Technology Nerd Thread

Hawk said:
Had a price alert set for the Moto 360 and snagged a Grey Leather one for $227 all in from Amazon with guaranteed delivery on Wednesday. Read good things about the latest firmware update, but now wondering if I should just cancel. Owned the original Galaxy Gear but felt buyers remorse within 24 hours of unboxing so want to avoid the same mistake twice.

Zito/Sav -- are you still happy with your purchase?
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I still enjoy my 360. It gets me through a day pretty much all of the time. Today it was on about 8, still has 25% battery life. I'm sure something better will come along at some point, but I'm willing to pay the early adopter fee. I get lots of compliments on it, because it looks nice, and aside from the once every now and then need to toggle bluetooth on my phone cause the connection is lost, it works like a charm. The OK Google command doesn't always work, but that's hardly a shocker to me.
 
Amazon released a streaming stick that's 39 bucks, 19 right now for Prime members. Not a bad deal. It's got solid specs inside with 8 gigs internal storage and a gig or RAM with MIMO wifi.
 
I bought two earlier, despite already owning a FireTV, two Chromecasts, and a Roku 3. I feel like I should direct deposit my paychecks to Amazon because I easily spend 60% of my (meager) income there.

Anyways, I like my Chromecasts ... but they are glitchy on the regular so the FireTV stick seems to represent a decent upgrade with slightly better App options for my uses. Wonder if Google plans on releasing a refresh anytime soon.
 
Krgrecw said:
It's a minor upgrade. Physically it looks the same just upgrades under the hood.
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That's what I want to see. I know it uses better wifi (has dual band) but I want to see if it will be MIMO, or if it will be dual core, etc. Those 2 features are what matter the most to me. My XBox is my main streamer but it's a hog on power and a bit of a pain, sometimes to use. I'm glad I have the XBox smart glass app it's made it easier. I would like something smaller just incase my Roku goes.
 
I really wish I could custom design the Droid TUrbo like I can the Moto X cause I love it as a device. Snapdragon 805, 21 MP camera, 32 GB onboard storage, 5.2 inch Quad HD Display (565 PPI) Huge like 3900 MAH battery so potential 2 day use, motorola features including their turbo charger (8 hours of charge in 15 minutes) Also one of the few phones with a 64 bit processor and the necessary RAM (3 GB) to take use of it.
 
While I don't think the 5K iMac is a bad deal at all. This article is so stupid.

http://bgr.com/2014/10/29/apple-retina-5k-imac-price/

The main point of contention is "So basically, if you really feel like throwing down thousands of dollars on a gorgeous monitor, " it's like the author doesn't realize that 4K monitors are under a grand. Infact a 4K Asus Monitor with a 60hz refresh rate, 100,000,000:1 contrast ratio.

Overall I think the iMac 5K is a very nice device, but the idea that it's a good deal because a good 4K monitor costs "thousands of dollars" is the ultimate in fanboyism.
 
Zito, I had used Windows computers since I was a youngling. Bought my first iMac in 2012, and a Macbook at the beginning of this year. 15 years of using Windows computers.

I've yet to have any headaches from either of these machines like I did with Windows 98,XP,Vista,7 , and they've arguably run just as smoothly as they did when I purchased them.

The only other Apple product I own is a 5th gen Itouch, only because my old recycled Blackberry I was using as an MP3 player finally gave out and died on me. I don't plan on purchasing any of their phones because I like my Note family too much, and may one day go back to Blackberry as I still miss the physical keyboard for texting and typing.

I have no idea why you rag on Apple products so much. There's a market for them. I was hesitant about paying almost 2 grand for my iMac, but I wouldn't trade it in for an ASUS, or any other Windows based computer after using this for 2 years. There's easily nothing in Windows I need that isn't now available for Mac OS. Whether that's video editing, music editing, office tools, etc.

I love the simplicity the OS provides me,and I don't need all the specs "for value" you provide to change my mind. After 2 years, my iMac still can handle 20+ tabs open, Safari + Chrome open at the same time while iTunes is running, and while I'm on a duel screen with my TV next to me. Doesn't lag, doesn't freeze my computer, which used to happen quite frequently with my Window's computers. Don't need to run any virus scans, because I pretty much avoid any questionable sites that would exploit that. Most importantly it has stored hundreds of gigs of my HD porn collection, and the new 4k vids run smoothly either on my iMac screen or mirrored on my TV. And that's with "sub-par, old generation specs".

In a 2 year span I bought my HP laptop in 2006, I had to return it to HP to repair it 3-4 times.
 
I don't rag on Apple, I rag on fanboys pretending that Apple ****s Orange Sherbet.

Personally I have a nearly 10 year old PC with windows 10 developer preview, FreeBSD and Linux Mint on it. I can do many of the same things on my computer. The issues with windows primarily have to do with people not having a nice computer. That's usually got to do with someone not knowing what they're getting in to.

I have no real qualms with Mac. I have qualms with people and their superiority complex of owning a Mac. I couldn't help but jerkishly laugh as one of my friends who plodded on and on about not having a virus was busted on whatever that UNIX exploit that came out that Apple was pretty much the last to plug. Macs a re fine computers, as iPhones are fine phones. I just don't like fanboyism. Closest I come to a fanboy is for Android, even then I'd leave it in a heartbeat if a better OS came out.
 
At the end of the day it boils down to, does your computer suffice your needs? For the things I do and need to get done, my iMac has passed with flying colors. Did I pay more for "outdated" specs compared to a Windows model, perhaps.

The UI with my Mac's have been very simple, and I've had no real problems with them.

Ironically one of the things I wanted was a touchscreen computer when I bought this iMac. Much to my disappoint there was no touchscreen, but then I asked myself what the hell would I ever really need a touchscreen for? And after using the touchscreen interfaces at work which have relatively newer models and Windows OS, it disappointed.

I like efficiency, and I never really got that with Windows. If I did want it I would've had to pay more for extra parts to make it work. And trust me, I spent years on the internets trying to find ways to maximize and my PC and make it efficient. I bought this Mac out of the box, actually bought some extra ram which I've yet to even install. If I did install it, it'd probably make my Macbook/iMac run even smoother but I haven't crossed that bridge yet.
 
I have an 09 iMac. Might have used it a dozen times In the past two years. I don't do any work on a computer so my ipad suffices for all my needs.

Last quarter PC sales were down 1.7% over a year ago. Understandable due to people buying tablets and phablets. But Mac Sales were up 22% while the overall market was down 1.7%. ****ing amazing. Best quarter ever for Mac sales. That's the Halo effect right there.
 
BJ#1FAN said:
At the end of the day it boils down to, does your computer suffice your needs? For the things I do and need to get done, my iMac has passed with flying colors. Did I pay more for "outdated" specs compared to a Windows model, perhaps.

The UI with my Mac's have been very simple, and I've had no real problems with them.

Ironically one of the things I wanted was a touchscreen computer when I bought this iMac. Much to my disappoint there was no touchscreen, but then I asked myself what the hell would I ever really need a touchscreen for? And after using the touchscreen interfaces at work which have relatively newer models and Windows OS, it disappointed.

I like efficiency, and I never really got that with Windows. If I did want it I would've had to pay more for extra parts to make it work. And trust me, I spent years on the internets trying to find ways to maximize and my PC and make it efficient. I bought this Mac out of the box, actually bought some extra ram which I've yet to even install. If I did install it, it'd probably make my Macbook/iMac run even smoother but I haven't crossed that bridge yet.
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Touchscreen is largely pointless on a desktop environment especially with how responsive and fast a mouse is and you need a desk for a desktop anyway. Touchscreen desktops are useful for POS systems and not much more. On a laptop I kind of like a touch screen. As something that's more portable it can be more accurate and responsive than a trackpad. Still probably wouldn't use it on a traditional laptop aside from manipulating windows 8 with it. Only way I'd own one was if it was pretty much the same amount of money as the non-touchscreen version. Touchscreen would probably be the last feature I'd look for in a computer.

You probably spend well over a grand on your macs. Similar price PCs would still run as well. Don't get me wrong, Macs in general have less issues than PCs, but they're hardly issue free as well. I know several power users who've had several Macs replaced. THey don't care cause it's the cost of doing business to be a power user, you have to constantly upgrade or constantly replace. And I agree with you on needs. There are several people who's needs are a simple computer to browse the web, a Mac is massive overkill for that.

And the trick with Windows is maintenance. which these days with programs like Malwarebytes, CCleaner, and Tweaking you really don't have to do much yourself. My friend I work with and I are both tech nerds, we both run Windows machines and both know how to quick fix machines, we both have ancient computers that still run and rock today. I have a core 2 duo with 6 gigs of ram and a 1.5 GB AMD card in my 8 year old computer, he's got a Pentium 4, 6 gigs of ram and a 1.5GB AMD card. All in all I think I've spent About 1100 bucks on that computer, including my original monitor and speakers. 1300 if you include my new monitor (23 inch HP with IPS display) and other speakers I've bought through the years.

I've debated updating my system, but unless I want to build something that's more of a gaming rig, my computer is fine. IIRC my core 2 duo is a 2.2 GHz processor. Which is what many lower mid computers run on today, so I'm not walking out of a new computer sale for under 700 bucks before I seriously improve my rig. So I'll keep using it until it fatally crashes. Last time it crashed but it was just the power supply.
 
So, I (somewhat) randomly bought a desktop today.

ASUS M70AD
3.3 GHz Intel Core i5-4440 Haswell CPU
8GB DDR3 1600MHz Memory
1TB 7200rpm HD
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Graphics
SuperMulti DVD Burner
16-in-1 Media Card Reader
Bluetooth 4.0, 802.11ac Wi-Fi
Built-In UPS Power Backup
Integrated Wireless Charging & NFC
Windows 8.1 (64-bit)

$450

Zito, did I do good?
 
For the price, yeah. I mean you can go way higher, but that's a great overall price. The processor and graphics cards alone are probably worth close to 300 bucks.
 
The Gold version of the steel Iwatch will run between $4000-5,000.

And that's not the most expensive one
 
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