Iphone or Samsung Galaxy 2

[RABSP]

Anyone noticed that under the covers that both iOS and Android are built on Linux? All Macos'ssssss are built on Linux these daysa lot better than X-Windows?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LsxmQV8AXk

[macca_779]

Anyone noticed that under the covers that both iOS and Android are built on Linux? All Macos'ssssss are built on Linux these daysa lot better than X-Windows?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LsxmQV8AXk

It's a reason why osx is far more efficient than windows for a given hardware spec.

Been looking at a new laptop. I'm convinced mac is the way to go. Going to get MacBook Pro retina 2.6 with a thunderbolt 27" inch display so I can use it as a full fledged desktop too. Salary sacrifice the lot and a 4.5k package will be around 2.5k in the end.

I'll run boot camp or parallels win 7 for my tuning needs.


iPhone 4

[duke5700]

I run all my tuning software on VM's Macca, works perfectly. I can also keep multiple backups of the OS easily and they are portable. It is pretty great taking a USB key with you, with a copy of VMWare and the image on it. Run your own PC on anyone elses gear.

[[TWIGGA]]

I run all my tuning software on VM's Macca, works perfectly. I can also keep multiple backups of the OS easily and they are portable. It is pretty great taking a USB key with you, with a copy of VMWare and the image on it. Run your own PC on anyone elses gear.

Agree, if you are only running Windows for tuning, just go a VM. If you need it for other things, BootCamp it.

[macca_779]

Agree, if you are only running Windows for tuning, just go a VM. If you need it for other things, BootCamp it.

Your right it is the easier way. My only other reason for running boot camp. Was for the misses. She's never used a mac so it gives her that option to fully run windows environment. I've read that gaming is also better with boot camp. Can anyone back that up.


iPhone 4

[[TWIGGA]]

Your right it is the easier way. My only other reason for running boot camp. Was for the misses. She's never used a mac so it gives her that option to fully run windows environment. I've read that gaming is also better with boot camp. Can anyone back that up.


iPhone 4

Yeah if you are gaming, bootcamp all the way.

Do both, have your VM and bootcamp, means you can boot up however you want

[macca_779]

Yeah if you are gaming, bootcamp all the way.

Do both, have your VM and bootcamp, means you can boot up however you want

I tell you what I'm damn impressed with the power of these new MacBooks. Such a well designed machine but wow do they pack some grunt through that gpu. Saw of a video of a guy running 4 screens too which is cool


iPhone 4

[[TWIGGA]]

I tell you what I'm damn impressed with the power of these new MacBooks. Such a well designed machine but wow do they pack some grunt through that gpu. Saw of a video of a guy running 4 screens too which is cool


iPhone 4

Yeah very well specced the Retina but you pay for it

[macca_779]

Yeah very well specced the Retina but you pay for it

Indeed you do, I haven't purchased a proper machine since 06 (net books don't count lol). So I think I can justify it. Going to be spending near on 5k so yeah I'm not screwing around. But I'll get a fair bit back as salary sacrifice.


iPad 2 HD

[csv rulz]

Just took delivery of my new HTC One X, so far so good. Having fun playing around with it and writing to know how it all works.
Just waiting for it to be activated so I can set it all up. ;-)

[[TWIGGA]]

Also waiting on a Galaxy Nexus to arrive, should be Monday or Tuesday. IOS for 4 years, looking forward to the change.

Moved to prepaid, so leaving my options open too if I want to change handsets in the near future.

[Nutter]

I've had the one xl for over 2 months after owning 7 blackberrys and what can I say the phone is awesome and I should have moved to android years ago, the bad.... You need a wall charger, car charger and portable generator to use it away from home. To say battery life is pathetic would be an understatement, if nothing else the blackberrys did have awesome battery life.

HTC One XL 2

[whiteknight2211]

Have you thought about using something like Juice Defender? I had a Samsung Galaxy S2 4G and battery life was terrible, I found two things: one, I had to turn it off and one once a day or the battery would not read properly and there are a lot of parasitic data services in the back ground - I used Juice Defender and turned most of that off which made a difference.

Now that I have a new HTC One XL I'm quite impressed ICS is light years ahead of Gingerbread 2.3.6...

[MYVYSS]

Have you thought about using something like Juice Defender? I had a Samsung Galaxy S2 4G and battery life was terrible, I found two things: one, I had to turn it off and one once a day or the battery would not read properly and there are a lot of parasitic data services in the back ground - I used Juice Defender and turned most of that off which made a difference.

Now that I have a new HTC One XL I'm quite impressed ICS is light years ahead of Gingerbread 2.3.6...

You think ICS is awesome wait till you get to Jelly Bean....OMG it is super fast....and brilliant.....

[Nutter]

According to the built in battery meter the screen uses 90% of my total power this means I'll leave the house at 8pm to go to the pub say and with not a lot of use it will be dead before I'm home 5 or 6 hours later, on my blackberrys which I used for work an personal use if I couldn't get 12+ hours flat out with data and calls something was wrong so I've probably been spoilt in that way, the downside is none of the blackberrys had a screen like this.

HTC One XL 2