Didn't Samsung promise a 64-bit flagship this year because they were worried that everyone would suddenly jump ship now that Apple had gone 64-bit?
Posts by RussellMcIver
26 publicly visible posts • joined 15 Dec 2010
ARM arms devs for 64-bit Android push with 'Juno' board
Windows XP fixes flaws for free if you turn PCs into CASH REGISTERS
Re: Is it not ethically and maybe legally questionable to provide this reg hack?
What difference does that make, it is still an over ten year old OS. If you buy something out of date you should be prepared for the limitations that brings.
It's not like MS are alone in this, or even in any way the worst. Look at Apple and its support of iOS and OSX. I knew one poor fool who bought an iPhone 3G just weeks before the iPhone 4 came out. His last software update came only a month or two after buying the handset, and all that did was move the phone to a half baked version of iOS4 that effectively crippled the device and made it unusable. Good work Steve!
Satya Nadella is 'a sheep, a follower' says ex-Microsoft exec
Who’s Who: a Reg quest to find the BEST DOCTOR
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it ... Win Phone 8? No, it's APPLE'S iOS 7
Tickle my balls, stroke my button and blow the fluff from my crack
Google erases G8 venue from Earth: Microsoft doesn't
Review: Samsung Series 5 Ultra Touch Ultrabook
Re: Have I missed something?
I don't think people have been complaining about the manner in which the start screen is accessed, I think the larger complaints are that the start screen exists at all (at least on the desktop). Windows 8.1 isn't going to do anything about that, I think some people have been getting their hopes up that the old start menu is going to make a return.
I don't care either way, I've never had much of an issue with Windows 8, although given a choice I'd have kept the Windows 7 start menu.
Also is a hot spot really harder than the old way of accessing the start menu? They both basically involve flinging the mouse to the bottom left corner and clicking?
Have I missed something?
"Until Windows 8.1 appears, having a touchscreen is a huge advantage to straddle the new Windows 8 user interface dichotomy."
Have I missed something here? 8.1 isn't going to do anything to overcome what many people are struggling with regarding the overt focus on touch input that Windows 8 has. They're just allowing you to boot to the desktop and sticking on a button to take you to the "start screen" aren't they?
PEAK iPHONE? Apple mobe growth slumps to ‘lowest in its history’
Re: As ever ...
Okay, when we hear a story about Samsung burning millions of surplus mobes, or burying them in the desert, or completely halting all future production of their hardware, then I will accept that there is a difference.
Until then lets just accept that all those shipped devices are as good as sold.
63 TRILLION maths ops a second - in 5 inches? Mm, show me
SimCity Classic
A true classic
I played very little of the original SC before 2000 came along and washed it away.
For some reason my most treasured SC2000 memory was replacing the sprite for the Tornado disaster with that of the Cyberdemon from Doom. Oh how I laughed as the giant demon from Mars trampled those poor helpless Sims...
How to destroy a brand-new Samsung laptop: Boot Linux on it
Oh, Sony, you big tease: Mystery PlayStation reveal date set
Worst broadband notspots in the UK named and shamed
Re: Stats for the other cities please Register.
Not sure that speed is your key problem here, possibly more the quality of services you are using.
We have a broadband speed that peaks at around 3Mbps, but rarely have problems streaming movies from Netflix. Even things like iPlayer, YouTube and, to a lesser extent, 4oD are largely reliable.
The Sinofsky Letters: Defenestrated Windows overlord corresponds
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean review
Surface: Because Microsoft does so well making hardware?
Deadly drive drought derails Dell's PC biz
Winter for webOS, winter for Droid, but springtime for iPad!
Oh really...
That link has a clear motive to try and make the point that everyone is ripping off Apple so they have obviously chosen a bunch of images that back up there point.
For a contrary example here is another image:
HP Slate (Announced pre iPad): http://www.lorenheiny.com/2010/01/06/steve-ballmer-shows-off-hp-slate-prototype/
Hmm... might need to give those HP lawyers a heads-up...
HTC 7 Pro WinPho 7 smartphone
Google Cr-48: Inside the Chrome OS 'unstable isotope'
Doesn't sound terribly new
All seems a lot like Jolicloud (http://www.jolicloud.com/)
Only less useful.
This sort of computing will catch on massively eventually, but they need to make it easier for people to do the things they want - work with THEIR own media and files. Until there is an easy and reliable way to transfer/access these files on a dumb-internet terminal such as this then they are going to struggle. That means no loss of capability regardless of where you are in the country/world and much greater flexibility in terms of network usage limits.