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Job's is a class act.
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Quote: Originally Posted by bettieblue Google is not stupid, Windows still has 91% of the desktop market. I agree, this is why i posted that I do not believe the premise of this story. Google will not shoot itself in the foot. Their web apps w…
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Quote: Originally Posted by bettieblue The real story is how the EFF did they get hit?? Running Windows XP with IE6 is flat out stupid. They are both 10 years old. I bet they were missing patches, I bet those users were full Admins on those bo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mickeymantle so a removable battery is not in the cards, right? No, it's clear that apple is moving away from removable battery on laptops and other portables. And so far, at least for me, no problem. I haven't even…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Eriamjh Isn't a copy of Windows running in Parallels pretty much protected by OSX? Or is it? no because you are actually running windows when you are running parallels. You have to purchase a version of windows to…
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Quote: Originally Posted by bwik The fact that there will be some Windows tester units (most likely off-grid and used for testing alone) is not really here nor there. Goog is moving their business off Windows. That, and Apple, makes two. Thi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SSquirrel If you think that a software developer who is responsible for developing software and making sure it runs on Windows wouldn't be assigned a Windows box as well (or at least a dual booted partition/bootcamp/pa…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Yes, it does, but you failed to comprehend what they are phasing out. . Article states: "New hires at Google are given the choice of running a Mac, or a system running Linux." What am i not comprehend…
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Quote: Originally Posted by echosonic ok, you clarified "rumor" and I appreciate that. Can you now clarify "bigger and better?" /Because I have a number of apps like Sketchup and such on both my PC and mac, and wherever possible, I use the ma…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism The implication is very direct: they are phasing out Windows. For you to imply that this means EVERY copy of Windows, including those needed by developers is silly. For MS or Apple to say are a Windows or Mac…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Orlando It shouldn't matter whether the client is Mac or Windows as the app is html+JS running in a browser. I agree it shouldn't, however the facts are that the features at least in the past, were flying out much q…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism The article doesn't state that ALL Windows PCs will be removed. Do you think that MS employees use Windows to develop for the Mac? Of course not, but company-wide they use Windows. no but you have to admit…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse Most of Google's software doesn't run on desktops, it runs on servers, and those servers don't run Windows. features in google docs appear on windows much faster than mac (some times over a year) also ch…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Adding to echosonic's post, Google's customer base mostly using Windows for their system-base consumer SW is irrelevant to Google trying to protect themselves from hackers. By your reckoning, Apple's largest …
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Adding to echosonic's post, Google's customer base mostly using Windows for their system-base consumer SW is irrelevant to Google trying to protect themselves from hackers. By your reckoning, Apple's largest …
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Quote: Originally Posted by echosonic why do you say its a "rumor" if it s reported by the Financial Times and sourced by google employees? Seems like that would call for a much stronger word than "rumor"... Its a rumor when google won't co…
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I'm not buying the premise of this story. Google is windows centric, not apple. They always release their products for windows quicker and better. Just not buying this rumor.
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This is not surprising because the people i know who have an iPhone and want to get on the web just do it right then and their. The people i know who have blackberry's and android's put their phones in their pockets and fire up their laptops, or wal…
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Quote: Originally Posted by John.B As long as China refuses to let the yuan float against the dollar, pound, and euro, they are subsidizing all manufacturing in China. No two ways about it. This is true, but on top of this, they used to give …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Roos24 I've said this before, time for Apple to take the lead and move production back to the USA. It's got to be on their mind. Robotics are playing more and more a roll in mfg, so the labor costs of moving to usa …