cobracg updated 2 products

cobracg — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:23:05 -0500

1. updated Apple Macbook Pro - December 27, 2008 at 9:23 pm

new pro/con: LED Backlit screen.
disagreed: "LED screen on 15.4" model is brighter than LCD "
agreed: "Sleek Macbook Air aluminum styling with clean screen bezel "
disagreed: "Better battery life because of LED and Penryn core "
agreed: "Slightly heavier than predecessor "
disagreed: "Software artificially restricts iTunes HD content from playing at full resolution to non-HDCP monitors"

2. updated Apple iPhone 3G - December 27, 2008 at 9:20 pm

agreed: "GPS Support"
agreed: "High speed 3G"
agreed: "Good selection of free apps available"
agreed: "Intuitive interface"
agreed: "Still has the best web browser on a cell phone"
agreed: "Very vibrant developer community"
agreed: "Real time 3D graphic rendering"
agreed: "Slimmer contour than previous generation"
agreed: "Excellent free development tools and documentation."
agreed: "Desktop synchronisation with both MacOS X and Windows "
agreed: "Push synchronisation via me.com"
agreed: "Quality controlled third party applications"
agreed: "Operating system years ahead of competitors."
agreed: "Affordable (depending on service plan)"
agreed: "Available in white (16 GB version only)"
disagreed: "Slow at finding WiFi networks"
disagreed: "Poor on screen keyboard"
disagreed: "Automatically opens web links from home screen in new Safari tab, so you end up with 8 tabs (the max allowed) open all the time"
disagreed: "Weak WiFi antenna"
agreed: "Very quiet speakerphone"
disagreed: "Unresponsive touch screen if it gets greasy..and it gets greasy"
disagreed: "the screen shatters very easily, and the design of it offer no protection against falls and breakage"
disagreed: "Japanese iPhone not adapted for Japanese cell phone market"
disagreed: "Can't use speakerphone when checking voicemail"
disagreed: "Poor search (no email search or web page text search)"
agreed: "No map-caching for the default maps application, so if you don't have a strong signal, you get slow performance or a blank map"
disagreed: "Prone to locking up and crashing when using Safari"
agreed: "No MMS capabilities"
disagreed: "No front-facing camera lens for video chat"
agreed: "When switching applications from within another application (ie. sending an email while on map), it doesn't return you to your original app"
agreed: "Hitting back button in Safari forces the page to reload which is slow"
disagreed: "Turn by turn directions in Google Maps app isn't fully flushed out"
agreed: "No built-in tethering solution for Internet sharing with a laptop"
disagreed: "No improvement in storage"
agreed: "No improvement in storage"
agreed: "Map driving directions are text only (no audio)"
agreed: "Crippled Bluetooth (only hands-free devices supported)"
agreed: "Can't replace the battery yourself, can't replace with a "spare""
agreed: "Camera didn't get improved"
agreed: "Battery life is disappointing when using 3G"
disagreed: "No text selection or copy/paste functionality."

cobracg updated 4 products

cobracg — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:53:54 -0500

1. updated Mac OS X Leopard - December 8, 2008 at 4:53 am

tapped as "love it"
agreed: "Improved Spotlight UI & performance "
disagreed: "New Dock removes useful features from Tiger version"
disagreed: "New Dock removes useful features from Tiger version"
disagreed: "Not enough major improvements"
disagreed: "Poor support"
disagreed: "Major glitches on upgrading"
disagreed: "Spaces is buggy"
agreed: "cover flow makes sorting through pictures easier"
agreed: "Better performance than Tiger"
agreed: "iChat Theater for sharing screens/presentations/etc over video chat"
agreed: "Evolutionary upgrade"
agreed: "Built in parental controls are very powerful"
agreed: "Time Machine makes back ups a no-brainer"
agreed: "Spaces for virtual desktop management"
agreed: "Screen sharing for controlling other machines remotely"
agreed: "Improved Spotlight UI & performance "

2. updated Microsoft Windows Vista - December 8, 2008 at 4:52 am

chose Apple Mac OS X over Microsoft Windows Vista
agreed: "Performance can be much better"
agreed: "Still has hardware compatibility issues"
agreed: "Default installation comes with many bloated eye-candy settings enabled that slow your computer down"
agreed: "Restrictive digital media functions"
agreed: "User Access Control is a huge pain"
agreed: "Hardware requirements are still too steep"
agreed: "Confusing versioning system"
disagreed: "Improved auto-complete on "Run" menu"
disagreed: "More streamlined program installation and management"
disagreed: "Much fewer security vulnerabilities than XP"
disagreed: "More customizable than OSX"
disagreed: "Better core foundation for developers"

3. updated Microsoft Windows XP - December 8, 2008 at 4:50 am

agreed: "Poor command-line"
agreed: "File system Fragments"
agreed: "Programs aren't isolated from one another, so one can take down the whole OS"
agreed: "No Microsoft support for the mainstream after April 14 2009"
disagreed: "Every program imaginable has a version for XP"
disagreed: "Stable"
disagreed: "backwards compatible; very good gaming platform"
disagreed: "Good driver support - lots of drivers even for oblique and legacy hardware"

4. updated Apple iPod Nano - December 8, 2008 at 4:48 am

agreed: "Doesn't charge with older chargers ( you need to buy all new equipment for it)"
disagreed: "Rounded screen can lead to glare"
disagreed: "Requires upgrade to iTunes 8 with significant hardware requirements"
disagreed: "No WiFi "
agreed: "New voice recorder application when plugging in a microphone "
agreed: "updated software is a lot nicer than earlier generations"
agreed: "Engraveable for free "
agreed: "Returned back to taller, more desirable form factor "
disagreed: "Accelerometer means you can watch videos in either portrait or landscape orientation "
agreed: "Ridiculously thin "
agreed: "Available in 9 different colors "
agreed: "Shake to shuffle "
agreed: "Accelerometer means you can watch videos in either portrait or landscape orientation "
disagreed: "Shake to shuffle "
disagreed: "Available in 9 different colors "

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