A friend of mine had a middle-of-the-pack LG phone, and it lasted six years. He finally replaced it because the physical back button on the phone wouldn't respond unless you pressed very hard on the button. If it wasn't for that, he'd probably still be using it.
Having owned a Mini in the past and now owning more than one Intel NUC, I don't think you've made a bad choice. The NUC was half the price of a Mini, and it does support linux if you want something non-Windows.
How many dongles do you require to do this though? I have both a work laptop and a work desktop... I rarely use the laptop unless I go to another office and can't find a desktop to work on.
Yes sorry, I admit my mistake. It was a watt-miser, which shows watts, not amps.
The one I have won't show a measurement under one watt, and a monitor in standby would have been 500mW. Whoops. That's what I get for typing without thinking things through.
I don't know how much money that would actually save. I put a watt-miser on our 5-8 year old monitors at work and they don't even register, which means they're under 500ma.
I used to strictly buy Samsung phones, but when they went to sealed batteries I didn't follow. I've always had some sort of problem with Samsung's phones, whether it be a bad battery or some other weird quirkiness that I'd have to reset my phone every other day.
I have discovered, now that I bought something besides a Samsung, that it is Samsung and not Android like I previously thought. I've had my G4 for a year and a half and haven't had any hardware issues. I did have a software issue when updating from 5.x to 6.x that required me to software reset my phone, but I haven't had any issues since then. I doubt I'll ever buy a Samsung again, at least in the Android ecosystem end users actually have a choice of manufacturer.
Actually, now that they've taken away the removeable battery and headphones jack, it guarantees I'll never buy one. I want a phone that's actually functional and can run alternate browsers. If I wanted to get a phone that went full-Apple-retard, I'd just buy an iPhone, not an Android device.
A while back I went back to an old flip phone for a few days. I'd forgotten how nice it was to only have to charge my phone once a week. I almost didn't go back to my smartphone... but work email. Sigh.
When I had a watch it would work for years on a battery. It's bad enough having to plug in the damn phone every night. Which is why I don't have a smartwatch.
I have an OTA antenna setup, and I do get live sports occasionally.
I've found it to be much less of a time waster to record the first 45 minutes of a hockey game before I start watching it. I can skip the commercials and the intermissions and can watch a game in an hour instead of three and don't have to listen to the ads or some sports guys blabbing during intermissions.
So I suppose if I were forced to use Outlook on mobile, I could.
Don't bother. While Outlook in the Play Store allows you to completely turn off threading, it's 2016 and Microsoft can't be arsed to hyperlink URLs in text emails properly. Which means you have to copy and paste it in browsers. I tried it as I was tired of Gmail constantly threading stuff wrong, but boy it was an exercise in patience...
BYOD, we only use it for calendaring/email. They're personal devices, and I know when they switch as they have to request new devices be allowed access.
Apple quality has never been that good, but they charge a premium for it nonetheless and whitewash over its failings to a consumer base that will buy it even if it is crap compared to the competition.
Designed in California, built in China.
Makes me wonder if they fully controlled the manufacturing in the US if the quality would be better. That would justify the astronomical price difference.
From someone outside, looking in: You've got Tantrum Trump on one hand, and Crafty Clinton on the other. The voting population needs to have a reset button available for when lousy choices pop up.
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A friend of mine had a middle-of-the-pack LG phone, and it lasted six years. He finally replaced it because the physical back button on the phone wouldn't respond unless you pressed very hard on the button. If it wasn't for that, he'd probably still be using it.
Yes, but in the Android ecosystem there's actually different manufacturers, leading to a choice. You don't have that in the iOS ecosystem.
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Having owned a Mini in the past and now owning more than one Intel NUC, I don't think you've made a bad choice. The NUC was half the price of a Mini, and it does support linux if you want something non-Windows.
How many dongles do you require to do this though? I have both a work laptop and a work desktop... I rarely use the laptop unless I go to another office and can't find a desktop to work on.
Yes sorry, I admit my mistake. It was a watt-miser, which shows watts, not amps.
The one I have won't show a measurement under one watt, and a monitor in standby would have been 500mW. Whoops. That's what I get for typing without thinking things through.
...and I forgot to mention 500ma was measured when they were in their standby state.
I don't know how much money that would actually save. I put a watt-miser on our 5-8 year old monitors at work and they don't even register, which means they're under 500ma.
I own a LG G4 currently.
I used to strictly buy Samsung phones, but when they went to sealed batteries I didn't follow. I've always had some sort of problem with Samsung's phones, whether it be a bad battery or some other weird quirkiness that I'd have to reset my phone every other day.
I have discovered, now that I bought something besides a Samsung, that it is Samsung and not Android like I previously thought. I've had my G4 for a year and a half and haven't had any hardware issues. I did have a software issue when updating from 5.x to 6.x that required me to software reset my phone, but I haven't had any issues since then. I doubt I'll ever buy a Samsung again, at least in the Android ecosystem end users actually have a choice of manufacturer.
Actually, now that they've taken away the removeable battery and headphones jack, it guarantees I'll never buy one. I want a phone that's actually functional and can run alternate browsers. If I wanted to get a phone that went full-Apple-retard, I'd just buy an iPhone, not an Android device.
A while back I went back to an old flip phone for a few days. I'd forgotten how nice it was to only have to charge my phone once a week. I almost didn't go back to my smartphone... but work email. Sigh.
When I had a watch it would work for years on a battery. It's bad enough having to plug in the damn phone every night. Which is why I don't have a smartwatch.
Nah, what they'll do is equip North American models with Europe-style charging plugs because it takes "courage."
I was more thinking it'd be defective and cause a crash and Apple will charge you $10,000 for the convenience.
I have an OTA antenna setup, and I do get live sports occasionally.
I've found it to be much less of a time waster to record the first 45 minutes of a hockey game before I start watching it. I can skip the commercials and the intermissions and can watch a game in an hour instead of three and don't have to listen to the ads or some sports guys blabbing during intermissions.
It just saves so much time.
Management's job could be easily replaced by AI and much more effective. Their cheapness will eventually make their own jobs obsolete.
Don't bother. While Outlook in the Play Store allows you to completely turn off threading, it's 2016 and Microsoft can't be arsed to hyperlink URLs in text emails properly. Which means you have to copy and paste it in browsers. I tried it as I was tired of Gmail constantly threading stuff wrong, but boy it was an exercise in patience...
Well, I just decided to get a console. I use it more than my dual-boot computer. You put a game disc in and it works.
They've started rebranding Chromecast to Home. A couple weeks ago my Chromecast app was replaced with a 'Home' app.
Just get an Apple laptop. It's not compatible with anything anymore.
BYOD, we only use it for calendaring/email. They're personal devices, and I know when they switch as they have to request new devices be allowed access.
Not work issued.
Sure you can! They make USB adapters. Problem is... they're USB-A adapters. Still need an adapter for the adapter to work on the "Pro" laptop.
Where I work we are half and half. We've also had more people go from iOS->Android than the other way around.
A former iOS user was astonished you could put in a memory card, plug the Android phone in to the computer, and just copy music to it.
Designed in California, built in China.
Makes me wonder if they fully controlled the manufacturing in the US if the quality would be better. That would justify the astronomical price difference.
It will be terrible. How will you know your fingers are even on the right keys? Tip: you won't, until you press one (or look.)
On the other hand touch-typing will have an entirely new meaning. They'll have to adjust the accuracy and speed rates down quite a bit, though.
From someone outside, looking in: You've got Tantrum Trump on one hand, and Crafty Clinton on the other. The voting population needs to have a reset button available for when lousy choices pop up.
I'm still on 4.1.x. My hardware doesn't change all that often, so...