* Posts by MagicBoy

20 publicly visible posts • joined 21 Oct 2010

Apple’s macOS Sierra update really puts the fan into 'fanboi'

MagicBoy

100% CPU = one core

A quad core hyper threaded i7 will read up to 800%.

No problems here running Sierra, my MacBook Pro is silent as a crypt, just as it has been under all the previous OS versions.

Surface Pro 4: Will you go the F**K to SLEEP?

MagicBoy

It's not just the Surface Pro 4, the older Surface Pro and Pro 2 have power saving issues as well. Microsoft appear to have their head in the sand on this one as they've done nothing after nearly 5 months. Kind of ironic that their own software doesn't work properly on their own hardware.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/forum/surfpro-surfusingwin10/windows-10-makes-my-surface-pro-1-extremely-hot/9ca517f9-5cbc-403b-ad3b-a?auth=1

It's even GRIMMER up North after MEGA SKY BROADBAND OUTAGE

MagicBoy

Just came back on about 5 minutes ago...

Stockpoort for the Reg Hacks, Stockport for everyone else. ;)

MagicBoy

It's spelt Stockport you cretins!

It might be grim up North, but at least we can spell. :p

Does Apple's iOS 7 make you physically SICK? Try swallowing version 7.1

MagicBoy

Yay, by iPhone 4 now runs at a proper speed. :D

HP sacks English employees to bag Scots gov jobs cash

MagicBoy
Alert

Far from the first time this has happened. IBM Global Services relocated the account I was working on from Manchester to Greenock in 2002, to populate a new building. The large chunk of government cash to help them put up a new building was just a co-incidence. 3 years later it was closed...

BSkyB punters drown in MASSIVE MYSTERY Yahoo! mail! migration!

MagicBoy
FAIL

It's a bloody balls up.

There was nothing wrong with the gmail system, Sky have refused to provide a proper reason other than marketing waffle about experiences or fuzzy crap about requirements.

From the FAQ :

Why has the service switched to Yahoo!?

Sky has teamed up with Yahoo! to offer Sky customers a new email service which launched on 4 April. Google is no longer able to provide Sky with an email platform that caters for our requirements. As another leading provider of email services, we’ve chosen Yahoo! to power the new Sky Yahoo! Mail.

I can only assume requirements translates as "so cheap it's nearly free".

I still can't log in using Apple Mail and IMAP. My password is apparently wrong, although it works fine via the webmail link.

Useless. I guess I'm moving everything to iCloud.

Google's stats show few Android tablets in use

MagicBoy
FAIL

A bit of contect.

Wooooo - percentages. Doesn't really mean much without a baseline number of devices to refer it back to. I've got a hunch there are massive of cheap smartphones in there somewhere.skewing the statistics.

Apple unveils tightened Mountain Lion requirements

MagicBoy

Re: WTF?

The ATI X1600 graphics are no longer supported. The late 2007 MBP has an nVidia GPU.

Apple MacBook Air 11in 2012

MagicBoy

Re: ethernet

The 2012 does, just not the retina display model.

Mega 12ft interactive electro-whiteboard lures GTC12 punters

MagicBoy
FAIL

In that context I wouldn't call 12in x 4in massive...

why is there an Apple forum?

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Because it's Insanely Great.

Overclockers UK swallowed by private equity firm Afinum

MagicBoy
WTF?

/Wonders how long the forums will last once the new owners start to read the content!

Google emails Virgin Media subscribers ... about privacy

MagicBoy
Paris Hilton

Lesson #1 : No option. I've been using the address since 1999, had no option but to let VM shift it to Google.

Lesson #2 : I'm not, apart from the Lesson #1 issue.

Laptop display pixel counts to quadruple in 2012

MagicBoy
FAIL

"Current MacBook screen resolutions max out at 1440 x 900 on the 15in model".

The 1680x1680 Hi-Res Anti-Glare screen on my 15" would suggest otherwise...

Need for Speed: The Run

MagicBoy
FAIL

More crap from EA

Yet more arcade crap from EA. Can i have my Porsche's back where they are deserved now? i.e. Forza 4.

Kthxbye.

Play.com swallowed by Rakuten

MagicBoy
FAIL

Play are small fry. Why close this loophole for a few online sellers and let Vodafone off £6bn in tax?

Five amazing computers for under £100

MagicBoy
Troll

X40

The main reason corporates avoided X40 series like a red-headed stepchild is the stupid 1.8" iPod size hard drive. Tiny capacity, slow, difficult to replace/upgrade and they didn't work in our disk imager even with the correct adaptor. Lenovo went back to 2.5" drives for the X60 and didn't look back.

Whack 2Gb RAM and a 5400rpm drive in an an X31 and it was far superior.

Firefox 4 debuts: The last kitchen sink release

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Better on the Mac

Performance is much improved on the Mac over 3.6, and no stupid orange button. Nice work.

Apple rolls out two new MacBook Air models

MagicBoy
Jobs Halo

i3 won't fit

The i-series won't fit. It's a three chip solution as Apple won't use the Intel graphics and nVidia don't have a combined Chipset/GPU part.

Won't fit in the 13.3" MBP, so no ******* way it's going in the new Air.