Posts by Dana W

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7in Android tablet review

Re: Think the reviewer has missed the point a little

This isn't about the e-ink Kindle, I own a Kindle 3 as well. It rides in the same purse pocket with the Nexus 7. Its about the fact that the Kindle Fire series, is a bad reader AND a bad tablet.

Kindle 3 owner.

I'm glad I stayed the hell away from that thing and got a Nexus 7.

If I wanted a locked down tablet, I'd have gotten an ipad. The Kindle isn't a tablet, its just a door into a no choice store.

Angry Birds Star Wars game review

I'd call them sadistic equestrian necrohiles, but that's beating a dead horse.

And that's what this is. Beating a dead horse.

Edible iPhone case goes on sale in Japan

Oh yes.

Another to file under "WTF Japan?"

Apple screen maker preps 'retina' iPad Mini panel, pants reporter

Re: Any one else going to use these?

I was not too impressed with Android tablets till the Nexus 7-10 came out.

They are a real change of pace for Android tablets. Had my seven just a few days. Still impressed.

Re: Any one else going to use these?

Not got a look at the nexus 10 yet have you?

Surface more profitable than iPad

Re: Why?

"Outside of Apple's one hit wonder (a music player that has little relevance to computing),"

So, how is life in 2002?

Fujitsu guru: Win 8 will triumph. And we'll have brain plugs in 2027

Human integrated Windows? Noooooo

"Your heart has performed and illegal operation and will be shut down, please upgrade to Microsoft Heart 2.0"

The genetic button that could turn a WOMAN into a CHIMPANZEE

Fox news figures into this transformation somehow, I just know it.......

Felix Baumgartner sadly turns out to be blinkered FOOL

Red Bull is vile anyway.

Amp is MUCH better than Red Bull anyway. If you get Amp over there, give it a try, it packs Red Bull's kick, but actually tastes and smells like something you mighty actually WANT to drink.

iPhone 5 unlocked US prices placed on Apple website by accident

This means when I upgrade, my old 4S will get me enough money for my new contact phone with no out of pocket! k-ching!

Ten... Apple iPad Mini alternatives

Re: My recomendation

Agreed. That's why I bought one. I'm used to my stable of iStuff getting instant updates, When I saw nexus devices were not update orphans like so many other Android devices it was the instant sensible choice.

Re: Nexus 7 1A charging issue???

They charge PAINFULLY slowly from a standard port. Charging on less than 2a takes a LONG time. And yes I own one.

Re: What did 3G do to tablet designers that they hate it so much?

He can't figure how to synch and restore an iPhone? Tell me, can he tie his shoes?

Re: FWIW: " Apple are going to gouge its customer-base"

I have three Macs, two iPods, an iPhone 4s and a Nexus 7.

All the Fanboi whining is getting stale from both sides.

Apple to ditch Intel – report

I'll believe it when I see it. Sounds like another silly rumor.

Apple iPad Mini 8in tablet review

Re: Sheltered Life

I heard there were a few duds here and there and to buy at a brick and mortar store to be sure you got a good one. Mine came out of the box 2-3 charged, solid and stable.

I"m told the early ones had some issues. Bought mine this week. One thing I've always tried to do as a Machead is always wait till the revision to buy. Looks like its a general truth. like not buying the first model year of any new car.

"This has been the first non Apple piece of hardware I've really enjoyed since my Kindle 3."

Re: Price

It certainly describes anyone who buys a Windows 8 RT tablet,

Re: This thing is not bad

I have the Nexus 7, the only things I don't like about it is that despite having "more pixels" its screen is a bit more washed out and less crisp than than the Mini, and the Nexus 7 has a truly horrible speaker.

But I'm enjoying the speed, and double the space at 2/3 the price, and I'm having a blast customizing it. I had never owned an Android device before and when I opened the box, the stock launcher made it look like a Kindle Fire. I was tempted to pack it up and send it back till a good friend pointed me at Nova Launcher. That changed it for me.

Since then, its bee fun making it MY device not just A device. It makes me think of Lego blocks as a child. I start with a flat surface, and stick bits on till I like the shape of it. Its reminding me a lot of why I used to love pre Gnome 3 Linux.

He disagreed with you?????? Off with his head!

Re: Sheltered Life

The Nexus 7 is neither slow nor buggy.

The early problem was cheap generic Android tablets. They were humorously awful. Naff hardware was Androids early trouble. The sea of $99 Chinese tablets were really giving them a bad name as a Tablet OS. But that's changed recently.

The new Nexus stuff is well made, and genuinely fun to use.

Good build quality, good battery life and very stable. Google is armed to the teeth and ready for a fight. They have changed the game on Android tablets.

Not at the price.

Somehow I managed to leave it alone. I qualify as a hardcore Apple fan. Three Macs, two iPods, and an iPhone 4s.

And for my first tablet, I now have a Nexus 7. I prefer iOS for my phone, but so far I'm really enjoying Android as a tablet OS.

Apple lost me on tablets. I waited for ages for them to make a small tablet, and as much as it pains me to say, they dropped the ball on this one. If they had had better stats, maybe, if they had made the base model 32 gig, probably. But they didn't. At this point, If I decide I want a larger tablet, a Nexus 10 seems like a very attractive possibility,

So you want an office of Apple Macs - here's a survival guide

Welcome to another episode of bad analogy theatre.

And anyone who has eaten a steak has eaten at McDonalds, so shut up and eat trash.

Just because you have dome something before does not make it the best choice.

Windows Phone 8: Everything you need to know at a glance

I use iOS AND Android. I can't see this as a replacement for either.

Apple's poisonous Touch silently kills the GNOMEs of Linux Forest

Re: Its my way or the highway attitude to interface sent me back to full time OS X desktop.

Hey, OS X desktop is still WAY more open than Gnome 3.

It didn't.

Apple didn't take away right clicking on my desktop. Apple didn't decide my desktop should be a sterile wasteland without shortcuts, and without files. Then leave me with a stripe of tiles for things someone else thought belonged there.

When I started with Linux, the desktop was infinitely malleable, with Gnome 3 and Unity I got a desktop locked down tighter that iOS with a desktop not much better than the average "non Android" smartphone.

I was dual booting Ubuntu on my Macs till Gnome 3 and "unity" ruined the user experience. Over night Gnome 3 made Linux hostile to people not happy with its "new paradigm". I got tired of trying to find out what I had to change or install to get the freedom back I had before Gnome 3 made it miserable. Its my way or the highway attitude to interface sent me back to full time OS X desktop.

Gnome, When your lock-down is bad enough to scare Mac users, seriously reconsider what you are doing.

iPad Mini's quite a handful

Just bought a 32 gig Nexus 7.

Its not bad, I'd have preferred an iPad, "Mac User" but my checking account saw it differently.

I'd been waiting for a matured android experience and this seemed like a good place to start.Its not bad, snappy, and with a good loader its useful and fun. "although the speakers are horrid"

I'm glad for the Nexus products, Apple will have to get out of its stagnation to beat Google.The iPad Mini, its two year old stats, and 16 gig flash won't cut it. I'll keep using the Nexus 7 till Apple can sell me a better small tablet. "Or a more competitive price on this one"

Re: Apple are thinking of existing users on this one.

They released one because there is a market for a smaller tablet despite what the Steve said. I only wish it had been priced better.

Its not that I don't want one. But I'm just out of iDebt from my Macbook Pro, and don't want to go back in till next year when new phone time comes.

I can afford a new Nexus 7 "barely". If Apple wanted my $$$$ so badly , either 32 gigs in the base model or a better price would have made the difference. If I get one for the holidays "I love generous in-laws" I'll be thrilled. But I have given Apple all I can spare. Its just not priced to compete for people on a budget.

I was.

I was looking forward to getting one, but the price just won't cut it. I'm off to get a Nexus 7 "32 gig" tomorrow and hope that the in-laws will get me a Mini..

Vaunted Windows 8 RTM updates 'actually featured from Win2000'

Re: Is the Register sponsored by Apple/Google these days?

Its perfectly reasonable, if you are no fanboi of any system. Surface, much like the iPad mini is priced to fail.

Both are bad judgement calls.

Apple updates iOS 6, Safari

Worked fine for me.

My iDevice update policy has been 100% effective since my first iPhone.

I wait till people on El reg tell me it will destroy my device or fail, then I update. The update works perfectly every time.

Apple enables 'Superstorm Sandy' donations in iTunes Store

Re: They can sort their own problems out

Not these days.

Believe me, for those of us in what used to be the manufacturing zones, wealthy is something you have to be 40+ to remember.

Despite how our television shows try to portray us, most people are 1-2 paychecks away from homeless if they are not already.

Captain Kirk does a Crapp on the iPhone: 'Shatoetry' for 'Shatisms'

Worth it.

So I can hear him admit how bad an actor he really is in his own voice?

Lenovo IdeaPad U410 14in Ultrabook review

Re: wtf? No. this review is poor

Why? Because it is a sad Macbook clone. Seriously. You can't see that?

I'm all about cheap Laptops. My Next Laptop probably WON'T be a Macbook Pro, I PLANNED on a Lenovo running Linux. "Apple soldering down the ram and gluing in the BATTERY will have me in the market for something else when I retire my 2012 13 MBP in three years."

But, I'm hoping when I get there they have something that's better than a fake plastic Macbook. This is just sad.

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria review

Re: Furcadia

If you actually KNOW what Furcadia is, you are too stained to look down your nose at ANYONE in any game ever again.

Pre-ordered a Microsoft Surface? So SORRY it's late, have a voucher

Re: Where has all the geek commonsense gone?

"Real geeks don't go near Microsoft products,"

Sure we do, then we fix them for the people who pay us and go home and use something that actually works.

Re: Ah Microsoft,

So? Lets dance!

Ah Microsoft,

I don't miss you at all.

Alienware assimilates Dell FROM THE INSIDE!

Dell

I had two Dell laptops in a row. The First one, ostensibly a gaming machine, overheated and froze whenever you attempted to play an actual GAME. overdriving the fans fixed this, but caused the cheap sleeve bearing fans go go to bits in a few months. It also had bad hinges and a power plug that kept coming unrooted from the mainboard. On its sixth trip back they found some ball bearing fans for it. On its SEVENTH trip back it FINALLY got lemoned out, less that two weeks before the end of the warranty.

"And that only happened because the India call centre man liked the fact I dual booted Linux. And that I had run all the Dell diagnostics and had the numbers BEFORE he asked."

The second one only went back two times before I sold it. Dell laptops are the reason today I'm typing this on a Macbook Pro.

Bond's Walther PPK goes digital: A civilized gun updated

Re: .45 ACP lacks sufficient penetrating power?

I carry mine with +p ammo hollow points, The Glock 36 shows a .45 can conceal well, but I admit the small grip makes control something you have to learn. And its an odd duck, even the holster is special order.

Choices.

I carried a stainless PPK for ages. I liked it, but I had a hard time finding a rig that concealed it well.

I traded it black in for a Glock 36, much easier to conceal and I prefer the .45 round to the relatively small .380 for stopping power.

It is my sincere hope to never shoot anyone, but as they teach you in class, if you have to drop an assailant you want to drop them first hit.

Re: The wife's primary pistol of choice ...

So how long have you thought of genitals a a weapon?

And you think WE have problems?

Microsoft: Just swallow this tablet ... the rest will take care of itself

Re: No. I DO like the software.

I've used and installed Seven, "for other people". I kind of liked the beta. I'm sorry the finished product wasn't more like it. But no sale. been there. Done that.

Re: "Microsoft actually writes fantastic software."

2007 called, they want their data back.

No. I DO like the software.

Its not about the "cool" its always been about how well OS X and iOS work.

Its been seven years now since I went Mac. Things I'm still not missing. Freeze ups, blue screens, saving my documents every 10 minutes online or off for fear that three hours of writing will disappear in a browser crash. "this happened many times"

I don't miss virus scans, I don't miss keyloggers, I certainly don't miss ACTIVE X, I don't miss disk defragmenting. I don't miss security updates that take an hour or more to download and install, I don't miss re-installing every 6-8 months to keep my gaming computers performance sharp. I don't miss my OS turning itself off with a hardware upgrade and having to be reactivated by a call center in India trying to read me a giant string of numbers over a crackling phone connection. I don't miss heinous and rude customer service.

Things I do miss, more and better games in the desktop, things I do miss, a decent choice of video chip-sets. But in the end I had to ask myself if gaming was all there is, and I realized than gaming was the least of my needs, and the only thing Microsoft seemed to be any good at. It just was not worth the hassles anymore.

But "I buy it cuz its kool?" Hardly. I'm possibly the most dated, least cool person on planet earth. But I buy what works. I'm not the only one by any standard, judging by the mob at the Apple store on the rare occasions I go.

The new Mac mini eviscerated with ease

Re: Have to say it...

Jailbreak? An OSX Mini? Seriously? Where did you get the idea you needed to? They make it absurdly easy to run Redmond's latest excrement, and Linux just takes a freeware third party bootloader. I've done it.

One of the Mac advantages is easily running any OS you want.

Re: Mac Mini - what's its main purpose?

Because you don't want plastic Sleeve bearing fans? Or how about the evergreen classic. I don't want Windows, especially Windows 8!

Apple's iPad Mini mishap: scratching out the retina screen

Re: Death of a salesman

It has? You don't go to the same Apple store I go to. Its so busy you need an appointment to get in.

Chrome extension blocks political speech on Facebook

Re: Can I be the first

If I can add Windows 8. sure,

iPad Mini vs Nexus 7: inch makes all the difference, says Apple CEO

Re: "choose an ipad over a pc" LOL

Not required since iO5. seriously, you guys really need to start working with old data.