Posts by MercenaryGman

Apple's launch confirms one thing: It's determined to kill off the laptop for iPads

Re: Future ARM laptops

Mac OS with a touchscreen interface? I don't think Apple would ever let it happen. They fear the ghost of Jobs. ;-)

Re: "as fast as the fastest PCs."

How many VMs can I run on one of these iPad Pros?

The iPad Pro can't carry my desktop workstation's jock strap. The Apple marketing machine needs to put down the crack pipe and slowly back away.

Microsoft promises a fix for Windows 10 zip file woes. In November

Updated search....really?

In the age of solid-state disk (and NVMe is now a 'thing'), having an indexer regularly indexing everything is not something I need or want. If I need to search everything, it's a much smaller price to pay than when storage was round, brown, and spinning.

What's silent but violent and costs $250m? Yes, it's Lockheed Martin's super-quiet, supersonic X-plane for NASA

If you think the Skunkworks isn't already working on the 'next thing', you're kidding yourself.

AI taught to beat Sudoku puzzles. Now how about a time machine to 2005?

Re: without pre-programmed sudoku-solving algorithms

"It's ultimately a fraud. Ignore the humans behind the curtains that set it up."

Nailed it!

Apple: Our stores are your 'town square' and a $1,000 iPhone is your 'future'

Re: The interesting bit...

...and the battery in my phone will last over a 1,000 mile interstate car trip. I'm still waiting to see a Tesla with out of state license plates.