Macbook batteries - only a grand!

[PhilStone]

All I'm going to say is I'm the only person in the office who uses Macs, we run 2 networks at the same time and 6 of us need to be connected to both, I'm the only one who never has network problems etc...
I've been using Mac's (and supporting them) for a number of years now, definitely less support needed than Windows, however a large part of that is down to the hardware/software support - much in the same way that iPhone apps, although not as many as Android apps, are more tested - the platform and OS is controlled tighter.

As for batteries, I've got 2 MacBook Airs, the latest and the original, my other half uses the original now (and then!) and the battery is still going strong even though it has to be 3-4 years old now...

 

[Analog Kid]

That price is an eBay tactic used by sellers who have run out of stock (check the previous purchases link on the listing) and don't want to pull the advert, once they actually have batteries to sell the price will be back down to the £15 mark.

 

[cyfa2809]

That price is an eBay tactic used by sellers who have run out of stock (check the previous purchases link on the listing) and don't want to pull the advert, once they actually have batteries to sell the price will be back down to the £15 mark.

yeah i thought that but it said some in stock?

 

[drcarlos]

The upfront cost of the Macs is a lot more, but they are more efficient to run, and FAR more powerful.

I was thinking here we go again until I read this. :roll: They are not, they are the same Intel hardware as the majority of PC's and are no more powerful or any different to your average PC.

The differences are purely in the OS and what hardware Apple will support with it. This is where the big difference comes. Apple will support with new OS' only a generation or two older than the current platforms and they will also only support a limited hardware base (graphics and sound boards etc). If you want the latest OS and you have an older generation, tough, you have to buy new.
This has pros and cons. On the pro side it makes for a very stable and easy to support environment with very few crashes. Most Windows crashes are due to poor 3rd party drivers.
On the cons side if you want the latest OS you need currect hardware, with Windows you can go quite far back and the hardware is supported (as long as it has the power) Windows 7 will still run on my boys FJ Tablet that is Centrino Gen1. Also you can't have the range of extra graphics boards and sound cards that PC's have.
The driver quality thing is being erroded away now though that MS is forcing 3rd parties to send in drivers to be digitally signed and Windows 7 is showing this benefit.
They are horses for courses but with cloud computing changing the corporate make up the client COMPUTER will become less important as long at it is compatible with ICA or VMWare Viewer plugins on the browser.

Carl.

 

[Neil]

They are horses for courses but with cloud computing changing the corporate make up the client COMPUTER will become less important as long at it is compatible with ICA or VMWare Viewer plugins on the browser.

There's some of me thinking that cloud computing will really influence the home, light user. After all, there's a lot more bandwidth and solutions to make it tenable, people in general have always sucked at backups - and often deleting the wrong thing - though that could come to bite.

Then there's the other side of my that thinks this whole thin / fat computing cycle will just spin around again, with sound logic on one side, but existing ideas and mindset on the other.

To 'cloud' (can't help myself) the issue, there's more people using computers, and wider diversity in age, than in previous times, so where you have adoption and uptake already, differing rationales will have difficulty finding purchase (it's a curse, I tell you).

 

[drcarlos]

They are horses for courses but with cloud computing changing the corporate make up the client COMPUTER will become less important as long at it is compatible with ICA or VMWare Viewer plugins on the browser.

There's some of me thinking that cloud computing will really influence the home, light user. After all, there's a lot more bandwidth and solutions to make it tenable, people in general have always sucked at backups - and often deleting the wrong thing - though that could come to bite.

Then there's the other side of my that thinks this whole thin / fat computing cycle will just spin around again, with sound logic on one side, but existing ideas and mindset on the other.

To 'cloud' (can't help myself) the issue, there's more people using computers, and wider diversity in age, than in previous times, so where you have adoption and uptake already, differing rationales will have difficulty finding purchase (it's a curse, I tell you).

You wont get any disagreement from me there at all, but while it keeps me in a job (I will soon be the lead Architect for the number 1 corporate solution for cloud computing) I will go with the flow and evolve my skills and thinking when the Client/Server model is rehashed in 10 years time.

Carl.

 

[Neil]

They are horses for courses but with cloud computing changing the corporate make up the client COMPUTER will become less important as long at it is compatible with ICA or VMWare Viewer plugins on the browser.

There's some of me thinking that cloud computing will really influence the home, light user. After all, there's a lot more bandwidth and solutions to make it tenable, people in general have always sucked at backups - and often deleting the wrong thing - though that could come to bite.

Then there's the other side of my that thinks this whole thin / fat computing cycle will just spin around again, with sound logic on one side, but existing ideas and mindset on the other.

To 'cloud' (can't help myself) the issue, there's more people using computers, and wider diversity in age, than in previous times, so where you have adoption and uptake already, differing rationales will have difficulty finding purchase (it's a curse, I tell you).

You wont get any disagreement from me there at all, but while it keeps me in a job (I will soon be the lead Architect for the number 1 corporate solution for cloud computing) I will go with the flow and evolve my skills and thinking when the Client/Server model is rehashed in 10 years time.

Carl.

I guess we've both been there, then - done plenty of thin client work over the decades, plus plenty of big iron and / or mainframe (long time ago, now) work, too.

It sometimes gives me a wry smile, to here advocates, vendors or sales people trout out trite soundbites and ever-so-persuasive arguments for the new, shiny, big thing, and they probably don't get the sense of deja-vu, from hearing the same or very similar things, said in cycles, in years gone by.

 

[drcarlos]

They are horses for courses but with cloud computing changing the corporate make up the client COMPUTER will become less important as long at it is compatible with ICA or VMWare Viewer plugins on the browser.

There's some of me thinking that cloud computing will really influence the home, light user. After all, there's a lot more bandwidth and solutions to make it tenable, people in general have always sucked at backups - and often deleting the wrong thing - though that could come to bite.

Then there's the other side of my that thinks this whole thin / fat computing cycle will just spin around again, with sound logic on one side, but existing ideas and mindset on the other.

To 'cloud' (can't help myself) the issue, there's more people using computers, and wider diversity in age, than in previous times, so where you have adoption and uptake already, differing rationales will have difficulty finding purchase (it's a curse, I tell you).

You wont get any disagreement from me there at all, but while it keeps me in a job (I will soon be the lead Architect for the number 1 corporate solution for cloud computing) I will go with the flow and evolve my skills and thinking when the Client/Server model is rehashed in 10 years time.

Carl.

I guess we've both been there, then - done plenty of thin client work over the decades, plus plenty of big iron and / or mainframe (long time ago, now) work, too.

It sometimes gives me a wry smile, to here advocates, vendors or sales people trout out trite soundbites and ever-so-persuasive arguments for the new, shiny, big thing, and they probably don't get the sense of deja-vu, from hearing the same or very similar things, said in cycles, in years gone by.

I wasn't around in the industry when the mainframes and mini-computers were sold the first time around but came into it at the point the client/server model was being heavily pushed. I can see that this is just the mainframe for the 10's. What it does give us though is better efficiency and utilisation figures for desktop machines which are generally under used much of the time. We will be treading a thin line though between efficency/loading and user satisfaction.

Carl.