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by kryten 13y ago
The wider audience being the people who make the purchasing decisions... I work in the financial sector in Europe and this HAS pretty much killed the cloud simply due to the uncertainty. People are in meetings right now working out how to
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by kryten 13y ago
We reserve our right to moan at consumer junk with the workstation label glued on. Innovation is not something I really want in the workstation market. I want something utterly reliable that works flawlessly for several years and if somethi
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by kryten 13y ago
Certainties: 1. Use of glue somewhere which knackers any chance of repairing it. Memory, disks and that is it. 2. Proprietary fan which will get noisy after time and cost a fortune to replace. First step will be to put it on the floor so yo
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by kryten 13y ago
This is the distinction between education and training. Training is what the poster's sister has. Education is the bit that is missing. Unfortunately education and training are confused these days. I have the same battle with my childr
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ALL of those are possible and have occurred to that class of account so you've hit the nail on the head there.
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by kryten 13y ago
It's unified authentication and automatic synchronization between all devices. If you have no Internet access (as per no domain access on Windows), it uses cached credentials.
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by kryten 13y ago
The irony is that the product it's being plugged into is being issued by one of the companies at the middle of the PRISM thing and between the source code and the binary generation there is an unknown number of things that happen (plea
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by kryten 13y ago
This is normal for Lacie. I've dealt with them in the past. They are a premium repackaging outfit of some of the lowest grade hardware you can get. They used to prey particularly on Mac users in the early 00's. However, you should
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by kryten 13y ago
Yes I've noticed that. It's abhorrent that they suggest that they take privacy seriously. Read their terms and conditions for Office 365 and Windows Live and you will see what I mean. Unless someone has redefined the term privacy
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By default it asks you for your Microsoft account details on first boot. It is a secondary option now to use a local account and it's well hidden at the bottom of the screen. Also, to install applications from the Windows app store, yo
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It thoroughly suggests and tries to make you do it at first boot though by hiding the local account option and then making you confirm it.
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by kryten 13y ago
I think the OP is referring to the fact you can now sign into Windows using your "Microsoft Account" which is technically your ex-Windows Live account. These accounts are hosted in the US looking at the terms and conditions. For t