So the wife wants a new laptop.....

[CoderGuy]

I'm waiting for the iOS versus Android mobile flame wars to spring up. Besides, a good rant between fanboys never really dies out. You can still find people carrying on about which was better, Super Nintendo or Sega Genesis, in the dark depths of the internet.

Yep, these days it's Android tablet vs iPad (no contest by the way, iPad rulz)

[Premium Parrots]

.........I'd prefer a few valium tablets myself.


the Ipad sounds like a feminine product to me. Makes me believe its for puzzys.


there...........now we can have a real internet war.

[GoVegan]

Are you sure the wife was referring to a computer when she asked for a new laptop?

[devilock76]

Yep, these days it's Android tablet vs iPad (no contest by the way, iPad rulz)

Yes and no. I mean I find my Android tablet quite useful. The only problem is Google blundered and offered no real time kernel with Android so media on it is suffering and that is where the ipad excels. If google doesn't fix that then no real media software will ever take hold on Android. I do like though that I don't need to own a certain computer just to develop for android. I can get all the tools to do so for free. iPad is another matter. However I will eventually get an iPad. I see at as a very useful music device in the end.

Ken

[shikitohno]

My biggest complaint with iPods and such for music is the tiny capacity they have. If I went through the trouble of re-ripping everything I have to a supported format, I'd still need several of the 160GB versions to contain my collection. They seem more aimed at people who have pretty small libraries, rather than collectors with a sizeable library. And before anyone has to ask, yes, I really can listen to all that music. I manage to cycle through all of my collection at least once a year or so. If I'm going to drop the money on one of those, they damn well better carry my whole collection, or I'll just keep on going with the 600 CDs in the back seat of the car instead.

Also, have fun with Arch. Just reinstalled it on my desktop after my harddrive died. If you need to keep things running smoothly with limited resources, I've been having success with evilwm as my desktop environment lately. I think I recall seeing someone saying the whole GUI used 6MB of RAM. Granted, it doesn't have any bells and whistles, but that suits me just fine.

[lxskllr]

I have a 2gb Sansa, and it does exactly what I want, at a low price. 2gb is a shitload of music, and I swap music in and out as the mood strikes me. I tend to listen to music in phases, so it doesn't do me much good to carry my whole collection everywhere I go.

I'll never own an Apple device of any kind aside from the 512mb Shuffle that I've misplaced somewhere. I don't like anything about the company except for their industrial design, which as noted earlier in the thread is a double edged sword. Seeing the logo on a product would piss me off more than any enjoyment I got out of it :^D

[CoderGuy]

Yes and no. I mean I find my Android tablet quite useful. The only problem is Google blundered and offered no real time kernel with Android so media on it is suffering and that is where the ipad excels. If google doesn't fix that then no real media software will ever take hold on Android. I do like though that I don't need to own a certain computer just to develop for android. I can get all the tools to do so for free. iPad is another matter. However I will eventually get an iPad. I see at as a very useful music device in the end.

Ken

That's a huge point too (the development). I am using my gaming laptop now and have to keep my MBP only because of XCode.

I had an Android tablet briefly, and personally I just don't really like the feel of the Android OS, iOS (to me) just seems so much tighter and smoother.

[devilock76]

My biggest complaint with iPods and such for music is the tiny capacity they have. If I went through the trouble of re-ripping everything I have to a supported format, I'd still need several of the 160GB versions to contain my collection. They seem more aimed at people who have pretty small libraries, rather than collectors with a sizeable library. And before anyone has to ask, yes, I really can listen to all that music. I manage to cycle through all of my collection at least once a year or so. If I'm going to drop the money on one of those, they damn well better carry my whole collection, or I'll just keep on going with the 600 CDs in the back seat of the car instead.

Also, have fun with Arch. Just reinstalled it on my desktop after my harddrive died. If you need to keep things running smoothly with limited resources, I've been having success with evilwm as my desktop environment lately. I think I recall seeing someone saying the whole GUI used 6MB of RAM. Granted, it doesn't have any bells and whistles, but that suits me just fine.

Wow, someone else who has used EvilWM. Nice.

Well most of my choice of fluxbox usage is the fact that it is speed plus keyboard function plus easy to config with vi(m). Doing a lot of media work I don't want WM overhead to be a slow down. Plus I am just used to it. I will say though I don't always use a Desktop Environment but when I do, it is KDE.

Ken

[devilock76]

That's a huge point too (the development). I am using my gaming laptop now and have to keep my MBP only because of XCode.

I had an Android tablet briefly, and personally I just don't really like the feel of the Android OS, iOS (to me) just seems so much tighter and smoother.

They both have pros and cons and I have seen both run snappy vs slow. To me the biggest difference I notice is the touch response. IOS has way better touch screen response than android. I wonder how much of that is hardware vs software, I wager it is 50/50 both.

Ken

[CoderGuy]

They both have pros and cons and I have seen both run snappy vs slow. To me the biggest difference I notice is the touch response. IOS has way better touch screen response than android. I wonder how much of that is hardware vs software, I wager it is 50/50 both.

Ken

Agreed. With iOS you can move your finger up and down and the screen scrolls with the finger, on Android, there is a slight rubberband effect as it tries to keep up.

[devilock76]

Agreed. With iOS you can move your finger up and down and the screen scrolls with the finger, on Android, there is a slight rubberband effect as it tries to keep up.

Worse yet is their response to multitouch, IOS does it well, Android barely handles it.

Ken

[Premium Parrots]

now I need a new battery for my computer AND for the wifes computer. Can someone please tell me which would be the better battery to get. I know a bit about batteries but this confuses me. On ebay.......

0ne seller 4.4 ah 6 cell
another selller 4.4 ah 8 cell

same price. would more cells be better since the ah is the same??

thanks

[internope]

now I need a new battery for my computer AND for the wifes computer. Can someone please tell me which would be the better battery to get. I know a bit about batteries but this confuses me. On ebay.......

0ne seller 4.4 ah 6 cell
another selller 4.4 ah 8 cell

same price. would more cells be better since the ah is the same??

thanks

If these are Li-ion cells at 3.7 volts each in series the 6 cell pack is 22.2 volts and the 8 cell is 29.6. Volts x Ah gives you the watt-hours, so the 8 cell will deliver more watt hours.

Double check the part numbers against the manufactures website. I have noticed that some e-bay sellers are sloppy about cut-and-pasting incorrect specifications into their descriptions.

D'oh.. one more edit after looking at some batteries on the web: Probably pairs of lithium cells in series for something like 11 volts and 14 volts.. still the same math more volts at the same Ah gives you more watt-hours and more run time.

[Premium Parrots]

If these are Li-ion cells at 3.7 volts each in series the 6 cell pack is 22.2 volts and the 8 cell is 29.6. Volts x Ah gives you the watt-hours, so the 8 cell will deliver more watt hours.

Double check the part numbers against the manufactures website. I have noticed that some e-bay sellers are sloppy about cut-and-pasting incorrect specifications into their descriptions.

D'oh.. one more edit after looking at some batteries on the web: Probably pairs of lithium cells in series for something like 11 volts and 14 volts.. still the same math more volts at the same Ah gives you more watt-hours and more run time.

yea I understand that but they are the same voltage. Now what do you think? Are there that many lieing ebay sellers? lol thanks

0ne seller 4.4 ah 6 cell same voltage as the
another selller 4.4 ah 8 cell

same price. would more cells be better since the ah and the voltage is the same??

[internope]

yea I understand that but they are the same voltage. Now what do you think? Are there that many lieing ebay sellers? lol thanks

0ne seller 4.4 ah 6 cell same voltage as the
another selller 4.4 ah 8 cell

same price. would more cells be better since the ah and the voltage is the same??

If these batteries are for the XPS Studio 1340 mentioned in the start of the thread I am still thinking that one of the e-bay descriptions is incorrect either in cell count or voltage. If it is actually as stated, I suppose the two batteries will have similar runtime in a laptop.