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Similar story here, but with iPad (good accessibility for old people eye sight). Only Apple iCloud is still baffling (my cloud storage is full? I think I forgot my password?), but many things like TouchID make it easy to use and the simplicity of the system is unkaputtbar/secure compared to a "real" computer.
iCloud storage is baffling to me too, and I work in tech!
Wow, these are really good stats. I wish my government had something like this. Was this created by the United States Digital Service[0]? I've heard great things about them. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Digital_Service
Close. It's 18F Digital Services Delivery. The website says the code is on github [1] [1] https://github.com/18F/analytics.usa.gov
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Are Apple devices really seen as a status device? Maybe I don't see it because I don't need validation.
> Are Apple devices really seen as a status device? By the sort of person who'd rather pay extra for a Mac than just use Linux, sure. I remember seeing an acquaintance wax eloquent to another acquaintance about how perfectly designed the iPhone is (it's not: it's a plain black box) — it was really just a way of showing to his acquaintance how wise and clever he is to appreciate the emperor's new clothes. > Maybe I do…
Most features might be quite similar, but as far as I know, using [Objective] C on custom hardware is more efficient than pseudo-Java, resulting in less battery usage, and better audio latency for stuff like Garbage Band on my iPad.
... At least until the Android JIT catches up. When that happens, Android code might well become better/faster, due to there being less of it to glean the intent from. But we're not there, yet. And I'm definitely on a tangent now :-)
(and, I have all 3 major OSs on various home computers)
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Are Apple devices really seen as a status device? Maybe I don't see it because I don't need validation.
>Are Apple devices really seen as a status device? By people that don't understand why people would actually prefer an Apple device over the competition, certainly. It's one of the anti-Apple crowd's favorite narratives. We're all just sheep that buy into Apple's marketing.
I completely believe that among a technical audience that those here who chose Apple products did so because they evaluated the their options and chose the one that best fit their requirements, But if that was really their primary audience their marketing would look very different.
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If ChromeOS weren't a security nightmare (Google have complete access to one's system), I'd recommend it in a flash to non-technical folks. How long will it be until organisations such as Google & Mozilla realise that people cannot trust them? And how long will it be until people realise that they cannot trust organisations such as Google & Mozilla?
Well, you can't trust anyone 100% but as organizations go I don't have much problem with Google having access. There was a recent report of 1 in 10 people in England and Wales being victims of cybercrime last year including 2.5m incidents of bank and credit card fraud. That's what I'd worry about which Google are probably better at blocking than most.
Which means you trust every Google executive, manager, employee & contractor, as well as every agency of every government Google is beholden too.
I trust myself, and myself alone.
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>Are Apple devices really seen as a status device? By people that don't understand why people would actually prefer an Apple device over the competition, certainly. It's one of the anti-Apple crowd's favorite narratives. We're all just sheep that buy into Apple's marketing.
Have you ever seen Apple's marketing? Better question, have you ever had an interaction with Apple where they weren't trying to sell an image to you? I completely believe that among a technical audience that those here who chose Apple products did so because they evaluated the their options and chose the one that best fit their requirements, But if that was really their primary audience their marketing would look ver…
Part of marketing is guessing what kind of products will sell for the margins they like. Somehow, I fit into that audience.
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Well unless apple releases iPad Pro that can actually run programs instead of "apps" from store then maybe. But it's not the case. And for Chromebook, I don't think it's even close.
What's the difference between running "apps" and "actually running programs"?
Visual Studio is an actual program.
* Technically "app" is also a program. But I think people got what I meant.
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Don't know about the US government specifically however it's not uncommon for the government to be the biggest single user of it's websites, followed usually by business/corporate users. If this is the case in the US also then a lot of business users have not upgraded to Windows 10 yet.
The US Postal Services' websites are by far the most visited. Followed by things like the Weather services and then things related to health or social security. Those are "costumer"-oriented sites. But then again, some of them could be browsing from their work computers.
But as tdlowden said apparently only 4% actually comes from US government networks so I guess it's not the case, tho I don't know if it's only federal or also local government since the US has a very tiered form of government.
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What's the difference between running "apps" and "actually running programs"?
Pokemon Go is an app.* Visual Studio is an actual program. * Technically "app" is also a program. But I think people got what I meant.
The point is, I don't see any reason why you can't make productivity programs for iPad or an Android tablet. There are plenty out there.
However, I wouldn't use an IDE on there because I prefer a laptop with a bigger screen and a good keyboard for dev work.