is the sincerest form of flattery, no?

How does Ars straight faced make an article about Dell ripping off apple's product naming scheme and not mention Apple at all?

They have been harvesting and selling our data since the beginning. I believe the trade has been at the very least fair for them. Now they want their cake and want to eat it too? Pretty disrespectful of them really.

Touche!

Every time I try to switch from Google, I always wind up going back. I'm not searching, after all, I'm googling.

You can't google on another search engine.

If Apple made a search engine would you Apple things? Let me Apple that for you. I'm Appling how to make a search engine!

Good times were had by all.

How inconsiderate.

I would imagine folks with prosthetic eyes would like to not have to deal with the negative effects when the prosthetic isn't quite the same as their natural eye. This is a breakthrough worthy of acclaim. Not only is it a more natural-looking prosthetic, but it's also easier to receive. I have both of my eyes, so I can only imagine the discomfort associated with previous methods. But you definitely should think twice before declaring it "not news".

Don't be a jerk

Thanks for the info!

I love the name, by the way! I used a variation on your name during my early multiplayer gaming years. It brought me back to a happy place (of directly connecting with a friend for some Warcraft 2!)

My "recent" experience with PC repair is from 2003, so, I will defer to the more recently experienced with current recovery practices on PC motherboards! I have updated PC motherboard bios since then, and they generally all go Okay. I assume this is because of the finger crossing and breath-holding.

I have recently seen laptops bricked through regular bios updates and bricked beyond easy repair.

No, but BIOS/Firmware updates are not rolled into OS updates as they are with MacOS. It's quite possible something interrupted the firmware flash during the upgrade which would brick lots of devices.

I have seen botched BIOS updates brick PC motherboards/laptops beyond recovery. It's not out of the realm of possibility. Sometimes even when you do by the book.

These folks are also looking in the wrong place for support if their first inclination is to post to Twitter about it. As with any computing device, if you have a support issue, the best avenue for support is the vendor/manufacturer. Customers who go straight to social media want drama as much as they want assistance. IMO anyway.

I'd reckon if they truly are bricked, Apple will make the situation right and these users will likely get free repairs. This is less likely to be the case with some PC motherboard/laptop manufacturers. If Apple refused to fix these issues, then you have a case to cry foul.

Of course, that doesn't help the time wasted, but, not sure you can account for everything?

YMMV

Thanks for the info. Being a smug American I hadn't even considered that other countries might have challenges with apps and stores.

I appreciate the thoughtful response.

So, I genuinely want to understand, as I've never installed an additional app store on an android device.

What benefit do you get from having multiple app stores? How do you vet competing app stores on android devices? Is it that you just want to have the option of installing a competing app store?

I generally find the apps I want in either the Apple App Store or the Google App Store. Beyond that I have no time to hunt down other app stores and deal with multiple credentials, having to expose my credit card information to multiple random vendors and etc.

Is there an amazing app store I'm missing out on somewhere?

Benchmarks or lack of benchmarks aside. I realize the author of TFA gets paid to write his opinions on things. I get that, I really do.

The computing community (heck, the whole world) as a whole needs to stop this incessant fanboy flame war.

It's OK to love and use Apple products.
It's OK to love and use PC products.
It's OK to dislike Apple products.
It's OK to dislike PC products.

It is not OK to make someone else feel like shit because of the things they like or dislike.

If folks took the time to really learn how the other person things/feels/lives this world would be a MUCH better place. In all areas, not just choice of Hardware/Software.

All mainstream media outlets, now-a-days present these opinions-as-news nuggets to attract attention for their advertisers - if we stop reading/watching/listening to this nonsense it will go away.

Please just show me an article with benchmarks and let me formulate my own way to feel about it. I don't need you to do my thinking for me :)

Also maybe don't get so upset by marketing material...

Sorry for the confusion - I wasn't saying that all journalism has always been shared from a few sources. Merely that it is not uncommon for media outlets (newspapers, radio stations, tv stations etc) to use canned stories from 'the wire' to fill holes and for some national events. I recall stories about space shuttles, holidays, technology advancements and things of this nature being commonplace in newscasts because of their general relevance. Every media outlet in the world can't have individually covered every story because at some point in time there would not have been enough room for all of the media to all individually be present. There were lots of reporters reporting on the wars, but if every local newspaper in America sent a reporter you'd have platoons of reporters following platoons of soldiers.

Again not saying it's 100% one way or the other, just suggesting that this may not be propaganda but just a packaged story on 'the wire' that outlets are playing because it is relevant to our current culture and climate.

How far back are we talking? The Associated Press publishes stories that are redistributed without modification all the time.(And they have been doing this for over 100 years according to wikipedia.) There are other outlets that do this as well and Local stations who are affiliated with these entities can choose to include these stories in their newscasts. I worked at a TV station in the 90s and it was a Headline News affiliated station and we would run Headline News 'packages' all the time, all the while browsing the 'AP Wire' for news and sports stories when there was nothing major happening in our small town.

So what this sounds to me is a pre-produced story that stations are choosing to air. Nothing new here.

You can turn anything into an evil corporate plot. I have no love for amazon, I feel like they have botched this whole process by changing their normal means of operation and not putting enough effort into curbing price gouging. But these news stories are not part of the plot IMO.

Use whatever makes YOU the most productive, and don't try to convince others they are doing it wrong - this is wasted energy.

I contend that anyone who considers themselves to be a professional in the tech space should be capable of doing the things they need to do on any device put in front of them. I use iOS devices and if I had to use Android I would be able to do so without fuss.

Imagine all the people - using the OS/Device that makes them happy and productive... and being happy that others use what makes them happy and productive.

Exactly this.

Tobacco is a proven killer and has been known to be this for a long time now. I'm not saying that Vaping gear doesn't need regulation and testing. I just think it's a bit crappy of them to ban e-cigarettes and keep selling tobacco products.

Further, I doubt folks are buying illicit THC products at Walmart, so they really won't be preventing any illness/death related to this recent rash of illness/death.

Lack of understanding of the scope of the problem on the part of WM Execs IMO.

This post was simply to drive traffic to his blog.

Step 1. Blog about a hot topci
Step 2. Get it on slashdot
Step 3. ???
Step 4. Profit

This topic has been covered again and again here. It's a hot topic, it's controversial because folks love to argue Apple Vs Anything. Really pretty genius on his part.