What school? RPI here.
That was a university in Moscow, Russia (back in USSR times
What school? RPI here.
That was a university in Moscow, Russia (back in USSR times) I am afraid the name would not tell you much
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Yeah, I figured from your manner that it was somewhere inthe eastern bloc.
It's refreshing to see a serious response.
I think I'll have another point to add. HP and Dell are experimenting in more premium lines. The problems obviously are Apple but more importantly the quagmire of other models they sell.
A few products stand out from them. From Dell the Vostro V13, the Adamo line, and the Alienware M11x.
HP has the dm3 (effectively a budget version of the Envy 13), Elite 5101/5102 aluminium netbooks, and the Envy 15.
Concentrating on these lines while slowly easing off the others would be worlds of improvement. They are some surprisingly premium products at various price points. It's just the many people don't see them in the confusion of everything else.
Also Apple doesn't have the monopoly on multitouch, or having a large trackpad. There is nothing preventing the PC manufacturers from implementing them.
And mac sales are primarily driven by iPhone development. So far I haven't met a single person who is planning to switch from windows to mac.
you need a Mac for iphone development. Apple's market share is either up .1% or it dropped depending on which survey you believe. there is no mass migration to Mac's. I tell people that a low end iMac costs the same as a similar Dell. they don't care since they don't care about the better quality LCD. the regular LCD's are good enough for them
Oooh, impressive! Actually, I worked in facilities management (you know, the guys who design and build your cube farms, research and purchase your chairs, teach ergonomics workshops, etc.) for years, and ergonomics was something I worked with (and studied) every single day. But I'm sure your college class was awesome too.
So according to you, the only people buying Macs are iPhone developers?!? That's pretty funny.![]()
The only thing holding them back is the lack of an OS designed to fully implement Multi-touch.
Why do I need a blinking light that tells me the hard drive is being read
I agree in the most part that PC desktops and laptops have way too much sh*t going on but the HD light is an exception in my book.
Sometimes it's a helpful diagnostic tool to see if the machine has gone into a trance or is actually doing something if it becomes unresponsive. If the flickering is a steady blink - probably a trance, if the flickering is erratic (ie lots of blinks in short succession then a pause, then more activity) chances are it's doing something.
I don't get why people consider a computer that costs more than $1000 "too expensive." I paid $999 for a PowerMac 7200 in 1996 (sans display). That's more like $1500 in today's dollars. If a 15 year old like me could scrounge and save for a quality product back then, surely today's tech saturated middle-class can buy a $1199 iMac. People are just cheap I guess.
...and 140,000 applications ready to use that form of input.
Steve Ballmer believes in keyboards with a blind passion. When Apple announced the iPhone one of his first comments about it was its lack of a keyboard.
When I saw him holding the HP tablet at CES it was like the devil holding a Bible and not sure how he got tricked in that fix.
...and the people buying Macs for the 25+ years previous to the announcement of the iPhone were stockpiling Macs in the hopeful anticipation of the possibility Apple might someday go into the phone market.
In the case of a Mac that is what the spinning beachball is (generally) for.
Focus on the user experience, not the specs...
Let's start with:
1. Even if you're making a cheap machine, there is NO reason to have 5 different colors of LEDs on one laptop. Choose a single color and stick to it, also eliminate LED's and switches (such as wifi switch, etc) from the laptop, anything you need a switch for can be done with the Fn key. This should actually save them money.
2. Spend your money and effort on improving out of the box experience. This means NO crapware, no mcafee reminding you to register, none of that crap. Include software that will make users productive. No third party driver software for wifi, OSD, etc. The computer should be able to open office documents and PDF's out of the box. The $20 you get from preloading with crapware isn't worth the loss of sales and reputation you'll get later on.
3. Customize and Tune Windows, partner with Microsoft if necessary. Hide the complex parts, and turn off everything by default unless the user wants them on. Don't use ANY 3rd party wifi utility, or webcam software. Stick with the drivers/utilitiyes that come as a part of Windows. Just aim to simplify the user experience and don't overwhelm them.
These are starting points, I'm sure they could be improved upon...
That logic should have applied even more so to IBM. Now we have Lenovo.
you need a Mac for iphone development. Apple's market share is either up .1% or it dropped depending on which survey you believe. there is no mass migration to Mac's. I tell people that a low end iMac costs the same as a similar Dell. they don't care since they don't care about the better quality LCD. the regular LCD's are good enough for them
You either keep spreading lies intentionally or you are terribly uninformed. Check quarterly results for HP and Apple. You'l find out that HP makes twice as much profit as Apple does. Oh... forgot to mention HP computers are better than Macs too![]()
I agree in the most part that PC desktops and laptops have way too much sh*t going on but the HD light is an exception in my book.
Sometimes it's a helpful diagnostic tool to see if the machine has gone into a trance or is actually doing something if it becomes unresponsive. If the flickering is a steady blink - probably a trance, if the flickering is erratic (ie lots of blinks in short succession then a pause, then more activity) chances are it's doing something.
and IBM makes all their money on services like running data centers. and they still sell servers. we looked at some of their enterprise products last year. if we weren't watching every dollar this time last year we would have bought a few servers and some storage.
HP and Dell make all their money on servers, storage, networking, and corporate services