It seems like $25 on average will make a bigger difference in buying decisions in emerging markets than in North America and Europe.
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This is theater to distract from Apple's refusal to install a "kill switch" to brick stolen devices.
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I can definitely appreciate that people are hesitant to dump their old computers, many of which must have been substantial personal investments at the time of purchase. The Ubuntu point is a good one; seems like old hardware...
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Exactly, I agree. Seems many will be moving to cheaper tablets. But those that use their PCs for more than Facebook and light email will be aggravated at having to throw away a "perfectly good" PC and faced with buying...
In reply to: Re: You can pry Windows XP from our cold dead computers
Great point, melgross. I'm hoping Huawei can clarify that for us. We asked them for comment this morning and were told we'd hear back-- but no word yet. I'll post an update when we have more information from Huawei. &nb...
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Michael,
Thank you VERY MUCH for your prompt reply & reconmmendation
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Now we're talking.
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What does this mean? Is it Android, or AOSP? AOSP isn't really Android, as it has none of Android's services or any of Google's apps. It also can't use the Google Play store. As far as I know, a company can use AOSP with...
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Absolutely correct. The companies that seek H1-B visas have no desire to hire American workers. They have no desire to provide training for Americans to aquire these skills. Industry wants IT workers...
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The irony of Google trying to block phones that can run Android and the Windows Phone OS is that Microsoft tried to stop Intel and various OEMs from dual-booting BeOS in the 1990s.
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It's a calculated risk, but if it were me, I'd probably upgrade; that's what I've been recommending to friends and family. AV software will help, but it is gonna be more reactive than proactive, so there are no guarantees....
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That's already a requirement, Lorna. "You must be paid at least the actual or prevailing wage for your occupation, whichever is higher." But that doesn't mean employers don't skirt the rules.
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Facebook already has a big presence in North Carolina. Chickens are big on the easern shore of Maryland & Virginia, and I don't know of any data centers there at all. Fiber? They could run it along the world's 25th...
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Thanks for the comments. To be clear, I didn't mean that many will have "no choice" but to upgrade to another Windows OS. Rather, I meant that many will have to upgrade to something-- including (as the article discusses,...
In reply to: Re: You can pry Windows XP from our cold dead computers
In a way cryptocurrencies are the second movers of non-governmental electronic payment systems, after failures like e-gold. Stability should increase as more vendors and employeeds accept it at payment, and as secondary...
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Thanks for reminder on the shift of emotional focus. Great observation.
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Carolina pig farms and Delaware chicken farms would both be ready sources of methane. Don't know if the big backbone pipes of the Internet are there locally, but I'm sure extending the pipes would be preferrable to shovelling...
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I was happy to read up on Apple's use of methane at their Maiden TN data center; didn't have space in the slideshow to go into all I learned, but most or all of the methane comes from local sources such as farms. That's...
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Now there's a fine research project. Are there more PCs on individuals' (and employees') desks, or are there more servers in racks in data centers? How does the total power consumption compare? I read one guesstimate a...
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Agreed that it will be interesting. Although, some of these larger strategic team games could turn the tables and give longer attention spans in front of the computer.
We'll find out in a few years, won't we? :-)
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I agree, Doug. The cartbon footprint of these modern, cloud data centers puts the enterprise data center to shame. One way of looking at it is that they tend to have a power unit efficiency of 1.1 vs. 2.0 for the enterprise....
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