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There's not a lot in it these days. If you're not susceptible to the phosphor trails that some people see on plasma screens then there's no real disadvantage. Better to judge it on a set by set basis than tech vs tech because the gap between what Panasonic are capable of doing with Plasma tech and Samsung/LG is really quite large.
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Not really worth arguing with, are you? Your other post already made it pretty clear that you're still incapable of doing anything but talking out of your arse. If you're right then why don't you go ahead and list some compelling reasons why people shouldn't go with 64-bit Windows (the initial question that you were "answering")? What software and drivers don't work? Which bits of Microsoft's own software catalogue don't run on the 64-bit OS? There are reasons against, but they pretty much boil down to there being hardware incompatibility with legacy hardware. That's hardware that the manufacturers themselves have long since abandoned and stopped developing for. There's also legacy software compatibility (particularly with old games) but that's a different issue that's common on all version of Windows since Vista, they removed support for some of the older graphical technologies.
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I hadn't realised. None of my mates or anyone at work picked it up, I kinda assumed that was pretty normal.
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Hardly surprising news for anyone that's been near the Guardian website/iPhone App/paper for the last month or so :p Anyone see Gordon Brown's Paxman interview? Damn. He really needs to learn to speak like that more often! Paxman didn't have a clue what to do :p It's the first time I've seen Brown be given the chance to explain the past 13 years of the UK's financial history. It's quite compelling really and it does bring in to focus just how much he's achieved. It also makes me worry about how much of that the Tories could be about to destroy. The IoD Conference was on afterwards on BBC Parliament and yet again I found myself worried about what George Osborne was saying...
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I was trying not to be insulting
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Choze, you do realise that is complete bollocks, right?
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Colour me a communist! Never really thought that would happen.
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Spotify would probably be your best bet for music on Android. Obviously the price is a pain in the ass, but the new version on the iPhone (which I assume will be coming soon to Android) is brilliant. It's got support for live streaming, offline playlists and your own music collection, there's an On-The-Go type of playlist thing in the form of Starred Tracks and you can scrobble to Last.fm. I'd be willing to bet that the Android version will get the new Social stuff that's just come to the desktop player too. The cost is the down side, but it might be worth it given the rather lack-lustre stock media software on Android.
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Oh come off of it. It's hardly just politicians who are like that. And bullying? Maybe true, but it's a pretty tenuous link to this episode. She wound him up the wrong way, he vented in private. I'm yet to meet someone who isn't like that (Bar those who would vent in public. Those people don't make good politicians, they make UKIP and BNP politicians.). It hardly counts as bullying the woman. She was just yet another idiot that's bought in to the idea that immigration is firstly a bad thing and secondly out of control. Illegal immigration is, yes, but that's a different ball game and one that doesn't seem to be discussed much.
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Some sites are now reporting that Activision will close Infinity Ward down after the second MW2 map pack is done. As many of a quarter of Infinity Ward's staff have walked out over the past month and it's no longer viable to keep the studio running. Modern Warfare 3 development will be split between two other studios.
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http://lifehacker.com/5521308/how-to-seamlessly-run-that-one-windows-app-you-need-on-a-mac?skyline=true&s=i Maybe a bit of an extreme solution? Depends how much you want it I guess.
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Bunch of idiots. Why they admitted to paying $5000 for it I'll never know, stupid beyond belief! Still, I bet the whole incident has created a fair bit of revenue for Gawker media, so while it may result in criminal charges it was probably worth it.
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Yeah, because it worked for so many titles this year. Seriously though, good luck to them. Arkham Asylum was fantastic and it's a real shame that it didn't sell as well as the bigger releases over Christmas.
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I don't really fancy taking out an iPhone contract. It'll cost me more and I like to change my phone every so often, it becomes difficult to do that if I'm shelling out £40+ every month. I'm only planning to keep the new iPhone for a few months before selling it on and buying a WP7 handset. I'll just skip it if I can't get a Micro-SIM on my current contract.
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I'm not on an iPhone tariff. Neither are a lot of iPhone users. Apple get a cut of the line rental on every iPhone tariff. This means Apple are losing out on money from me and everyone else who is dodging iPhone-specific tariffs. The cynic in me thinks that Micro-SIMs will only be issued to users on iPhone tariffs, being used as a way to stop users "stealing" Apple's revenue. Still, I could be pleasantly surprised...
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The papers will smear the Lib Dems as much as possible over the coming weeks. Most of them see the election as an investment and most of them have 'invested' in the Conservatives. They will do everything they can to protect that investment. I've got to say, so far they're doing a pretty poor job :p I'm sure there's probably some real dirt out there though, they've just got to find it.
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Add me to the 3G owners looking to upgrade. Sadly though I suspect it won't be possible for some of us. I'd be willing to bet money that the whole Micro-SIM thing is a way to force people to only use the handset on iPhone contracts (which Apple gets a cut from). I fully expect to phone Vodafone in June to be told that either they can't supply me with a Micro-SIM as they don't do them, or that they can't supply me with a Micro-SIM because they only come with iPhone and iPad contracts.
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How many people would buy Mephisto or Super Skrull though? Any how many people would buy Thor or Fantastic Four DLC? :p You know it's true...
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I guess that's fair enough. Though I'm still sure the chassis thing will have been quite a large factor in the decision. A tad disappointed that I'll have to either wait for Acer/Asus to get their machines out, go for the Alienware M11x or shell out for the Vaio Z (which is a rip-off over here, I could fly to the states and buy one for the UK price :p). The 13" MBP would have been ideal priced between £1000 and £1200 if it had the specs of the 15" model.
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It's not a tech problem - it's lazyness. Sony have a 13" machine that's smaller and lighter than the 13" MBP and higher spec'd than the top configuration 17" MBP. OK, it's Sony. From an engineering front they're always months - if not years - ahead of everyone else. However, all the other major players are following suit starting with Acer who should have a 13" machine packing an i7 and an ATi 5650m out in the next month. The reason for not redoing the case to accommodate the same spec as the other machines is purely financial, unless I'm overestimating the capability of Apple's engineers.
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If it's launching in July then they'll have settled on the final design long before now. It takes a while to manufacture both the parts needed and the final handset in the sort of quantities that Apple will be looking to ship. This might not be the final design, but I really doubt it'll be much different.
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I was reading an explanation earlier as to why the 13" MBP is still using a Core2 Duo. It's down to disagreements between Intel and NVidia. They had an agreement allowing NVidia to produce chipsets for Intel processors. Intel say the agreement ended with the Core2 architecture, NVidia say it didn't. Anyway, long story short, NVidia can't produce chipsets for Corei processors. The MBP 13" design doesn't have room for a dedicated card. Apple had three choices; go Corei and use Intel's integrated graphics, stay with Core2 Duo and use NVidia's new GT320m graphics or redesign the whole MBP 13" model to accommodate a dedicated graphics card. They chose the second option. A 13" MBP with a Corei processor might turn up in a future refresh, but it won't be until they redesign the whole unit.
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Having the least seats matters little in a hung parliament. Each bit of legislation will require the co-operation of two parties and the chances of Labour and the Tories getting on enough to push through legislation together are incredibly remote. It'll be the Lib Dem seats that they'll both be looking to recruit. They'll hold the balance of power in parliament, whoever they side with will get their way. It's not quite like actually having a decent number of seats, they'll struggle to get their own proposals through, but it's still a lot more power than they've had in almost 100 years. Also, an interesting little read; http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/apr/18/clegg-media-elite-murdoch-lib-dem An ex-editor of The Sun describing the relationship between government and media and why the Liberal Democrats will have certain papers worried.
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Saw this earlier. Looks cracking! I think I'll be quite tempted to upgrade come July, iPhones tend to hold their value pretty well so it'll tide me over until decent WP7 handsets launch.
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Heh. That'll teach me to believe stuff I read on Trusted Reviews. I should know by now, they rarely edit their articles/admit they're wrong/made a mistake so if it seems too good to be true it probably is Ah well, I'll just continue to use next doors WiFi instead