Pity it's so small! I've been longing to see a resolution as good as 2048x1536 on a flat-panel 14" laptop or 19" desktop screen. Clearly it was possible, but it never arrived. Perhaps that's because the one company that seems to take an interest in these things nowadays (Apple) has a desktop operating system that… Continue reading At last, a PC with a decent screen resolution
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Comfy headphones
"Before I switched to closed Sennheisers for my primary headphones..." — I think this writer should try the Beyerdynamic DT250 (80Ω version for standard headphone outs). They won't block out as much external sound as some, but they don't radiate much either, they sound clean and balanced, and they're as comfy as an old pair of… Continue reading Comfy headphones
The Third Pad
I've become used to thinking of Apple's product releases as falling into two categories: "outreach" or "consolidation". Outreach releases are new products, or products introducing features that users will be unfamiliar with or that are novel enough to be headliners in adverts. Consolidation releases do essentially the same as the previous release, but faster or… Continue reading The Third Pad
Hard edges, small keys
Joanna Stern reviews the MacBook Air as a Windows laptop. I enjoyed this—I've considered in the past whether the MacBook Air would be a suitable laptop for me even though most of the time I don't run OS/X. (Conclusion: probably not any more, though it might have seemed that way once.) She does highlight the… Continue reading Hard edges, small keys
Operating system updates
Google have released a version of their Chrome web browser for Android, and it seems to be rather good—but it only runs on the very latest version of Android, version 4. Which is a bit of an annoyance, because hardly anybody has that version. Glancing at the 12 most popular Android phones on the Expansys… Continue reading Operating system updates
Was Windows popular?
Paul Robert Lloyd writes: "As more services require a Facebook account to use them, I wonder if it’s set to become the next Microsoft Windows; a popular piece of software that becomes the only choice available." I first read this as "an unpopular piece of software that becomes the only choice available." Plenty of people… Continue reading Was Windows popular?
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