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External devices are a pain with laptops. Here are some of my experiences. -A desk based HD: Your machine is no longer portable, If I go somewhere without the HD, I can easily access the files on the HD. -Portable HD: There is this pigtailed device always following me around. I am currently working on a large project on a portable HD. No matter how careful I have been, there has been a number of times the drive has become disconnected going from the bedroom to the bedroom. Memory stick: what ever you do, don't get a regular profile. They can too easily get bumped. Bump them too often and the USB port gets ruined. New motherboard time. $$ Low profile memory sticks: These tuck up tightly against the laptop, virtually eliminating the bumping problem. Lacking torque, it makes harder to bend the USB port. Medium profile 512gb sticks can be for $100. For true low profile sticks, they max out at 256gb.

Universal undo? Why is it reliant on the keyboard? What if I'm using paint/draw/photo editing/video editing/audio editing apps. It will be likely that I won't have the keyboard open. How willI be able to access "universal undo"?

No doubt in the waterfall comparison, the iPhone was softer and the Galaxy sharper. Was it a fair comparison? I don’t think so, or at least I couldn’t make a fair comparison. Take a look Galaxy side of the falls. The fall was veiled breaking up into smaller streamlettes. Take look at the iPhone side. It is a solid, forceful rushing stream. I believe the streamlettes on the Galaxy side would easier to sharpen since it has more contrast. On the iPhone side, lacking consrast makes it harder to sharpen I not saying the Galaxy doesn’t have better sharpening, I'm just saying the test on the two sides are pretty different. I am willing to bet that each camera would produce somewhat different results of only the cameras switch sides.

mac_dog said:

Whoever gets to the patent office first gets the rights. Isn’t that how the game is played?

Well, yes and no. Not only must the patent idea must be first, it also must be unique. If there is pre-existing work that is similar, it can cause the patent do be denied. The story goes, a man floated a sunken boat by closing all openings and filling the boat with ping pong balls. And why couldn’t patent it? Because he saw Donald Duck do it first.

DAalseth said:

maciekskontakt said:

This would be great if they kept size and upgraded processor. Their support will end soon and $300 might be waste of money. Having hardware upgraded phone for $500 that would be supported for next 4 years would be much better option. I was personally in the situation like that and as much as I like iPhone SE and its attractive price I will not buy it because of limited time support. I upgrade mobile phones every 4-5 years. I do not care what others do and I definitely do not have time for playing phone upgrades and hype - this only tool for me. So to keep cost efficiency and upgrade I went Android LG which offers solid functions (some quality is way better than newest iPhone's like screen and sound). Sorry Apple, but that was good run with 5S for last years. No more and absolutely nothing that exceeds $600 price mark for phone.

This is what I tell people who say if I don't want to pay $1k+ for an iPhone XS then get an 8 or a 7. Yes I can save a few hundred but it will have a significantly shorter lifespan. Apple will stop pushing iOS updates that much sooner. I and not sure if my SE or my wife's 6 will get iOS 13 later this year. Once that happens the clock is ticking. We will be looking to update after that. It makes no sense to replace them with a 7 that will be in the same boat in a year or two. 

The A9 chip found in the iPhone SE is pretty powerful. AR currently works with it. I also find it hard to believe that Apple would sell new phones and then eliminate them from upgrades 9 months later.