Yeah, well on the plus side, you don't have to worry about the NSA tapping into your wifi! Seriously, metal lath and plaster? May as well be living in a Faraday Cage!
and yet, when you dare to criticize their latest crappy offering, you are insulted, told you are using it wrong, too stupid to understand it, or an Apple fanboy. As someone who used to (try to) sell UltimateTV and WebTV, who got burned buying 3 different 360s that failed (and werent covered by MS), who bought into Windows Moble only to watch it die, and who watched as "the first smartphone out of beta" was made obsolete 2 whole months after launching, I am against EVER giving MS my money again. And no, I don't own any Apple crap either!:)
Considering how many "fans" of Windows 8 were eventually found to be working for Microsoft's PR firms, it's a fair assumption. They are still doing it too...see recent news about the whole Machinima debacle.
If you AREN'T paid, I have to ask, why so loyal? It truly is a crap product, why so defensive?
"That's why I bought an Xbox One instead of a PS4, not because I hate Sony but because Microsoft is fundamentally a better software company and I expect more and better features from them."
As long as you don't mind running inferior hardware that can't match the competition, sure. But the truth is the Xbox One is underpowered, ill conceived, and has problems with it's CORE functionality as a media hub. (lack of discrete IR, lack of learning capability, lack of a complete code base that supports common brands (Elite TVs not supported), degraded picture quality using the pass through (run a test pattern, it's not subtle), no DVR support, only 80% accuracy on voice commands, I could go on and on)
No, MS DOESNT have superior programmers, nor do they have anyone in the company who understands what customers REALLY want out of a console...or any other consumer electronics product. You sir, bought the wrong console.
Last I checked, it works iOS and Macs too. Nice try troll.
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Actually, manufacturers of HDBaseT extenders, such as Key Digital DO reccomend shielded cat6. PROPERLY shielded (with shielded termination) is ALWAYS preferable to unshielded, although for most residential applications (including HDBaseT and networking) you can use unshielded just fine. As you pointed out though, care must be taken to maintain distance from 120v or other electric lines...and if you HAVE to cross an electric line, do it perpendicular.
Well, here I am, the fly in your ointment. I have had a Windows 8 laptop for months, and LOATHE it to the point where I avoid using it whenever possible.
Um, the apps are not cross compatible, and even IF MS let's you download the app on one when you purchase it for another (that's doubtful, but I am not stupid enough to buy a MS tablet or phone, so I wouldnt know)...it's VERY unlikely that the same app will even be AVAILABLE on both platforms. Try again...try again to tell me how much better a CLOSED OFF, PROPRIETARY "walled garden" approach on the desktop is to the open "Win32" environment we all know and love?
We have a USELESS tablet, with locked down hardware. We have a miserable selection of apps, including a YouTube app which is nothing more than an HTML5 webpage. We have a high price, $400-$500 minimum. And we have a company that will not be making any further versions of this machine, also bringing into question their ability to even support the poor fools who buy one! Utterly useless waste of time and money for Nokia!
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Yeah, well on the plus side, you don't have to worry about the NSA tapping into your wifi! Seriously, metal lath and plaster? May as well be living in a Faraday Cage!
Amen to that!
and yet, when you dare to criticize their latest crappy offering, you are insulted, told you are using it wrong, too stupid to understand it, or an Apple fanboy. As someone who used to (try to) sell UltimateTV and WebTV, who got burned buying 3 different 360s that failed (and werent covered by MS), who bought into Windows Moble only to watch it die, and who watched as "the first smartphone out of beta" was made obsolete 2 whole months after launching, I am against EVER giving MS my money again. And no, I don't own any Apple crap either! :)
Considering how many "fans" of Windows 8 were eventually found to be working for Microsoft's PR firms, it's a fair assumption. They are still doing it too...see recent news about the whole Machinima debacle. If you AREN'T paid, I have to ask, why so loyal? It truly is a crap product, why so defensive?
^^ THIS!
It looks like you are trying to watch TV. Would you like some help with that? :)
"That's why I bought an Xbox One instead of a PS4, not because I hate Sony but because Microsoft is fundamentally a better software company and I expect more and better features from them." As long as you don't mind running inferior hardware that can't match the competition, sure. But the truth is the Xbox One is underpowered, ill conceived, and has problems with it's CORE functionality as a media hub. (lack of discrete IR, lack of learning capability, lack of a complete code base that supports common brands (Elite TVs not supported), degraded picture quality using the pass through (run a test pattern, it's not subtle), no DVR support, only 80% accuracy on voice commands, I could go on and on) No, MS DOESNT have superior programmers, nor do they have anyone in the company who understands what customers REALLY want out of a console...or any other consumer electronics product. You sir, bought the wrong console.
Last I checked, it works iOS and Macs too. Nice try troll.
Actually, manufacturers of HDBaseT extenders, such as Key Digital DO reccomend shielded cat6. PROPERLY shielded (with shielded termination) is ALWAYS preferable to unshielded, although for most residential applications (including HDBaseT and networking) you can use unshielded just fine. As you pointed out though, care must be taken to maintain distance from 120v or other electric lines...and if you HAVE to cross an electric line, do it perpendicular.
Well, here I am, the fly in your ointment. I have had a Windows 8 laptop for months, and LOATHE it to the point where I avoid using it whenever possible.
Um, the apps are not cross compatible, and even IF MS let's you download the app on one when you purchase it for another (that's doubtful, but I am not stupid enough to buy a MS tablet or phone, so I wouldnt know)...it's VERY unlikely that the same app will even be AVAILABLE on both platforms. Try again...try again to tell me how much better a CLOSED OFF, PROPRIETARY "walled garden" approach on the desktop is to the open "Win32" environment we all know and love?
Bullshit! Not only bullshit, but flaming, smelling, foul bullshit at that! "Power users" wont touch "Metro" with a 10 foot pole.
We have a USELESS tablet, with locked down hardware. We have a miserable selection of apps, including a YouTube app which is nothing more than an HTML5 webpage. We have a high price, $400-$500 minimum. And we have a company that will not be making any further versions of this machine, also bringing into question their ability to even support the poor fools who buy one! Utterly useless waste of time and money for Nokia!
Ahem...it should read "Trolling is AN art"!