I tweeted about this, but it was so cool I thought it deserved its own post. While the rest of Apple’s press conference yesterday was pretty worthless (27 minutes of “there is no problem” and 3 minutes of “here’s your stupid case”), there was a pretty interesting part of an Engadget article that was posted later.
Evidently Apple uses computed tomography to scan the insides of their devices when they are undergoing testing. Seeing as how I also use CT to scan cargo containers, I thought that was pretty damn cool.
posted by Jason Young at 9:32 am
I was browsing Digg this morning and found a rather interesting story with some random guy (evidently a ‘Matthew Daly’ in the UK) about how he thought his Ubuntu installation was easier to use than OS X. In fact, his exact statement was:
A modern beginner-oriented Linux distribution such as Ubuntu is considerably easier to use than a Mac.
Now, I am a huge Linux guy. I love my T61 Thinkpad running Ubuntu (formerly Gutsy, now Hardy). I’ve had the laptop for almost a year exactly and have had Ubuntu on it ever since the first Ubuntu 7.10 RC releases and couldn’t be happier. It gives me, a very very cranky power user, exactly what I want. That being said, I just don’t agree that it is easier to use for new users than OS X. In fact, I think they both are horrible for new users.
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posted by Jason Young at 10:48 pm