Posts by karakalWitchOfTheWest
62 posts • joined Thursday 23rd July 2009 07:15 GMT
Re: Office 365, a warning from a user...
What? I haven't had the same experience. It is just exactly the same...
Re: Getting away from Office
Yep. I assisted a few companies in changing from MS Office to LibreOffice. First thing is to put a stop to custom business-solutions in Excel sheets. You won't believe how much stuff is done in Excel.
If you have covered the most important business processes in business software (either individual developed solutions or standard packages) the switch itself is painless.
You want save that much in shortterm: You can dump your license costs, but you have to do more support...
A bonus for some users is the old interface of LibreOffice via the new Office interface..
But you have to listen very carefully to your users. Some are heavily invested in Office, mostly powerusers, and you can't convience them to change...
For the normal office drone it is more or less the same and it works after a few weeks of more frequent support calls...
You have to convience management, because they believe, they have support from microsoft if the buy Office, but if you read the EULA, there is practically no support at all and no guarantees...
I have bitten...
I have bought the subscription yesterday and I think it is great value.
I have used Open/Libre-Office a lot over the years, even installed it on many PCs of friends and family, but it is just not as good as Office. Yes, I can do all the work in Writer, but I prefer to do it in Word. Excel 2013 just looks so much better than Calc.
And I like the price. It is 10€/month here and for that I can use it on our 2PCs, 1 Win Laptop and 1 Macbook without any additional costs...
I have tried it extensively over the last few months and I am hooked. It looks better than any version of Office before and it works - at least for me - better than any previous version...
Re: Massive Fail
Ahem no....
I use my 13" MacBook Pro with the "old" integrated Intel Graphics (Sandy something) with the Adobe Creative Suite in their newest incarnation and none of the programs require any special graphics hardware. At least for the things I use it.
And for the optical drive: I used the opticals drives in my Windows PC, Windows Notebook, MacBook the last time (combined) I think half a year ago... It is definitely no problem today to live without an optical drive. at least for me....
Re: so...
Ah yes... That is after all the strategy Apple is using in its approach to allegedly rights violations?
If you mean this...
It was just a few years back and in Argentinia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1Ho9l789VI
Posted in Build a bonkers home cinema
What I really love about this article...
....is the cute "Buy from amazon" button underneath every piece...
Posted in Colour Kindle incoming says mole
Just give me folders already...
I don't understand why it is not possible to include a simple folder navigation. I have too many books and PDFs on my Kindle for this stupid Collections idea and sorting the books and stuff with the Kindle (I have a Kindle DX) is a pain in the ass...
I think this is nice...
I just preordered Creative Cloud because I think it is great value for money. If I take the price of the Master Suite (2599), I would need >50 months. This is more than 4 years and I bet in this time there will be another update, which I will get for free in Creative Cloud.
And if you are a student, you can have a 50% discount...
I think this is great...
Re: Does Such a Printer Exist
I think the officejet pro 8500plus with the optional paper tray fits your bill. I just need to check, if I can scan to PDF without a computer, but I am quite sure.
Re: I don't the case for ink jets
Nope. That's not true. I have the Officejet 8500Plus and I had the officejet 7600 Pro before. The costs are way lower than colour lasers and then a color mfp laser is very hard to find and very expensive.
With high performance cartridges the cost per page is lower than the most economical laser printer and they don't use that much energy.
I was against inkjets but was converted by my two officejets. (and the 7600 is at my parents house right now, working very well 6 years after buying....)
Ah: And it is more expensive to buy a good scanner with ADF and a printer with the same functionality.
The difference is/was...
The best thing about the courier-concept - and still unmatched - was the software as demonstrated in the videos. I would gladly pay up to 1000€ for a courier, because the software demoed in the concept-videos would make my life easier.
The Sony P is just another Android-tablet, and made worse by the poor execution of the dual-screen-thingie...
I have a Android Tablet, but it isn't just a Courier and that makes me unbelievably sad...
I am not impressed with the iPad either...
For something so hyped I was really disappointed after using it.
It is just good for surfing the web, but any cheap Android-tablet does it too.
iOS is clunky and outdated in comparison to Android or Windows Phone. The coolest thing is the smart cover, but that's it...
Maybe I am no Apple-user anymore, but iPhone and iPad don't rock my world..
But I don't want to own an Android-Tablet either, because somehow i don't know what to do with it...
All the "modern" UIs are not cool and SciFi enough for me to live without a keyboard... ;-)
Nope...
The problem is:
You can't get 100 top JAVA/GUI guys & gals at one time.
They won't like to work in a corporate environment different to Apple and Google.
And for what? You have to earn 15 Millions with your handsets in the first place to spent it.
Better try to bribe Google with 5 mill or something to do what the handset maker wants...
No upgrade path?
When I exchange my Android-Device for another, after keying in my gmail-credentials all my contacts are there, my phone downloads my applications, even my setting are there, because they are backuped by Google.
So about what "non existing" upgrade path are you babbling about without no clear knowledge about anything?
Hm... funny though...
I just have 50% women in my circles on G+....
Maybe you should hang out more in the real world with women....
Posted in WTF is... IPv6?
I really don't care...
I like the principle of NAT and the easy way it provides most of the technical illiterate people with a somehow decent security.
I really don't want a globally routable IP for every device in my home. I don't see the benefit in it - despite making it easier to track and trace my every movement.
Posted in Thrutu
Ahem...
You should mention, that Thrutu is only available in North America and the UK.... :-(
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978770
Posted in Google ads banned from Facebook apps
Facebook has ads?
I never noticed, as I never see any other advertisements on the web...Maybe my adblocker is to blame?
Posted in The year's best... TV media players
No it does not...
Not only ist the codec support of the PS3 mediocre, but the PS3 is noisy, expensive, needs a lot of power and needs a proper media server with recoding support.
Posted in The year's best... TV media players
Yep.
This is the system I own. Acer Revo with additional MediaCenter Remote and XBMC. Can be controlled with a Logitech Harmony and is perfect for my needs.
Posted in Gear4 UnityRemote
Hm, the app-idea sounds nice...
But my Logitech harmony is in reality better suited for the living room, as my mother could pick it up and use our AV-setup without any troubles. A dedicated remote control is also better suited for sharing as I don't like to lend my phone to others...
Posted in Ubuntu 10.10: date with destiny missed
@The BigYin
It's not rocket science to move your Profile-Folder in Windows to another drive...
http://www.starkeith.net/coredump/2009/05/18/how-to-move-your-windows-user-profile-to-another-drive/
Then my friend...
...you have a very strange work.
I defended Apple products for a very long time, owning some kit (some PowerMacs, some G3s, some G4s,...) myself but for now I couldn't recommend it to anyone.
The iPhone is getting more locked up, the PCs are way to expensive (except maybe the iMac) and with Windows 7 MS closed the gap.
So Apple is only a lifestyle, not something else...
And I hadn't a real software-problem with my Win/Linux-Intel-PCs for a very long time which hindered me working on something... Some hardware-faults, but they were repaired fast and successfull (which you can't say of the Apple-guarantee-procedures...)
Posted in Apple MacBook mid-2010
what insane resolution?
I just have to cope with the notebook from one of our customers which has 1280x720 (or something like that)... I am used to my 1920x1200 in my dell 15" latitude... THIS is what it should look like....
Posted in Cyberpower Ultra Scylla six-core AMD PC
hm...
I have to object on the graphics card part: The card itself is very well suited for gamers and if coupled with a second one it is okay even for hardcore gamers (tried Crysis on two 5770 on two full-hd lcds... very nice...)
Nope.
Because you don't have Apple and Steve Jobs on the Android.
And this is way more preferable for me that any feature the Judas-Phone might have....
@Gene Cash
Hmmm, never experienced YouTube to "hang and crap out" and its Flash.
Yeah right (s)he is a troll, but...
...he has some valid points though.
The phones and the paddy thing are overpriced and locked down.
The workstation, since there is only one anymore, is also way to expensive.
The iMac was a nice concept but not at this price.
The new Mac mini is a joke, especially for this price!
just the plastic iBook looks like good value for money, but only as long as you don't need an always working notebook with business grade service contracts. (and yes, my private notebook is a business notebook from dell with a business grade pickup contract)
So essentially Apple seems to like to alienate techies, likes to appeal to fashionistas and tries (and fails in my opinion) to change the mobile phone business.
It is easy...
Steve Jobs doesn't like Flash.
@BristolBachelor
I want a new handset every 6 months, but I really don't see the point of subsidising contracts also.
The providers should be forced to sell only the pure tariff so people would see what money is made of the "no-cost"-handset...
Handsets are way to expensive also because of this contracts... Nobody can explain to me, why a HTC Desire or a iPhone 3 1/2 should cost about 600 to 1000 EUR when I can get a full netbook with a 3G-modem for 300-400 EUR.
Posted in Vauxhall Ampera extended range e-car
Sorry to disagree...
...but in comparison to a real French Commonrail Diesel from Renault for example the Honda Diesel sounds (and performs) like a very old traktor...
And I assume you haven't used an next-Gen (after Pumpe-Düse) Diesel from VW.....
Ah, and the Nissans are Renaults too...
Posted in iPad's brain not so unique
Still, the fact is...
I've nearly never (re-)booted my Symbian-powered phones in comparison to my Android and iPhone...
Hm...
On my HTC Desire Flash never crashed my Android... But just my 2 cents...
...but!
Obviously he doesn't get the point. Online vs. Offline.
Posted in Google mocks Jobs with Flash on Android
Hm...
Maybe because call by voice is the most unimportant feature of a phone?
In reality it is faster, when I make one touch with my finger on my favourite list on my HTC Desire than try to communicate with my phone to make it understand what I want (and every voicecontrol on any phone didn't work flawlessly)
So it is definitely not important and IMHO they can go on to ignore it for at least another 10 years...
Posted in Consumers still want it hard
Please...
Such systems are on the market already.
Already outdated systems: Cambride Audio Azur 640H
New Systems:
Olive Opus No. 4
Incantare AudioServer
Yamaha HiFi MusicCast MCX-2000
ReVox M37
And many many more...
Posted in Dev goes 'Wild' with H.264 Firefox
And why should Google do that?
Google is NOT your friend! google ist just a business entity as MS, Apple or Oracle and the only goal is to crush the enemy and earn more money for the owners...
Posted in Security bug bites 64-bit Windows 7
I don't agree
You are one of the five people on earth where XP is better on his old hardware... ahhh, you wrote "feels"... please check your stats before you write anything.
WinXP is old and if you are accustomed to the new features of Win7 you will never go back (I definitely don't want to go back ever....)
I so totally agree with you...
I hate this layout... maybe I SHOULD switch search enginges....
Posted in Lenovo ThinkPad X100e
ahem...
The Lenovo X41 cost about 2400 EUR new... I don't think the X100 is so bad in comparison....
Sorry...
But if you had a Windows XP Box running since 2004 without reinstalling: Shame on you...
If the real product...
...will work and look just close like this animation I will definitely buy one...
Posted in OpenOffice 3.2 is on tap
I use OO and Excel for "serious Business"...
...and I never ever needed to use this R1C1 notation. And neither did any of our customers... So I don't think it is that much a problem...
Been there, done that...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pGp1LX8yZY
A view from the top of the mountain, ahm, building ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrGsS2IQqAg
Troll?
All your calls are made with 2G and not 3G. Try to turn off 3G on your handset und you will still be able to make calls.
Gaming consoles? Yes. PS3 from Sony. http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=220&tag=rbxccnbzd1
Posted in Vodafone: No HD2 for you!
Hmpf...
If you can't be bothered with correct grammar, maybe you should look for another job.
Posted in TomTom Start
Why satnav against maps?
Nothing beats the convenience of a satnav. Definitely no map or asking strangers. (and to ask my client for driving directions is extremely unprofessional)
That said at home I also use maps to plan my next journeys... but in the car: satnav is go....
