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Forum: The Barbie

Aug 3rd 2018, 3:34 am

Replies: 370

All the Gear

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Posted By GarryP

Re: All the Gear

???

Chromebook rules the education market. Surface is just a laptop now.

I can certainly see it being in many businesses best interests to pursue a chromebook type model than a Windows one...

Forum: The Barbie

Aug 2nd 2018, 10:53 pm

Replies: 370

All the Gear

Views: 36,847

Posted By GarryP

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Looks like the Surface Go is another bust for Microsoft. Underpowered for the strain that Win10 places on it.

https://mashable.com/2018/08/02/microsoft-surface-go-review/#.Ch4Dax6fOqX

Forum: The Barbie

Jul 10th 2018, 4:00 am

Replies: 370

All the Gear

Views: 36,847

Posted By GarryP

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For those still stuck in a Windows/Mickeysoft bent, the newly announced "Surface Go" looks closer to what they should have done back at the beginning. US$399 for a 10" surface laptopulike but the...

Forum: The Barbie

Sep 3rd 2017, 10:42 am

Replies: 370

All the Gear

Views: 36,847

Posted By GarryP

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Expectation is the Google Home Mini will launch with the Pixel 2 phones on 5th Oct at something akin to the Amazon Dot prices ~ $50 on discount. Amazon will probably also launch their Echo, Dot,...

Forum: The Barbie

Jan 12th 2017, 12:28 am

Replies: 370

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Views: 36,847

Posted By GarryP

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Well that's true of everything apple does. Quality is a perturbation on the total sales - there are the fanbois who will buy any and everything.

Forum: The Barbie

Jan 11th 2017, 10:00 pm

Replies: 370

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Views: 36,847

Posted By GarryP

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Magic Leap are supposed to launch this year - so I doubt it.

As it stands I'd assume that Apple are trying to create something in every possible new marketspace they can. They know that the...

Forum: The Barbie

Jan 9th 2017, 8:57 am

Replies: 370

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Views: 36,847

Posted By GarryP

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They hit a plateau a few years back, which is one of the reasons my phone is three years old...

You too can give apple a cut of everything you buy.

Tango

Forum: The Barbie

Jan 9th 2017, 5:18 am

Replies: 370

All the Gear

Views: 36,847

Posted By GarryP

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Rumours go

OLED screen covering the entirety of the front, with 2.5D curves on the edge (like the S7 Edge)
5.8" screen
All glass design
Invisible home button/fingerprint scanner within...

Forum: The Barbie

Jan 9th 2017, 4:44 am

Replies: 370

All the Gear

Views: 36,847

Posted By GarryP

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The theory is that for the iphone 8 apple will pull out the stops and actually deliver a decent phone that competes with the Android flagships - together with the number 8 and the tenth anniversary -...

Forum: The Barbie

Jan 8th 2017, 8:12 am

Replies: 370

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Views: 36,847

Posted By GarryP

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... and on the other hand ...

Microsoft’s OS supremacy over Apple to end in 2017 | Computerworld...

Forum: The Barbie

Oct 27th 2016, 11:03 am

Replies: 370

All the Gear

Views: 36,847

Posted By GarryP

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Scar tissue from IE 6 suggests not.

Forum: The Barbie

Oct 27th 2016, 10:58 am

Replies: 370

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Views: 36,847

Posted By GarryP

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R E S E A R C H

http://iswebrtcreadyyet.com/

Forum: The Barbie

Oct 27th 2016, 10:45 am

Replies: 370

All the Gear

Views: 36,847

Posted By GarryP

Re: All the Gear

Nope, I'd even accept apple if the price were right. I have an aversion to marketeers bumping the price to "what the market will bear".

I've tended to stick with Firefox. Edge support of new...

Forum: The Barbie

Oct 27th 2016, 8:56 am

Replies: 370

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Views: 36,847

Posted By GarryP

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Hardly. You should hear what they call me when I call the Pixel phones "apple-aping overpriced tat" .... :o

And shouldn't you be apparelled that he's not using the Windows Playdough OS on...

Forum: The Barbie

Oct 27th 2016, 5:35 am

Replies: 370

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Views: 36,847

Posted By GarryP

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I want the money to be able to afford one.

Only I'd prefer a straight 4K TV, with a touch surface, and no Windows 10, for <$2000k. I'm sure someone will come out with it.

Oh, and the dial puck...

Forum: The Barbie

May 17th 2016, 9:48 am

Replies: 370

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Views: 36,847

Posted By GarryP

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Or

That's before the negative sales/profit news that sent the share price from 109 then to 92 now.

Now they may have some **** hot R&D in their back pocket, and they might have told Warren...

Forum: The Barbie

Mar 22nd 2016, 6:49 am

Replies: 370

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Views: 36,847

Posted By GarryP

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Apple, natch.

Although to be honest the phone and tablet game did what I said it would two years ago and hit a plateau. 5-5.2" phone and a 10" tablet or laptop. Functionality is pretty much fixed...

Forum: The Barbie

Mar 16th 2016, 5:35 am

Replies: 370

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Views: 36,847

Posted By GarryP

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I'm smelling a rat.

Not only do these links turn up on various fake websites, each with a different 'Affid' number, the actual name of the lens doesn't turn up on any reviews, forums etc.
...

Forum: The Barbie

Mar 16th 2016, 1:11 am

Replies: 370

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Views: 36,847

Posted By GarryP

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I had a similar set of 3 lens about 7 years ago, cost about £7 and were attached magnetically. Worked, but not exactly practical to carry around.

Now if they actually had 360 deg lens, and for a...

Forum: The Barbie

Dec 15th 2015, 8:20 pm

Replies: 370

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Views: 36,847

Posted By GarryP

Re: All the Gear

Nah, it's NAB - who seem to be slow to get their finger out on everything. I know some people on the IT side of NAB, so I might ping them and find out if there are any moves afoot. Probably not.

Forum: The Barbie

Dec 15th 2015, 7:27 pm

Replies: 370

All the Gear

Views: 36,847

Posted By GarryP

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Typical, my bank isn't one of them.

I do wish they would sort NFC card emulation of Myki on phones. It's hardly the most complex of things to do.

Forum: The Barbie

Dec 8th 2015, 2:22 am

Replies: 370

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Views: 36,847

Posted By GarryP

Re: All the Gear

Real question is are they going to restock after the 'clearance' sale is done?

If they do, then maybe someone is trying to make things continue - using the sales to clear stock that doesn't move...

Forum: The Barbie

Dec 7th 2015, 4:45 am

Replies: 370

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Views: 36,847

Posted By GarryP

Re: All the Gear

You can pick me up some of these if you'd like :

https://www.danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_727458/ardbeg-1974-double-barrel-scotch-whisky-700ml

Forum: The Barbie

Dec 3rd 2015, 11:50 pm

Replies: 370

All the Gear

Views: 36,847

Posted By GarryP

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It's kind of interesting how the best prices tends to be had with time limited online pricing. Often talking about 30% reductions etc. over the walk-up price.

Forum: The Barbie

Dec 3rd 2015, 10:19 am

Replies: 370

All the Gear

Views: 36,847

Posted By GarryP

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$130 now, till midnight
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/223426

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