Posts by Mikeb85

Quote: Originally Posted by MacRulez  Aliyun uses the Linux kernel, which obliges them to release their source.  Last I heard they have not done so.  So the very best that could be said about their...

They've already released 'Facebook' phones.  One was the HTC Status, a Blackberry lookalike with a dedicated Facebook button...  It will likely just be another phone with a bit of Facebook branding and integration.  Or...

Quote: Originally Posted by cnocbui  More than a bit ironic since Samsung are the only company I know of that could make or supply the display that would be required to make this...

Quote: Originally Posted by Relic  Working in bank with a secure intranet that doesn't talk with the internet except through a very secure FTP site the Chrome-uters have been very successful in dealing with those two...

Quote: Originally Posted by MJ Web  Of late I've come to the sad conclusion that Tim Cook is utterly incompetent without Steve Jobs' vision and paint by number directives. Been holding AAPL since it was $119 and...

Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin  The focus is on why it's good, not why it's better. Why is it better than a Macbook Pro, which can act as a terminal, a Mac, Linux or Windows machine, a video editing machine, a...

Quote: Originally Posted by igriv    Re Google. I still don't think it is relevant, since it is not relevant to the merits of the machine, but actually they do it with other people (e.g., Google Drive is a...

Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin  Also when people talk about installing Linux being fairly easy, are you running it from an SD card, which really isn't an ideal storage device for an OS or using the stateful...

Quote: Originally Posted by lightknight  Of course they don't, they're nazis, I...

Quote: Originally Posted by MacBook Pro  Those features are only available if implemented. The vast majority of the security features listed indicate that testing is needed, in which case the feature effectively isn't...