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Aannddd....that was a totally useless post. Sorry, very tired :).

Aannnnndddd that the the font in my sig! "Hello World" :lol:

It's not just appearance Mac OS X Lion has auto-save and versioning support, not in the way of subversion or git.

I think the Windows 8 font is Segoe UI Light... (Emphasis on "Light". I found it in my Windows 7 folder, it's a new font.)

OK just joined  :whistle: :lol:

Well, I don't do much for Noisen anymore either... ;)

I find this article very interesting...

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/10/28/opinion-imac-optical-media/

The dropping of the optical media was not a surprise, and should not have been one anyway - as soon as we saw OS X being distributed electronically (both download and USB), it should have been clear that Apple was not likely to continue shipping stuff on physical media.

I actually don't remember using my PC's DVD drive for a long time, myself.

Oh, this all makes me think... Can anyone think of a GOOD Android phone with good battery life and a screen that's at most 4'' and a resolution that looks like an iPhone Retina thingy? (I think 1280x768 is a bit overkill at 4'' but I'm not against the idea either :P)

Nexus S, but its kinda old although its a Nexus and can easily run Jelly Bean. I use a Galaxy Nexus (which is also pretty old now) but that's 4.65" (although that's including on screen button so effective screen size is 4.3 or so inches). HTC One S is 4.3" and a pretty good phone. LG Nexus 4 is around the corner but its a bit bigger (about same as my Galaxy nexus).

Is that only optical, how about spinning hard disk, are they using solid state?

To me it looks like the article is biased and one sided to Apple. Anybody running a Android with a optical drive? Android compact devices that run on full screen with keyboards and mice have been out for a while already and cost allot less than that junk Apple is forcing down to its fanboys. Apple always makes itself out to look like a innovator but they are just not. All they want to do is sell you overpriced junk and tell you how to use it.

It's an Apple site, what did you expect?Android runs on the desktop now? The article from a few posts up is about iMacs etc. no longer having optical drives. But hey, if you want a mobile device with a DVD drive in it, I'm sure Android could probably oblige. Other than portable DVD players, which are outdated these days...Yes, it is only optical that is being phased out. The smaller laptops are all using solid state, the bigger ones have a choice between spinning disk and solid state, based on the fact that spinning disks are cheaper for higher capacities (like the fact I could have gotten a 1TB hard drive in this laptop for less than the price of the 256GB SSD)Except that the devices above are not competing with Android, but run OS X so a proper comparison with Windows would be the order of the day, but don't let the facts get in the way of a good rant.That's why I'm sat here using my MacBook Pro running Windows 7 (for which Apple was only too happy to provide me with all the drivers), but again don't get the facts get in the way of a good rant. Or the fact that Macs (which this article is about) aren't nearly as locked down.

I wonder, did you complain when the previous generations of Mac got rid of their floppy drive?

@Pete> There's an x86 version of Android, which can be used to install it on a computer (there's a website dedicated to that, can't remember the URL.) It can also be run in a VM, and it's faster than the stock Windows Android emulator. (Although Intel now ships special drivers for that emulator that make it way, way faster... Actually twice faster than a S3 or something.)But it's 800x480, innit...? 233 ppi. Not very good. I doubt it would give me the same 'wow' factor as when I first got my iPod Touch 4.
It looks like the only 4'' phones (or smaller) that have a resolution higher than 800x480 (or 854x480) are outdated or bad phones (Motorola Droid 3...), so if I want a good ppi I should either aim for a 3.5'' Android phone (they're probably all too old by now...), or an iPhone 5 (meh...), or a 4.3'' phone hoping it won't be too big.
The HTC Desire X seems interesting, though.
Xperia V definitely sounds like the best compromise for me, but it's not out before next month.HTC One S is something I'm looking into, too.

Oh, while I'm at it... Has anyone here got both an iOS and Android device? From what I can say, if you scroll the screen in your browser, the iOS version reacts immediately, while the Android version introduces a small latency effect. I call it lag, really... It makes scrolling uncomfortable to me. I was wondering if it's a Galaxy S3 effect only, or it's everywhere on Android...? (In which case -- it sucks!)