Posts by Philippe

Re: 30%

I wonder how good of an Hackintosh you can build with those?

Same boat

I am after something more like a 14 inch MacBook Pro with 32GB, but in the meantime, a MacBook Air is a cheap way to “have a go”.

Re: Just as well

Are you in Bedfordshire by any chance.

O2 at home is pants, my son on Three gets crazy speed.

Re: Shipping a new device with MicroUSB?

The Nokia 1.3 is not "aimed at parts of the world where micro USB is the current technology".

it's an entry level smartphone available everywhere just like the Nokia1 and Nokia 1 Plus before it.

micro-USB needs to die.

Re: Yet the same Apple

Other manufacturers are releasing new format a lot more than Apple does.

For instance, Lightning has been out since 2012. When it launched, Tim Cook said that it was there for the next 10 years, bringing us to September 2022.

Apple has already started to transition Macs (since 2015) and iPad (since 2018) to USB-C.

I expect the iPhone 14 to move to USB-C no matter the decision of the EU parliament.

Ultimately moving to USB-C will generate a lot of e-waste, and will make innovation harder.

Politicians should stay out of discussing standards.

We've had warnings forever as users.

I have been getting messages for years about upgrading to a new version of Adobe Acrobat Pro.

I've only done it because Catalina said "NO", and I need the bloody thing once a month.

These guys are developers, I buy software for a living and I understand their pain, but seriously, siting on your arse for thirty years?

At some stage you've got to upgrade your code, launch something new if it's too much work, or just retire. Looks like they chose option 3.

W10 LTSC 2019

LTSC has been my solution to this nonsense.

No Store, no games, no tiles, no telemetry, no force reboots, no UI changes.

You just get the critical updates and you choose when to install them.

Total bliss.

Re: Too Slow

Is there a reason why you haven't installed that USB Linux on the hard drive yet?

My Wife's computer has been on Xubuntu for at least 2 years. I work in IT, I can't be arsed to deal with IT support in the evening too.

LTSC?

You, my friend, are ready for Windows 10 LTSC.

No start menu, no telemetry, no Edge, no Apps, no interface or "features" changes for 2 years.

You just get Windows 10 and security updates.

It has been ultimate bliss since I moved over to it at the end of last year. I thoroughly recommend it.

Re: Power-ful

What about MIPS? Where is my MIPS build?

Re: But can it run Crysis?

Crysis? That's nothing. Try and run Vista on this thing.

Re: Does anyone bother with Windows anymore ?

My company which is quite a big M$ chill and probably one of the first to roll out W10 left right and centre has simply added Macs as a standard employees offering due to the sheer number of issues.

Hearing about people having problems on Windows 10 is now an expected backgroung noise at the office.

Re: @mark l 2 - Tere's simply no rational reasons to run ARM servers.

I thought "nuking it from space" was the only way to be sure?

32GB HP Monstruosities

There is a special place in Hell for manufacturers offering laptops with 32Gb of eMMC and 2GB of RAM.

They share the space with lawyers, and GDPR consultants.

Re: iPhone SE

If you couldn't work out how to send a picture to yourself or use iCloud, then the phone isn't the issue.

Re: 2000 quid?

I did say "just in the UK", this is a global roll out involving 3000 of the things, and yes other devices were tested over 3 months by test users in several countries.

They all said "iPad" at the end of the test.

Re: "the system has a more modern and 'flatter' look"

You should try finance making engineering decisions. That's quite good too.

Re: I already hate smartphones, this Bixby isn't going to make it better

Nokia 8110 is your friend.

Re: Windows 10 "Enterprise" LOL

Actually, not having Office running on it is probably one more reason to use it.

The current version is dated 2016 which feels a bit long in the tooth. Although it's expressly not for desktop use I expect the 2018 version to allow for Office to run.

I'll continue to use a mix of iCloud and Office online in any case.

Re: If only!

"Creative Update my arse!"???

Not at all, there is so much creativity invested in making the users' life a misery before.

Re: HS2 and the Galileo replacement

Don't be too harsh on him. He's a Brexiter. Everything is simple or someone else fault for a Brexiter

Re: Signal/Bandwidth is not the issue

My favourite is trying to use an EE phone at the O2 Arena during a concert.

I am pretty sure I'd get a better throughput using smoke signals.

That is why Macs will never succeed in the enterprise.?

The reason Apple marketshare of the PC market has gone from 3 to 8% worldwide by only selling high-end kit is because they're succeeding in the enterprise.

Tons of companies are now giving a Mac option as well as a PC option when ordering a new laptop. This was unheard of, even 3 years ago.

The tools are there to manage the Mac, the ratio of support personal to device is a tenth of the PC side.

Backward compatibility is something you Citrix VDI, not something you limit your CPU choice for.

For one of two reasons:

They either want to hold it for re-sell it at a higher price later on, or they're planning to lunch a fixed wireless business similar to what UK Broadband does in Central London.

Re: This is all just posturing

You mean 700 MHz but your point stands