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chadbag wrote: » They are not polling and running continuously in the background. Sorry about my other post - fixed that. Developers have options - well-behaved apps can, and do, run in the background. https://developer.apple.com/librar…
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chadbag wrote: » (just about) Any app that provides your status/location to other users or other backend systems is polling in the background. Lync/Skype and Cisco Jabber to name two -- even when they are not being used for VoIP (not configur…
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solipsismy wrote: » It's amazing how this is still an issue after all these years despite this setup being quite clear from when Apple first announced their multitasking APIs. Test it. Load apps that have a splash screen. Typically games fit this…
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chadbag wrote: » Show me definitive evidence please. I run Facebook. I have no battery drain issues. And unless it is a VOIP app, iOS won't let it run continuously in the background. It would get killed off at the very least when memory r…
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nagromme wrote: » Article is completely correct nearly all of the time – the exception being certain specific misbehaving apps. Facebook is currently one of them and needs a fix now that they have been caught cheating. Please get up to speed on…
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thedba wrote: » Note that Apple care does cover accidental damage also. AppleCare in the US does not cover accidental damage to a MacBook Pro. http://www.apple.com/legal/sales-support/applecare/appmacnaen.html 4. What is not Covered? 4.1…
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slurpy wrote: » Horse-shit. No way the above photo happened through natural causes or proper care. Clearly the person was rubbing the hell out of it with God knows what. Also, less than 2K signs in 6 months? That's meaningless. A big percentage o…
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Without more data it's hard to draw a firm conclusion here. For instance, how many of the IBM Mac users are Mac users at home who have been supporting themselves for years and already know how to use a Mac? How is IBM setting up the machines for s…
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joelsalt wrote: » Cool. So you bought an extra bunch of shit and it works almost as well. Or you can buy the new mouse, and another new mouse (extra shit) to use while the first one is charging. Seriously, through, what are we all whining …
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techprod1gy wrote: » I am glad to hear this. The last one was a poor design with the bottom often grinding across the desk and the battery compartment popping off. Hmmm. Haven't had that problem, even when I knocked the mouse from my desk onto …
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gqb wrote: » 2 minutes for 8 hour charge How long does it take to find and replace batteries? Takes me about 30 seconds to pull the spare set of Eneloop's out of my top left desk drawer and pop them in (40 seconds for my keyboard or trackpad sin…
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dick applebaum wrote: » This picture looks "less breaky"?
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dick applebaum wrote: » Honest Question: What are those dingleberries protruding from the kb component after the display component is removed? Honest answer: something to break.
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solipsismy wrote: » 3.34lb for both parts of the Surface Book. Don't be fooled by their use of "mobile" which will not get you the 12 hours they state. http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-us/devices/surface-book GREAT GOOGLEY MOOGLEY. Yuck.
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rgmonkey wrote: » Have you used Office on a High DPI screen? It is maddening. Read: http://us.hardware.info/reviews/5178/4/hidpi-test-high-resolution-windows-a-complete-nightmare-test Apple came up with an elegant solution to address OS X on …
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sog35 wrote: » SurfaceBook weights almost 3.5 pounds...........................LOLOLLLLOOOLOOOLLLLOOLOL! Source? Microsoft says 1.6: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/productID.325716000
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mechanic wrote: » Because amazon needs to get off there lazy butt and build an app for the apple tv. For the currently shipping (older generation) Apple TV, exactly how in the heck is Amazon supposed to do that?
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jungmark wrote: » Yea. No different than waiting in line for a new book or new movie. I heard lines are 1% shorter. Apple is doomed™! Surprisingly, I was able to walk into my local Apple Store at 11:00am and walk out with a phone 45 minutes …
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Don't forget the OneDrive for all Office 365 customers is going unlimited. https://blog.onedrive.com/office-365-onedrive-unlimited-storage/
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digitalclips wrote: » In real terms it won't be long. That said, there are so many old beige boxes, less powerful than an iPad, out there that I suspect get included in the 'PC market' by Gartner et al that it would probably take several decades …