[quote who="kona0197" reply="22" id="3415095"]perhaps we can get back to the topic on hand?[/quote] You're the one who took this thread [I]here[/I]. Besides, what else do you want to add/know? You've stated such a device is too expensive. Enough said no? For me personally iOS and its myriad of devices has grown too stale and boring so as I stated earlier in this thread I'll be waiting for the Nokia W8 tablet!&nb
[quote who="kona0197" reply="10" id="3414890"] Obviously you don't know what's it's like to be poor. $299 represents one average paycheck around here. Wrap you mind around that.[/quote] kona..........sometimes it's hard to gauge what you in particular may or may not find a reasonable expense since sometimes your posts imply certain technology is too rich for you (smatphones etc.) and then at other times you appear to be in possession
I was a fan of the Battlefield series for many years. Played BF since Battlefield 1942 (still my favourite in the entire series!), but I think 'battlefield' has run it's course for me. I won't be picking this one up. Too much of the same same same...... The Battlefield [I]franchise[/i] has become too much like the COD [I]franchise[/I] for me (played the series from the first until 1 or 2 iterations ago). Loved COD 1 and 2 (2 was probably my favo
David, This is the third thread you have started on this subject. You have received the same answers in each thread. $400 [u]will not[/u] get you a 'gaming' notebook. You keep mentioning $400 and wanting to play games [I]nicely[/I]. Well you are talking about notebooks with no [b]dedicated[/b] gaming-graphics video card (ie. ATI or NVIDIA). The only thing you'll be able to &
[quote]toshiba able to play many games and full rebellion?[/quote] I as well as others have already answered your question in this thread here: https://forums.stardock.com/449423/page/1/#3410076 Also, You are not listening. Those notebooks you are linking are crap for gaming (unless you want to facebook flash game only). They have M processors and th
By the nature of [I]all[/I] hard drives containing moving parts, at some point they fail. All of them. As far as 'corrupting' data while being in a powered-down state? I'll ask you this........what media do you know of that doesn't [I]degrade[/I] over time? Having said that, when you leave a computer system off for a while, does it just start corrupting data? Not in my experience. That is not to say that keeping
[quote who="XATHOS" reply="158" id="3410122"]http://www.tomshardware.com/news/mouse-lag-windows-8.1-dpi-framework-call-of-duty,24789.htmlYet another reason why I will wait for 9. They already are moving up development on it.[/quote] That says what exactly? Even in the comments to the article itself there is some evidence that points to a specific mouse (Razer) as one that is having issues. So? Performance enthusiasts have always be
As has already been stated by others, none of those you listed are technically 'gaming laptops' (unless you mean 'gaming' as in facebook gaming). http://www.toshiba.com/us/computers/laptops/qosmio?src=MAKP&cm_mmc=TAI-_-Home-_-TopNav-_-Qosmio The above would be an example of a 'gaming notebook' which would play rebellion fi
[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="130" id="3408116"]W8 turned computing into a nightmare for ME.[/quote] Doc are you still hooked on that Apple [b]i[/b]Koolaid? Come now, tell us the truth! [e digicons]O:)[/e]
[quote who="kona0197" reply="119" id="3407841"]Maybe with Windows 8, and I will debate that one with you.[/quote] That's just it kona.........you never [I]debate[/I]. You start threads or enter posts with argumentative statements (often claiming the absolute and sometimes contradictory to past posts of yours). There is no real 'debate' with you..... [quote who="kona0197" reply="119" id="3407841"]But not with Windows phone 8. I have two of
[quote who="kona0197" reply="112" id="3407744"]Did you forget that I downloaded the Windows 8 preview and used it for some time before I was given a copy of Windows 7? Yeah, funny how those little things slip your mind.[/quote] No, no one [I]forgot[/I] that. It's just as RND stated you often contradict yourself and certainly make posts that scream "argumentative for the sake of being so". Besides, downloading the preview and playing arou
[quote who="kona0197" reply="102" id="3407589"] Strange. You pick on me for what I said yet Doc said Windows8 is crap and you don't pick on him. I see how it is. [/quote] I think (keeping all things in perspective) it is about what someone has experience with and not about who says what...
[quote who="Island Dog" reply="97" id="3407546"] What device have you installed 8.1 on, or are you just posting the usual nonsense? [/quote] I [e digicons]:rofl:[/e]
[quote who="Daiwa" reply="96" id="3407544"]...I'm not down with the whole idea of installing a PC OS from the cloud, to put it mildly....[/quote] I did that the other day on a brand-new notebook in order to 'test' some things and let me tell you, that install went waaaay wrong. 2/3 of the way through the [I]upgrade[/I] to 8.1 I received a 'frowny face' on a blue screen with the message "ooops something went wrong. your system will b
[quote who="Daiwa" reply="79" id="3407228"]Must Win8 be the installed OS to upgrade? Is there an option to use a Win8 License Key? Installing an OS from the cloud without a way to recover from a disrupted install seems a little dicey.[/quote] As far as I know everyone but volume license holders and/or TechNet subscribers must do so from the cloud on a system-by-system basis (for now). You can order discs from the Microsoft store but it may take a while to get them
[quote who="kona0197" reply="22" id="3404189"] Reread post #20. Key words: I'm not saying I don't protect myself. I do.[/quote] Kona, re-read this entire thread. It is about protecting oneself. So if you do in fact do that, then I'd imagine your post(s) may have been something like: "Thanks DOC for pointing this out!" [e digicons]O:)[/e]
[quote who="Phoon" reply="18" id="3404153"]Kona, no offense, but ..... I'm embarrassed for you on this one.[/quote] Ditto!
[quote who="kona0197" reply="16" id="3403881"] Whatever. I have used Windows in Administrator mode for years and have never gotten a virus.[/quote] Well whatever right back at ya! It's not at all like I just happen to work in the field but hey............ignorance is bliss as they say! [e digicons]O:)[/e]
[quote who="RedneckDude" reply="17" id="3403887"]I believe in running my PC with full admin rights no matter what I'm doing. To do less is allowing MS more control over my rig than I have.[/quote] @RedneckDude Allowing MS more control.........? The OS always 'technically' has [I]more control[/I] over what your PC is or isn't doing at any given moment regardless of your own user cr
[quote who="BigDogBigFeet" reply="7" id="3403855"]Yes unfortunately this is my Admin account but.... I only tend to go to safe websites with it. Even a limited access user account will not prevent viruses from landing on a computer. It will prevent most viruses from executing their destructive effects.[/quote] Unfortunately there are no 'safe websites'. I can't tell you over the years how many people have been infected by drive-by attacks from 'safe websites'
The best suggestion I can offer (and I know Doc will jump on me in about a second to get that guide I keep talking about finished...hehe ;) ) is to make sure you approach all of your devices from 'least privilege' thinking. Never....and I mean NEVER use an account that has ADMINISTRATOR rights to browse the internet etc. Of course your system needs an ADMIN account but keep that one aside for installin
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="40" id="3403407"]The problem with Windows Phone is just that it has no personality. Someone it Microsoft mistakenly believed that easier = boring. It's not fun using a bunch of colored blocks.[/quote] WP is [b]boring[/b] compared to the stale BORE that is iOS? I mean sure iOS 7 [I]finally[/I] (I mean......my god finally!) brought [u]some[/u] changes...........of course one of the biggest 'changes' is to the multi-taski
[quote who="Kantok" reply="599" id="3403071"]Sure, Canadian healthcare prefers theirs to ours, except whenever they need to see specialists. Same thing with Europe. You need to see a specialist? Need to get care in a hurry? They come here and pay for it. [/quote] @ Kantok Speaking as a 'Canadian' myself, many 'Canadians' are actually [I]for[/I] a two-tier system implemented here by which the 'socialist healthcare' we are all so proud of still rema
[quote who="moshi" reply="34" id="3403177"] while the high-end Lumias are great products (at least the hardware), i do not think they are profitable. [/quote] What's wrong with the software? It is easily the easiest [u]and[/u] most intuitive (these days) phone OS to use (YES I have owned and used blackberry devices, android devices and iOS devices) which is actually underlined by the recent iOS 7 update whose multitasking screen is
Yes and there are 'rumors' that the GDR3 / bittersweet shimmer (what's with all the Crayola crayon colour names Nokia) update is due in November 2013 sometime....