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ZEN X-Fi: more details with a touch of meh {Engadget}
Jun 30th 2008 3:58AM Could that 3x3 button array make the cut for that UI thingy the guys at MS bought a while ago? The one with little thumbnails of pages arranged in a 3x3 grid?
How was it called?
ZenZui?
Philips debuts 22-inch auto-stereoscopic 3D monitor {Engadget}
Jun 6th 2008 4:42PM I'm so with Bakari on this one, altho I've seen what these thingies can do for High Definition Movies (it's like a Mini-IMAX on your living room). As always, the footage should be prepared specifically.
I'm a graphic and motion graphic designer: 3D fonts is LAME in every way. Using a 3D Desktop is lame too... there's no other destination for this stereoscopics than movies and games, sorry.
Dell brags about sneaking into HP conference to pester HP partners {Engadget}
Mar 6th 2008 7:55PM I love my DELL. Is the cheapest, best looking, and feature packed notebooks that you can buy in Argentina.
It runs my games, It renders my AfterEffects Projects.
It's all I need, dammit!
Microsoft lowered Vista requirements to help Intel sell incompatible chipsets {Engadget}
Feb 29th 2008 10:48AM No.
You are allowed to see the interiors of the machine you're buying. At least from a specs sheet. But YOU HAVE THE RIGHT to know every bit of tech that's put into your hardware.
Cause you're not buying a consolidated component (like a toaster) you're buying a set of devices that conform a component. The sticker would never suffice to state that. Anyways, VISTA CAPABLE was advertised as it would run the barebones. At least that's what came to Argentina (and man we're not at all geeks down'ere). Vista Basic runs on the same config as the lesser XP machine around, so it's true. It is capable of running the software.
I will stop trying to refute something that's not my fault, nor my interest and start reading the goddamn mails... cause I find pretty interesting that everything that MS does is wrong, tho anything 'others' do to tie in their software to certain specific hardware is right... mmh.
I mean, you know that you can't have CoreAnimation in Macs that are 3 years old, right? They lack the needed shaders, huh?
Technology is only forward not backwards. I wish Windows went the OSX way in dumping the backwards compatibility and running a new codebase altogether. That'd eliminate the registry.
Vista prices officially go down, but will consumer interest go up? {Engadget}
Feb 29th 2008 9:23AM I know Windows better. Period.
Can't have OS X in my PC... too much tweaks. Can't get a Mac, too much money. Can't get linux on my PC, too much lack of support for latests Adobe software.
I have had Vista for months, and if it weren't for a hardware problem with my geforce (which I'll get replaced soon enough) I'd be still using it.
I've got all my software installed, plus games, plus document sharing with another XP install (my computer is used for working, tho, so I had to make the transition step by step).
I take the opportunity to give a piece of advice: ALWAYS have your Docs in ANOTHER partition than the system+apps one. If you can avoid it, don't use ANOTHER disc, that'll hinder the performance.
My 2c.
Cheer up guys, there are users for everything, including BOB.
Microsoft lowered Vista requirements to help Intel sell incompatible chipsets {Engadget}
Feb 28th 2008 1:39PM There's something that has been annoying me for decades (well not precisely decades, but...) WTF if MS wants to include a browser, a Media Player and just cap any hole you might have to fill up with third party software? I'm ALL GOOD with that. The internet explorer is PART of the system since its the file explorer also. Period. The WMP can be ignored and uninstalled if required.
More into the topic. I don't give a damn sh1t for all those who bought a PC that was already last-year when they bought it. You can't go around buying tech if you're gonna settle with less than mid-range hardware. They should sue the retailers also, then, cause their employees sold PCs without warning to the people they were selling to. IT'S MANDATORY for a tech seller (any tech seller) to train their employees to answer questions with sniper accuracy. I get OVERLY mad when i get to a retailer and I know better than them.
Know your TOOL. If you're gonna buy a PC YOU'VE GOT to know what you're buying. It's not different from buying a car... you've got to know it's autonomy, reliability, handling, carrying capacity, room for passengers, engine power. You need to tell all your needs to the retailer AND HE MUST give you ADVICE.
And, let me tell ya, for once: CHEAP STUFF IS CHEAP BECAUSE OF SOMETHING. NOBODY GIVES NOTHING AWAY. CAPITALISM 101!!!
Anyways, this is all an overstatement. The fact that in US you can just sue «because» is making everyone just overly paranoid. I got to see a website that contained a top ten of the most exhilarating warning labels put on products. The best of them: «This Toy moves when it's used» It was a kids bicycle.
What a moron.
Mitsumi haptic input device could enable one-handed mobile operation {Engadget}
Feb 23rd 2008 11:43PM Been using my MING for months w/o stylus and one handed... only two handed for fast typing, but nonetheless one handed to do anything else.
And THAT is a tiny screen and tiny icons to put yer thumb in.
I've even managed to use the scrollbars with the tip of my thumb, also one handed. So it ain't big deal.
Motorola ROKR E8 coming to T-Mobile! {Engadget Mobile}
Feb 13th 2008 10:58AM Innovative design, a gorgeous screen, and a lot of MOTOMAGX goodness... by far a competitive implementation of power user tools with consumer level tasks.
I think you better start drinking more coffee, yawner.
Motorola's DH01n -- think DH01 with GPS navigation {Engadget}
Feb 11th 2008 8:37AM Check your contrast... there is a white plastic holder on the left... and the overall image seems a bit awkward... :-P
Vista SP1 still vulnerable to activation hacks {Engadget}
Feb 11th 2008 8:31AM They just can't win.
Things made by humans can be bested by humans.
They could, altho, release "only" Ultimate (a one 4 all solution, let's say) for around 150 bucks, and quit complaining about how much they spent on R&D!!
The freaking software would be a blockbuster, and only few would crack it...
Microsoft: LOWER YOUR PRICES! B4 IS TOO LATE!
