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I use a Kindle Fire HD 32GB for a lot of casual web browsing. It's probably the best gift I've ever received (Mrs Humbucker bought me one as a birthday present a couple of years back). I read a lot, and the Kindle's Amazon integration - specifically the thousands of books and movies available for free download - combined with its 'son of Chrome' browser and familiar Android interface make this particular tablet a fantastic all-rounder at a stupidly good price when compared to the iPad etc. It's just so versatile. I have mine fired up and streaming digital radio or Netflix when I'm in the garage working on the car, but Kindle Fire HD also has a decent built-in camera and it can run virtually any app (Android).

What's more, when I registered my Kindle for use, I was surprised to see it instantly start downloading digital versions of every CD I'd ever bought from the Amazon store. That was an unexpected-but-welcome feature, as is the fact that all files are automatically stored in the cloud (at no extra cost), enabling you to dump media on and off of your Kindle's hard disk if you happen to be venturing somewhere that doesn't have a wifi connection.

I also use an iPad2 for testing responsive website layouts and apps, but the Apple device is crap in comparison to my Kindle. The iPad's virtual keyboard is clunky and less than user friendly, and the unit's price tag is just daft when you consider what you get for less than half the cost with the Kindle Fire HD package.

Think I'll be using something a bit more portable soon, but we shall see.

[quote="humbucker"]I also use an iPad2 for testing responsive website layouts and apps, but the Apple device is crap in comparison to my Kindle. The iPad's virtual keyboard is clunky and less than user friendly, and the unit's price tag is just daft when you consider what you get for less than half the cost with the Kindle Fire HD package.[/quote]

Apple is way overated and way to expensive. They advertise there product beautifully and from this the product sells. Its like video calling, Apple rebranded an old hat feature that didnt take off, put it through the apple bullshit advertisement abd now we have facetime. Wahoo!
Apple could litterally sell a dead horse or maybe an 'Apple Core'

As this thread has been revived and ive built a new pc since 2011 ill update however still not as good as those posted above recently wish i could have gone for i7!

Asus sabertooth 990fx
amd fx8350
16gb corsair vengeance
msi gtx 660 twinfrzr
pioneer bdxl
samsung evo 500gb ssd
seagate 4tb hdd
thermaltake case
corsair h80i cooler
corsair tx750m psu





pics are when i had 2 gtx 660 in sli sold one recently as it was wasted on me just looked good in the case.

Also using (dare i say it) iphone/ipad as its just easier than turning the computer on these days

My PC received a bit of an upgrade yesterday.

I finally relented and bought a new GPU:




It's an EVGA GTX970 SSC ACX2.0+ edition.

Also had a few minor upgrades since I last posted here. I'm now on 16GB or RAM (still the same Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400mhz stuff), new Corsair fan which is much more aesthetically pleasing and an Asus PCE-AC56 wireless card.

Now if you'll excuse me I've got some games to catch up on, I'll see you in the spring!

I like the idea of gaming (SW Battlefront, Project Cars and Battlefield 4 tickle my fancy), but I'm under the impression that modern gaming requires a healthy broadband connection. I get download speeds of 0.75mbps. It's a wonder that we can watch Netflix (no, not in HD!), so I think that any ideas I have about gaming are out of the question. Not that I have the time anyway. Sheesh.

Nice work on the PC, James.

humbucker wrote:I like the idea of gaming (SW Battlefront, Project Cars and Battlefield 4 tickle my fancy), but I'm under the impression that modern gaming requires a healthy broadband connection. I get download speeds of 0.75mbps. It's a wonder that we can watch Netflix (no, not in HD!), so I think that any ideas I have about gaming are out of the question. Not that I have the time anyway. Sheesh.

Nice work on the PC, James.

It's not the gaming that requires a good internet connection but the downloading of the game itself.

There are a ton of great modern games that don't require the internet:
Bioshock infinite
Tomb Raider 2013 (and the upcoming Rise of the Tomb Raider)
Fallout 4
GTA V
Civilisation V
Far Cry 4
Crysis 3
The Witcher 3


Pretty much all the games I play don't require the internet, apart from StarCraft II. The big killer is downloading the game, Fallout 4 for example is a 30GB game, pretty much all of which you have to download even if you buy the DVD version. GTA V is another killer at 60GB, but at least you can get the whole game on disk and only have to download updates.
I'm really not into multiplayer games like call of duty or battlefield.

Fallout 4 for example is a 30GB game

That would take me a month to download, haha!

I just performed a speed test on my broadband line. Following some work by BT Openreach during the past few weeks, this is the fastest it has ever been:

I have also been investing in new computer equipment. Huzzah! 'Tis my new soundcard!

That's a sound card??? It's bigger than my sodding processor tower. Or is that just a blown-up image?

Regarding broadband speeds, this is what I just got according to Speedsim.net:



I heard that BT broadband isn't good apparently, they were on the news recently.

Ouch. 1.43Mb/s is nasty.

Nice speeds for you though Andrei, fiber optic I'm guessing.
I've been considering getting it myself as it is available in my area but my regular broadband speed isn't too bad:



That's a serious piece of hardware you've got yourself there Dan.
Do you do audio editing work then?

Cavalier342 wrote:That's a sound card??? It's bigger than my sodding processor tower. Or is that just a blown-up image?

It's a 2U sized unit:

My speeds are similar to Humbucker.

Download = 1.36 Mb/s
Upload = 0.62 Mb/s

Sky Broadband on a BT Landline.

Not Bad for a small village in the middle of Salisbury Plain that doesn't even have a gas main..

PC spec wise..

Octo Core FX8350
8GB RAM
Gigabyte 970-DS3P Mobo
GeForce GTX750 Ti
128GB Solid State Boot Drive
Blu-Ray Read/CDR
27" IPS Monitor + 22" LCD Sidescreen

External - 6TB DLink Sharecentre NAS Sharing films across the CAT5 Network - To my movie room - with my newest toy - 55" 4K Sony TV.

Oh, and a 7" Kindle Fire HDX, which is pretty awesome clarity for such a small device.

My speed has actually gone down recently. I've double checked everything and I can only surmise that BT are throttling my speed. Rather infuriating.

Most i ever see is around 20 to 25 upload is always shite.

That's a pretty good upload speed actually. ISPs always prioritise download over upload as that is more important for the average user.

Are you on fibre or regular ADSL2+ broadband because that's a cracking download speed for a non-fibre connection. You must live pretty close to the exchange.

I'm very tempted to look at fibre to increase the upload speed. A days photography event can take upwards of 24 hours to upload to my website

BEHOLD! The power that I wield...

planetc wrote:I'm very tempted to look at fibre to increase the upload speed. A days photography event can take upwards of 24 hours to upload to my website

It will probably be worth it for you then Paul.

lowrider dave wrote:BEHOLD! The power that I wield...

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Cor blimey!

Bet you can crunch some numbers with that!

James McGrath wrote:Bet you can crunch some numbers with that!

No crunching - squishy rubber keys!

Gawd bless you, Sir Clive!

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