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[Epic 4G General] dchawk81:
I'm on the market for a replacement computer and I'm definitely going with another PC. I'll built it myself this time to maximize the bang for buck. I can get everything I want for under $600.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
what does that mean? first of all no one chose against the iphone, we chose from our perspective the better platform being Android...

That said, the iphone and the mac is a different unrelated argument...The iphone is a phone that competes in the same price range of other phones (on same carrier), hence an option for those that wish to choose it...

As for macs, its different as it competes in its own price point..aka if I custom build a pc, I can achieve prices 2-6x cheaper for the same hardware...No one has anything against macs, but you have to ask yourself at the end of the day..is any piece of software really worth $1000+?

I would understand if they used better quality hardware for example, but the fail rates of macs are on par with fail rates of a Dell..and no where close to the quality of say an ASUS (least fail rates in industry for laptops)...

So unless you have special needs that require a mac, or if you somehow happen to get a mac with same hardware and price point as a pc..it makes more sense to buy a PC..

Some people argue saying others are too cheap to afford a mac for example..but if someone wanted to spend that kind of money on a computer they'd make an enthusiast rig...I mean for that price point I can put in 4 top of the line graphic cards for quad-sli..
[Epic 4G General] apatcas:
U know you need 580's for that... :)
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Thats not so bad...they go for 500$ without a deal each..so thats only 2k$ for 4 of them...on a deal maybe 1.8k$...

or just buy two 590s and thats effectively 4x 580 for 800$ each totaling 1.6k$, then 300$ for motherboard..throw in a 600$ extreme core i7 cpu...a Level 10 case :P
[Epic 4G General] em.danielle:
If I bought an ASUS do you have any suggestions, I'm starting college soon and I won't be playing games on it. I do like downloading and would it need any anti virus crap. I am really bad at determining what kind of computer protection to buy and I don't know the difference between mal ware and all that other junk. I am just trying to find a good laptop. I have had two HP's and the first one took a crap and the second I had to send back to be fixed and I feel like they made it slower. It gets over heated and shuts off or it just shut off.
[Epic 4G General] stir fry a lot:
Just use AVG Free. I put it on my mom's computer and it works great. Also, with whatever pc you get go online and google the make and model and how to remove any accomapanying bloatware. It will really speed things up.
[Epic 4G General] CapsLockKey:
Microsoft Security Essentials is surprisingly good as well, and is free. The key to avoiding viruses is simply don't use Internet Explorer as your browser unless it's absolutely necessary for a site that won't play friendly with other browsers (which is rare, but it happens). I used to have to fix my in-law's PC a couple times a year because of some infection then I finally talked them into using Firefox or Chrome and haven't had to deal with it since. Love to know what kind of sites my father in law is going to, lol.

As for Mac vs PC, it's obviously personal preference. To me, Macs are like Bose products. High quality, polished and stylish looking, easy to use for the layperson, marketed like crazy, and the consumer eats it up thinking they are the premium of the premium when you can get just as good if not better hardware for less money elsewhere. I only know one person out of my circle of friends and family that uses Mac products, but that's only because his brother works for Apple and sends him older or built from spare parts ones for free. That's usually the computer he let's his kids play with because it's easier to use and harder to F up, but he still has PC's in his house. Personally I don't like the constraints a Mac puts on you in terms of available software and hardware for. Others like the non-complicated manner Apple gives you their products ("it just works").
[Epic 4G General] stir fry a lot:
I'm a Mac user but don't disagree with you. However as a graphic designer I feel that Apple's OS is tailored for multitasking much better than Windows is. When dealing with multiple documents like I do it really does make finding a comfortable workflow easier. The file structures, drag/drop abilities and gestures really do come in handy and are great time savers. Luckily I have a friend at Apple and get a pretty nice discount.
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
Depends on what your going to use it for:

I prefer pc, cause i know it and am familiar with it, macs too me are too ICONY (Made up word)

But....

If your going to do imaging and video editing go with the mac
[Epic 4G General] CapsLockKey:
I think if you are an artist of any kind, Macs are the way to go. I haven't touched a Mac in years, but back in college everyone I knew who was in any kind of art major used Macs exclusively. Each have their area they shine in. PC is gaming, Mac is graphic design.
[Epic 4G General] em.danielle:
I am into photography but I am not pursuing it. My brother has a mac and he loves it. But he's always trying to get me to like everything he likes, and I don't see what's so special about it. I don't want to pay for the Brand. And since I'm not doing anything art related I think I'll go with a PC. No mac.

Is ASUS a good computer, I really like the Bamboo Laptops and the All-In-One PCs
[Epic 4G General] jfharden:
With Bootcamp on Mac, you can have OSX and Windows. I spend about 70% of my time booted into Windows on my MacBook pro, and the other 30% in OSX. Windows 7 runs beautifully on Apple hardware (since adding Intel processors/chipsets, they are essentially PCs now) and I love the option to be able to switch back and forth between OS's. You will obviously pay extra for the Mac, but you will have the best of both worlds.
[Epic 4G General] Khemul:
That is really where the key to the modern Apple vs. PC debate comes from. It all depends on just how good the person is with the computer and how much tweaking and customization they want to get into. Which is probably why the debate has calmed down in recent times.

The price difference also sort of falls into that comparison. If the user just wants a new computer and doesn't know how all the parts balance out, then the price isn't horribly different. But if the user knows how to customize parts for what they need and drop the expensive stuff that isn't really needed, the price difference becomes quite a bit larger.

You don't have to pay extra to have the best of both worlds.
[Epic 4G General] compuw22c:
To those that say anyone in video editing or art to choose a mac, keep in mind the HARDWARE is the same as what's in high-end PCs (minus things like the magentic power cord and such), and the software is what makes the difference. I do have to admit, as an avid PC fan, that OSX is more stable and faster than Windows, HOWEVER this is because it is Unix based, and Linux will give you the same effect.

That being said, as I stated before, you CAN install osx on a PC http://www.osx86project.org/ and then the comparison chart gets much much smaller. I'm currently running all 3 on my clevo and very few things don't work in osx. I don't have a 3rd finger gesture (2 fingers work fine) on my touchpad as I do in windows, my HDMI capture card doesn't work (no drivers for osx) but other than that, as long as you use supported hardware (very easy to do component by component with a desktop, with laptops just pick a popular, osx supported chipset and you'll be good). Peformance is EXACTLY the same, as the hardware in many PCs IS in fact the same hardware as you have in a mac. Yes its a bit of work depending on your hardware setup to get it all working but you guys wouldn't be here if you didn't love tinkering ;)

EDIT: I should probably add that things are stable enough in OSX to use in a production environment. I'm a video engineer by trade and more than a few times a presenter has forgotten to bring their one of about 20 different video to VGA adapters, and I had to run from my machine. It is reliable enough running on a PC for me to stake my job and reputation on it ;)
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Here is what I suggest assuming you plan to use windows:

Malwarebyte - for spyware

Spybot - for immunization for spyware

Adaware - generally useless but comes in handy "sometimes"

Now as for AV..it boils down to your needs..I am going to get hanged for this..I know it..but I'll say Norton Internet Security...(Norton Antivirus is not enough, and Norton 360 is same thing with 5x more bloat and higher price tag)

Reason why I suggest Norton is if you know when/where to look, you can get Norton for free after rebate every single year.

Its a bit on the bloated side but its detection rates are top notch..if you want to pay for a solution thats less bloated thats also good NOD32

I also suggest using different browsers for surfing/logging into secure things...I personally use Google Chrome to surf (as its fast and secure) and FireFox to buy stuff and visit banks...I don't suggest IE even 9 because its too deeply connected to the OS.

Also, for future references..HP is the worst quality laptops, their fail rates are through the roof. Asus has the best quality for laptops (dont confuse this with netbooks)..Dell is on par on fail rates to Apple, its not as high quality as Asus but I suggest it if you take the waranty as Dell's warranty in home is top notch.
[Epic 4G General] stir fry a lot:
Fixed101010

edit: disregard nonsensicle post
[Epic 4G General] heathmcabee:
Gtfo now k thx
[Epic 4G General] stir fry a lot:
If you're referring to me I cannot tell you how happy I was to see that you picked up the Evo3d. I for one can't wait for you to take your funky ass attitude elsewhere. If you weren't talking to me I'm still happy that you're probably leaving. Do you do graphic design? Do you understand how many shortcuts are built into Apple's OS that makes it easier to focus on the project at hand? I'm not an Apple fanboy by any stretch but I swear that people that hate on their products are just as bad as the Mac users that they love bashing. Who cares what people spend their money on, if it fits their needs better that's all that matters.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Personally I admit to hating Apple, but its not blind hate, I have a really good reason to not like them.

As far as macs go, I don't have anything bad to say about them except their price tag does not warrant it. If someone can justify paying $1000 for software thats up to them, but I would never suggest it to anyone. Of course if someone buys a pc and loads up a mac with it, or mac drops down to pc prices, I would have nothing bad to say about it.
[Epic 4G General] sethlo:
Lenovo Thinkpad is sweet.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MishXT:
Hey guys,

this is for the people that use MIUI, I want to use the Transformers theme, Ive downloaded it from the theme manager, the image shows an awesome looking lockscreen style, but when I download it, it doenst seem to have that lockscreen style, it reverts back to the basic MIUI lockscreen style. Does anyone know where I can get it from?

Ive tried downloading from different places but that style just aint there
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] southparkeric:
I have a windows 7 x64 Professional edition that will charge using any of my three usb cables. I have a sprint, lg and htc cable. The device may or may not come up when I plug in the phone, but the amber charging light comes on.... I think it may be a bad usb port, if i wiggle the cord then it may find the device but wont let me install the device... I cant use it as a usb device to access the memory card. I downloaded the 3.71.651 pcimg file to the root of the sd card via a card reader and did the volume down and power button and let it install that way... I still have the same issue.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sitlet:
Charging doesnt require a driver, thats why it charges no matter what.

You may need to reinstall the driver for the phone. Go to Control Panel-Device manager. THen plug the phone in, and see what pops up that wasnt there before you plugged it in. RIght click that, and hit uninstall. Then unplug the phone, wait a few seconds, and plug it back in, and windows will reinstall the driver.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] southparkeric:
tried that... i even reinstalled my windows 7 pro x64 and sometimes it shows an unsupported device but when i check the device id it does not know what it is... usb\unkown.... under hardware ids...

I copied the pc36img.zip for 3.70.651 to the transflash card via a card reader that i use for work. then did volume down and power and then it reflashed the 3.70.651 for me. I still have the same issue...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] untruestory:
This is a known issue with win7 and the Evo and there are threads about it if you search. Depending on what you're doing there are a couple different drivers you can install and I know that adb interferes with service programming. Anyways, just Google the specific thing it is you're doing and the driver you need.

Uninstall phone drivers and plug in your Evo

Open Device Manager and find your device with the "!" by it

Right click it

Update/install driver > browse my computer > let me pick... > have disk > browse

navigate to the driver you wish to install and select it

if you get a warning you can ignore it

It is possible it may ask you along the way what type of device it is just select all

Hope this helps!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] southparkeric:
I did that. I am using the drivers that i had before when i had my old evo an Rev 4. My new evo is a REv 4. When I check the ! in device manager it says it does not know the maker of the hardware. Strange as it should have a device id....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wmstwo002:
Here are the 64 Bit Windows 7 drivers I used. Hope they work for you......
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] southparkeric:
Thanks, I took it to a store that does advanced warranty exchanges and they said it was the phone. Replacement ordered.
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] snipestech:
Trying to fix this phone its stuck at the htc screen

so far I have had no luck downoading the roms they all fail while downloading

please help !
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] Coockoo:
Did this happen gradually or were you trying to flash another ROM? I had this problem as well, and i did absolutely nothing to the phone and one day it deleted all my music and pictures. Then the next day i tried to turn it back on and it was stuck at the HTC screen as you describe. I had to take apart mine and repleace the SD card. For some reason the SD would not work in anything not even my computer. As soon as i replaced the SD card the phone installed what it needed to and it was running as good as new.

Hopefully that helps out and you get you're phone back up and running! Its not that hard to get to the SD card either its about 6 screws and just pull the plastic off and vuola under the silver foil is your card. This will void your warrenty though so if you still have warrenty i suggest taking it back and seeing if they will fix it for free. Mine was void so i had nothing to lose.

Thanks,

Coockoo:)
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] snipestech:
Its actually my bosses wife's phone.I am a computer tech and do pretty good with phones also (android and iPhones)

I was able to restore and now is giving me a storage error so it must be that.

thanks alot will do try and get back.
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] snipestech:
Thanks Coockoo

Worked like a charm
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] Coockoo:
Awesome I'm glad you were able to get her phone up and running again!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SemperAndroid:
I am looking at the Wyse client, but thought I would throw out a request for ideas. So what would be the best RDP client for use with local LAN connectivity to a Mac?
[Defy Themes and Apps] Darmach:
Hi all

I am looking for a tweak to modify wifi sleep policy to sleep wifi if its on after lets say 1 - 3 minutes of not being connected. Then enable it only when for ex screen is on.

I am almost 99% positive, that i have seen such thread somewhere here..... ...but i dont seem to be able to find it...

Maybe you have seen such tweak around here?
[Defy Themes and Apps] ABC_Universal:
Do you mean how long after screen off wifi sleeps (default 15 minutes)? If you are, check http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=973869
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nifnodge:
I recently purchased an XPlay and I'm having issues with the battery/ I've followed a lot of what I have read from various people here. Removing unwanted apps, turning off wifi/gps etc etc and although I've noticed some improvement it isn't really a lot to justify how much I paid for the phone compared to how much it needs to be charged.

I've read a few paragraphs of the rooting guide and a lot of other threads about something calle Gingerbreak. I'm very interested in 'rooting' my phone as many more users note a stark difference in performance and there's a lot of guff on the phone that I can't remove without it.

I'm not fully proficient in the ways of computing so I was wondering if someone could just highlight some threads and put them in a step by step. I see things like Titanium backup and superuser. Are they apps or things I need to install or do I pay for them?

Also is there a risk in destroying the device if I root it? I really don't want to be left with a lump of plastic I can't to anything with. I'd appreciate any and all input on offer, and would appreciate some patience, as I really am new to all this.

Thanks.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waz000000:
First things are:

1: search

2: read

3: search

4: read some more

Gingerbreak is what you will use to root your phone this grants super user status and install superuser, simply download it pop it on your memory card, download astro file manager from the market place (its free) navigate to gingerbreak and run it.

After you've done that download busybox installer from the market run it and let it do it's mojo. after this you can forget you ever did any of the above :)

It's pretty safe and shouldnt harm your phone, you can still restore to stock with this method if you choose to using Sony Ericson's restore software.

Once that is done you can use root uninstaller again free from the market to uninstall all the crap. be sure to check this thread

My battery wil last a couple of days with moderate use, but i hardly ever use it moderately unless im at work im mostly always on it.

Titanium backup (free and paid) is just an app from the market to allow backups and restore for when you flash your phone.

But and I have to stress this all this info is available on the forum you have to search and read on XDA i appreciate your new to all this but that's even more reason to read, read, read. :) your lucky we dont have many people yet here in the play section had this been the i9000 or nexus S forum you would be torn a new one for asking these questions... but while we are a small group I see no reason not to help each other.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dousan:
To ad some, backup your sdcard as some has encountered a format of it under the rooting process and lost data. Further more some has had problems after a OTA update after rooting (afaik it's only people that have rooted with the unlock bootloader procedure), but some people bricked there devices while updating and afaik there's no fully working recover from that yet. Just to be safe check for updates before rooting, that's what I did, if any update do it and then turn auto search off in >settings>about phone>software update. Then go for root :-D

Regards Dousan...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nifnodge:
Thank you.

Followed this to the letter, as well as the guide provided in the links and I think I'm OK. Have Superuser on the phone, installed uninstaller and removed a lot of what I didn't want, making sure to follow the list and thread for what not to remove. Just in the process of restoring the contents of my SD card that I backed up and hopefully the phone should run a lot smoother for a lot longer.

Are there any other advantages of rooting the phone? can it improve the performance of the emulators at all? I only ask as my son used the n64 emulator and he finds it hard to play a few games as they keep stuttering and we have to turn the music off.

If there is a thread I can keep note of that updates what features are available through rooting then I must have missed it. I did look this time. I even got the wife to double check. Last thing I need is a virtual dressing down ;)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dousan:
You've got two threads in this section about removing bloatware and what to do after rooting ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1046699

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1046857

Regards Dousan...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xchaotiKittenx:
hey guys!!! i just wanna say I followed the same instructions and eveyrthing worked perfectly! I've been a long time jailbreaker of everything apple and love android but for some reason was always iffy on rooting. You guys made it super easy so thanks a bunch!!! :D
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nifnodge:
I've noticed a vast improvement in the memory usage but the battery, not so much. If anything it seems to wear down faster. I placed it on charge up to 100%, then unplugged it with wifi and updates turned off, as well as having it on gsm and not 3G (or whatever it's called). I also don't have many widgets running and those that do don't use a lot of memory anyway.

I watched Spider-Man 3, which is roughly 2 hours long and within that time it had dropped to 92. Left it a while longer, about another hour and it's now at 88%. At this rate it'll be less than 24hrs before it's dead. Am I missing something??
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeadlyDazza:
12% gone after 3 hours & you watched a movie too ? That's pretty good going.

I don't know of many devices that you could watch in excess of 5 movies on a single charge.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nifnodge:
I don't mean ON the device. I watched a film independently, while the phone sat idle on a shelf. So basically 12% in 3 hours after doing nothing.

EDIT 1day, 2hrs, 37min 8s the battery has lasted and has 37% left. Any good?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nifnodge:
I've noticed there have been a few new firmware updates for the XPlay in the UK and as I;m still none the wiser about all this rooting business, and have just been getting by with rooting 2.3.2, I'm wondering how I got about continuing to root to the latest firmware?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mozza2k11:
If OTA update is available (settings > about phone > software update) which it should be since you are on 2.3.2 you can do the ota and keep root on 2.3.3.

The OTA update will not work if you have uninstalled any of the preinstalled apps off your phone. If you have you will either have to reinstall them from here. Or reinstall 2.3.2 a fresh (to get everything back) then root then do the ota to get onto 2.3.3 rooted. You can find 2.3.2 to reflash here.

I personally freeze my apps instead of uninstalling them since i can then just unfreeze them and then do the ota if a new one is available. It does not free up internal memory (since they are still on the phone, but they will not run) it will free up ram tho so faster boot up etc. The same effect uninstalling them would do.

Also 2.3.3 is the latest update atm. The xloud update is not available on ota atm so you cannot root that one yet with a locked bootloader.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logseman:
I wouldn't have dreamt to have that battery life in my previous phone (Galaxy S).
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nifnodge:
I've uninstalled quite a lot of the stock apps so can I just reinstall 2.3.2 or do I have to put everything back on it first?