09-26-2012, 10:57 PM
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#341
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Sadly not in the Dome.
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I read on Google+ (think) that there are issues with the iphone 5 keyboard when entering Certain sites, anyone experience any issues? I believe it was a horizontal line/glitch through the middle of the keyboard.
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09-27-2012, 02:50 PM
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#342
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
The first Apple product I had was a 13 inch Macbook probably 5 years ago. I loved that little magnetic click you got when you attached the charger to the laptop.. I think I'm quoting Steve Jobs here.. but it was a very satisfying little click.
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The click of that charger is one of my favourite things about MacBooks. Not sure why but it really is just very simple and satisfying. 
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09-27-2012, 03:39 PM
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#343
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
The click of that charger is one of my favourite things about MacBooks. Not sure why but it really is just very simple and satisfying. |
It probably drives PC users crazy, but my favourite things about my macbook are all things like this. The charger, the glass trackpad and gestures, and the screen.. Small reasons I dislike using Windows laptops.
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09-27-2012, 03:53 PM
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#344
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Market Mall Food Court
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TopChed
It probably drives PC users crazy, but my favourite things about my macbook are all things like this. The charger, the glass trackpad and gestures, and the screen.. Small reasons I dislike using Windows laptops.
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Not really. Considering i paid $369 for a quad core with 8 gigs ram 7 months ago. Too bad it doesn't click!
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09-27-2012, 05:01 PM
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#345
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Galakanokis
I read on Google+ (think) that there are issues with the iphone 5 keyboard when entering Certain sites, anyone experience any issues? I believe it was a horizontal line/glitch through the middle of the keyboard.
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Saw it first hand today on a co-workers device. It's related to the keyboard in certain apps - not sure what root cause is (I haven't researched it yet), but I'm guessing it will be a graphical glitch related to apps that aren't yet updated for the new screen res.
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09-28-2012, 06:15 AM
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#346
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TopChed
It probably drives PC users crazy, but my favourite things about my macbook are all things like this. The charger, the glass trackpad and gestures, and the screen.. Small reasons I dislike using Windows laptops.
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Nah, lol.
I like the click, it's nice but let's not get crazy here.
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09-28-2012, 09:10 AM
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#347
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Franchise Player
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i bought a mac (imac) a few years back after being convinced of all the cool little things like this by my fanboy buddy. I also use my IBM thinkpad laptop a lot (work laptop which i end up using a lot).
Not saying the mac isn't crisp, but it's not mind blowing to the point where i hate my pc laptop. The key thing about the mac, and why i pushed it on my folks and my wife's folks, is to avoid the annual virus breakdown of computers, as well as the quick halflife of the PC.
But if you go out and buy one of the many cheap pc laptop options available now every few years, you could still be better off.
I just think the delta in usability is often times exagerated.
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09-30-2012, 05:06 PM
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#348
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Had an idea!
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I have a PC and never have virus problems.
If you know where you stuff comes from and keep up with the latest updates, its not that hard to keep your computer clean and running smooth.
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10-01-2012, 05:34 AM
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#349
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia Canada
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It's true as long as you are smart about pc usage you will never get a virus. I haven't had one in a very very long time.
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10-01-2012, 07:33 AM
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#350
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Behind Nikkor Glass
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Haven't had one since 2002 or so.
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10-02-2012, 11:17 AM
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#351
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Had an idea!
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But that disparity suggests that momentum will continue to swing in favor of the browser, with Android tablets rapidly gaining market share. A year ago, the iPad accounted for 81% of tablets in circulation. That has fallen to 52%, with Android-based tablets grabbing a 48% share of the market. Amazon’s Kindle Fire accounts for far and away the largest slice of those: half of the Android tablets in use are Kindle Fires, and they represent 21% of the overall tablet market.
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffberc...web-over-apps/
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10-02-2012, 03:11 PM
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#352
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: SE Calgary
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Originally Posted by Azure
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Competition is good. When Apple launched the iPad the tablet market was virtually non-existent. So gaining market share was easy, now with the launch of cheaper and very capable android tablets Apple has a fight on its hands. But overall the market for tablets is ballooning so even though Apple is losing market share it is still has growth.
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10-02-2012, 03:46 PM
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#353
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Franchise Player
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Interesting analysis here http://techpinions.com/battle-of-the...-nexus-7/10672
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The Google Nexus 7 does not represent a coherent business strategy. It represents the abandonment of strategy. While others are singing the praises of the Google Nexus 7, I am singing a dirge.
I predict that we’ll continue to hear a lot about Android tablet activations but we’ll continue to hear little about content and advertising profits, which is all that matters in a subsidized business model.
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The basic premise is that Google is targeting value buyers by selling pretty much at cost, planning to make it up on content and advertising sales. But bargain buyers are less likely to buy the content or leverage the advertising so there's not as much money to be made.
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10-02-2012, 06:09 PM
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#354
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Had an idea!
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Amazon is doing the same thing with the Kindle. Obviously it is working for them.
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10-02-2012, 06:30 PM
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#355
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ALL ABOARD!
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Amazon has content though. They're selling more eBooks than real books now.
Google doesn't have the same amount of content sales right now to subsidize their tablets indefinitely.
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10-02-2012, 06:34 PM
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#356
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KTrain
Amazon has content though. They're selling more eBooks than real books now.
Google doesn't have the same amount of content sales right now to subsidize their tablets indefinitely.
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No, they just have eleventy billion dollars loose behind the pinball machines.
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10-02-2012, 06:44 PM
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#357
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KTrain
Amazon has content though. They're selling more eBooks than real books now.
Google doesn't have the same amount of content sales right now to subsidize their tablets indefinitely.
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Fortunately its not a huge subsidy... they actually make about $15 on the 8GB model of the Nexus 7, more on the 16GB and that is the bulk of where their tablet sales come from.
They aren't losing money on the tablet sales... just the margins are razor thin.
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10-02-2012, 07:22 PM
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#358
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Franchise Player
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it also makes it tough on other Android tablet vendors who don't have any content to make up for low margins. Sounds a lot like the PC business, although obviously way more growth potential.
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10-02-2012, 07:23 PM
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#359
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CP's Resident DJ
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: In the Gin Bin
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It's mind boGGling, not boTTling.
Carry on.
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10-02-2012, 07:40 PM
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#360
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by Shawnski
It's mind boGGling, not boTTling.
Carry on.
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Lol
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