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| Thread ID: 107748 | 2010-02-28 21:29:00 | Boo, hiss, Apple | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
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| 862530 | 2010-02-28 21:29:00 | www.telegraph.co.uk And the Zx80 Inventor speaks: www.guardian.co.uk The average 2GB laptop of today has 2,000,000 times more memory than that offered by Sinclair's first machines, although he is keen to stress that computing ability isn't everything. "Our machines were lean and efficient," he says. "The sad thing is that today's computers totally abuse their memory – totally wasteful, you have to wait for the damn things to boot up, just appalling designs. Absolute mess! So dreadful it's heartbreaking." I'd agree with that. Once you had to program tight, neat code. Now it can be bloated spaghetti. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 862531 | 2010-02-28 22:21:00 | So using child Labor, working in sweat shop conditions - and Healthy working conditions : Apple has been repeatedly criticised for using factories that abuse workers and where conditions are poor. Last week, it emerged that 62 workers at a factory that manufactures products for Apple and Nokia had been poisoned by n-hexane, Way to go Apple :groan: |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 862532 | 2010-02-28 22:24:00 | Does apple make computers in commy china? | prefect (6291) | ||
| 862533 | 2010-02-28 22:32:00 | Yep, Steve Vader has it all sussed alright. | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 862534 | 2010-02-28 23:12:00 | I started my computing life with a ZX81 when I was 6 or so - spent many hours at night with Dad typing line after line of POKE commands :D The scary thought is what computers will be like if the progression continues at the same rate . . . . . :xmouth: |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 862535 | 2010-03-01 05:42:00 | Does apple make computers in commy china? Yes... Well - they outsource to contract manufacturers, who hire the workers. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 862536 | 2010-03-01 07:15:00 | Code these days is different by design, the way that it all works. It's still possible to program tidy assembly code, not that I know how to, or even tidy C-Code. There are still some applications developers out there who take that route, but diversity requires you include library X, Y & Z to make your product work for the masses, and that's one reason why code bloats so quickly... |
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| 862537 | 2010-03-01 21:05:00 | I dont like commies. | prefect (6291) | ||
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