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February 3, 2026 at 10:48 am #150965
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KeymasterApple removed sync services in Mavericks. Anything that depended on that will have issues.
February 3, 2026 at 10:48 am #150966admin
KeymasterAFAIK there at least were some programs for syncing phones, but somehow I can’t find one which supports the C7
February 3, 2026 at 10:48 am #150967admin
KeymasterThe Missing Sync and/or SyncMate might but I’m not sure if they depended upon sync services.
February 3, 2026 at 10:49 am #150968admin
KeymasterSeems like nobody supports the S60 OS run on the C7. I just want to sync via bluetooth or USB, without any cloud, (exchange) server, …
February 3, 2026 at 10:49 am #150969admin
KeymasterI am very anti mac.
February 3, 2026 at 10:49 am #150970admin
KeymasterOne interesting rumor is that there won’t be a MBA 12″. Instead, the new iPad is called Air (9.7″) suggesting that there may be coming a 12″ model called iPad Pro with dockable keyboard with battery.
February 3, 2026 at 10:50 am #150971admin
KeymasterI’m an XFCE guy myself. But that’s the cool thing about Linux. User choice.
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February 3, 2026 at 10:50 am #150972admin
KeymasterI still wish Apple would allow bluetooth mouse support on the iPad so I can have a mobile Citrix workstation, I can do all my work from that …. I really want a Macbook Air
February 3, 2026 at 10:50 am #150973admin
KeymasterI grew up on Unix in the early 1980s; when I finally got a windows laptop in 1997 I lasted about a week before doing my first Linux install. Currently running Debian on every computer I’ve got except the Android devices. My current laptop is a Samsung ns120 which is about five years old but showing no signs of needing to be replaced any time soon.
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February 3, 2026 at 10:50 am #150974admin
KeymasterThat’s the great thing about Linux. Whenever my windows PC wasn’t cutting it, I could throw Linux on it and give it a few more years of life. Not a resource hog like most OSs are.
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February 3, 2026 at 10:50 am #150975admin
KeymasterI use Mac for personal use and Windows for work. Mac OS is far superior to Windows 7/8 or any Windows OS IMHO. It just works 95% of the time unlike Windows which only works about 75% of the time. With my Mac I can leave it on for days/weeks putting it in and out of sleep mode with no issues and barely any loss in battery life. BTW, right now I have a Macbook Pro 13 Retina (1st gen) and am considering a 15 MBP retina with Haswell at some point so I can take advantage of the longer battery life and larger hd sizes.
Windows machines may have all the latest bells and whistles but many times I feel it comes at a compromise because Windows has to support so many PC manufacturers using different parts/etc. With a Mac, they control which parts go in to their laptops and I feel like they put a lot of effort in to making sure they pick the right parts to make the most of their OS. Other people may have different opinions but ever since I moved to Mac I haven’t looked back.
February 3, 2026 at 10:50 am #150976admin
KeymasterWell said!
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February 3, 2026 at 10:53 am #150977admin
KeymasterWindows 7 at work (using browser, Word and email mostly). At home I use a seriously old Dell Latitude laptop released some 6 years ago on which I run Ubuntu 13.10 and Windows 8.1. I mostly just use Chrome on those OSes and the machine runs fine.
My 15 year old has a MacBook and I gotta say I struggle to use OS X, but that’s probably just years of Windows muscle memory talking.
I am toying with buying a MacBook Air next year just to change things up.
February 3, 2026 at 10:54 am #150978admin
KeymasterI’m contemplating one of the Razor Edge tablets instead of an actual laptop this go around.
Need something highly mobile, has full windows functionality, and I’d like to be able to play Civilization 5.
They come with either an i5 or i7 processor for a $400 premium. Not sure if the i7 is worth getting. What do you guys think?
i5 or i7? Or something else entirely?
February 3, 2026 at 10:54 am #150980admin
KeymasterI’ve been using a Mac Mini with a TV and some Klipsch speakers exclusively lately myself, and I have multiple other Windows 7 and Windows 8 touchscreen computers at my disposal. The more I use the Mac, the more I love it. It just works, and it’s fast and smooth, and Mavericks rocks, and I could go on and on but I don’t want to sound like a fanboy because I still like my non-Apple stuff too.
Windows 8 is very interesting to watch develop. The jump from 8 to 8.1 had quite a few tweaks and with the way the interface is being handled who knows what the next update is going to do to it. MS doesn’t actually seem happy with themselves lately. They even fired the guy that was in charge of designing Win8 recently. I think a full return to the desktop OS is in order for them, but we’ll see what happens. Honestly, though, this is part of why I’m loving my Mac lately – And I don’t hate Windows 8 at all, I have 2 laptops running it on touch, I just don’t think it was a step in the right direction. Mavericks was a step in the right direction. Go APPLE!
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