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by jsz0 14y ago
I like the visual style and even the home-screen but I am not sold on Metro actually being a good UI toolkit for applications. It may just be the immaturity of the platform at this point. It's just not even in the same ballpark of flexibili
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by jsz0 14y ago
What about third party support? Given how few WP7 devices were sold I could see support being dropped very quickly. That would be my biggest concern
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by jsz0 14y ago
Same here. I was planning to buy a 710 just to keep up with WP. Seems pointless now.
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by jsz0 14y ago
2012 is the year third party OEMs start to go extinct. First (and always) Apple, now Microsoft, soon Google/Motorola. There may be some niche markets left over for third party OEMs but otherwise I think they're done. No wonder HP wanted out
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by jsz0 14y ago
Upgrade-by-replacement. In 2 years you'll still be able to sell this machine for about 70% of its original price. From there you can buy the latest & greatest model at basically a 70% discount. Factor in the price of the parts you would
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by jsz0 14y ago
I've been using the MacBook Air since 2008 which shares many of the same design choices. It hasn't been an issue at all. The resale value of Apple computers has to be considered too. If I can resell my old machine for 50-60% of it's origina
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by jsz0 14y ago
As a user it doesn't leave me in the dark. I look at the store 'shelf' and select what I want. I'm about as interested in the behind the scenes of the App Store as I would be about how my local grocery store shelves are stocked. I'm sure it
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by jsz0 14y ago
I like Apple's approach. For example a transit authority could have an application that for example included real-time GPS tracking of buses, they could have options in the app to buy passes, request stops, etc, etc. Within the Google Map's
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by jsz0 14y ago
You can now have a different signature for each email account on your iOS device, WOW I don't think this is possible with the stock ICS IMAP/POP mail app. It doesn't even have mali threading?
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Good reasons but I wonder is the current/new generation 12-core Mac Pro inadequate for this? It could be better but it still seems to serve its purpose.
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by jsz0 14y ago
The iPad 1 has the same 256MB of RAM but it has to allocate more than double the amount of space towards VRAM than a 3GS. Also in general iPad applications have a larger memory footprint than iPhone applications. Those two factors combined
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by jsz0 14y ago
On the flip side both the iPhone and iPad have amazing customer satisfaction numbers so we can probably conclude that most iOS users like things the way they are. Why would Apple want to change it up too much? If live tiles or better task m
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by jsz0 14y ago
A 12-core Mac Pro still offers significantly more processing power than a quad-core Ivy Bridge i7. So the Mac Pro still serves its purpose.
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A step backwards in functionality is never a good thing but I do like Apple's approach of saying that third party developers can do a better job for some parts of mapping. The kitchen sink approach of trying to cram everything possible into
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by jsz0 14y ago
Both companies are developing their platforms based on how consumers are actually using the devices so it's natural they are going to follow the same basic trajectory since most people use both types of devices the same way.
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by jsz0 14y ago
Seagate has a $99 ThunderBolt dock available but figure an extra $50 for a cable to go with it. It's designed for their GoFlex enclosures but I think it works fine with a bare drive too.
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by jsz0 14y ago
$30 for the ThunderBolt GigE adapter. It's possible people will lose them but you do have to physically disconnect the RJ45 from it before you can leave (unless you have a very long cable) so it's not a big problem really. Easier to lose yo
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by jsz0 14y ago
iOS is a mature platform at this point. Apple doesn't usually shuffle things around or make huge changes just to say they did it. It has to fix a specific problem or add enough functionality to justify increasing complexity. Some significan
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by jsz0 14y ago
I think they want to reassure investors and partners that Google Maps will remain on iOS. Demoing the whole thing on an iPad was no accident.
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by jsz0 14y ago
jumping into the shark-infested waters of TV set production Agreed. It doesn't pass my basic test of rumored products. Would I buy it? The answer in this case is no. I have a relatively new 1080P TV which works just fine. It cost me less
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by jsz0 14y ago
I could see a huge number of people sitting at the Windows 8 login screen with no clue how to click and drag to login. A simple floating tool tip ala 'slide to unlock' would help a lot.
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by jsz0 14y ago
Totally ignoring all the specific changes which are very debatable I think the biggest challenge Microsoft has is a significant number of PC owners are already on the fence about buying another PC. The one they have works OK and they have s
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by jsz0 14y ago
I'm not a fan of huge displays but 4" is actually pretty tame by today's standards. Apple may have come up with the perfect screen size for a SmartPhone circa 2007 but today the vast majority of SmartPhones sold in the world have larger d
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by jsz0 14y ago
The real question, is why did the administration leak the story, and why now? The latest round of multi-lateral talks on Iran's nuclear program just concluded a few days ago in Baghdad. I think they're trying to send the message to Iran t
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by jsz0 14y ago
For iOS6 multi-tasking on the 5th generation iPhone, if the rumors of a ~170 pixel taller display are true, I would like to see a persistent dock mode when you activate the multi-tasking switcher. So basically you double-home-tap and the ap
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by jsz0 14y ago
No one thinks the iPad 3 is too slow and any modern Atom processor is quite a lot faster so it shouldn't be a problem at all. These machines are extremely limited by the OS so hardware limitations are a distant concern in my opinion.
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by jsz0 14y ago
I don't get the hate towards LaunchPad. It's a totally optional feature which actually helps out most normal users. I use it because I have a ton of apps installed and sometimes I just don't remember what an infrequently used app is named.
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by jsz0 14y ago
Apps on a TV don't really make sense to me. You've got this super high resolution multi-touch display in your hand in the form of a tablet or SmartPhone that offers direct manipulation. Who wants to bother with pointers and gestures on a lo
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by jsz0 14y ago
A partial ponzi scheme is the same as being half pregnant. I do agree though we have to start being more critical of currency manipulations across the board. We're dangerously close to a pile of monopoly money here. When that facade breaks
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by jsz0 14y ago
Ironic though that if the IT department is handing out Chrome-things they are basically writing their own pink slips.

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