Is that even possible? It seems, to me, that a large part of the elegance of the iPhone stems from the absence of a keyboard. I think adding a physical keyboard could only be done while knowing that you'd be lowering your aesthetic goal.
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Is that even possible? It seems, to me, that a large part of the elegance of the iPhone stems from the absence of a keyboard. I think adding a physical keyboard could only be done while knowing that you'd be lowering your aesthetic goal.
You're running Apple software on it though, which could be the cause of any crashes....
Har har, Aiden.
But he was referring to booting Vista on his "Apple," which once booted, is a regular Windows PC. One could indeed make the argument that a Vista VM is unstable because of OS X, but not when you're using Boot Camp. Here is the latest "denial" from MS:
http://www.informationweek.com/news...cle.jhtml?articleID=217200733&subSection=News
http://www.informationweek.com/news...cle.jhtml?articleID=217200733&subSection=News
at last
i thought i'd reach the bottom of this thread without reading some1 with some sense. i've been reading lots interesting rumours from this site for a long time now and the threads to entertainment myself more. i noticed how people here make a 'show' just out of 1 'rumour'. so i decided to join the fun. this post has finally got me to join in. not that its really special, before, i was just too lazy.
i thought i'd reach the bottom of this thread without reading some1 with some sense. i've been reading lots interesting rumours from this site for a long time now and the threads to entertainment myself more. i noticed how people here make a 'show' just out of 1 'rumour'. so i decided to join the fun. this post has finally got me to join in. not that its really special, before, i was just too lazy.
Har har, Aiden.
You are wrong here - he's running Apple software on Vista, specifically the Boot Camp drivers.
If you want to get an idea of the problems with this Apple software on Vista, start here: http://macwindows.com/bootcamp.html
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I looked at the Mac Pro box, and it had a warning:
WARNING: 137% APPLE TAX ON THIS SYSTEM
This Computer uses server components which, along with Apple's
obscene profit margins, more than double the price of the system,
and which are most likely of no value to you.
You probably want to buy the other quad-core computer,
the one that says Core i7 on the box and costs half as much.
This Computer uses server components which, along with Apple's
obscene profit margins, more than double the price of the system,
and which are most likely of no value to you.
You probably want to buy the other quad-core computer,
the one that says Core i7 on the box and costs half as much.
What does the price of the Mac Pro have to do with Vista's stability (or lack thereof)? OS X alone is good enough for some people. Not everyone is joined at the hip to the Redmond Malware.
What does the price of the Mac Pro have to do with Vista's stability (or lack thereof)? OS X alone is good enough for some people. Not everyone is joined at the hip to the Redmond Malware.
Vista is stable. Remarkably so.
I welcome the competition its only better for technology as a whole.
The fan boys in here are disgusting. The reason why there are Apple haters out there is because of the way people act around here. Like it or not Apple is just like Microsoft, a company out to make money. One company does it by selling necessities, the other does it by selling innovation paving way to necessity.
Without Microsoft there would be no Apple, and without Apple computers would be just computers, and our digital lifestyle would be nowhere near where it is today.
I just hate the Microsoft is an evil empire Steve Jobs is a god crew. Get over it.
The fan boys in here are disgusting. The reason why there are Apple haters out there is because of the way people act around here. Like it or not Apple is just like Microsoft, a company out to make money. One company does it by selling necessities, the other does it by selling innovation paving way to necessity.
Without Microsoft there would be no Apple, and without Apple computers would be just computers, and our digital lifestyle would be nowhere near where it is today.
I just hate the Microsoft is an evil empire Steve Jobs is a god crew. Get over it.
I've heard that this new "Microsoft Phone" is going to feature three physical buttons below the screen.
The first one labeled "Ctrl", the other "Alt" and the last one "Del".
That joke was already made.
Well, now I don't mean to single out Vista since Leopard's got its own instability problems. But in comparison to XP (hell, even the Windows 7 betas), Vista, from my experience using it, doesn't compare.
Really? I find it to be the opposite - XP is awful in comparison. Vista may be overly bloated and incapable of running on less than a Dual Core and 2GB of RAM but I can't fault its stability.
Leopard has been fine for me but to be honest so has Vista. My works laptop running XP on the other hand...
For you, maybe. But not for the millions of PC users who downgraded (or tried to) back to XP. The most common complaints I hear from people are 1) their peripherals don't function correctly and 2) they don't like the new UI and find the Aero theme "too busy". Everyone knows the complaints about Vista. What I don't get is the clusterf**k of arrogant people who consider themselves computer experts and look down on other users who are having issues with Vista, dismissing them as stupid and technologically illiterate. "My Vista system is perfect (therefore they all must be) and if you knew anything about how to use a computer, you'd know how to fix it." This is something I hear everyday from the arrogant Windows fanboys I know.
Although Microsoft has always allowed users to downgrade to the previous version of Windows, it's getting a little extreme in this case. Especially considering that Windows XP was released at the end of 2001, nearly a decade ago. That's about a century in "computer years." It's equivalent to Mac OS X sucking so bad that most Mac users today in 2009 prefer to use Mac OS 9.
Well they've tried emulating the iPod and that didn't work out well so I severely doubt this is going to impact the iPhone in any way. But I'm not a mega Apple fanboy - competition will be good for the iPhone but I doubt its going to come from Microsoft.
And given their reluctance to release the Zune outside of the US part of me doubts we'll even see this device in Europe or Asia.
And given their reluctance to release the Zune outside of the US part of me doubts we'll even see this device in Europe or Asia.
Millions? Perhpas corporate users did - in the same way as they downgraded to NT and 2000 (we were on NT boxes until 2005/6 despite buying XP licences) but I really doubt significant numbers of consumers did or, indeed, wanted to.
Don't get me wrong, MS made some pretty laughable mistakes, but I don't think most people - especially after SP1 really care that much.
Again I don't think that's going to apply to that many people these days unless they're using older hardware.
I like it but Classic is there for those who don't.
True and everyone overexaggerates them.
Not my intention. All I can say is that for me and everyone I know who uses Vista that we just don't have these issues. Now this wasn't always the case - when it came out the driver support (I'm looking at you nVidia) was terrible.
Getting back on track - instead of fanboy fights
Gentlemen.... the topic is NOT Vista or whatever.
The topic is iPhone rivals on Verizon.
I wonder if the rumors are mixed up a bit, and actually are about this:
Possible Motorola device with Android for Verizon
Gentlemen.... the topic is NOT Vista or whatever.
The topic is iPhone rivals on Verizon.
I wonder if the rumors are mixed up a bit, and actually are about this:
Possible Motorola device with Android for Verizon
Oh, you have no idea how many people come in asking for PCs that run XP. Ratio-wise, it's about the same as the amount of Mac customers that actually care about FireWire.
Back onto the ZunePhone, I don't think Microsoft should do it, unless their alienating their PlaysForSure partners wasn't enough them pissing off their OEMs for them.
There really isn't one viable drawback for current customers now if the iPhone were to add on other carriers. Like previous posters have said...that'll just make Apple more focused on getting the very best product out there. There are too many Apple snobs who think they are still in this little niche of cool trendy people and they think that expanding will ruin that for them. On the contrary, more users = better product, more apps,etc.
I do find it interesting thought that all this talk about Microsoft and Verizon is coming up at the same time as the Apple and Verizon talks. Doesn't seem to me they would pull off both. Should be interesting to see how it plays out. Check out this short video here about the latest smartphone news.
I do find it interesting thought that all this talk about Microsoft and Verizon is coming up at the same time as the Apple and Verizon talks. Doesn't seem to me they would pull off both. Should be interesting to see how it plays out. Check out this short video here about the latest smartphone news.
Might I add for the record that reading that article made me laugh my f**king ass off. Mark my words, EVERY SINGLE PERSON who bought those netbooks was looking squarely at the cheap price tag rather than the specs. The specs clearly state that it comes with Ubuntu Linux, but again, they weren't looking at the specs. This quote from a Wal-Mart shopper will go down in history:I will always remember this, even when I'm old. I'll be relating this story to my grandchildren someday.
If those people don't care enough to do even a tiny little bit of research and homework before buying, and they end up with a nasty surprise, well, they've got exactly what they deserve.