Posts by focher

Quote:Originally Posted by SolipsismX I'll bite. What are the many viable alternatives to Active Directory?Any LDAP solution. Now if you are going to turn around and offer up a product that ONLY works with AD, then you've already...

Easy. Don't use MS backend products. Companies that complain about MS licensing haven't made even a moderate effort to consider the many alternatives.

Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX  Now it's fiscally irresponsible to have a subsidized device over paying full price for an item and still having the same exact bill? The argument that you can cancel at any time...

The rebate doesn't even cover the cost of the cellular radio feature. Sure, people are free to do what they want but this offer is even more stupid than their phone contract pricing. People who have a phone contract - with any carrier -...

Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse    Apple needs to have a single arbiter of design, someone with the vision to carry the company's products forward. Forstall wasn't that person, but he thought he was...

Quote:Originally Posted by Mikeb85 'Hybrid' drives have already been in Windows (and Linux) machines for a bit.  Nothing too special really.  And they really are just 2 separate hard drives, working as one with a little bit of...

Quote:Originally Posted by myopicman Apple's new feature is NOT a Hybrid drive. It is NOT special Hardware at all. It combines a stand-alone SSD with a stand-alone SATA Hard Drive using a feature previously only available on...

Quote:Originally Posted by Rabbit_Coach Sure enough, there is the price for the components plus some margin on top and voilà there is the market price of the product. And the price is reasonable if you look under the hood. This iPad...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mikeb85  $1000 will happen when Apple is selling TVs, home automation systems, etc...  They've nearly reached market saturation, Android, Windows 8, and even fringe OSes like BB10,...

And the question remains. How much?