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kevhsu
14y ago
Well with the thinkpads and other business-centric laptops you tend to get the advantage of modularity as well. Keyboards, screens, hard drives, RAM, batteries, and optical drives can all be replaced fairly easily on Dell Latitudes and Leno
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kevhsu
14y ago
what about wine? does performance suffer too much?
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kevhsu
14y ago
I got the Auria EQ276W from Microcenter for 400+tax last week. Fantastic purchase. Includes Displayport, HDMI, DVI-D, and VGA ports. Colors are vivid, and I don't believe I have any dead/stuck pixels. Mine has minor backlight bleed, but pro
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kevhsu
14y ago
Because OEMs won't do anything until consumers get smarter and vote with their wallets or Google strong-arms them. A "Google stamp of approval" for devices outside of the Nexus line with similar software and hardware standards would do wond
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kevhsu
14y ago
Google pushing to sell at cost helps make the case for me to get a Nexus 7. The Transformer line was nice, but priced too closely to the iPad for it to catch on with the general public. This wasn't as much of a problem for Android phones be
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kevhsu
14y ago
slippery slope arguments are a fallacy :)
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kevhsu
14y ago
MHL compatible probably. (The Galaxy Nexus is...) $15 adapter from monoprice.
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kevhsu
14y ago
how are the multitasking issues? I was thinking of getting a One X, but decided to get an HSPA Galaxy Nexus instead. This was for price reasons as well as hearing about strange behavior from One X when multitasking
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kevhsu
14y ago
I'm probably selling my Lumia 900 (after AT&T sends me a new one since my current one has issues with the capacitive buttons) and getting a Galaxy Nexus straight from Google. I missed flashing new ROMs and kernels every month like I did
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kevhsu
14y ago
Indeed. Google could have implemented it on iOS if they had wanted to, but that was a pretty big selling point for some people to get an Android phone over iOS. At least it was for me when I bought my Nexus One unlocked after eBaying a free
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kevhsu
14y ago
then why are you frustrated about the hardware? it's an old phone. edit: oh wait i think i misinterpreted you original comment. my condolences for coming off as an ass.
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kevhsu
14y ago
That's your own fault then. Android offers a variety of hardware configurations, and you opted for a low-end one. If you're in America, I have even less pity. The $200 price difference between some low-end free-on-contract smartphone and th