Re: Unlikely

Because they now have competition which is a lot cheaper.

What do you mean "so much"? Nobody is going to pay $100bn, just increments of ~$30.

Re: Who cares how open they are ....

You're supposed to use AC for trolling.

Re: Retina

I thought Apple used it against a certain DPI?

Microsoft are paying some Russian company to basicly commit crimes

If TPB can claim they aren't committing crimes, MS can do the same. It's about the letter of the law after all, nothing do do with old-fashioned ideas like morality and common sense.

Re: Microsoft pulls off the impossible!

When TPB uses dodgy legal grey areas to give you free stuff, they're visionaries of freedom but when MS use similarly grey areas to fight back, they're evil?

I could see lots of people buying a iPad mini who simply think a 10" is too big.

Re: out of interest

If we base the law on the random opinion of anonymous internet folk then you're 100% right. If we base it on facts, your argument starts to fall down. Unless websites make "don't deliberately block ads" a part of their T&Cs, that is. But even that would only partially reduce the stupidity of your argument..

Re: A lesson to be learnt here

CM looks like Aristotle compared to your whinging nonsense.

@Jonas

What an unpleasant streak of bile-fueled ignorance. I think you summed up your position perfectly when you said "The problem with capitalism is that it's not about what you have; it's about what other people have".

Stow your faux-socialism until you have your facts straight.

Re: Possible, but doubtful

Could be another vast surge of sales, I agree.

£250 is quite realistic if it is the iPad2 spec, given that iPad 2 is now under £300.

>>If they make it a proper shape, i.e. 16:9 it will fit in most jacket and suit pockets.

It also wouldn't be the same shape as a normal iPad so wouldn't have the same aspect ratio and would need a different resolution.

Re: Not Plausible

So where exactly do you think the "retina display" brand used in iPad 3 came from if it isn't the iPhone or iPod? It was the iPhone which introduced the damn thing in the first place.

Re: Extras?

I rarely watch them either but that's why I don't buy special edition versions because I also don't want a special box or a 100 page book... but I appreciate collectors do.

@Lee

"That's like giving Windows ME 80% because if you don't already have Windows 3.1/95/98/2000, it's great."

No that's a moronic argument because ME was far worse than earlier versions whereas the review clearly states the BD version is better than the DVD.

It's pretty standard to review a product on its own merit.

Re: Not Plausible

More problematic in my view is fitting all that battery in the smaller casing.

Re: Extras?

In which case you can get a non-special edition for a few quid and stop whining that serious fans want something more.

Re: Tell me...

80% because if you don't already have the DVD, it's great.

Re: An operating system is what it's creators want it to be

Exactly what monopoly is an OS with 0% market share supposed to have?

Re: European Competition Commission

Absolutely incorrect.

Re: How to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

If you want an x86 PC/tablet, buy one.

Re: Errm, what did they expect?

W8 and WOA are not the same product. W8 may bomb while WOA is a great success... or theoretically vice versa but that is looking very, very, very unlikely.

Re: This could easily backfire on them

You haven't even seen IE10 so demanding you can use something else is a bit premature.

Windows tablets will anyway be aimed at either business users - who are very happy with IE - or typical Joe Public types who have no idea what a Browser is.

That's because Apple aren't restricting their users to IE.

They are restricting them to Safari and I'd take IE9 anyday... and I imagine IE10 will be even better.

Re: Copying Apple

However a closed system allows much greater control... if bad apps drain resources it makes the OS look bad to the typical user. Restricting apps like iOS/WP do means you can't get an app knackering the whole device (as easily)

Re: Not much of a loss for Mozilla

The browser choice was because MS had a monopoly on desktop OS and used this to push a monopoly in a separate product, the web browser. This is entirely different.

It works just fine for Apple. It only makes sense for MS to look at what is successful and copy it.

What IS the situation on iOS - I noticed Opera Mini exists in the AppStore so does that mean MS is being MORE restrictive, or just that 3rd-party browsers can't be the default?

Re: If only (@Chris19)

You mean like the Kinect?

Nothing to worry about

Why would anyone be concerned that the government can access you entire browsing history for X years when it's taking decades for them to be able to track your medical history?

Re: Just to clarify

If only you had the choice which version to get.

But everyone knows allowing ads is selling your soul.

Re: Yes, it should be free.

It is available on the web already. Why should my ticket prices pay for developing an app for rich people,,, if you can afford a smart-phone buy the bloody app.

What's the worst that could of happened

The directors are tried for criminal offence and put in prison... oh look the company decides to give in.

Or simply issuing huge fines.

Or even if companies "can't be trusted to safeguard the vulnerable public from untrustworthy corporations" they could say all web-access has to be provided by the public sector.

Re: Censorship is bad. Always

"A lack of censorship does not mean a lack of laws preventing harm to others."

Yes but it's the internet which is outside any one country's rule. I can do something in a country which doesn't have or doesn't/can't/won't enforce anti-pedo laws and put this online for British people to view. So the argument about stopping the people from doing the wrong in the first place doesn't really work.

In which case, if the government wants to enforce the law, you either need to block the supply, or snoop on the general public to find those consuming it. Which is worse, having illegal sites blocked or being watched to make sure you don't visit them?

Re: Oh no not again

Once every 1-2 years, what a break-neck development speed.

I'm still on 2008 because I don't feel compelled to buy every new version.

Re: errrr

Yes of course that's how they present it.

Re: Censorship is bad. Always

"don't censor and let individuals decide. if you choose to look at it you can expect a visit from the police."

That logic would make supplying drugs illegal and possession the crime, which is pretty much the opposite to what makes sense.

Censorship based on arbitrary moral/ethical codes, I can agree that's bad. Censorship of things the law says are illegal is a whole other situation.

Re: Stand up for your rights

As I said in another comment, music prices HAVE dropped over recent years.

Re: Lost credibility here for me:

"It seems to me that closed generally wins. It isn't like linux is the dominant OS. I can't think of a single field in which this is true"

Apache. PHP. Wordpress. MySQL... on the small-medium server side open is as dominant as Windwos is on the desktop.

Re: 1366 x 768 WTF?

900px isn't too bad, given that a 1280x1024 monitor is just fine... but the 7-year old 2nd-hand DELL Latitude laptop I got for £200 has 1600x1200.

Re: Huh

Music is far cheaper than it was 10 years ago. Let's see the facts showing that piracy has reduced as a result.

Oh, and TBP is not illegal as they host no content.

I really fail to see how anyone believes this is a defence. It's about intent... Google exists to allow people to search all public info on the web, except that they DO attempt to block some things from searches. Maybe poor attempts, but they show the intent.

Whereas TPB exists purely and wholly to help people find ways to download content they aren't allowed to have. Yes I know people use it for other things, but it's called the PIRATE bay for a reason.

In real life, knowingly aiding someone to commit a crime makes you an accomplice to the crime. It's just common sense.