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Guess it didn't make any spark of discussion yesterday, but apple released their ipad mini (ipod touch x 2) a new ipad 4 that is a mild to little improvement of the last one plus an apple mini-USB connector (Lightning port) as well as a new imac AIO, which wouldn't be worthwhile or from apple if it weren't preposterously thin. Don't get me wrong, it's cool to have a thin device, but after a while, it's superfluous, ESPECIALLY for a desktop.
The ipad mini is about 350 dollars for a 16 gig base model, which is well more than the competition in that arena. And, it is 170 dollars less than a Surface RT, I'd go with the Surface RT.
The ipad 4 just goes to show why I will NEVER buy apple, RIDICULOUS product obsolesce! The ipad 2 with retina display came out about six months ago, it is now outdated. Mostly over a new connector that is really an apple exclusive version of the universal standard of the microUSB port. It isn't faster, it isn't better, and just goes to show that their old 30 pin connector was a bad move to begin with.
The new imac, good grief. It seems than an apple post steve jobs thinks that innovation is making existing products thinner than before. I don't see any practical benefit in buying an AIO PC just because it's thin. It's on a desk for crying out loud, I don't care if it's thin or not. I care about specs and capabilities, compare a Windows 8 powered touch AIO PC with a 23 inch screen to apple's 21.5 inch imac, the Windows powered one wins over every time, as it usually has. And we're talking about a 10 point multitouch screen compared to non-touch screen and is STILL less than.
What I fear a bit is that people will buy into this just because it's apple. Honestly, at this point, apple could have a press conference that has a lot of hype around it and release nothing. Just nothing. And people will be tripping all over themselves at how to get nothing from apple. Or better yet, they could announce a box of shite from apple, and people will be paying hand over fist, for a box of excrement, from apple. FACEPALM.
And this is how I feel about the iphone 5 versus the Nokia Lumia 920. The 920 is a larger phone (mostly because of the OIS PureView camera) but it has more depth, detail, and it's a well built attractive device. The iphone 5 is just the iphone 4 stretched out (on tall heels?) and thin and light. It's a trendy, superficial device for the trendy, and superficial.
That, is how the cookie crumbles.
The ipad mini is about 350 dollars for a 16 gig base model, which is well more than the competition in that arena. And, it is 170 dollars less than a Surface RT, I'd go with the Surface RT.
The ipad 4 just goes to show why I will NEVER buy apple, RIDICULOUS product obsolesce! The ipad 2 with retina display came out about six months ago, it is now outdated. Mostly over a new connector that is really an apple exclusive version of the universal standard of the microUSB port. It isn't faster, it isn't better, and just goes to show that their old 30 pin connector was a bad move to begin with.
The new imac, good grief. It seems than an apple post steve jobs thinks that innovation is making existing products thinner than before. I don't see any practical benefit in buying an AIO PC just because it's thin. It's on a desk for crying out loud, I don't care if it's thin or not. I care about specs and capabilities, compare a Windows 8 powered touch AIO PC with a 23 inch screen to apple's 21.5 inch imac, the Windows powered one wins over every time, as it usually has. And we're talking about a 10 point multitouch screen compared to non-touch screen and is STILL less than.
What I fear a bit is that people will buy into this just because it's apple. Honestly, at this point, apple could have a press conference that has a lot of hype around it and release nothing. Just nothing. And people will be tripping all over themselves at how to get nothing from apple. Or better yet, they could announce a box of shite from apple, and people will be paying hand over fist, for a box of excrement, from apple. FACEPALM.
And this is how I feel about the iphone 5 versus the Nokia Lumia 920. The 920 is a larger phone (mostly because of the OIS PureView camera) but it has more depth, detail, and it's a well built attractive device. The iphone 5 is just the iphone 4 stretched out (on tall heels?) and thin and light. It's a trendy, superficial device for the trendy, and superficial.
That, is how the cookie crumbles.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS
- CPU
- AMD FX 8320
- Motherboard
- Crosshair V Formula-Z
- Memory
- 16 gig DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS R9 270
- Screen Resolution
- 1440x900
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB Seagate Barracuda (starting to hate Seagate)
x2 3 TB Toshibas
Windows 8.1 is installed on a SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB
- PSU
- OCZ 500 watt
- Case
- A current work in progres as I'll be building the physical case myself. It shall be fantastic.
- Cooling
- Arctic Cooler with 3 heatpipes
- Keyboard
- Logitech K750 wireless solar powered keyboard
- Mouse
- Microsoft Touch Mouse
- Browser
- Internet Explorer 11
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender, but I might go back on KIS 2014