Posts by ebernet

Torvalds asks 'Why do PC manufacturers even bother any more?'

huh?

Not sure why he'd get the ChromeBook Pixel rather than a MBPro 13" Retina, especially if he's going to strip the OS and put Linux on it? MUCH better hardware and battery life, more storage, faster and more modern I/O (USB 3, BT 4, SD/XC, Thunderbolt), more OS options, more RAM. The only thing the CBP has over the MBPro is the Touch Screen, and I don't see that being too useful. I guess if you'r Linus, adapting a touchscreen driver may be easy, but I have yet to be convinced of the usefulness on a non tablet device of a touch screen.

Apple frees iOS 4.3 two days before iPad 2 Arrival™

Really?

XCode 3 = $0

What's your point?

Just because the Express version of studio is free does not mean there is not a paid version, like Apple has. Only $549 is very different than $4.99

The bigger argument I have is with this article categorically stating "Xcode was previously free, by the way, bundled with Mac OS X installer discs or downloadable".

Last I looked, XCode is STILL bundled with Mac OS X installer disks, and there is no indication that the next version of Mac OS X won't come with XCode 4 nor that new hardware will not come with it (like iLife comes with a every Mac purchased). Upgrades often cost money, and at $4.99, I think that easily covers the cost of downloading. To me it is just a silly bitch session.

Why not state, when complaining about the $99 price as a registered developer, that you get the $129 OS DVD image free as well? Makes that $99 seem like a bargain now, doesn't it??