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It would need a bigger battery to power the display. To not see a drop in performance it would also need a better processor, which would need better cooling and again would need more battery.

5 days ago on Massive battery life, killer graphics: can Intel's Haswell deliver on the hype? 1 reply 17 recommends

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They are advertising the MacBook Airs as having 12 hour battery life today. I’m pretty sure that would be illegal if that wasn’t true unless the buyer waited 4/5 months and then paid for a OS upgrade.

“With OS X Mavericks, your Mac works even smarter. Energy-saving technologies help you get more out of your battery”

OS X Mavericks isn’t out yet, I’m not sure what the confusion is.

5 days ago on Massive battery life, killer graphics: can Intel's Haswell deliver on the hype? 1 reply 3 recommends

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The new airs are already out, and they come with OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.4, the same as the old MacBook Airs. Apple went through all the battery improvements that Mavericks contains on Monday, but Mavericks isn’t out until the autumn.

5 days ago on Massive battery life, killer graphics: can Intel's Haswell deliver on the hype? 1 reply 4 recommends

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The display would have been more expensive and would have cut battery life, and it would have performed poorly. The 13 inch MBP can barely handle the retina display and that is more powerful the the MBA. Stick a retina display in the air and what you end up with is the 13 inch MBP.

5 days ago on Massive battery life, killer graphics: can Intel's Haswell deliver on the hype? 1 reply 1 recommend

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Nope, the more efficient OS (Mavericks) isn’t out for another few months. When Mavericks comes out I expect that 12 hours will increase.

5 days ago on Massive battery life, killer graphics: can Intel's Haswell deliver on the hype? 1 reply 3 recommends

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Exactly, the MacBook Air is popular because it is cheap (relative to Apple’s other laptops) lightweight, thin and has excellent battery life. If they put in a retina display it would be more expensive, with lower battery life and be thicker. That laptop already exists; it’s called the 13 inch MacBook Pro.

5 days ago on Massive battery life, killer graphics: can Intel's Haswell deliver on the hype? 3 replies 40 recommends

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Because we’re currently on BST, they’ve put both GMT and BST times up.

9 days ago on Our WWDC coverage begins on Monday at 1PM ET, E3 coverage starts at 12:30PM ET

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Send temporary photos to your friends for fun. Not really hard to understand.

12 days ago on Art of the Snapbrag: the social alchemy behind Snapchat's success 1 reply 1 recommend

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and both of those things have been fixed in the the latest update.
New design, and double tap to reply.

12 days ago on Art of the Snapbrag: the social alchemy behind Snapchat's success 2 recommends

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I hope so, I want these displays without the frame rate issues we’ve had so far.

12 days ago on A preview of the future: Fujitsu's ultrathin 3200 x 1800 ultrabook

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I’m interested in knowing how it performs powering that high res display with a ULV processor and integrated graphics.

13 days ago on A preview of the future: Fujitsu's ultrathin 3200 x 1800 ultrabook 1 reply 15 recommends

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So twitter is just an app that let’s you upload plain text?

15 days ago on Twitter announces Vine for Android, available today 1 reply 3 recommends

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Yes this is what I meant.
This display is 140ppi, which is higher than most displays today (I think the 27 inch iMac is ~110ppi) it would be uncomfortable to use for most people if the OS just displayed everything at their native size.

18 days ago on Asus will release a 4K 31.5-inch monitor in the US this June

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But it’s over 30 inches. People don’t use 30 inch 1080p monitors.

18 days ago on Asus will release a 4K 31.5-inch monitor in the US this June 2 replies 1 recommend

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Err yes. You will have 4 times as much space as a 1080p display.
You can have dozen of windows open all on the same screen at their normal size with no overlapping.

18 days ago on Asus will release a 4K 31.5-inch monitor in the US this June 1 reply

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But for developers to make good games for Kinect they need to know everyone will have one, I’m really looking forward to seeing what developers come up with.

19 days ago on Microsoft defends the look of the Xbox One 3 recommends

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I too really like the design. Much better than the 360.

19 days ago on Microsoft defends the look of the Xbox One 30 recommends

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If I was the type of person to carry two phones I would buy this instantly.

19 days ago on HTC One with stock Android hands-on 1 recommend