Mac Tablet / iPad / iSlate / Jesus Pad

[Brokinarrow]

Originally Posted by rudack

Time for a little education on Mac Viruses.

There are no known OS X Viruses in the wild. Apple offered 25k to the first hacker who could write one that has an executable code that attaches itself to a program or file, just as the viruses do in Windows and spread. To this date the prize has not been claimed. There are hundreds of thousands of windows viruses and there are a handful of Mac OS 9 viruses but still none for OSX. This has nothing to do with popularity it has to do with the file system and kernel on the Mac OSX. (unix based). It’s is a well architected OS compared to windows. Is it unhackible? No.

Did you know Microsoft found a security hole in Windows 7 that has been in their OS since 1995? Let me type that again…. 1995…. This just goes to show you that MS just builds crap on top of crap. Lip stick on a pig. Look at Windows 7 - It is windows vista with a few enhancements and a fix for UAC. Yay. Get back to me when they launch WinFS… Been waiting 8 years already.

Viruses on the whole are on the way down. Trojans and Spyware is where it is at these days and 99.9% of the time it is because of the browser and not the OS and IE is just a pig....

I still think popularity plays a large roll. How many hackers know what they are doing with a Mac OS? Compared to the huge number of hackers that play with Windows? If you took a large group of hackers and gave them the time to sit down and get familiar with the operating system I'm confidant that holes will start appearing (true for any computer system really).

And yes, I hate IE, I refuse to use it wherever possible.

[Brokinarrow]

Originally Posted by jcamaro

It is LCD, not OLED. Later generations may use OLED but for now the cost is not effective for a 9" screen. A 21" OLED TV costs $2500!!!

For e-books, I would say that the Kindle or Nook is better reading wise. E-ink uses next to no energy and can get a very good contrast for easy reading. But if you want e-books and more, then iPad is perfect. The Kindle DX is almost as big as the iPad but is almost the same price, too.

I don't think eye strain will be an issue. From a foot away or more, LCDs don't cause much issue anymore. The only time I have eye strain is from my iPod touch since its so small and sometimes you're playing a game for 15-20 minutes before realizing it. The larger screen of the iPad should eliminate this issue.

All that

ok, that's what i was thinking. I thought I'd read that some smaller devices had started using OLED screens (cell phones and such). Or maybe that was AMOLED.... too many dang acronyms! I may have to go find an iPad and check it out when they are released... but I also agree that they had better get Flash on there. Whether or not you like Flash, you have to admit that right now its on enough pages that not having it on a web surfing device is a huge drawback, till everyone switches to something better (lookin at you HTML5!!)

[The_Blur]

Originally Posted by rudack

Time for a little education on Mac Viruses.

There are no known OS X Viruses in the wild. Apple offered 25k to the first hacker who could write one that has an executable code that attaches itself to a program or file, just as the viruses do in Windows and spread. To this date the prize has not been claimed. There are hundreds of thousands of windows viruses and there are a handful of Mac OS 9 viruses but still none for OSX. This has nothing to do with popularity it has to do with the file system and kernel on the Mac OSX. (unix based). It’s is a well architected OS compared to windows. Is it unhackible? No.

Did you know Microsoft found a security hole in Windows 7 that has been in their OS since 1995? Let me type that again…. 1995…. This just goes to show you that MS just builds crap on top of crap. Lip stick on a pig. Look at Windows 7 - It is windows vista with a few enhancements and a fix for UAC. Yay. Get back to me when they launch WinFS… Been waiting 8 years already.

Viruses on the whole are on the way down. Trojans and Spyware is where it is at these days and 99.9% of the time it is because of the browser and not the OS and IE is just a pig....

Let's add to this point. A lot of people claim that the reason there are more hackers working Microsoft viruses than Apple viruses is that Microsoft is more popular. This is a great point. A virus on Windows would do far more potential damage to the overall community simply because more people could be victims. This, however, operates on an assumption: that hackers are motivated by doing damage alone. If I were a hacker, I would be highly motivated to work toward a $25,000 prize or simply to be the first to break the uninfected Macintosh. It would be computer history, and enough money to start saving for a car and a home or, if I were a hacker, a supercomputer I guess.

Windows has been very much the same for a very long time. Each new release adds features to the already feature-packed operating system. This is no disrespect. Microsoft computers can do everything Apple computers can do. Can they do everything with the same resources? Can they do everything for as long, as quickly, and as frequently?

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by rudack

Time for a little education on Mac Viruses.

There are no known OS X Viruses in the wild. Apple offered 25k to the first hacker who could write one that has an executable code that attaches itself to a program or file, just as the viruses do in Windows and spread. To this date the prize has not been claimed. There are hundreds of thousands of windows viruses and there are a handful of Mac OS 9 viruses but still none for OSX. This has nothing to do with popularity it has to do with the file system and kernel on the Mac OSX. (unix based). It’s is a well architected OS compared to windows. Is it unhackible? No.

Did you know Microsoft found a security hole in Windows 7 that has been in their OS since 1995? Let me type that again…. 1995…. This just goes to show you that MS just builds crap on top of crap. Lip stick on a pig. Look at Windows 7 - It is windows vista with a few enhancements and a fix for UAC. Yay. Get back to me when they launch WinFS… Been waiting 8 years already.

Viruses on the whole are on the way down. Trojans and Spyware is where it is at these days and 99.9% of the time it is because of the browser and not the OS and IE is just a pig....

You are right, but you can't ignore the impact that the widespread usage of windows has. If I'm a hacker, what am I going to spend my time on? Creating malware that can infect 95% of computers or the other 5%?

[Brokinarrow]

Originally Posted by DGthe3

You are right, but you can't ignore the impact that the widespread usage of windows has. If I'm a hacker, what am I going to spend my time on? Creating malware that can infect 95% of computers or the other 5%?

Also, a LARGE percentage of the business world uses Windows as their OS. Lots more money involved in hacking into a business vs just some random person's computer. Anywho, this is getting off-topic. Me being a Windows user, I'm still tempted by this device. I'll look around and try to find something similar that runs Windows first though (just for the sake of comparison).

[Mr. Wyndham]

[SleepWarz]

Lol Macs.

So whats with the supersized iphone tampon thing?

[Xmicro_SS]

I know there was a thread started on this already, but I thought this video deserved highlight.

GO APPLE....No one can compare............ I have wanted something EXACTLY like this for years.



APPLE HATERS NEED NOT POST, Please.

[Xmicro_SS]

I know there was a thread started on this already, but I thought this video deserved highlight.

GO APPLE....No one can compare............ I have wanted something EXACTLY like this for years.



APPLE HATERS NEED NOT POST, Please.

[jeffny09]

amazing how much??

[ljustin293]

very cool

[UCF w00t]

you guys

But seriously, what would this do for you in your car? If you want a "carputer" I'd suggest checking out http://www.mp3car.com/

[SSOOCH]

Either you get it or you don't. I get it!! I can't wait!!

[Madcat0911]

Originally Posted by Xmicro_SS

I know there was a thread started on this already, but I thought this video deserved highlight.

GO APPLE....No one can compare............ I have wanted something EXACTLY like this for years.



APPLE HATERS NEED NOT POST, Please.

Not that I'm not going to buy myself one, but you do realize that it's basically the iPhone/iPod Touch with a bigger screen and a little more power right?