[QUOTE=MacTrekkie;29021818]I want a warm furry thing to annoy me :smith:[/QUOTE]
Well you're certainly on the right forum.
Mac OS X PCC versions not booting or installable on PS3. Boo.
That's hardly a design move, it would seem more like incompatibilities to me.
[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;28986226][img_thumb]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YblkPPWly0I/TSOWi4edgMI/AAAAAAAAJ8k/wH3E7MMy8Og/s1600/Rolls%2BRoyce%2Bcoupe%2Bplayboy2.jpg[/img_thumb]
[sp]Hint: it'd have a bad engine[/sp][/QUOTE]
It would have a 4 stroke the size of the one on my pushbike
I have a friend with a Compaq Presario laptop (can't remember the exact model). The keyboard is the most annoying thing ever. There are these hotkeys on the far left for opening programs like a web browser or the calculator or something. Calculator is right next to Ctrl, you don't even know how many times I've Calculator-C'd something instead of copying it.
You also have to hold Fn to press any of the F1-F12 keys, which is annoying when Eclipse uses F11 to compile, because I can't even use one hand and go all the way from Fn to F5 or something, it's all the way over on the other side of the keyboard.
And there are no defining boundaries for the trackpad, and no multitouch drivers, so you have to find the right edge of the trackpad in order to scroll, and it's a pain in the ass to find.
This looks like the UK layout instead of the US one (enter key), but it's the closest image I could find of this annoying as fuck keyboard..
[img]http://www.avestatech.co.uk/product_images/s/989/cq62__66953_zoom.jpg[/img]
Big manufactures using cheap ass shit Taiwanese capacitors in their products.
Just brought a used ASUS router off eBay, two of the three capacitors are bulging.
Why the FUCK do they still use these shit brands, after they already know that these fail so quick.
Surely it costs them more money to service a failed product (inc postage, staff wages etc) than it is to put good caps in it in the first place?
[QUOTE=robmaister12;29030660]I have a friend with a Compaq Presario laptop (can't remember the exact model). The keyboard is the most annoying thing ever. There are these hotkeys on the far left for opening programs like a web browser or the calculator or something. Calculator is right next to Ctrl, you don't even know how many times I've Calculator-C'd something instead of copying it.
You also have to hold Fn to press any of the F1-F12 keys, which is annoying when Eclipse uses F11 to compile, because I can't even use one hand and go all the way from Fn to F5 or something, it's all the way over on the other side of the keyboard.
And there are no defining boundaries for the trackpad, and no multitouch drivers, so you have to find the right edge of the trackpad in order to scroll, and it's a pain in the ass to find.
This looks like the UK layout instead of the US one (enter key), but it's the closest image I could find of this annoying as fuck keyboard..
[img_thumb]http://www.avestatech.co.uk/product_images/s/989/cq62__66953_zoom.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
The "hold fn to use F keys" thing can be disabled in BIOS, so you'll have to use the fn key for the hotkeys instead.
But yeah, the extra buttons to the left is retarded.
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[QUOTE=1solidsnake2;29031282]Big manufactures using cheap ass shit Taiwanese capacitors in their products.
Just brought a used ASUS router off eBay, two of the three capacitors are bulging.
Why the FUCK do they still use these shit brands, after they already know that these fail so quick.
Surely it costs them more money to service a failed product (inc postage, staff wages etc) than it is to put good caps in it in the first place?[/QUOTE]
Because the caps blow when it's JUST old enough to be out of it's warranty period.
[QUOTE=Mandalorian;29026406]Clock-radios that allow mp3 players to use them as speakers...oh I'm sorry, only IPODS AND THEIR PROPRIETARY FUCKING CONNECTORS.
I use a Zen and I can't use any of those fucking gadgets because of this bullshit.[/QUOTE]
I've never seen one without an aux in jack. Obviously you lose the automatic control but they can't make a device that can control everything. There is no standard "mp3 player control connector", so obviously they're going to pick the most popular one which also happens to be really easy to implement. (It's just serial)
Stop crying because you bought an unpopular device which nobody makes accessories for. AFAIK all you have on there is a headphone jack and USB, which would mean designing a much more expensive and complicated system to control it over USB if it even supports that. If you want a clock radio buy an MP3 player which has the necessary interface for the clock to control it or use the built in alarm functionality if it has that to play your music and hook it up to the aux jack.
[QUOTE=Number-41;29022810]Things being made out of plastic so if something breaks off it's impossible to fix...[/QUOTE]
nigga please
[img]http://www.bajanshopping.com/OS/images/mighty-putty2.jpg[/img]
[editline]7th April 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Xera;29032795]I've never seen one without an aux in jack. Obviously you lose the automatic control but they can't make a device that can control everything. There is no standard "mp3 player control connector", so obviously they're going to pick the most popular one which also happens to be really easy to implement. (It's just serial)
Stop crying because you bought an unpopular device which nobody makes accessories for. AFAIK all you have on there is a headphone jack and USB, which would mean designing a much more expensive and complicated system to control it over USB if it even supports that. If you want a clock radio buy an MP3 player which has the necessary interface for the clock to control it or use the built in alarm functionality if it has that to play your music and hook it up to the aux jack.[/QUOTE]
much as I hate to agree, this guy's right
given the utter ubiquity of ipods who the fuck is gonna make a zune dock
[I]EVERYTHING[/I] about this design is horrible.[U]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJUd4qza_3Q[/media]
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[QUOTE=Loen;29033485][I]EVERYTHING[/I] about this design is horrible.[U]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJUd4qza_3Q[/media]
[/U][/QUOTE]
Looks pretty normal to me.
[QUOTE=Shadaez;29033855]Looks pretty normal to me.[/QUOTE]
except [i]that[/i] [b]FUCKING [I] TRACKPAD[/B][/I]
[QUOTE=Shadaez;29033855]Looks pretty normal to me.[/QUOTE]
[i]That[/i]'s normal? Ha, I can replace the hard drive battery RAM keyboard and trackpad on my MBP faster than that. And that's sped up.
[QUOTE=MacTrekkie;29033966][i]That[/i]'s normal? Ha, I can replace the hard drive battery RAM keyboard and trackpad on my MBP faster than that. And that's sped up.[/QUOTE]
I don't think people who buy those minibooks really change harddrives or ram too often to care how accessible it is.
Usually you use them only for web type stuff and maybe some minor notes, nothing that needs huge amounts of ram or hard drive space.
Oh and did you see how the battery was taken out? How long does it take you to change your battery?
I don't understand backlit keys.
I have a friend who has a Razer Lycosa and whenever I ask him why he needs backlit keys he just gets angry and defensive. It's pointless with touch typing.
They're also too bright so it's actually distracting at times if you're using it at night.
[QUOTE=MacTrekkie;29033966][i]That[/i]'s normal? Ha, I can replace the hard drive battery RAM keyboard and trackpad on my MBP faster than that. And that's sped up.[/QUOTE]
It's a very compact netbook, try doing all that on a MB Air.
[QUOTE=Squad;29034281]I don't think people who buy those minibooks really change harddrives or ram too often to care how accessible it is.
Usually you use them only for web type stuff and maybe some minor notes, nothing that needs huge amounts of ram or hard drive space.
Oh and did you see how the battery was taken out? How long does it take you to change your battery?[/QUOTE]
Changing my battery takes half the time of all the other stuff I said.
[QUOTE=Shadaez;29034334]It's a very compact netbook, try doing all that on a MB Air.[/QUOTE]
I believe my MBP is actually thinner than the Mini, but I don't think the Air is that much worse than the Pro, still nowhere near the pain that thing looked.
Now for a real asshole design move by Apple on maintenance, first generation Mac Minis. You need a fucking [B]KNIFE [/B]to open them!
[QUOTE=Shadaez;29033855]Looks pretty normal to me.[/QUOTE]
It's not so much the design itself that's bad, it's how you disassemble it. It's so awkward and tedious.
I've disassembled 3 laptops, they all are pretty horrible to get open.
[editline]7th April 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=MacTrekkie;29034434]Changing my battery takes half the time of all the other stuff I said.
I believe my MBP is actually thinner than the Mini, but I don't think the Air is that much worse than the Pro, still nowhere near the pain that thing looked.
Now for a real asshole design move by Apple on maintenance, first generation Mac Minis. You need a fucking [B]KNIFE [/B]to open them![/QUOTE]
who cares how thin it is, that's one of three dimensions, the HP minis are really really tiny.
Laptops in general are, so it seems. At least, ones from the current century are. Old Powerbooks: 4 screws and bam!
What they should do is have the RAM, HDD, and CMOS batter easily accessible from the bottom, and under the keyboard put some type of access to the CPU's HSF that can easily be removed and cleaned.
[QUOTE=Shadaez;29035089]What they should do is have the RAM, HDD, and CMOS batter easily accessible from the bottom, and under the keyboard put some type of access to the CPU's HSF that can easily be removed and cleaned.[/QUOTE]
Posting on a HP mini 5102, you can access the ram by popping out the battery, and then using the slider to pop off the RAM cover on the bottom. The rest you have to take out the keyboard and its screw to get access to the HDD.
[QUOTE=Contag;29035334]Posting on a HP mini 5102, you can access the ram by popping out the battery, and then using the slider to pop off the RAM cover on the bottom. The rest you have to take out the keyboard and its screw to get access to the HDD.[/QUOTE]
I was talking in general. It would be really nice if the CPU would be easily gotten to since the HSF on them have problems all the time.
[QUOTE=Shadaez;29035447]I was talking in general. It would be really nice if the CPU would be easily gotten to since the HSF on them have problems all the time.[/QUOTE]
That's true, it's a huge pain to get at the insides.
[QUOTE=Coffee;29034282]I don't understand backlit keys.
I have a friend who has a Razer Lycosa and whenever I ask him why he needs backlit keys he just gets angry and defensive. It's pointless with touch typing.
They're also too bright so it's actually distracting at times if you're using it at night.[/QUOTE]
Backlit keys are nice at night. I type normally (what people call touch typing, but seriously... that's how you are supposed to type so any other form of typing should be given the new name) and backlit keys are nice. Backlit keys on my laptop are extremely nice since some keys have multiple functions and at night it is easy to find where certain functions are on the keyboard.
[QUOTE=Squad;29035748]Backlit keys are nice at night. I type normally (what people call touch typing, but seriously... that's how you are supposed to type so any other form of typing should be given the new name) and backlit keys are nice. Backlit keys on my laptop are extremely nice since some keys have multiple functions and at night it is easy to find where certain functions are on the keyboard.[/QUOTE]
Still pointless on a normal keyboard
[QUOTE=Ollih;29035784]Still pointless on a normal keyboard[/QUOTE]
My G15 keyboard is backlit... I enjoy it very much as well.
[QUOTE=Squad;29034281]I don't think people who buy those minibooks really change harddrives or ram too often to care how accessible it is.
Usually you use them only for web type stuff and maybe some minor notes, nothing that needs huge amounts of ram or hard drive space.
Oh and did you see how the battery was taken out? How long does it take you to change your battery?[/QUOTE]
I play Dwarf Fortress on my netbook. :colbert:
[QUOTE=Shadaez;29035089]What they should do is have the RAM, HDD, and CMOS batter easily accessible from the bottom, and under the keyboard put some type of access to the CPU's HSF that can easily be removed and cleaned.[/QUOTE]
Dell's laptops are designed sorta like this. You can access the HDD, RAM, CPU, and HSF by just unscrewing and removing the corresponding cover panels on the bottom.
[QUOTE=Seiteki;29036638]I play Dwarf Fortress on my netbook. :colbert:[/QUOTE]
Then you, sir, are using your netbook incorrectly......
But yeah, people play games on them, but usually not very intensive games.
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