Good, good!
This should allow us to put an end to global warming!
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It is a measure of the respect Apple commands, that there are me-too copies of its products being drafted even before the original is on sale. Even the Reg is writing about iPad killers before the iPad is actually successful...
Halo Steve, because whatever you think of Apple, it is impressive
When computers were real computers...
Seriously, Microsoft might be right about part of this. Probably, Oracle are hoping to get something like the vice-like grip Apple has on its customer base.
And say what you want about Microsoft, but PCs do offer more choice than Apple. (Mac user, don't flame)
1) it was a macbook, so no jokes about Windows security. The school had admin rights on the laptops, not the students.
2) The family lawyer says he was seen popping candies named Mike-N-Ike. The school evidently believed it was drugs.
3) I can't believe they thought they could get away with it.
Even PH wouldn't be this stupid...
"A two-one-hundredths per cent drop in revenue would hardly be noticed..."
Actually 100 millions is twenty hundredths per cent of 50 billions.
A two-one-hundredths per cent would be 10 millions.
I can only hope that my finances ever get to the point that such a
difference would be unnoticeable...
How do you call a blog whose only purpose is to register the self-congratulation of its author (i.e. pretty much all of them)?
Answer: Ego Log
What do you call what is left of somebody amputated by a train?
Answer: Leg goo
What do you say to a witch from the Lancre coven, just after she escaped from a charging bull?
Answer: Olé, Ogg!
What do you call an object from the Microsoft Component Object Model containing an open source codec?
Answer: .ogg OLE
etc. etc. etc.
Newflash: Books also cost next to nothing to produce. Most of the price pays for the edition job, paying an artist for the cover, typesetting, etc. A $20 book costs 50 cents to print. Even with transportation costs, you barely get $2 of price for the physical object; the rest is for content.
And as Ryan said, e-books are not "free" to distribute either...
This is not a computer. Repeat after me. NOT a computer.
Considering how previous tablets have been doing, this should be a good point. If you have something of that size, and without keyboard, you should not try to use it as a computer.
You do not open 10 different apps on that. It is meant for simple stuff. Watching videos, pictures,
sending e-mails, and surfing the web, one web page at a time. If you have these simple needs, the iPad is all you need, and it is probably easier to use than a netbook.
Of course, most readers of the Register want a computer, because they like to fiddle with things. Well, this product is not for you. There are thousands of products that are not meant to appeal to you. Deal with it.
Honestly, the only glaring option that is missing in my opinion is the camera for video calls. That will be for the next version, probably.
Honestly, I cannot think it can be a good idea to have to pay for producing content. I believe the only people who disagree are big content producers, all too willing to place a barrier on the competition by the general population.
Not that Web 2.0 is all that it is cracked up to be, but I want to believe that it is best than coming back to pre-Internet era, with the flow of information controlled by a few.
I can imagine Steve Jobs getting on the stage...
"As many of you have guessed, Apple has been working in secret on a brand new project...
Today, here it is... the very first electric car made by Apple, the iCar!!"
Half the audience collapses in shock, and then he says that no, there's no tablet this year either... And the other half of the audience collapses.
I'd be surprised if Google really left, but I'd be even more surprised if the government let them stay without censorship... I wonder what they are trying to achieve with their bold statement? It's not like leaving China will put them out of reach of hacking attempts...