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iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra
In article , Eric Stevens
wrote: *you* mentioned performance, which has absolutely nothing to do with the discussion. Of course performance is integral to a discussion about battery drain apps on a phone. performance has nothing to do with battery drain. nothing at all. So a flat battery doesn't affect performance? no more than the on/off button does. you're *really* grasping for straws. I don't think so. Most camera reviews include a reference to battery life. When trying to choose between cameras battery life is not an aspect of performance which can be ignored. Nor should it be now. battery life is certainly a factor to consider, but it has nothing whatsoever to do with performance. While it's not the first thing which comes to their mind, most people regard it as part of performance. nope. they regard it as battery life. the performance stays the same. |
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iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra
In article , Eric Stevens
wrote: nope. battery life has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with performance. zero. zip. nada. Therefore the settings on my laptop must exist solely to keep the user busy. The adjustments make it clear that faster performance decreases the time between charges. I guess that's only a Windows thing. Usually, when I use my laptop, I keep it plugged in. When using it on battery-only, I haven't noticed any slow-down caused by low battery. It's either go or no-go. I expect you will notice a very considerable slow down when your device has a very low battery. your expectations are not reality. The only stuff in this house relying on batteries are iPhones and iPads (two of each). I can assure you they slow down to almost a dead stop when their batteries get very low. The reason I say 'they slow down to almost a dead stop' is that they retain sufficient life in one way or another to tell you why they are no longer doing anything for you. until that point, there is no change in performance. obviously a dead battery isn't going to do much. |
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iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra
In article , Eric Stevens
wrote: No, you are. Battery life is part of performance. Not for most it isn't Can you tell me how your camera performance changes depending on battery charge ? I don't expect it to change exactly the point! but I do want to know how many shots I can get from it. that's battery run time, not performance. don't confuse the two. It's like you buying a car: even if you are not interested in mpg you are interested in knowing how far you can go before filling the tank. that's range, not performance. don't confuse the two. |
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iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra
In article , Eric Stevens
wrote: I thought it was a valid question from someone who knew nothing about thr function. Your answer was merely a longer version of your usual 'no' and did nothing to satisfy Tony's intelligent curiosity. he didn't ask a question. he said it seemed like it would, i said it wouldn't and then asked why he would think that. He wrote "Seems like it would run down the battery if one wasn't careful to turn off Live Photos when not expecting to use it." which I took as rhetorical question itching for an explanation. i took it as a person who made an incorrect assumption due to lack of knowledge about the topic, something said person does with shocking regularity. And you could easily have told him what the actual situation was. i did, at which point he went into attack mode, believing that a few microseconds of additional write time is *so* important that it must be declared to all users and something that is measurable. it isn't and its not. he has yet to explain *how* that can be measured, because he knows it's not possible and that he's arguing just to argue. i've asked both you and him to quantify how much additional power is used when posting to usenet. so far, no answer, as expected. |
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iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra
In article , PeterN
wrote: battery life is certainly a factor to consider, but it has nothing whatsoever to do with performance. Yet another unsupportable statement. wrong. |
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iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra
In article , Eric Stevens
wrote: | A person's requirements make the difference. A car that is fun to drive | but not very practical can still be a purchase choice depending on a | person's wants/needs. Where I am moving to, I met a person who has an | Alfa Romeo 4C. I've always thought that was a good analogy for Macs. Windows is a sensible sedan. Linux is a car kit. Mac is a sports car with the hood welded shut. Expensive, limited, hard to customize, but well made and fun. the last two are correct. the rest are absolutely wrong. it's easy to customize a mac, in ways you can't even begin to understand. Certainly, with that level of explanation. :-( you're basically asking to explain the entire architecture of mac os in a single post. back in the day, it was possible to patch anything and everything in mac os. many developers did exactly that and sold (or gave away) all sorts of products to do all sorts of things. some were very useful while others were rather pointless, done for fun or to learn. some of the more useful ones were eventually added to mac os itself (known as sherlocked). these days, that level of customization is not possible due to the huge security implications it presents. the bad guys would *love* to capture every keystroke, for example. nevertheless, there's still a lot that can be done. |
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iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra
In article , Davoud
wrote: What am I missing? I don't follow Apple news, but the above indicates that the camera function activates before the user of the device knows he's going to take a photo. Lotta bull**** in this thread. Here's the way it really works. The iPhone's "Live Photos" feature (that's Apple's name for it) activates when the user turns that feature on. It is presumed that the user plans to make a Live Photo in the immediate future. After making the photo the user turns the feature off. The camera is not recording continuously, and Live Photo has no visible effect on iPhone battery life. Very simple, just works, no drama, typical Apple. actually, it's on by default. |
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iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra
"Eric Stevens" wrote
| the last two are correct. the rest are absolutely wrong. it's easy to | customize a mac, in ways you can't even begin to understand. | | Certainly, with that level of explanation. :-( I think he means that if you jackhammer the epoxy resin out of your Mac laptop you can replace the RAM... maybe... but void the warranty... and of course you'll need custom made tools to get in there.... |
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iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra
"PAS" wrote
| FWIW, I'm a Windows user and don't customize much so I don't | see if I had to or wanted to switch to a Mac would be a problem for me | except for the fact that I build my own desktops. That's what I meant. I don't mean things like picking folder colors. I meant that a Mac is generally far more locked down than Windows, in terms of hardware. Some of their laptops are virtually encased in resin. Apple go out of their way to prevent upgrading customizing. | On the other hand, | you can Windows on a Mac so it can be just as | customized like any | Windows system. | Did you mean to say you can put Windows on a Mac? Yes. If you want to buy a Mac, and also buy a Windows disk, then go through all that trouble. It's a lot cheaper to put Windows on a PC. |
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iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra
In article , Mayayana
wrote: | the last two are correct. the rest are absolutely wrong. it's easy to | customize a mac, in ways you can't even begin to understand. | | Certainly, with that level of explanation. :-( I think he means that if you jackhammer the epoxy resin out of your Mac laptop you can replace the RAM... maybe... but void the warranty... and of course you'll need custom made tools to get in there.... you think wrong. |
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