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Only Apple and Google are skating to where the puck is going

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Re: Only Apple and Google are skating to where the puck is going

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Post by recoiledsnake »

>Sony, Asus, and Lenovo all have notebooks at similar prices, but none have a high density display and none have only solid state storage.

Huh what? A lot of ultrabooks have only SSDs, has the author been in coma for the last year?

Sony has a Vaio Duo 11" with a 1080p display. Lenovo and Asus also have or are about to have high density displays.

All in all, an empty uninsightful fluff piece.

Also, please get some contrast and test how your blog looks on the machines that aren't (retina) Macs.

http://contrastrebellion.com/

Re: Only Apple and Google are skating to where the puck is going

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Post by martythemaniak »

I use an old MBP that I'd like to replace soon, but there's no way I can get the Pixel - it just doesn't do stuff.

I think Chrome OS needs a great virtualization solution - just how chrome handles PDFs and Flash fairly well. I want to be able to open a "windows" tab or an "ubuntu" tab, use them normally.

Re: Only Apple and Google are skating to where the puck is going

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Post by InclinedPlane »

kevinconroy wrote: post #3

Some context for non-hockey fans: "A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be." - Wayne Gretzky

Let's continue this digression.

Fun fact I learned recently about guided missiles (I have diverse interests), modern ones don't adjust to aim directly at the target, they adjust to keep the target at the same relative angle (the same position on the imager). This has the effect of leading the target and flying an intercept course instead of a following course, which is more efficient and effective.

Re: Only Apple and Google are skating to where the puck is going

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Post by mpyne »

InclinedPlane wrote: post #6
kevinconroy wrote: post #3

Some context for non-hockey fans: "A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be." - Wayne Gretzky

Let's continue this digression. Fun fact I learned recently about guided missiles (I have diverse interests), modern ones don't adjust to aim directly at the target, they adjust to keep the target at the same relative angle (the same position on the imager). This has the effect of leading the target and flying an intercept course instead of a following course, which is more efficient and effective.

Interestingly, the fun fact is something any mariner could have told a missile designer. We call it CBDR; Constant [relative] Bearing, Decreasing Range.

Stay in CBDR for long enough and you're pretty much guaranteed a collision.

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