Apple Fanboys Thread

[AlastairC]

[QUOTE=Jamin_00;894182]Do you use Bootcamp, Parallels or VM Fusion for windows stuff?

I got a trial of VM Fusion and have to say so far its brilliant.[/QUOTE]

At work I use VM Ware but have to say that the DirectX/3D performance is not as good as Parallels on the same spec machine (from our tests here but could be app related). At home I use parallels and find it works really well. On a 7 year old iMac it runs Phoenix with no probs and lets me work with the castle esc software and the 3GX software.

[Jamin_00]

I need it for work programs that only work on Windoze but I have to say since I using VM Fusion it has been kinda nice to have Windoze and I just put the Sim on here to and it works fine which is good. I just got the latest V5 and will try Parallels as well to see which I prefer :)

[Rossco72]

We have 2 iphones, 2 ipods and an ipad.

wish the cost was less.... lol

I wish they were a little less restrictive on what you can do and access on their gear.

I think in some respects there is a lot of R&D done then silly things like having the camera button in the middle where its awkward to reach instead of a corner makes me wonder if anyone actually played with them during development....

[Jamin_00]

Turn the phone on its side then use the UP volume button to take the pic ;)

As for the other issue mentioned with pics, turn on Photostream, if I take a pic on my iPhone or whatever then it appears on my devices when next connected wifi within minutes. This does away with the need for bluetooth unless you want to send to a friends device but then I spose you could just email it?

Or am I missing the point altogether here :)

[danch]

[QUOTE=Jamin_00;894207]Turn the phone on its side then use the UP volume button to take the pic ;)[/QUOTE]

Thanks for that tip, never knew about it ;)

[challis349]

[QUOTE=danch;894212]Thanks for that tip, never knew about it ;)[/QUOTE]

Your joking?

Plus what even better is if you have headphones in with volume buttons on it, if you go on your camera you can still use the up button but on your headphones :-)

iPhone photography is quite fun really, I have quite a few pictures from my phone printed and around the house :)

Such as this which was only iPhone edited :)

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[Planehazza]

I love the iPhone, but I doubt I'd have one if I could not jailbreak it to get root access etc. There are countless awesome tweaks available through cydia which really expand what you can access on the iPhone :)

[jamiem]

[QUOTE=Planehazza;894242]I love the iPhone, but I doubt I'd have one if I could not jailbreak it to get root access etc. There are countless awesome tweaks available through cydia which really expand what you can access on the iPhone :)[/QUOTE]

Read as "I prefer not to pay for apps" :D

I like the Apple stuff. Yes it's "locked down", but why do I need to play about with the way an icon moves when I scroll, or the colour of the app dock etc. I like the fact it just works. I tried the whole jailbreak ing thing a while back, and while there are some nifty little things you could do, the good was far outweighed by the bad (slow, crashed far more commonly, battery life was awful etc etc). IMO, if you want to be a nerd and screw about with stuff, get an android phone. If you want something that's intuitive and tends to just work, go Apple :)

[Planehazza]

[QUOTE=jamiem;894280]Read as "I prefer not to pay for apps" :D

I like the Apple stuff. Yes it's "locked down", but why do I need to play about with the way an icon moves when I scroll, or the colour of the app dock etc. I like the fact it just works. I tried the whole jailbreak ing thing a while back, and while there are some nifty little things you could do, the good was far outweighed by the bad (slow, crashed far more commonly, battery life was awful etc etc). IMO, if you want to be a nerd and screw about with stuff, get an android phone. If you want something that's intuitive and tends to just work, go Apple :)[/QUOTE]

Read it as you like mate. Whilst I do not deny I "acquire" the apps to try before I buy, I either delete them if I don't like them or pay for them when I do. I even pay for the cydia tweaks. It's a common misconception that jailbreaking = stealing apps. A lot of people do jailbreak to then do that, but jailbreaking alone does not enable you to pirate apps. That's like saying running Windows instead of OSX allows you to access the pirate bay.

I don't like android at all, but I sense we have different needs and uses of our devices :)

[callum]

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[Planehazza]

Yeah Apple have great customer service, but they have become power hungry monopolising bullies.

[jimmyhorns]

Samsung got s!£$ all over in the US, only because Apple are a US company. The Americans self protection policy is very clear to see most of the time. Look how quickly the Deepwater Horizon spill turned into being the fault of the British. I was in the US when this was unfolding and the reaction and finger pointing was incredible. Almost all of the news reports followed this template, with very few bringing the fact that it was an essentially American operation, run by americans that caused the problem.

I suspect the opposite will happen in the far east, with Samsung being awarded similar damages. Its all tit for tat.

What really annoys me is how Apple feel its acceptable to stop me legitimately running my own or others code on a device I have paid for. For now at least, Android is way more transparent..

[Ross Northcott]

hate my iphone 4s, yeah its good if you want a computer but seeing as i need my phone, to make phone calls to run a business its crap, never have i been cut off so many tmes from it losing signal, at the first opportunaty i'm ditching it for a real phone.

[Disc]

for those intrested in the Apple vs Samsung stuff you need to go and watch this:

[url=http://www.macrumors.com/2012/08/28/jury-foreman-in-apple-vs-samsung-case-speaks-to-rationale-for-verdict/]Jury Foreman in Apple vs. Samsung Case Speaks to Rationale for Verdict - Mac Rumors[/url]

now it is very very intresting and worth watching to be honest

[jimmyhorns]

Interesting viewing, though im not sure how much of it I 'buy'.

Its very rare indeed for a US court to settle on the side of the non-US company....