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Laptop reliability survey: ASUS and Toshiba win, HP fails {Engadget}
Nov 17th 2009 11:57AM @phenoum It's no use making baseless statements. If Apple is #1 in customer satisfaction w.r.t. some metric, that's because it scored highest when categorically compared to other manufacturers, not because there was a difference in support types.
Those three things you listed – they're very common problems with all computers, and I've personally seen much more of it on computers of companies other than Apple. I even know of 8- and 9-year-old Powerbooks. It all just goes to show that we all have our stories about something being great or terrible. An anecdote isn't worth much, and shouldn't convince you of much. ;)
Laptop reliability survey: ASUS and Toshiba win, HP fails {Engadget}
Nov 17th 2009 11:39AM Yeah, it makes you wonder a little. Apple certainly brags about the reliability of their machines more than HP or Dell do, but I guess the lives of computers is ultimately limited by their most sensitive components, hard drives. No amount of money will fix that, sadly.
So I guess we can conclude that Apple reliability isn't anything to brag about, if this data is reliable. Still, there's always the support to consider...
Public Radio App lets you resume 'This American Life' whenever you please {Engadget}
Nov 4th 2009 2:08PM Before you break out your wallet, keep in mind that both the Public Radio Tuner and the NPR News apps do both live streaming and "on demand" playback of previous programs, and both are free.
Second Verizon DROID commercial stealth attacks America {Engadget}
Nov 4th 2009 11:57AM @SirMasterboy Do yourself a favor: don't accuse others of lying and then tell 'em yourself. For an iPhone, the cost of unlimited data ($30/mo), unlimited texting ($20/mo), and the cheapest voice plan ($40/mo, 450 min) is at least $90 a month, or $1080 a year before tax. Hence, with the phone at $200 and the activation fee at $36 (again, not including any tax, where applicable), that becomes just over $2400 for two years.
LAb[au]'s f5x5x5 framework sculpture mesmerizes on video {Engadget}
Oct 28th 2009 11:38AM @CtrlBurn Dude, 5 is not a vector. No need to pull a scalar triple product here.
Titan the Robot dances, sings, scares the bejeezus out of us (video) {Engadget}
Oct 22nd 2009 1:09PM I think the only words for this are, "OH MY GODS".
New Win 7 ads highlight the bright ideas of 'regular people' (video) {Engadget}
Oct 22nd 2009 1:04PM @Jim @regionto For goodness's sake, get over yourselves.
Apple's Magic Mouse: one button, multitouch gestures, Bluetooth, four-month battery life {Engadget}
Oct 20th 2009 12:29PM You have to love how this mouse has been known about for 1.5 hours and – with no actual hands-on in sight – people are already praising it as the best thing since sliced bread or bashing it as the worst thing since this recession. Honestly, guys, it doesn't speak to your credibility.
Phil Schiller on Windows 7: 'No matter how you look at it, it's still Windows' {Engadget}
Oct 15th 2009 12:58PM But who even needs viruses when you have OS X (see: guest account bug)?
Phil Schiller is being a businessman, nothing more. That, or he's as much of a braggart as Steve Jobs.
LG's Solar Cell e-Book goes an extra day for every 5 hours of sunlight {Engadget}
Oct 12th 2009 11:26AM Pretty she may be, but she's no good at her job. She looks totally unconvinced of the product's greatness. (Not that I am.)
