Make sure you tell AT&T explicitly to disable data service on your line. Otherwise you'll be using a ton of data from day one, and get charged per kB.
And don't forget... you're missing out on a fair bit of functionality. GPS and voice navigation as well as voice searching are all dependent on data access.
The DPI settings in the OS work ok. But not all applications respect it. Hell, not all OS dialogs even work well with increased DPI settings.
When you hit about 130-140DPI, you've hit good enough at the distances most people use computers. What use are more pixels when you can't make individual ones out?
No, this is people being sold a product that did X, Y and Z, and then retroactively being told that the product can no longer do X if they want to keep doing Z.
When Audi sells you a car, you don't expect them to retroactively come back and say "Well, your car is yours, but your car will stop working as soon as it's raining. If you don't want that, that's fine, but that means you won't be able to fill it with gas ever again, either"
It's bullshit. People are upset because the company is retroactively changing what they sold you.
They most certainly are. They sold me a device capable of playing PS3 games, playing games online with friends, downloading movies (it only does EVERYTHING!) and running an alternate OS. I am losing the ability to do ALL of that if I want to keep running an alternate OS.
Stop apologizing for Sony. They are wrong, period.
More laws are not the answer until they start enforcing the ones already on the books. A law that isn't being enforced is hardly a law at all, and a law that is selectively enforced is just plain evil.
It's not selectively enforced. It's quite logical. The company has more money than you do, so they don't get punished. See how easy that was?
The problem is that religion builds in reasons to kill other people. Politics does not. Part of being a Republican is not believing that you have to convert or kill Democrats. Can't say the same thing about Islam or Christianity.
Yeah. But Megabloks don't connect together nearly as well as Lego, nor do they hold up as well over time. They're cheaper because they're inferior quality.
I have no problem with the kids having fun playing games. I have a problem when they break things and return them for new hardware. That's pushing the cost of hardware up on the rest of us.
If you want to play, fine. Just make sure you take responsibility for what you break as well.
There are a ton of people who don't know enough to know what the actual problems are. Hosting a Borderlands server would be trivial on IPv6, removing NAT, and you would still be able to have a firewall.
I actually own an Envy;) The extended battery isn't like that. It's just a slab that sits on the bottom of the machine. It's big, and it's heavy, but it's not the abomination you link to.
The 15.6" Envy can have a full-HD screen on it. Gotta go up to the 17" MBP to get that. The ATI GPU in the Envy is also close in performance to a GS 260M, head and shoulders in performance above the 330M in the Mac (besides... the Envy has 1GB of VRAM... Mac is only 256MB). As in, the GPU in the Envy will play Left 4 Dead 2 at 1920x1080 with high settings at playable framerates. No way the Mac will touch that.
You can save well over $200 (15" MBP starts at $1800, Envy starts at $1300) and have a much higher-performance, higher-spec laptop with the HP.
So? It's in Google's best corporate interest to retain me as a customer. They do things like this, keeping me as a customer. Everybody wins. Economics is not a zero-sum game.
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Make sure you tell AT&T explicitly to disable data service on your line. Otherwise you'll be using a ton of data from day one, and get charged per kB.
And don't forget... you're missing out on a fair bit of functionality. GPS and voice navigation as well as voice searching are all dependent on data access.
Especially since 1920x1080 is migrating to the 15" laptop form factor
Pay for an IPS display instead of the common TN displays. They have much better viewing angles.
The DPI settings in the OS work ok. But not all applications respect it. Hell, not all OS dialogs even work well with increased DPI settings.
When you hit about 130-140DPI, you've hit good enough at the distances most people use computers. What use are more pixels when you can't make individual ones out?
No, this is people being sold a product that did X, Y and Z, and then retroactively being told that the product can no longer do X if they want to keep doing Z.
When Audi sells you a car, you don't expect them to retroactively come back and say "Well, your car is yours, but your car will stop working as soon as it's raining. If you don't want that, that's fine, but that means you won't be able to fill it with gas ever again, either"
It's bullshit. People are upset because the company is retroactively changing what they sold you.
They most certainly are. They sold me a device capable of playing PS3 games, playing games online with friends, downloading movies (it only does EVERYTHING!) and running an alternate OS. I am losing the ability to do ALL of that if I want to keep running an alternate OS.
Stop apologizing for Sony. They are wrong, period.
More laws are not the answer until they start enforcing the ones already on the books. A law that isn't being enforced is hardly a law at all, and a law that is selectively enforced is just plain evil.
It's not selectively enforced. It's quite logical. The company has more money than you do, so they don't get punished. See how easy that was?
Don't buy any new disc games, either. They could include the system update.
The problem is that religion builds in reasons to kill other people. Politics does not. Part of being a Republican is not believing that you have to convert or kill Democrats. Can't say the same thing about Islam or Christianity.
With my current AM3 socket, I can upgrade to a 6-core AMD chip with just a BIOS update. Why can't Intel do that?
Posts like this deserve more than +5
Yeah. But Megabloks don't connect together nearly as well as Lego, nor do they hold up as well over time. They're cheaper because they're inferior quality.
I have no problem with the kids having fun playing games. I have a problem when they break things and return them for new hardware. That's pushing the cost of hardware up on the rest of us.
If you want to play, fine. Just make sure you take responsibility for what you break as well.
What, you mean NAT isn't a firewall?
There are a ton of people who don't know enough to know what the actual problems are. Hosting a Borderlands server would be trivial on IPv6, removing NAT, and you would still be able to have a firewall.
No it's not art, according Mr. Ebert. Now get off his lawn.
Breathing in volcanic ash is good for you now?
Junior high? I was expected to write better than that in grade school.
If it costs $60? Neither. I've seen too many series crap out. I'll go get an indie game that I can either get a demo of or pay $10-$20 for.
Easy solution: Don't eat at McDonald's, and buy the throwback (sugar instead of HFCS) sodas that the market has demanded and is now receiving.
Same with MADD. That's why the founders quit.
I actually own an Envy ;) The extended battery isn't like that. It's just a slab that sits on the bottom of the machine. It's big, and it's heavy, but it's not the abomination you link to.
The 15.6" Envy can have a full-HD screen on it. Gotta go up to the 17" MBP to get that. The ATI GPU in the Envy is also close in performance to a GS 260M, head and shoulders in performance above the 330M in the Mac (besides... the Envy has 1GB of VRAM... Mac is only 256MB). As in, the GPU in the Envy will play Left 4 Dead 2 at 1920x1080 with high settings at playable framerates. No way the Mac will touch that.
You can save well over $200 (15" MBP starts at $1800, Envy starts at $1300) and have a much higher-performance, higher-spec laptop with the HP.
Apples to apples? Try looking at the specs/performance of the HP Envy as compared to the Macbook. Most of the same features, much lower price.
Is the movie industry just incapable of coming up with a business plan that doesn't involve ripping people off?
Is water wet?
It was an example for Americans. Perhaps someone more like David Beckham is more up your alley as an example?
So? It's in Google's best corporate interest to retain me as a customer. They do things like this, keeping me as a customer. Everybody wins. Economics is not a zero-sum game.