What I see in this is Apple is NOT letting up their push for better CPU/Graphics.

The long term plan is obviously to be able to DOMINATE through superiority.

Windows is telling you in no uncertain terms to convert as a HackInTosh!

I'm just wondering if Windows has become so complex that even MS's programmers can't keep all the gears and chains and indexers humming along w/99.9% uptime.

When are we as users going to insist on bullet proof OS's? It goes for all mainstream systems.

Seems like it time for a ground up rebuild of the OS. If not, why continue using a system with so many problems. Patch after patch after malware patch and it doesn't change.

That way you can just trash it & reload a clone if something goes wrong.

Don't necessarily need to "burn through" thick metal to disable a missle. If you hit control surfaces, instrument surfaces or impact sensors, you can disable/destruct fairly fast.

I have a high end application that is simply mandatory for work in my field and it only runs on Windows. It is bad enough if the application goes to a new version I don't want or need, but the force me to pay for & do it anyway or lose contact for needed files and support, but Microsoft can now make it worse with Monitization.

If I don't pay a recurring fee for Windows, then I could be in jeopardy of being suddenly held hostage if someone hacks the MS servers and my version of Windows goes down.

Sorry, but I just don't trust Microsoft, at all.

I'm continuing to post comments & write letters pleading with the makers of the key applications I need to support Mac OS X.

Hey, this is how you motivate underworked, undermotivated, low wage government employees with 'perks.'

Good luck there! How about offering them a "modern" early retirement/buyout package.

I'm beginning to think that many corporations establish online systems without ever doing a serious 3rd party security audit and then penetration testing, plus using whatever real time monitoring tools they can to detect and stop intrusions.

This reminds me of the US leaving the Southern US border open and saying "No terrorists would get in across our Southern border."

Uber wants "Uber über alles!"

You tweak a bit on the cooling side and get a repeat of the Maunder Minimum; then what?

Do you lose 25% of the population by starvation and freezing again as before?

What more could you want than open windows and doors to your vault of info.

There are those who are spies and paid well to do their work.

How about the NSA identifying open doors in US Gov't entitity's systems!

What is most interesting is the nearly equal radial spacing of the half dozen most distinct rings.

That begs the question, why?