Battery charger + batteries from Duracell, Energiser etc = around £15.
That comes with 4 batteries, meaning that when the current batteries run out of juice, I can just swap them and carry on. Rather than put my mouse to dock for a few hours and be unable to use it.
My old Logitech G7 came with two rechargeable battery packs and a USB charger for them. Just swap over when you run out. They didn't last long (few years old, by now the charge is about a days use) but it worked easily enough and never left me short of charge.
Yes, sure, you can charge this mouse over night. But what if you forget? And it runs out in the middle of the day? My mouse takes 2 rechargeable AAAs, and they last for a few months. For the price of this you could buy the charger, the batteries, my wireless mouse and keyboard bundle (Logitech Wave) and still have change for some alcohol!
Unless thats two years by Sony's standards of leap year understanding, it's four years, since 2008 came and went without a problem for it.
And to those wondering why changing the date didn't work. When people opened it and removed the NVRAM battery, and then set the date to 2/3/10 onwards, it worked fine, since there's two dates stored on the system, the manually adjusted one and the onboard one.
Civilization 4 WORKS FINE FOR ME IN WINDOWS 7. Period. No idea why it doesn't on yours, but it's fine for me and for my friend who runs it in Boot Camp.
By providing the demos of things, the companies who provide them provide mild funding. It's minimal but it reduces the sale price of the computers. Otherwise the venders would throw on something like AVG/Avast instead of McAfee/Norton because then they can advertise lifetime virus protection. Instead it's better for them to take the money and throw on a couple months of McAfee/Norton instead.
The repair stage was described before as battering the hard drive, pulling out pins etc and handing it back as unfixable. The PFY couldn't do the repair stage as the machine was hers and he fancied her. Understand?
Ignoring OEMs for a minute, what if I were to go out and buy Windows 7 (when it's out obviously) over here in the UK. Would it not come with Internet Explorer 8? Meaning that I'd have in theory no browser with which to access the internet? Do Microsoft and Opera and Mozilla and Google give away free browser discs in every damn computing store and supermarket in the country?
Seriously, what's the point? If it comes with a link to allow you to download IE8, I'm gonna use that, then download Firefox. I'd be incredibly confused if it came with download links for other browsers as well. I mean how many do you offer? Firefox, Opera, Chrome and Safari just for starters. How is someone whos bought it and doesn't know which one is better meant to decide? I know, by picking the one that has a name that ACTUALLY SAYS WHAT IT DOES, like Internet Explorer, as that's bloody obvious what it's used for.
If it doesn't come with any browsers, I have effectively no internet access on that PC.
If it does, it's gonna be IE only anyway.
If it were to come with links to all the others, there's potentially too many and I don't see why Microsoft should have to advertise rival products. Can you see Sony ever saying 'bought a new Sony Bravia TV? Why not try a Samsung DVD player?'. People who don't know better are just going to go for the one that does what it says in the name, and people who do know better would have gone for a different browser anyway...
About the wifi in classrooms, mobile phone signals etc would have a fit over this. 50x more powerful than mobile phones? That requires 50x more the uneducated and unproven RAGE!
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Posted Saturday 28th January 2012 09:49 GMT
Richard 74
You say that... → #
In Playstation Vita games match PS3 software prices
... yet Final Fantasy X and GTA 3/Vice City are coming out on the Vita, so yeah.
Posted Monday 25th July 2011 11:36 GMT
Richard 74
£45?! → #
In Mobee Magic Charger
Battery charger + batteries from Duracell, Energiser etc = around £15.
That comes with 4 batteries, meaning that when the current batteries run out of juice, I can just swap them and carry on. Rather than put my mouse to dock for a few hours and be unable to use it.
My old Logitech G7 came with two rechargeable battery packs and a USB charger for them. Just swap over when you run out. They didn't last long (few years old, by now the charge is about a days use) but it worked easily enough and never left me short of charge.
Yes, sure, you can charge this mouse over night. But what if you forget? And it runs out in the middle of the day? My mouse takes 2 rechargeable AAAs, and they last for a few months. For the price of this you could buy the charger, the batteries, my wireless mouse and keyboard bundle (Logitech Wave) and still have change for some alcohol!
Posted Thursday 21st July 2011 23:47 GMT
Richard 74
PSPgo → #
In Gamer claims complete console collection
I don't see one... Or a Fat PS3 - if he's got a 360 original and slim, he should have both PS3s. Same with PSP, he's got 2000 and 3000, where's Base?
Posted Tuesday 9th November 2010 21:55 GMT
Richard 74
@Civ V? → #
In Apple MacBook Air 13in late 2010
"Uh, where do you put the CD?"
Steam...
Posted Sunday 30th May 2010 21:57 GMT
Richard 74
RE: USB - Try this → #
In Apple TV said to enter the heavens at $99
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/7977460/Western-Digital-WD-TV-HD-Media-Player/Product.html?_$ja=tsid:11518|cc:|prd:7977460|cat:Hard+Drives
Posted Wednesday 3rd March 2010 09:43 GMT
Richard 74
@Firmware to fix? → #
In Sony: PS3 leap year glitch caused network lockout
Unless thats two years by Sony's standards of leap year understanding, it's four years, since 2008 came and went without a problem for it.
And to those wondering why changing the date didn't work. When people opened it and removed the NVRAM battery, and then set the date to 2/3/10 onwards, it worked fine, since there's two dates stored on the system, the manually adjusted one and the onboard one.
Posted Monday 1st March 2010 11:35 GMT
Richard 74
@Ammaross Danan - Civ4 → #
In Microsoft slams nails in Windows Vista, XP SP2, 2000
Civilization 4 WORKS FINE FOR ME IN WINDOWS 7. Period. No idea why it doesn't on yours, but it's fine for me and for my friend who runs it in Boot Camp.
Posted Tuesday 20th October 2009 00:19 GMT
Richard 74
RE: Garbage → #
In Toshiba welcomes Windows 7
By providing the demos of things, the companies who provide them provide mild funding. It's minimal but it reduces the sale price of the computers. Otherwise the venders would throw on something like AVG/Avast instead of McAfee/Norton because then they can advertise lifetime virus protection. Instead it's better for them to take the money and throw on a couple months of McAfee/Norton instead.
Posted Monday 27th July 2009 19:45 GMT
Richard 74
Some people seem to be missing the point → #
In BOFH: Hammer time!
The repair stage was described before as battering the hard drive, pulling out pins etc and handing it back as unfixable. The PFY couldn't do the repair stage as the machine was hers and he fancied her. Understand?
Posted Friday 12th June 2009 09:55 GMT
Richard 74
So let me get this straight... → #
In Microsoft to bomb Europe with IE-free Windows 7
Ignoring OEMs for a minute, what if I were to go out and buy Windows 7 (when it's out obviously) over here in the UK. Would it not come with Internet Explorer 8? Meaning that I'd have in theory no browser with which to access the internet? Do Microsoft and Opera and Mozilla and Google give away free browser discs in every damn computing store and supermarket in the country?
Seriously, what's the point? If it comes with a link to allow you to download IE8, I'm gonna use that, then download Firefox. I'd be incredibly confused if it came with download links for other browsers as well. I mean how many do you offer? Firefox, Opera, Chrome and Safari just for starters. How is someone whos bought it and doesn't know which one is better meant to decide? I know, by picking the one that has a name that ACTUALLY SAYS WHAT IT DOES, like Internet Explorer, as that's bloody obvious what it's used for.
If it doesn't come with any browsers, I have effectively no internet access on that PC.
If it does, it's gonna be IE only anyway.
If it were to come with links to all the others, there's potentially too many and I don't see why Microsoft should have to advertise rival products. Can you see Sony ever saying 'bought a new Sony Bravia TV? Why not try a Samsung DVD player?'. People who don't know better are just going to go for the one that does what it says in the name, and people who do know better would have gone for a different browser anyway...
Posted Friday 12th June 2009 07:18 GMT
Richard 74
The people who complained → #
In 'Bionic ear' can detect Wi-Fi, FM,GPS signals simultaneously
About the wifi in classrooms, mobile phone signals etc would have a fit over this. 50x more powerful than mobile phones? That requires 50x more the uneducated and unproven RAGE!