• Apple and Mac Discussion
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Just got the iPhone 6 in gold today! 64GB version, I'm really happy with it. It feels nice in your hand and the screen size is a good upgrade from the usual small iphone screens.
[QUOTE=Xanoxis;46032518]Great, give me "dumbs" and explain nothing. Really great discussion.[/QUOTE] why do you like windows over macs? I played PC games for a loooong time and was pro-pc building for a while as well. I got a macbook partway through that. it entirely changed my life.
[QUOTE=garychencool;46033185]I like how that came out from the Apple thread[/QUOTE] Believe it or not, most if us here are completely reasonable people and identify when a non-apple product is a better match than an apple one.
Just installed IOS8 on my retina mini and it feels a little snappier than 7. Not only that, GIFs don't pause when scrolling anymore.
[QUOTE=Anglor;46031231]Seems like it's either the 1+1 or the nexus 5 I should check out first then, thanks guys! [/QUOTE] Apparently the OTA to fix the camera and touchscreen issues has been delayed until mid-October but you can install the dev builds and hope for the best.
I can't give specifics but the 6 and 6 Plus have the best calibration of any smartphones by a large degree.
[QUOTE=Sam Za Nemesis;46036487]I really wish other manufacturers would take note of Apple in LCD calibration, I had to fiddle with my Nexus 5 for hours to get any near the sRGB reference sheet, even my 10 year old iMac G5 seems to have better colours than the stock settings for my phone[/QUOTE] The Nexus 5 has very good 2 stage factory calibration. It already comes with sRGB and decent dE values. Your fiddling made it worse in all likelihood. You can not calibrate a display with RGB sliders and your own eyes. [img]http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph7517/60099.png[/img][img]http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/gadgets/Google/Nexus5/Display/Saturationschart.png[/img]
yay my Nexus 5 is well calibrated I guess
[QUOTE=Kaabii;46036669]The Nexus 5 has very good 2 stage factory calibration. It already comes with sRGB and decent dE values. Your fiddling made it worse in all likelihood. You can not calibrate a display with RGB sliders and your own eyes. [img]http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph7517/60099.png[/img][img]http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/gadgets/Google/Nexus5/Display/Saturationschart.png[/img][/QUOTE] Why is the 5c so superior to the 5s?
Looking to get a iPhone 6+ with Telstra, anyone have any idea when I should expect them to be in stock again?
[QUOTE=Trekintosh;46036873]Why is the 5c so superior to the 5s?[/QUOTE] Panel lottery.
Has anyone with an iPhone 6 given HDR video a try? I've tried to look up videos of it but nobody has made any and no one is really talking about it. If it does what I think it does it could be a game changer but people seem more concerned with the magic of timelapses, 240fps video, OIS and other things that other phones have had for years.
I saw a 6 plus at work today. Honestly, it's too big to me for my daily phone use. I knew it was about as big as a note 2, but gedam it's huge
[QUOTE=Unreliable;46035190]why do you like windows over macs? I played PC games for a loooong time and was pro-pc building for a while as well. I got a macbook partway through that. it entirely changed my life.[/QUOTE] Because I still play, and Mac versions of games are more buggy (just like Linux ones), like in Planetary Annihilation. And also because what Apple provides, like smoothness, no bugs, not worring about anything, look of the PC/laptop, or customer service is the last thing I need for my PC. The money I save by, for example, fixing bugs, if there are any, by myself, I spend for more RAM, better CPU, GPU. I also dont spend alot for case of my PC, I dont really care how it looks, I look for pure hardware power. I know that some will say that Mac dont need alot of power for smooth OS, but you still need power to get more fps. You cant get more power by having good OS. You can get some, but not alot.
[QUOTE=Xanoxis;46037913]-text-[/QUOTE] I don't really get what you're trying to prove here.
[QUOTE=Winner;46037921]why are you even in this thread??[/QUOTE] I like to read about everything, Apple is interesting brand and tech. I did not know that you have to like and use "it" to be interested in something. [editline]21st September 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=kaukassus;46038001]I don't really get what you're trying to prove here.[/QUOTE] Im? I just answered a question...
brightness isn't display accuracy [editline]21st September 2014[/editline] and dissapointing is totally relative to you considering most android phones have shit displays. for an android phone the nexus 5 has top-spec calibration
I'm sorry man but you're just wrong. Your Nexus 5 is just operating at a lower brightness there. Unless you calibrate both to the same brightness you cannot actually compare them. I have the very Nexus 5 used in those Calman results I posted. You do realize that Android in general uses lower saturated colors than iOS does right? Just because a display is displaying things that are all 60% saturation doesn't mean it can't do 100% for those colors. [editline]21st September 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Sam Za Nemesis;46039778]That isn't just brightness, if you take a Nexus 5 or any other non HTC/Nokia/Motorola-Amoled phone with stock LCD calibration and compare it's colour accuracy with the iPhone you'll see how washed out it looks like, I cannot find good examples on the internet however [img]http://pocketnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nexus-5-color.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Those are photos taken with a camera. Do you have any idea how completely impossible it is to get the same exposure for 3 different LCDs, especially ones at different brightness? [QUOTE=Xanoxis;46038482]I like to read about everything, Apple is interesting brand and tech. I did not know that you have to like and use "it" to be interested in something.[/QUOTE] You're being argumentative when it's clear your interests in computers are that of a gamer's viewpoint which is the absolute lowest and simplest mindset because it involves just picking whatever parts benchmark the best in games. Nobody in this thread thinks that way, and most consumers in general do not think that way. That mindset has absolutely no consideration of software, design, efficiency, or display quality. It's honestly like buying a car based on specs about acceleration and horsepower without considering gas mileage and how the car looks. If you're a gamer that works out because that's what matters for game. For every other scenario it doesn't.
Word to the wise: Kaabii takes his displays *very* seriously, and he's usually right. It's probably best not to argue. Speaking of displays, what's with the auto-contrast weirdness on the iPads and newer iPhones? I've had this on every iOS device since my 4th gen iPod Touch, so there's no way it's a hardware issue. It seems like a bug they would have fixed by now, but they don't seem to be acknowledging it.
[QUOTE=woolio1;46039866]Word to the wise: Kaabii takes his displays *very* seriously, and he's usually right. It's probably best not to argue. Speaking of displays, what's with the auto-contrast weirdness on the iPads and newer iPhones? I've had this on every iOS device since my 4th gen iPod Touch, so there's no way it's a hardware issue. It seems like a bug they would have fixed by now, but they don't seem to be acknowledging it.[/QUOTE] There's no auto-contrast. I do know what you mean though. It's a brightness thing and it only happens in certain circumstances like when you leave a fullscreen video. I honestly don't know why though. I've been meaning to have it looked into on the 6.
[QUOTE=Kaabii;46039837] You're being argumentative when it's clear your interests in computers are that of a gamer's viewpoint which is the absolute lowest and simplest mindset because it involves just picking whatever parts benchmark the best in games. Nobody in this thread thinks that way, and most consumers in general do not think that way. That mindset has absolutely no consideration of software, design, efficiency, or display quality. It's honestly like buying a car based on specs about acceleration and horsepower without considering gas mileage and how the car looks. If you're a gamer that works out because that's what matters for game. For every other scenario it doesn't.[/QUOTE] I'll be honest, I build gaming PCs every couple of years, and I really kind of agree here. You can't get something that looks good, is power-efficient, and has the same level of software cohesion that you can expect from Apple in a gaming rig. It's part of the reason I've taken to retooling a G5 tower case into an ATX case, just because nobody else makes anything that looks as good.
uhm, This is wrong thread to ask, but since we're at the topic: Why isn't all my U2414Hs the same color? I thought dell did this manually?
[QUOTE=woolio1;46040009]I'll be honest, I build gaming PCs every couple of years, and I really kind of agree here. You can't get something that looks good, is power-efficient, and has the same level of software cohesion that you can expect from Apple in a gaming rig. It's part of the reason I've taken to retooling a G5 tower case into an ATX case, just because nobody else makes anything that looks as good.[/QUOTE] If I still had time to play games I would have jumped on the GTX 970. But for everything else I question if I even still need a dGPU. [editline]21st September 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=xmariusx;46040037]uhm, This is wrong thread to ask, but since we're at the topic: Why isn't all my U2414Hs the same color? I thought dell did this manually?[/QUOTE] No the U2414H is not a good Dell. There's no dE guarantee (they actually guarantee it will be higher than 4 which means they are promising it is not calibrated) and it's a 6bit + AFRC panel. I warned people not to buy it even though the bezel, or lack of bezel, is very impressive. If you want to fix I recommend X-Rite's i1 series.
[QUOTE=Kaabii;46040043]If I still had time to play games I would have jumped on the GTX 970. But for everything else I question if I even still need a dGPU.[/QUOTE] Honestly, when I'm busy, I ask myself the same thing. I don't really have all that much time to play games, but it's how I keep up with my friends from high school these days. That said, most of the time I'm on my MacBook or iPad, because I really just don't need my desktop all the time. Still not sure if I'm going to do a rebuild this year for VR, or just grab a new GPU. Not a whole lot of reason to rebuild now anyway, Intel's sort of stagnated since Sandy Bridge.
[QUOTE=Kaabii;4603983] You're being argumentative when it's clear your interests in computers are that of a gamer's viewpoint which is the absolute lowest and simplest mindset because it involves just picking whatever parts benchmark the best in games. Nobody in this thread thinks that way, and most consumers in general do not think that way. That mindset has absolutely no consideration of software, design, efficiency, or display quality. It's honestly like buying a car based on specs about acceleration and horsepower without considering gas mileage and how the car looks. If you're a gamer that works out because that's what matters for game. For every other scenario it doesn't.[/QUOTE] Really? From what you counted, I only dont care about design. How could I not care about software, efficiency or DISPLAY!? Are you nuts? Good monitor is important in gaming and else. 60hz, 120hz, 144hz or other, good colors, speed, resolution, maybe 3D. Color is not as important in gaming as in doing art "stuff" but still is. Software is important in efficiency, drivers too. Sometimes Linux is better (L4D2 dor example), most of the time, Windows. To use Mantle or Dx? Or OpenGl? What you said about buying gtx970 says how much you know about making good,efficient, cheap and powerfull pc. Its not about buying the best of the best and calling it a day, its about buying something that will be the best option for as low cost as it is possible, and will be future proof, with options to upgrade easly. That means good motherboard, CPU, but also not the best of the best GPU, because they are not worth it, for so much money. You dont buy Titans if you will not use it properly (4k, 120hz). Its better to buy top-end gpu but not the most expensive. If we talk in car examples, pc gaming is not about look of the car, but it is about cost of the gas per mile, and speed and how it works. And getting it for as low cost as possible. Youre going to drive it to work, not look at it.
Here we go...
[QUOTE=Sam Za Nemesis;46039565]It's pretty dissapointing once you have it in your hands [Thumb]http://i-cdn.phonearena.com/images/reviews/145437-image/Google-Nexus-5-vs-Apple-iPhone-5s-004.jpg[/thumb][/QUOTE] To me, the Nexus 5 display looks great. To most people, they don't really care about these display performance benchmarks.
Just reinstalled Snow Leopard on an older MacBook I love the intro and music that plays after the install.
[QUOTE=woolio1;46040223]Here we go...[/QUOTE] No we don't because people's time is more valuable than that. His arguments are cyclical and there's no point continuing further. One thing though [quote]Good monitor is important in gaming and else. 60hz, 120hz, 144hz or other, good colors, speed, resolution, maybe 3D. [/quote] I laughed. Edit: Glitchability [video=youtube;ewTX_30g-u8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewTX_30g-u8[/video]
I see people just label here other people and dont provide arguments. Nevermind then, lets agree to disagree, because it does not matter at all around here.
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