Intel Chip

Is it really all about the math?

The future of computing technology may well be all about math and how it works for the future of computing.

Intel has reportedly made an admission that it has found a design problem in one or more of its products.

Will it effect you? or will it effect a product that you already own?

The cost to Intel is expected to be about one billion dollars, $1bn in negative revenue and the cost to make repairs.

Now I do not know about you but if I pay good money for a product that is priced at a level that is considered expensive, then I expect to have what I paid for not a repaired product, which allegedly some will be offering, since no one knows for sure how much this may or may not effect, the market and or products already in the market place, no one knows for sure how this will work out, but it is good to see a company for a change accepting responsibility for its problems.

How many times have you called into get technical support for a problem you as a consumer face, such as slow internet connections, or other internet connectivity issues, is it not always someone else that is to blame?

In a recent issue I called in and communicated that I located a distribution issue, the technical support, (person) (if you can call them that) replied with a it must be a problem with your computer, (brand new computer, sorry that is not the problem)

Well then it must be a problem with some other vendor, I will submit a ticket.

Ok, is that accurate, ( because I want to know) I ask, Do you ever find that a technical issue is your fault, or your problem?

Silence…

” I say are you still there ”

Silence…

Sir, ?

“Oh, yes, sorry, I was just looking up our network to make sure there are no issues on our end.”

Naturally I want to know how this technical service person determined that it was the cause of the problem was not his problem?

“Our distribution is solid there is nothing that can go wrong with our distribution”

I have to ask, so why did you check if there can never be a problem with your distribution?

“I am trying to help you sir”

But, if there is never a case where the problem is a problem that is your companies fault, then can you tell me what your purpose is?

“Excuse me”

I am asking you that if, there is never going to be a time and place where your company is at fault, then what reason is there to ever call your company for support?

“Sir I have submitted a ticket to the Provider and we are doing all we can”

I see, ok then I am going to say that there will never be a case where your company is responsible for its delivery of service.

Over the years, I have seen many issues and many different times, where the company that provides services are either unwilling or directed to not accept any responsibility for its product or services.

I think that is significant to see a company actually admit that there is a problem, and then fix it.

Apple Drops FCS

The backlash is huge and it is serious.

 

Has Apple lost its mind?

In what is akin to being treated like a “red headed step child” apparently and allegedly Apple made a decision to drop Final Cut Studio from its software development process, allegedly and effectively ending its long term development of the software product and allegedly leaving millions of users standing out in the cold.

Recent reviews seem to indicate that there are a lot of people that are not very happy with this.

I am one of those who finally spent the money to purchase a license and ended up with alleged trash instead of a working product, I hate that, in fact I really hate that, apparently a lot of other people feel the same way.

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Strangely you find that so often that Apple does things that defy logic this apparently is one of those times.

If you purchased the final cut studio product last year and found that now you have a buggy software suite that does not work as advertised you may consider filing for a class action law suit.

If you have been injured by Apple and its decision to stop producing the Final Cut Studio product You may wish to contact an Attorney to find out if you should pursue a class action settlement.

Allegedly a class action lawsuit would address the concerns that many consumers have about how Apple has treated its customers in regard to continuing sales of its final cut studio products.

So now if you invested in FCS now your trust in Apple may have not been well placed.

Andriod tablets

More popular than Apples ipad…

Better able to create more fun for everyone that uses it.

Able to run Flash…

perhaps but how do you iknow, what itablet to ipick, sorry, but you just never know who to believe.

When you look at advertising budgets, you have to ask is it hype or is it real?

will apple make it or will android make it better.

Android vs Apple who will win, some say Android simply because they are not restricting the hardware and many developers say they like it much better than the apple nanny that tells you how and what you can do with your own money.

Apple may have been the first to step up to the plate however, many are beginning to wonder about the alleged, overly restrictive hardware that apple continues to trot out for the sheeple to consume.

And so comes Android, and it has become very popular among developers as well as users.

Why is this?  Simple, devices such as the samsung Galaxy, 10.1 has an SD card slot, it can view flash, it can do just about anything that you want it to do.

This leaves a consumer wondering why Apple continues down this draconian, path way where they seem to want to tell you how you can use your own purchases, no SD card slot, No USB access, No additional memory, slot, (even cheap cell phones have this now) What is Apple thinking, how long will the sheeple continue to buy the junk apple is selling?

Andriod seems in a good position to lead the way, in this very lucrative, market.

verizon iphone

Not So fast, will Apple have to update the Verizon iphone in order to get people to buy it?

Some people will be rushing out to buy an iphone from verizon, which is interesting considering that there are reports about the device basically be a crippled version of the ATT iphone device, which allows a user to be online and talk at the same time.

Another issue is that the Verizon version only runs at 3g speeds, while charging more money than ATT for the less service.

All this may come as a real surprise to you if you have been watching the news and seeing all the advertising.

For one thing, when you examine the new FTC guides regarding advertising, you have to wonder if the advertising they are using is not somewhat, deceptive, when you consider that the device being sold is not the same as what ATT is offering you have to think about potential lawsuits, and how producing a device that is crippled by apple is perhaps allegedly an attempt to preserve sales at the expense of the consumer.

So why even bother to produce an inferior device and promote it to the consuming public when ATT has a superior device at a lower cost of ownership, it may be debatable if ATT offers better service in large cities than Verizon, however, it is certainly a problem that the iphone being sold to verizon customers is not as powerful or as interesting, so the remaining question is did apple plan this in advance and could this be considered manipulation of the market?

Will the SEC be called in to investigate this device war?

Will the FTC be called upon to investigate deceptive advertising?

It could be a long cold ride for the consumer, with the only clear winner here being apple you have to ask what were they thinking?

Jail breaking your device yes or no?

Should apple get a clue about its restrictive practices in developing services for the ipad ipod, iphone marketplaces?

 

More users are allegedly jail breaking their devices so that they can get the features and the software that they want, is this wrong, probably, and not for the reasons you may think.

Well the debate rages on, with apple allegedly being the mean bully that appears to try to influence what apps are “right” for the hardware that apple sells to its customers, Oh wait, I thought the customer was buying the hardware, should they not decide what apps they want to put on their iphones or mobile devices?

Well I guess long as those apps are apps that apple also thinks are good enough for the hardware they sell but apparently mother over constantly.

Still one might wonder if an eventual legal battle over what is and what is not allow on hardware owned by customers, since and I repeat apple customers do spend a great deal of money to buy the hardware.

So do the customers not have any rights or any say in what they can put on the devices they buy?

Makes you think, …

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