I have an Acer 6920g, it plays lots of modern and recent games, and if you've played games you'd know that movement is mostly achieved with the WSAD keys.
On this model, the touchpad IS in the center, and I'm forever brushing it with the right side of my left palm, causing my aim to swing blindly. I, among many gamers, who are the people who are going to buy this machine, would definitely prefer to have the touchpad to the right, enabling more natural postures and higher kill rates...
Since I posted those last two, three 5-digit UIDs have made me their friend. You, as an AC, can't even have friends. As I said, die. Natural selection already chose me, get over it!
Yes. Who wouldn't be? But I find it easy to walk away and get on with my life, and check for replies when I'm ready to troll again... I guess you're only doing something I do to let of steam anyway.
Just tell, why? You're wrong about me, you know. Also, the parent I posted makes a lovely copypasta, so I won't even be so angry next time I have to reply to you.
I really do suspect you're some disgusting pig of an unpopular guy; partly from the nature of your stalking me and partly from the impression that I get from your tone; all you can get is stupid guys. I bet I've had more women than you lol.
You have an account (you get notified when I reply) or sit refreshing pages (really really sad), why not have some balls and post using it so I can add you my foes list? You don't even play fair.
And as for me "having too much free time", it took less than 1 minute 30 to write this. Kiss my ass.
You're fucking scum. You've been stalking me ever since I trolled APK about his useless HOSTS files. Just die. And I mean it. Die. There's no place for you in the human race. Natural selection WILL deal with you.
And yes, I do have a child. Which I gave birth to. So natural selection has already confirmed it. Face it, out of all the things you could be doing with yourself, you're trawling through my posting history and posting malicious lies about my gender whenever slashdot allows it. Who's sadder?
Scotland is exempt from the negative "up north" status, well, most of it anyway. Preston sure sums up the depressed North right now, a city in name only and the sad birthplace of this particular bitter old cow... and I'm only 29. Trust me, never go there.
I was joking. I really like the idea - it's a genuine social service, in the vein of "helping others". But how would they stop people being abusive, as you say?
They could have the receivers of the calls feedback on the site. But then what's to stop them abusing that?
Being human sucks. Gimme Borg infrastructure anyday...
I think it's a great idea - I can be a nagging bitch in the morning to an exponentially-growing number of peers!
Sarcasm aside, I think it's a great idea - it allows those who would like to reach out and help others in some small way to do so with (very little) risk to them, and it helps those who may feel "Why should I bother? No-one cares whether I get up anyway!" to feel better about themselves.
No, luckily for you Manchester isn't the village I'm referring to in the GP post.
We have a saying here in England; "It's grim up North." Usually this refers to anyway North of Manchester, including the North of Manchester! Places you want to avoid include Preston, Harpurhey and Collyhurst.
"Contribute positive to your conversations and social life rather than"... that should say. I always miss out words when typing angrily and being frustrated even more by my palms moving the caret spontaneously on the massive gaming touchpad on my laptop.
Maybe you should educate your child and allow him / her to contribute positively to your conversations social life rather than expecting them to play dumb games and keep quiet?
Speaking from personal experience here. Learning == Rebelling where I'm from (a small English village in the Northwest - a bit like your deep south - think Christian Rednecks!)
Still a gorgeous design though, and those with integrated / dedicated ATI graphics gave much bigger laptops a run for their money in Oblivion terms. Why, do you have some for me? xD
Plus, they had multi-touch (but admittedly not as well implemented as the pinch-zoom-and-pan-at-the-same-time in iOS.
Haven't played with it, but If I remember correctly the digitiser isn't a Wacom in that model, and most (but not all) came with integrated Intel graphics.
Also, shame about the choice to switch Intel CPUs, you got less bang for the buck than with the Turions. The reason for those changes was battery life, which wasn't worth it for me because the 6-cell extended battery stuck out in such a way as to make a great handle for cradling it on my right arm whilst out working in the field (ideal scenario: hospital consulting)
OK, sorry for being ranty in my first reponse, but the point I was making is that the HP tx-series and tm-series were beautiful to behold, the myth is that they can't design!! They killed that tablet by not promoting it, not with the usual grey-box designs that you might think.
Ordinary people, everywhere from hospitals to the Town Hall to the McDonalds had the "Wow! That's response" when I demonstrated the swivel screen in order to contrast the iPad when asked if that was what it was.
But yes, I do concede that Apple make pretty equipment. I just think that if I had had the reigns of HP's PC business things wouldn't have gone the way they did for tx- and tm-series. They were simply not visible, or available enough.
You're stupid, it is a tablet, just one that predates and out-powers the iPad. Yes, it's heavier, yes, and it's larger. But it fulfilled all my needs, from a portable media device, to ebook reader (yes I did take it to bed or sit in my armchair with it in one hand), to games machine (as I outlined in my post above).
You circle-jerking "iPad is the definition of a tablet" macbois should stop brainwashing readers with this "PC manufacturers never do anything innovative or good" crap. The tx series was solid, reliable, and had very good battery life for the time (>3 hours).
Why is the database flaky? More to the point, how does the submitter know this? Is this another Slashvertisement, posted by a virgin shill, or is it of genuine interest from a news point of view?
That was their downfall - just have a proper look at that gorgeous hardware you've got there. From the word "go" I realised that all ther experience in making computers went into it. Look at the way the latches come up when you close the screen - and then swivel it and look again, compare to Toshiba tablets of the same era. Pick it up BY the screen (while it's open, the latch can't take it.) Try to swivel it the wrong way.
That pen, and the detection of the proximity of the pen (it's a proper Wacom digitizer, too, with 256 levels of pressure sensitivity - think pro artist tools)
If you're really brave, drop it a few times. I lost touch on mine - the glass panel smashed when I dropped it. I sat at a bus stop and yelled a bit. Then, while my music was still playing, and my torrent was still going thru 3G I unscrewed the bezel (with the wrong screwdriver) and tore the glass out, knowing I didn't want it going anywhere else, like in the thin plastic LCD layers. A few days later, I began detecting bad sectors, so had to replace the HDD.
After getting home and removing every last bit of glass, the pen began working again. Now that's what I call a solid machine. Again, if anybody's got broken or unbroken stock of these to donate or sell, I'm interested. Contact me below. It's a collector's item now, the last of the kitchen-sink convertible tablets. And yet it was underrated and underappreciated in IT, but adored and worshipped by people who had never seen anything like it at the time.
HP, if you read this, know this: you will be sorely missed, by me at least. That's got to count for something.
webmistress[slapper]r at gmail.com, without the brackets and the word meaning whore in Britain.
ps, mine was stolen. Yes, in the state described above, lol. But I bet that whoever bought it still loves it. And for that I am glad.
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I have an Acer 6920g, it plays lots of modern and recent games, and if you've played games you'd know that movement is mostly achieved with the WSAD keys.
On this model, the touchpad IS in the center, and I'm forever brushing it with the right side of my left palm, causing my aim to swing blindly. I, among many gamers, who are the people who are going to buy this machine, would definitely prefer to have the touchpad to the right, enabling more natural postures and higher kill rates...
You insensitive clod... my laptop is nuclear powered! It glows green in the dark... ;-)
Since I posted those last two, three 5-digit UIDs have made me their friend. You, as an AC, can't even have friends. As I said, die. Natural selection already chose me, get over it!
Yes. Who wouldn't be? But I find it easy to walk away and get on with my life, and check for replies when I'm ready to troll again... I guess you're only doing something I do to let of steam anyway.
Just tell, why? You're wrong about me, you know. Also, the parent I posted makes a lovely copypasta, so I won't even be so angry next time I have to reply to you.
I really do suspect you're some disgusting pig of an unpopular guy; partly from the nature of your stalking me and partly from the impression that I get from your tone; all you can get is stupid guys. I bet I've had more women than you lol.
You have an account (you get notified when I reply) or sit refreshing pages (really really sad), why not have some balls and post using it so I can add you my foes list? You don't even play fair.
And as for me "having too much free time", it took less than 1 minute 30 to write this. Kiss my ass.
You're fucking scum. You've been stalking me ever since I trolled APK about his useless HOSTS files. Just die. And I mean it. Die. There's no place for you in the human race. Natural selection WILL deal with you.
And yes, I do have a child. Which I gave birth to. So natural selection has already confirmed it. Face it, out of all the things you could be doing with yourself, you're trawling through my posting history and posting malicious lies about my gender whenever slashdot allows it. Who's sadder?
Scotland is exempt from the negative "up north" status, well, most of it anyway. Preston sure sums up the depressed North right now, a city in name only and the sad birthplace of this particular bitter old cow... and I'm only 29. Trust me, never go there.
Since somebody earlier mentioned only 7.5 users will try this service, and one of those will be me, your choice is a male, a bot, or me. ;-P
It's called the Preview button, however I'm not perfect in my usage of said feature myself, so no room to talk.
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OK maybe I'm not.
I was joking. I really like the idea - it's a genuine social service, in the vein of "helping others". But how would they stop people being abusive, as you say?
They could have the receivers of the calls feedback on the site. But then what's to stop them abusing that?
Being human sucks. Gimme Borg infrastructure anyday...
Don't get your hopes up. Chances are you'd rather be woken up by your mother than me... see my other post, below! http://idle.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2393604&cid=37183398
I think it's a great idea - I can be a nagging bitch in the morning to an exponentially-growing number of peers!
Sarcasm aside, I think it's a great idea - it allows those who would like to reach out and help others in some small way to do so with (very little) risk to them, and it helps those who may feel "Why should I bother? No-one cares whether I get up anyway!" to feel better about themselves.
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No, luckily for you Manchester isn't the village I'm referring to in the GP post.
We have a saying here in England; "It's grim up North." Usually this refers to anyway North of Manchester, including the North of Manchester! Places you want to avoid include Preston, Harpurhey and Collyhurst.
"Contribute positive to your conversations and social life rather than" ... that should say. I always miss out words when typing angrily and being frustrated even more by my palms moving the caret spontaneously on the massive gaming touchpad on my laptop.
Maybe you should educate your child and allow him / her to contribute positively to your conversations social life rather than expecting them to play dumb games and keep quiet?
Speaking from personal experience here. Learning == Rebelling where I'm from (a small English village in the Northwest - a bit like your deep south - think Christian Rednecks!)
So nuclear physics WAS invented here, then? I've been trolled... lol... oh the irony...
Either way, I'm proud to be Mancunian!
Still a gorgeous design though, and those with integrated / dedicated ATI graphics gave much bigger laptops a run for their money in Oblivion terms. Why, do you have some for me? xD
Plus, they had multi-touch (but admittedly not as well implemented as the pinch-zoom-and-pan-at-the-same-time in iOS.
Haven't played with it, but If I remember correctly the digitiser isn't a Wacom in that model, and most (but not all) came with integrated Intel graphics.
Also, shame about the choice to switch Intel CPUs, you got less bang for the buck than with the Turions. The reason for those changes was battery life, which wasn't worth it for me because the 6-cell extended battery stuck out in such a way as to make a great handle for cradling it on my right arm whilst out working in the field (ideal scenario: hospital consulting)
OK, sorry for being ranty in my first reponse, but the point I was making is that the HP tx-series and tm-series were beautiful to behold, the myth is that they can't design!! They killed that tablet by not promoting it, not with the usual grey-box designs that you might think.
Ordinary people, everywhere from hospitals to the Town Hall to the McDonalds had the "Wow! That's response" when I demonstrated the swivel screen in order to contrast the iPad when asked if that was what it was.
But yes, I do concede that Apple make pretty equipment. I just think that if I had had the reigns of HP's PC business things wouldn't have gone the way they did for tx- and tm-series. They were simply not visible, or available enough.
Yes, perfectly true, I was posting a solution for the idiot who already bought it at that price and was boned by the facts in the GP.
Well, duh! He can walk in, ask for a refund, then go to a different store for clearance stock!
As I said earlier, contact me about your stocks of the TX series. Forget TouchPad, Android and iOS. the TX series was THE tablet.
You're stupid, it is a tablet, just one that predates and out-powers the iPad. Yes, it's heavier, yes, and it's larger. But it fulfilled all my needs, from a portable media device, to ebook reader (yes I did take it to bed or sit in my armchair with it in one hand), to games machine (as I outlined in my post above).
You circle-jerking "iPad is the definition of a tablet" macbois should stop brainwashing readers with this "PC manufacturers never do anything innovative or good" crap. The tx series was solid, reliable, and had very good battery life for the time (>3 hours).
Why is the database flaky? More to the point, how does the submitter know this? Is this another Slashvertisement, posted by a virgin shill, or is it of genuine interest from a news point of view?
"affordable replacement"
That was their downfall - just have a proper look at that gorgeous hardware you've got there. From the word "go" I realised that all ther experience in making computers went into it. Look at the way the latches come up when you close the screen - and then swivel it and look again, compare to Toshiba tablets of the same era. Pick it up BY the screen (while it's open, the latch can't take it.) Try to swivel it the wrong way.
That pen, and the detection of the proximity of the pen (it's a proper Wacom digitizer, too, with 256 levels of pressure sensitivity - think pro artist tools)
If you're really brave, drop it a few times. I lost touch on mine - the glass panel smashed when I dropped it. I sat at a bus stop and yelled a bit. Then, while my music was still playing, and my torrent was still going thru 3G I unscrewed the bezel (with the wrong screwdriver) and tore the glass out, knowing I didn't want it going anywhere else, like in the thin plastic LCD layers. A few days later, I began detecting bad sectors, so had to replace the HDD.
After getting home and removing every last bit of glass, the pen began working again. Now that's what I call a solid machine. Again, if anybody's got broken or unbroken stock of these to donate or sell, I'm interested. Contact me below. It's a collector's item now, the last of the kitchen-sink convertible tablets. And yet it was underrated and underappreciated in IT, but adored and worshipped by people who had never seen anything like it at the time.
HP, if you read this, know this: you will be sorely missed, by me at least. That's got to count for something.
webmistress[slapper]r at gmail.com, without the brackets and the word meaning whore in Britain.
ps, mine was stolen. Yes, in the state described above, lol. But I bet that whoever bought it still loves it. And for that I am glad.