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Lenovo Ad Pokes Fun at Apple Fans, MacRumors Gets a Mention
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Probably no longer relevant, but I had this happen with 3 successive IBM think pads (about 10 years ago) they would last about 1.5 years and the lower part of the hinge would separate from the chassis due to metal fatigue. (I opened and closed these things about 5-10x/day.). Office colleagues also saw this but at a slightly longer mtf than I did.
When IBM sold to Lenovo, our firm moved to HP and we never saw this issue again.
If Lenovo has the same hinge or durability engineers, or specs, they need to retire them.
Interesting, as ~40% of marketshare is still windows 7. I guess automatic update didn't work out that well for a very big chunk of the population
Not for any computer in our company, too...Plus, speaking of bragging of marketshare on an Apple-related forum, where iOS prompt you to update every time you unlock your device is quite the irony.
At least the Mac's finder always works. I tried to click on my co-workers windows 10 start button and nothing happened. He looked at me and said, "Yeah sometimes that happens, let's reboot.." I hugged my MacBook after that incident....
à la carte...
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Yeah. One of my clients has to reboot his system multiple times a day because sometimes it refuses to wake up. Seriously... Like 15 to 20. He does have a MacBook, and told me he really still loves it. Wishes it would run more of the stuff they run at the office. Oh, and he's the CEO.
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Yes, but they do make a few good points.
Why doesn't Apple have a touchscreen MacBook Pro?
Yet, the ad never mentions the largest reason why I use an Apple product: MacOS.
Just another company trying to measure up to the good things that apple has put together. No, apple is not the most innovative, sleek, or best at everything. But what matters most is my Mac isn't running Windows.
Just another company trying to measure up to the good things that apple has put together. No, apple is not the most innovative, sleek, or best at everything. But what matters most is my Mac isn't running Windows.
That was true to an extent. I really hope this inspires the execs at Apple to truly innovate again and not copy or play catch up.
That's because the opposite of love isnt hate, rather ... it's indifference.
What you percieve as 'hate' is mostly people who are still passionate about Apple, but distressed by some of the directions they've gone.
The Macrumors mention is a dis to Apple, denoting that the company isn't transparent and that you have to go to a website called Mac RUMORS to get any info.
Why would you want a tablet with the keyboard on the back anyway? I had a Windows mobile phone back in the day which was a mini laptop and the screen spun so when used as a touch screen device the keyboard was behind the screen safe from any crap that would have got into it.
Make the screen removable by all means but keyboard facing outside on the back of the device is just stupid and asking for damage.
A mobile phone from 2006 has a better design than the Yoga.
Make the screen removable by all means but keyboard facing outside on the back of the device is just stupid and asking for damage.
A mobile phone from 2006 has a better design than the Yoga.
Simple answer, the keyboard is designed with this usage in mind, nor is there real concerns. Some keyboards can lockout with the deck rises adding further protection. Companies have moved away from the swivelling type display as in general it`s a point of failure and difficult to ensure stability of the display in many use scenarios.
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I still would never buy anything Lenovo makes. It's either going to be Apple or a Surface Pro and I own both.
Seriously? You really think Apple doesn't have a backdoor access route into every part of there own software?
As for Malware, would think iTunes and Mail are already there, they cause nothing but problems.
It's not hate... it's heart break. Hell hath no fury like a lover scorned... and Cupertino is scorning those who made it it what it is.... or, was??
While I don't trust Lenovo (spyware anyone?) there is some innovation there.... and the only time people diss a touch screen is when its compared to an actual windows product.... otherwise it's "the next macbook should like, do this great thing no one has done before.... like let the screen be an iPad man...." (because that's so different from a surface)
And if Apple quotes that freaking Henry Ford quote the next time they diss what people want again I'll scream. "If he would have asked people what they wanted when he invented the first car, they would have said a faster horse." Yes, because when I say MORE ports.... you know, I really wanted one port and a 2 year old silicone inside for a premium over the current gen chips.
I'd actually argue that Windows handles scaling vastly better than OS X.
For a few years now, I've had a Mac mini hooked up to my TV as a set top box... (Note: This was before all the vast improvements to the AppleTV.)
My old 40" TV was capable of 1080p, but the text was simply too small to read so I'd have to use 720p instead.
Yes, most apps support scaling text, but OS X itself doesn't.
(Meanwhile, Windows has had this for a while.)
I even have a new 65" 4K TV, and with the mini running at 1080p the text is still kind of small at any decent viewing distance.
All the "HiDPI" mode does is the basic 2x scaling. There's no ability to scale the font separately from everything else.
Could I switch to the less powerful, less functional AppleTV?
Yes, but then I wouldn't be able to use standard OS X apps.
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Interesting, as ~40% of marketshare is still windows 7. I guess automatic update didn't work out that well for a very big chunk of the population
Plus, speaking of bragging of marketshare on an Apple-related forum, where iOS prompt you to update every time you unlock your device is quite the irony.
Agreed.
I mean, that's why Apple is able to brag at WWDC every year about how most of its users are always on the latest version of iOS.
The whole Windows 10 push is an attempt to prevent Windows 7 from becoming another XP.
It's got to be really difficult to sustain development on a new OS when your most experienced developers are constantly having to fix issues with a 10-year-old OS.
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The thing is though, you stick your Windows computer into that 65" TV and sure, you'll get your dynamic font scaling. The only apps that would be guaranteed* to be scaled properly would be UWA apps. You'd get sick of Windows DPI scaling very quickly. Apple's 2x approach is a much better approach. It's not even something I'd need to be a fanboy to recognise.
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Right-click on the shortcut to your application that has blurry fonts, then select Properties. Then tab Compatibility. Then enable Disable display scaling on high DPI settings and hit Apply. then restart your application, and you see it will look good.
