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More Meizu M8 images released, device itself still unreleased {Engadget}
Aug 6th 2008 8:22AM This has got to be the single worst bunch of comment's I've ever seen on this site.
For the love of god, start vetting your users, Engadget. It's turning into a cesspool over here.
iPhone 3G and firmware 2.0: one week later {Engadget}
Jul 18th 2008 12:59AM My biggest issue has been the clunkiness with the contacts list - it takes (relatively) ages before you can actually interact with it, and even then it's still slow for a bit.
Meanwhile a Nokia will flat-out refuse you access to the contact list until it's completely loaded, which I think is a better solution from a usability perspective.
Otherwise, MobileMe and everything else have been running fine since purchase. It's still a great phone.
Apple quietly settles MacBook 6-bit LCD screen lawsuit {Engadget}
Mar 26th 2008 7:05PM @clak: So, first off, Microsoft is ripping off Apple, but in actual contractual reality they were quite within their rights and it was only because of Apple's delays with the Macintosh interface that Windows ever managed to exist?
Whatever, I guess. This is all history now.
What I really don't get is this burning desire to constantly defend and sometimes even aggravate on behalf of a faceless multinational corporation that in the end only really wants your money for shiny things. In the entire world of gadgets and electronics there is no more cultish and downright bizzare devotion to a company, and more often than not it comes off as a sort of smug "I'm of the chosen, I bought this computer instead of your lowly one" mentality that's fucking annoying.
I've known and argued with many mac users, and almost to an individual when you get down to it they actually honestly think they're better than you because of their choice of computer. I actually really like Apple's hardware design but when you see otherwise grown men and women acting like privileged assholes over a purchasing decision it makes you wonder whether you want to buy into an otherwise excellent design philosophy and OS environment.
Go read some Apple message boards. Without a doubt you'll see a constant low-level bashing of Microsoft, Windows and most importantly Windows users (ie the other 90-odd percent of people) that reeks of an over-inflated sense of self-importance. Remind them that Vista is actually not bad given a halfway recent PC and that they were all doing the same thing around the time XP came out and you'll get told to go back to your 'Windoze' and play with your 'Zune' because 'nobody else owns one'.
Yet when people make reasonable and consistent arguments against elements of Apple's policies or design decisions, WE'RE the haters? What gives?
Intel's 6-core Dunnington CPU coming this year, Nehalem gets official {Engadget}
Mar 18th 2008 7:22AM They're replacing it with something analogous with Hyperthreading on AMD's.
Can't remember what it's called, but it's essentially the same thing. A really ,really fast bus for everything.
Intel's 6-core Dunnington CPU coming this year, Nehalem gets official {Engadget}
Mar 18th 2008 7:21AM Oh shit, hyperthreaded multicore processors?
And I was all about to buy a Core2Quad.
Logitech CEO shrugs off Microsoft takeover rumors, causing more rumors {Engadget}
Mar 10th 2008 7:10AM As long as a takeover stipulated someone actually fixing Logitech's perpetually broken software, I'm all for it.
Although, to be fair, I couldn't really care either way. Face it, you were always going to buy a keyboard or mouse from one of the two anyway.
MacBook Air gilded again - that's two times too many {Engadget}
Mar 5th 2008 6:42AM Wow.
If the Oxford Dictionary was looking for a new term to describe 'Tacky', they found it with this thing.
GameStop no longer taking HD DVD trades, possibly not taking 360 HD DVD drive either {Engadget}
Feb 20th 2008 1:22AM And I still vote that Blu-Ray is the stupidest name for a consumer video format, ever.
But whatever, I'll get a player when the price is decent and the range more extensive.
Apple's MacBook Air is officially shipping {Engadget}
Jan 30th 2008 10:05PM I have yet to see a compelling TCO argument for switching an entire infrastructure to Apple.
First and foremost finding support staff is both difficult and expensive. Or you're going to have to retrain your likely Microsoft-qualified (or at least experienced) staff to OSX's frankly anemic server offerings. We've got an Xserve and Xraid here where I work and they're strictly second-tier stuff. We don't use them for anything more than propagating Mac desktops and file storage for photoshop/film editing purposes. We certainly wouldn't trust them with mission-critical stuff.
Further, initial expense is prohibitive, especially since the 'base' iMac is a 20" widescreen monster with a price to match (compared to the usual sub $1000 business machines). Ongoing support is expensive (AppleCare ain't cheap, not even for enterprise) and we've found Apple's general support for the business end of town to be less than excellent beyond warranty replacement machines.
I challenge someone to walk up to a Fortune 500 CTO and suggest switching an entire network to Apple. I'd further suggest you be ready to get laughed at.
First shots of Windows 7 leaked? And by 7, we mean Vista. {Engadget}
Jan 24th 2008 10:59PM Uh, Aero is probably the most efficient bit of the OS. All the GUI processing is offloaded onto the video card.
OSX does the same thing.
