Comment Re: TI-99/4A (Score 1) 857
I still have my TI-99/4A in the basement- Parsec cartridge included. I'm feeling inspired- might just fire that bad boy up today!
Comment Seen this before? (Score 1, Informative) 95
Embrace, extend and extinguish
Comment Re:Why the software restrictions? (Score 0) 109
BTW - I know Microsoft claims the device can run "universal Windows apps natively from Microsoft" but that doesn't mean what it sounds like. It means the device runs all 10 useful but stripped-down apps on the Microsoft Store - not the software you're using today.
Comment Why the software restrictions? (Score 3, Interesting) 109
My first question for Microsoft is "why restrict what software I can use"? For example, maybe we'd prefer to use Zoom, Webex, or GotoMeeting? Perhaps we'd like to use the device for teaching and thus I need to run any number of software packages from Adobe CC, SPSS, or even Auto-CAD. Perhaps we need to browse the web with something besides Internet Explorer? Microsoft constantly jabs devices like the Chromebook/Chromebox for being limited in software options and then they run off and do exactly the same thing. Et tu Brute?
I was hoping this device would end up being a nice competitor to products like the InFocus MondoPad or the Sharp Aquos but instead they've built a low-end Microsoft-only consumer device and slapped a business price tag on it.
Comment Re:Result WIll be Opposite of Intent (Score 5, Informative) 95
Actually Google Apps for Education already has an option not to show ads - in fact I bet 100% of Google Apps for Education domains do this already so Google does not rely on advertising for these domains as it is. GAE is about mind-share and getting them Google-ized early - just like Microsoft has done for decades.
Comment Re:Gahhh!! (Score 1) 411
Chrome runs entirely under the user profile, installs under the user profile, and installs updates under the user profile. Does not require "root access" or any admin privileges to run, update, or install. Your entire +3 post is based on rubbish.
Firefox does require admin rights to run, because it's an insecure turd.
Quite correct sir! I wish more people would read your comment.
Comment Re:No. (Score 5, Interesting) 305
They could be but I'd say that's a bad bet - trying to "out Apple" Apple.
Microsoft has always had advantages in existing software compatibility and enterprise security features (say what you will - Windows Mobile had many more security features than Android or iOS for a long time). They seem to be casting off their only real differentiators in an attempt to copy the success of the iPad. This will fail spectacularly.
Comment Re:Having gone there... (Score 2, Informative) 439
You are wrong - the University version DOES have Labs - they just need to turn it on. Google Apps for Education allows for centralized control of labs features.
Best Home Backup Strategy Now? 611
jollyreaper writes "Technology moves quickly and what was conventional wisdom last year can be folly this year. But the one thing that's remained constant is hard drives are far too large to backup via conventional means. Tape is expensive and can be unreliable, though it certainly has its proponents. DVDs are just too small. There are prosumer devices like the Drobo, but it's still just a giant box of hard drives, basically RAID. And as we've all had drilled into our heads, 'RAID is not backup.' When last this topic came up on Slashdot, the consensus was that hard drives were the best way to backup hard drives. Backup your internal HDD to an external one, and if your data is really important, have two externals and swap one off-site once a week. Is there any better advice these days?"
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