As anonymous mentioned, the noise cancellation was the big issue.
As for your background - go check out google. People who jail broken their Touch and changed the background found that it really slowed it down, so much so that they changed it back.
No idea why, but there were guesses that the way it was rendered needed some gpu or something that wasn't available at the hardware level on the 2nd generation.
So, no. I have not seen Apple deprecate any function *BECAUSE THEY WANT TO*. They may not necessary tell you *WHY* but when a feature is deprecated, there usually ends up being a technical/use reason for it.
You know what happened? People *DID* look it up. The version of CarrierIQ on iPhones did not send anything to Apple unless you enabled diagnostics. So the user selected to send info.
Additionally, tcpdumps showed that only the minimal information was sent, certainly not texts, emails or attachments.
And Android/Nexus did not have CarrierIQ.
However, carriers put them in (aka, crapware), and some of these carriers enabled the "send texts, emails and attachments as well" features.
So, in the future, please keep your stories straight. TYVM.
"I can't find one person who has been using the Nexus 7 for an extended period of time, and hasn't seen a massive downgrade in performance," Earley writes.
"I cannot pick up my Nexus 7 without experiencing problems like a lag of ten seconds, or more, just to rotate the display; touches refusing to acknowledged; stuttering notification panel actions; and unresponsive apps."
And he's not alone. Beneath the piece dozens of Nexus 7 users say they have also experienced issues, while Google's own forums hold similarly dispiriting tales.
"I have all the same exact issues. Horrific lag when doing anything in the browser, any simple multi-tasking, and at least one crash/reboot per hour," said one user, Kunal Patel.
So to me THAT right there is one of the big differences that takes Linux out of the running (well that and the piss poor driver model, but that is another rant) because if you don't stay pretty God damned close to the bleeding edge with most mainstream Linux? You are FUCKED with a capital F. You try skipping releases and suddenly the latest software won't run because it requires kernel X+3 and you have kernel X, it makes it a royal PITA and means that even if the devs go some way you don't want to go, like the mess that was Pulse Audio or the shit that was early KDE 4 and Gnome 3? Too bad, fuck you, you update or its shit time for you.
You really based your arguments on what you read on blogs rather than personal experience? Plenty of people still run kernel 2.2 which is about 15 years old now, or 2.4 which is about 10 years old now. And if you run something like debian, it's as simple as "apt-get distupgrade" and editing a few config files.
You have shit for brains. Learn how finance at large companies work before you post again on financial stuff. Take a course at a local college. It'll really help you out.
That's why they are having problems with FRAND patents - they don't have any to license in return so have to pay cash.
How come you are such an expert on this? Because you sound so damned sure of yourself, yet I know for a fact that Apple does have FRAND patents. For example the ones on x264 that they worked on, or the digital camera ones worked on with Kodak, or even the wireless ones bought from Nortel.
Of course. A plug that is designed to be hard to break, but yet functional at the same time, and uses less space than conventional plugs, is well designed and thought out.
What do standard PC bricks look like? What do Apple bricks look like? What did standard 110VAC->USB power points look like? What does Apple's look like?
How is that not putting thought and effort into it?
You really are an idiot. If the included dongled Ethernet is *NOT* USB based, then the physical port on the laptop *WOULD BE MOST LIKELY FUCKING PROPRIETARY!!!*
As in, lose dongle, pay shitloads to Samsung for a new one, because this time, you probably won't find it on ebay.
He's just trolling. So far, out of 10 or so people I've moved to OS X, 9 of them are far happier with it than with Windows. 1 decided to move back to Windows.
I didn't say I'd use it. He said there were no cheap ones. I pointed it out to him.
Unlike PC powerbricks, Apple apparently put a lot of design/thoughts into theirs. Look at the 110V -> USB square plug - someone tried to open it up and it took a lot of effort, whereas aftermarket ones break easily...
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As anonymous mentioned, the noise cancellation was the big issue.
As for your background - go check out google. People who jail broken their Touch and changed the background found that it really slowed it down, so much so that they changed it back.
No idea why, but there were guesses that the way it was rendered needed some gpu or something that wasn't available at the hardware level on the 2nd generation.
So, no. I have not seen Apple deprecate any function *BECAUSE THEY WANT TO*. They may not necessary tell you *WHY* but when a feature is deprecated, there usually ends up being a technical/use reason for it.
Dude, you can go to the *ANDROID* forum and read the rest of it. It's not just two anecdotes.
But it's ok, keep saying it's great.
Are you fucking with me? Who the hell is is talking about application updates?
You *ARE* aware that these are two separate things?
Hey, you don't believe that even if you lose money per unit, you can make it up on volume?! What is wrong with you?!
You're a mucking foron.
OS X is based on UNIX. If you want to go full scale old style commandline UNIX, just open up Terminal and do all your work there. I do.
You can even download the opensource freebsd based kernel here: http://opensource.apple.com/
Exactly. People seemed to have picked up iOS and Android without too much problems.
iPhone 5 is the only phone with sRGB screen.
What does this mean?
You know what happened? People *DID* look it up. The version of CarrierIQ on iPhones did not send anything to Apple unless you enabled diagnostics. So the user selected to send info.
Additionally, tcpdumps showed that only the minimal information was sent, certainly not texts, emails or attachments.
And Android/Nexus did not have CarrierIQ.
However, carriers put them in (aka, crapware), and some of these carriers enabled the "send texts, emails and attachments as well" features.
So, in the future, please keep your stories straight. TYVM.
Now I know you're full of shit. Are you telling me a 2 year old Asus tablet is now running Ice Cream sandwich?
Or are you saying you still get v2.x updates?
Ooops, clicked submitted too fast. Any ideas why people are complaining about these?
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/06/19/nexus-7-performance-problems_n_3464217.html
"I can't find one person who has been using the Nexus 7 for an extended period of time, and hasn't seen a massive downgrade in performance," Earley writes.
"I cannot pick up my Nexus 7 without experiencing problems like a lag of ten seconds, or more, just to rotate the display; touches refusing to acknowledged; stuttering notification panel actions; and unresponsive apps."
And he's not alone. Beneath the piece dozens of Nexus 7 users say they have also experienced issues, while Google's own forums hold similarly dispiriting tales.
"I have all the same exact issues. Horrific lag when doing anything in the browser, any simple multi-tasking, and at least one crash/reboot per hour," said one user, Kunal Patel.
And the issues with nexus tablets that a lot of people are having with...
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/06/19/nexus-7-performance-problems_n_3464217.html
Since Apple has provided updates to the iPhone 3GS up till now, your claims are not credible.
So to me THAT right there is one of the big differences that takes Linux out of the running (well that and the piss poor driver model, but that is another rant) because if you don't stay pretty God damned close to the bleeding edge with most mainstream Linux? You are FUCKED with a capital F. You try skipping releases and suddenly the latest software won't run because it requires kernel X+3 and you have kernel X, it makes it a royal PITA and means that even if the devs go some way you don't want to go, like the mess that was Pulse Audio or the shit that was early KDE 4 and Gnome 3? Too bad, fuck you, you update or its shit time for you.
You really based your arguments on what you read on blogs rather than personal experience? Plenty of people still run kernel 2.2 which is about 15 years old now, or 2.4 which is about 10 years old now. And if you run something like debian, it's as simple as "apt-get distupgrade" and editing a few config files.
Or... you know, just not upgrade.
Seriously. Get over it.
Are you trying to use common sense and logic? On the Internet? Here at Slashdot? What did I tell you about doing that again??!
Look. Another mucking foron. Sometimes, I think having drones just to get rid of these idiots might be worth it. But only in my nightmares...
You have shit for brains. Learn how finance at large companies work before you post again on financial stuff. Take a course at a local college. It'll really help you out.
That's why they are having problems with FRAND patents - they don't have any to license in return so have to pay cash.
How come you are such an expert on this? Because you sound so damned sure of yourself, yet I know for a fact that Apple does have FRAND patents. For example the ones on x264 that they worked on, or the digital camera ones worked on with Kodak, or even the wireless ones bought from Nortel.
http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/13/justice_department_approves_apple_patent_purchases_from_nortel_novell
Gotta love those android fanbois that make up bullshit like its real.
Of course. A plug that is designed to be hard to break, but yet functional at the same time, and uses less space than conventional plugs, is well designed and thought out.
Is it different over there in your world?
What do standard PC bricks look like? What do Apple bricks look like? What did standard 110VAC->USB power points look like? What does Apple's look like?
How is that not putting thought and effort into it?
Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary proof.
Examples please.
You really are an idiot. If the included dongled Ethernet is *NOT* USB based, then the physical port on the laptop *WOULD BE MOST LIKELY FUCKING PROPRIETARY!!!*
As in, lose dongle, pay shitloads to Samsung for a new one, because this time, you probably won't find it on ebay.
He's just trolling. So far, out of 10 or so people I've moved to OS X, 9 of them are far happier with it than with Windows. 1 decided to move back to Windows.
I didn't say I'd use it. He said there were no cheap ones. I pointed it out to him.
Unlike PC powerbricks, Apple apparently put a lot of design/thoughts into theirs. Look at the 110V -> USB square plug - someone tried to open it up and it took a lot of effort, whereas aftermarket ones break easily...
PC Mag got the new 13" macbook air to go to 15.5 hours on their battery tests (browsing).
With OS X 10.9 getting another 25% extra battery savings, that's going to be almost 19 hours of battery time.
So... Ativ with RJ45 dongle = wired ethernet, but macbook air with RJ45 dongle = no mention?