id4andrei

Sorry RobotPi, MS “invested” a paltry 150million $ in that deal with Apple that included some patents that I bet have everything to do with their immediate, at that time, legal quarrels.

MS invests up to 9 billion$ every year into tech, holds 2nd place only behind IBM in patented inventions, and you expect all that to be accessible at no cost to Apple just because they sealed a 150 million $ deal back in 97? Sure that contract could have been renewed but it only covers some patents needed by both companies from the other at the time. I also doubt SJ “boy did we patent it” iphone in 2007, did not do so just to hand over all their hard work to MS.
In essence I think it is extremely stupid that every time some mac fan sees some tech which he/she thinks it similar to Apple and MS then " it cannot be anything else than that 150million$ investment in 97".

The 8mpx camera is ever so slightly improved from that featured in SII. The SII camera along with 4s are the best 8mpx cameras. So I think at least a 9 should be better and 10 reserved for Nokia Pureview and N8(if u wish).

At that resolution(“+” or no “+”) Amoled is better. Plus it is an improved version of the Nexus Amoled. The only improvement in LCD is that Sony RGBW featuring XperiaP.
Personally, all should be 10 but I believe Verge is rating them from a technical standpoint, the practical performance of the display being relegated to 2nd place.

Good move if it turns up to be true. Opera is one of the best win browsers(I agree it is less stellar on OSX). Perhaps that would nudge them a bit as it’s taking ages for them to release Opera 12. There’s no tragedy in FB getting Opera. Quit whining people.

They need to cover more more and lower price points. I also find that their line is more flexible and not as rigid as Apple’s. I don’t think Apple has better notebooks than HP. HP’s notebooks, from solid business units to the high end Evny line, are at least as good as any macbook.

I found nothing confusing about their line. Seems pretty simplified to me. Is it confusing to you?

It is not specific. And I don’t think it applies to future tech. Back in 97 the iphone and winmobile were not created. That agreement covers only undisclosed patents(no one knows anything about specific patents) that were available in 97 and questioned in court between Apple and MS. You can’t show that patent agreement and assume that everything Apple develops automatically is licensed to MS and viceversa. I think it is stupid.

No. There is no VAT in (most of)Europe for electronic purchasing of software(games). I am not talking about boxed copies, but about Blizz’ online store. NO VAT. Former Impulse game shop(now acquired by Gamestop) managed to sell Company of Heroes at exactly the same price, worldwide. Valve and Blizz would rather fleece gamers. Gog.com also has the SAME PRICE WORLDWIDE.

And no, corporate tax never has anything to do with pricing.

My point was quality settings and not resolution. I knew beforehand that no ultrabook(or MBA) could play D3 adequately. Playing with FX disabled and every setting at low just to hit 35 fps represent “value” settings. Those are acceptable for you on a personal level and in reality not acceptable at all. MB is great ultrabook but can’t play for sh*t. Anand also said that playing with low “value” settings on the same resolution and hitting 20fps on HD4000 is acceptable. And he is wrong about it as well. Thin notebooks with integrated graphics are only good at being thin.

What do consoles have to do with pc gaming ?

I admit I was remotely trollish referring to some users on this site that are not consistent with what they perceive as pretensions on quality. Meh, present persons are always excluded in any discussion.

I think that Samsung learned the most from working close with Apple. And I’m talking purely from a logistical point of view. By comparison, Apple’s pathetic(in my view) trade dress arguments represent mere distractions.

You’re diabolical.

I think this is a matter of future feature duplication. It is the benign and fully compliant Tawkon app, that was personally banned by SJ, the one that was abused. Although these kind of shenanigans are to be criticized, the AppStore is still the money pot that is worth to develop for. It’s Apple’s store it’s their rules and sometimes their whims.

Anandtech had access to working versions of Zenbook prime. Head over there to see that the screen is brilliant.
Another simple article ruined by Apple zealots. Mods sleeping on their keyboards.

Ignorants flaunting their, what else, ignorance. Every CS student worth its salt already has VS Pro handed to them like peanuts during university workshops or MSDNAA. Express is aimed at hobbyists and it is a great and “simple” way to start. Keep in mind, with Metro you only need to develop once and the app will work across x86 and ARM.

Display:10
Camera:at least a 9

Great review.

AA off and all other settings beside textures set at low is not acceptable. No offense, but I always read on the Verge how macusers bitch about screen resolution and how they demand the utmost when deciding their notebook buy. Unfortunately they aren’t as consistent in their pretensions when it comes to image quality. And D3 is no Crysis.

Anand said that 20fps on HD4000 on the Asus Zenbook is acceptable as well. I disagree with him also.

What I read(rumor of course) is that Apple wants to remove the standard resolution choices and introduce 3 fixed presets only. You are correct about their motivations(sake of simplicity) but it doesn’t make it technically better than Windows(then again they don’t have many hardware configurations to support as well).
Even so, there will always be the 3rd party, odd application that would not conform. That is why I said above that it would be unfair to pin that on the OS “manufacturer”.

I figured it out. Although I don’t agree with the score, on a personal level of course, D3 is for the “fresh” generation of gamers what D2 was to me. So it deserves its mark. “Old” pretentious pricks such as me need not apply.

As an European I notice Blizzard taking a page from Valve’s book of shenanigans. They charge US residents 60$ and Europeans 60 euros. BTW, it has NOTHING to do with taxes or VAT; that was to save you time from arguing about it.

In 2012 PC encompasses both OS-es. PC and Consoles are the main categories.

Woz: Siri is a gimmick.
Me: All are gimmicks(Siri the best one because it is more complex).

Offtopic: Hurry up with the review Vlad.

At the end of the day ads are ads. A Verge reader such as yourself should research the device in question and the hell with the ads. Apple hasn’t fumbled under Cook. In fact, with hi-res screens on the ipad and on the new gen MBs, you could say they’ve made a big step in a time when critics would assume they’d be more conservative.

I doubt that a patent agreement from 97 would extend to mobile patents in relation to the iphone or win mobile. Furthermore MS licensed all the mobile multi touch related patents they need for WP from an IP company, formed by a group of critical former Apple and Palm engineers, that were instrumental for WebOS multitouch experience.

Offtopic: Judge Shaw from the ITC actually recommended ITC to place a ban on XBOX imports.