It sabatoges for non-intel. We're talking about a compiler. It shouldn't matter what brand of CPU is being used.

The last time I checked, MOOC stood for Massively Open Online Course. The acronym is fairly well known for this. Unfortunately, this will most likely end up sidelineing this camp. One cannot simply reuse geek acronyms for other geek activities and expect it to catch on.

irc.ponychat.net #geek Us normal bronies don't generally stick out as being part of the fandom. It comes from being normal and not drama whores. We simply like our tech and programming.

Might they be referring to the wikileaks post after the anon north korea 'hacking'?

If you're still using internet explorer 8, you deserve this. Microsoft is almost on IE11 at this point (looks like firefox). If it shipped with Vista, why are you still using it and thinking you're safe? While you're at it, why not use Windows XP and avoid security updates as well... If you don't like 8, install 7. If your programs aren't compatible with anything later than XP... well... those will have security that's so outdated you might as well just consider the entire system a liability and get insurance for the lawsuits.

It has to do with counting the years until they are out the door and not your problem anymore...

Pretty much. My personal favorite is when you have to create a registry key in a place where no indications exist that such would have any results in order to get options that weren't there before.

Never trust an OEM, or listen to the sales person. Most laptops did not meet the specs to run vista at launch. You should have checked for yourself. Every christmas I go around tech stores with a bag of chips and a slushie for the entertainment. If you listened to one of those people when you bought your computer... well... all of /. looks down on you.

Amen to that. I'm in math and physics myself. I've been tied to notes on paper. They've added a lot to excel for us scientists as well. I don't want to ruin the surprise there ;) Everything you do in office is also easily shareable, so you can toss notes to those who missed them. I haven't had a chance to play with it yet, but onenote lets you tie in video and audio recording for lectures time indexed with the notes you take. It's supposed to be able to recognize your handwriting as well. For me, this will mean a searchable layer, since I won't trust it with my actual notes.

Sadly, the new powerpoint supports that via sharepoint.

I'm in physics... I can't use a laptop for notes because there is no possible way to keep up with equations. Something like this would allow me to take notes, and still whip out python, fortran, or R as needed. With the ability to use it like an ereader for journals and those annoying 100 page pdfs that the profs send out. Touch screens on laptops are pretty much just a gimmick: try writing notes on them. Useless.

I've tried Office 365 on a pro with a type cover... It feels like a laptop. We've all used office on a laptop at some point, so there's really not much to be said there.

Why would anyone want to be able to run programs that tie into doing things other that wasting time? This one sounds unemployed, or in a low end job where he doesn't get to use a computer.