, 3D, networking .... Which other platforms had/have non platform specific APIs for 2D and video?
Most of them have, but nowadays I only see complains about Microsoft doing this.
Re: IRecognition: I am no longer Apple's Target Market
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A well-designed laptop which is heading toward zero upgradeablility.
Zero upgradeability (in the sense of zero need to upgrade: does not break, is powerful enough) is a good sign of well designed.
So the SSD is going to work forever? Because that is what I am afraid of.
Re: IRecognition: I am no longer Apple's Target Market
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You can't do less with an iPad than with an Apple II, you can do a great deal more. And you can also do a great deal more with an iPad if your previous experience with computers was mostly confusing. It depends on how you define "you". Broadly, the term "you" means "people". It doesn't mean "every person under the sun, especially programmers". If we correct for misinterpretations, I would say people in general can do…
Let's compare apples to apples (pun not intended) but it is fairly obvious you cannot do AS much on a tablet as on a desktop computer. You cannot do graphic design as well, you cannot do 3d modeling, photo editing, you cannot type office documents in the most efficient way, you cannot compress movies at reasonable speeds, you cannot develop for it (although I know this is technically possible it is far from being acc…
I don't think you have to tell anyone here that the iPad isn't capable of doing all tasks, we're not retarded.
That the iPad isn't best for every task doesn't mean that it isn't overall the best device, or that it doesn't substantially enable people to do whatever it is they want to do (especially people who don't do any of the advanced computing tasks you bring up). The sales numbers indicate this. If people couldn't use iPads, they wouldn't buy them.
Re: IRecognition: I am no longer Apple's Target Market
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Apple butchered the standard SATA connector so you can't use third party SSDs from OCZ, Mushkin, Transcend, AData, Kingston etc. Only one vendor, OWC (MacSales), ships a compatible SSD, but of course you can't use it in non-Apple laptops which have a standard SATA connector. Picture in article here: http://www.mactrast.com/2012/11/apple-ssds-and-the-fusion-dr...
Manufacturers will come up with adaptors or compatible drives, shouldn't take long
They shouldn't need to when the only difference is the physical shape of the connector.