First, let's acknowledge the pink elephant in the room: Yes, the screen is HUGE. Yes, this will turn a lot of people off. Way off. You can put this phone in your pocket, but it's hard to sit down comfortably with it. If you can, you're probably wearing JNCOs. lol 6 inches is not a screen size a lot of people will be able to live with.
Now that we have that aside, let's talk the phone itself. The screen is gorgeous at 2xHD (1440 x 2560) resolution. At 493 ppi, it's far beyond "retina". I've always preferred AMOLED screens to LCD (such as Apple uses), and this phone is no exception. I do a LOT of reading at night, and having a screen that goes to true black (no backlit pixels) at 6 inches is perfect for that. I've compared it to the iPhone 6 Plus and Note 4, apt considering their "massive" screen sizes at 5.5" and 5.7" respectfully. The N6 beats them both out at screen size and matches the resolution of the Note 4.
As with past Nexus devices, this is a completely stock device, getting updates directly from from the big G in sky with no carrier intervention. (Of note, the AT&T version of the Nexus 6 does have carrier bloatware and branding on it, so updates will likely be delayed there.) Lollipop (Android 5) is gorgeous to look at and really brings the Android UI into maturity, feeling less like a "cool design" that an engineer thought up and more like a very calculated, modern interface. Indeed "Material Design" infuses the entire interface of the phone and just about every Google app. Already, many app developers are adopting this design standard, making everything feel more and more "integrated". Going from one app to another is less jarring now as more apps abandon their proprietary designs, though this is starting the debate of whether or not an app should be consistently designed across platforms (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, etc), which all have very distinct design differences, or if they should match the interface of the platform they're run on. That said, early leaks from Samsung indicate they are going to adopt a lot of Material Design in future versions of Touchwiz.
But enough about the software. That's only a very temporary differentiator as OEMs roll out updates. Let's get to the meat of the review: The Hardware. Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 2.7Ghz quad-core processor with 3GB of RAM, the phone flies. The only "lag" to complain about is the beautiful animations that Google introduced with Lollipop. Don't want the "lag"? Enable Developer Options and either speed them up or turn them off completely. Me? I'm a design guy, so I like 'em.
The camera is good. Not the best camera I've used on a phone, but easily good enough for day-to-day use in just about every situation. 13MP OIS (optical image stabilization) f2.0, it captures crisp detail quickly. It works well in lowlight, too, though it doesn't brighten up dark shots as much as the iPhone 6 Plus or Note 4. That said, the Note 4 captures a lot more grain in those brighter lowlight shots, so it's a trade off. I haven't done extensive shooting with it yet, but I already like it more than the Note 4. I'm optimistic so far.
Oh, one last bit: The sound. The N6 features dual front-facing speakers that offer loud, clear sound. It's probably not a match for the vaunted Boom Sound of the HTC One (M8), but it allows for great stereo sound to pair with the big screen. I don't really feel like watching something on this sized device is a compromise anymore.
One thing is for sure: I will have a very hard time moving to another phone from this one. And that's something I can't remember saying in a very, very long time.
12.09.2014
11.05.2014
Galaxy Note 4
The screen is drop-dead gorgeous (5.7" SAMOLED 2K display), the battery life is pretty dead on with what I was loving with the iPhone 6 Plus, and the camera is noticeably better than any phone I've ever had. It's super-fast (no surprise there) and the Note features are really nice. I like having a stylus on something that big, and the popup/split windows are great, even if only some apps support it. I'm glad they did away with the USB 3 port, and the metal edges are a really nice upgrade over the plastic of the Note 3.
It wasn't too long ago that I thought "phablets" were dumb. I was comfortable with a 4.7" screen (still probably the largest single-hand phone screen I'm comfortable with) and a tablet, and I saw clear differences in their uses. The Note 3 started to change that for me, but it still felt incomplete on some levels. The iPhone 6 Plus really solidified the place for a phablet for me, enough so that I even did away with my small tablet. But with that much screen, a grid of icons always feels a waste (something I've thought from day-one with the iPad). Android just makes better use of larger screens, and phablets have hit a point of maturity in Android that just wasn't really there even 6 months ago. Samsung really nailed it with the Note 4 (even if there's still a lot of touchwiz crap I could do without), and I'm very happy with it.
On a side note, I also got a Gear 2 Neo when I traded phones. I set it up and used it for all of about 15 minutes before I went back to my Pebble. Having already had a Gear 2 before, I quickly remembered why I prefer the Pebble or Android Wear devices. It's just a bit clumsy to navigate, and I need media controls and notifications to take center stage. Samsung has their watches geared (no pun intended) around different ideals. It's just a preference thing. I'll probably put that watch up on Craigslist in the next day or so and I'll definitely be getting a Moto 360 watch this week, as I really love the interface of Android Wear, the watch is gorgeous, and I was going to get a fitness tracker anyway. :)
It wasn't too long ago that I thought "phablets" were dumb. I was comfortable with a 4.7" screen (still probably the largest single-hand phone screen I'm comfortable with) and a tablet, and I saw clear differences in their uses. The Note 3 started to change that for me, but it still felt incomplete on some levels. The iPhone 6 Plus really solidified the place for a phablet for me, enough so that I even did away with my small tablet. But with that much screen, a grid of icons always feels a waste (something I've thought from day-one with the iPad). Android just makes better use of larger screens, and phablets have hit a point of maturity in Android that just wasn't really there even 6 months ago. Samsung really nailed it with the Note 4 (even if there's still a lot of touchwiz crap I could do without), and I'm very happy with it.
On a side note, I also got a Gear 2 Neo when I traded phones. I set it up and used it for all of about 15 minutes before I went back to my Pebble. Having already had a Gear 2 before, I quickly remembered why I prefer the Pebble or Android Wear devices. It's just a bit clumsy to navigate, and I need media controls and notifications to take center stage. Samsung has their watches geared (no pun intended) around different ideals. It's just a preference thing. I'll probably put that watch up on Craigslist in the next day or so and I'll definitely be getting a Moto 360 watch this week, as I really love the interface of Android Wear, the watch is gorgeous, and I was going to get a fitness tracker anyway. :)
10.06.2014
A week with the iPhone 6 Plus
First off, no, it hasn't bent at all. There, that's done.
This is the near perfect replacement, for me, for a phone and a tablet. Is it big? Yes, but it's also small. I look at it from the perspective of someone who, up until now, has done certain things on a phone (daily surfing, social media, photography, etc) and certain things on a tablet (reading books/comics, watching videos, playing games). This screen is easily large enough to do everything I've done on a tablet, while also being small enough to fit in my pocket. You'd think that the additional activity would be killing my battery, but I used the phone pretty intensively all day yesterday from 10am to 10pm and still had 50% of my battery left. The only issue I've had is that reading comics is a little tough, but Comixology's Guided View mode more or less negates that. I just can't read full page at a time. No big deal though. Using it paired with my Mac mini Plex server at home has worked flawlessly, enabled by my unlimited data plan (I love T-Mobile), and as more and more apps are properly optimized for the screen size, things just keep getting better and better. And as someone who actually used Google Wallet for NFC payments, I'm looking forward to Apple Pay rolling out later this month. Oh, and the camera? It's FANTASTIC. It's not going to replace my DSLR, or even my Canon G15, but for snapshots or times where I don't want to carry my cameras with me, it does a great job. I really do love it.
It should be noted that this is not my first "phablet". I had a Galaxy Note 3 that I liked a lot, but it just didn't work out as well, for some reason. Battery life was good, but not this good, and the overall experience just wasn't as good
This is the near perfect replacement, for me, for a phone and a tablet. Is it big? Yes, but it's also small. I look at it from the perspective of someone who, up until now, has done certain things on a phone (daily surfing, social media, photography, etc) and certain things on a tablet (reading books/comics, watching videos, playing games). This screen is easily large enough to do everything I've done on a tablet, while also being small enough to fit in my pocket. You'd think that the additional activity would be killing my battery, but I used the phone pretty intensively all day yesterday from 10am to 10pm and still had 50% of my battery left. The only issue I've had is that reading comics is a little tough, but Comixology's Guided View mode more or less negates that. I just can't read full page at a time. No big deal though. Using it paired with my Mac mini Plex server at home has worked flawlessly, enabled by my unlimited data plan (I love T-Mobile), and as more and more apps are properly optimized for the screen size, things just keep getting better and better. And as someone who actually used Google Wallet for NFC payments, I'm looking forward to Apple Pay rolling out later this month. Oh, and the camera? It's FANTASTIC. It's not going to replace my DSLR, or even my Canon G15, but for snapshots or times where I don't want to carry my cameras with me, it does a great job. I really do love it.
It should be noted that this is not my first "phablet". I had a Galaxy Note 3 that I liked a lot, but it just didn't work out as well, for some reason. Battery life was good, but not this good, and the overall experience just wasn't as good
9.29.2014
Nest Thermostat, Hue Light, and a Plex Server
Installed the Nest (fairly harrowing, as the wires coming from the wall weren't long enough to reach the leads) and Hue lights last night. The Nest, while fun, is more practical, but we played with the Hue lights for about an hour. One light in the living room, and two in our room. I'd like another in the living room, and then I need three for the kitchen and three for the dining room... Yeah, this could get expensive fast. LOL Seriously though, it's super cool to have all this stuff automated and connected, and I can control both the Hues and the Nest through my Pebble as well.
The media server is working great as well. I'm using Screen Sharing on my MacBook Pro to connect and control the Mac mini I'm using as a server to search and download shows, and then sort them properly. The mini acts as a Plex server, and I have a lifetime Plex Pass, so I can stream content no matter where I am. It's a near perfect setup; I just need to automate my TV episode downloads, and I'll be super happy. I know it can be done, so I just need to figure it out...
The media server is working great as well. I'm using Screen Sharing on my MacBook Pro to connect and control the Mac mini I'm using as a server to search and download shows, and then sort them properly. The mini acts as a Plex server, and I have a lifetime Plex Pass, so I can stream content no matter where I am. It's a near perfect setup; I just need to automate my TV episode downloads, and I'll be super happy. I know it can be done, so I just need to figure it out...
6.19.2009
Bing It
So I’ve been using Bing, Microsoft’s decision engine (don’t call it a search engine!), for a couple weeks now. I’ve only used Google on my iTouch (since you can’t change the default search engine, and I’m too lazy to remember to go to bing.com), and I have to say, Microsoft may indeed have a winner on their hands.
What Bing does best is decision-based searches (travel, weather, medical, etc), rather than content-based searches. Searching for plane tickets not only directs you to the various travel sites, but will aggregate the results from those sites. You can narrow it down by departure/arrival dates, locations, price, and more. One particlarly nice feature of the travel search is that it will tell you the trend of the ticket price, so you know when best to purchase. In returning results like this, Bing sets itself apart from the typical Google search.
While they’ll never take out the giant that is Google, Bing’s search results have yielded better, more relevant results in most of the comparison searches I’ve done. It’s leaps and bounds better than Live Search (and MSN Search before that) ever was, and for those that make the effort to break the muscle-memory of Googling something, Bing is a great offering. Like many of Microsoft’s latest products (Zune, Windows 7, Live Essentials), Bing is pretty rock solid. There’s room for improvement, but there always is.
Google has grown stagnant with no serious competition, and I hope that Bing spurs them to make improvements to their search engine. If every 1% of the search market is worth $1 Billion dollars, then they don’t have to aim for taking down Google. In a world of Google, they have to not only match Google to gain traction, they have to be a better engine. What I find interesting is that they are not aiming squarely at Google; they are billing Bing as a decision engine, not a search engine, effectively carving out a niche market where they dominate. Do I ever think that people will throw the word “Bing” around like they do “Google”? No. It’ll be an odd day when you hear someone say “Just Bing it”, but I’m already Binging it. lol
What Bing does best is decision-based searches (travel, weather, medical, etc), rather than content-based searches. Searching for plane tickets not only directs you to the various travel sites, but will aggregate the results from those sites. You can narrow it down by departure/arrival dates, locations, price, and more. One particlarly nice feature of the travel search is that it will tell you the trend of the ticket price, so you know when best to purchase. In returning results like this, Bing sets itself apart from the typical Google search.
While they’ll never take out the giant that is Google, Bing’s search results have yielded better, more relevant results in most of the comparison searches I’ve done. It’s leaps and bounds better than Live Search (and MSN Search before that) ever was, and for those that make the effort to break the muscle-memory of Googling something, Bing is a great offering. Like many of Microsoft’s latest products (Zune, Windows 7, Live Essentials), Bing is pretty rock solid. There’s room for improvement, but there always is.
Google has grown stagnant with no serious competition, and I hope that Bing spurs them to make improvements to their search engine. If every 1% of the search market is worth $1 Billion dollars, then they don’t have to aim for taking down Google. In a world of Google, they have to not only match Google to gain traction, they have to be a better engine. What I find interesting is that they are not aiming squarely at Google; they are billing Bing as a decision engine, not a search engine, effectively carving out a niche market where they dominate. Do I ever think that people will throw the word “Bing” around like they do “Google”? No. It’ll be an odd day when you hear someone say “Just Bing it”, but I’m already Binging it. lol
6.18.2009
Microsoft Security Essentials
Codenamed project Morro, the free successor to the popular Windows Live OneCare will be released for public beta on June 23rd. I’ve been using it under Windows 7 for several days now, and the experience is consistent and comfortable, requiring minimal user interaction for operations. It’s very hard to gauge the effectiveness of an anti-virus program, but so far, so good. I have to get any warnings or alerts from the application, though whether or not that’s an indicator of it’s effectiveness or my safe surfing habbits is up for debate. Short of intentionally contracting a virus on my system, I’m not quite sure how to test it. I will say that when coupled with Windows Defender and Firewall, I feel completely at ease; more so than I have with other alternatives (AVG Free, for example). Again, this is more due to my trust in Microsoft (don’t laugh) to protect than some smaller company. The UI needs a bit of work, in my opinion, to bring it up to the polish of Windows 7, but since you rarely have to interact with it (it’s constantly running in the background with schedule full scans, as one would expect), it’s not that much of a caveat. What is a bit of concern is that Microsoft is only insuring the product for $5 worth of damage if it does not work. As I never really read the TOS of other anti-virus programs, I’m not sure if this is on par or not. The TOS could change with a wide-release, so perhaps this is nothing to worry about. I eagerly await June 23rd to test the public beta release, and will update soon thereafter.
5.24.2009
The OS Game
So I realized today that only one computing device in my house, my 10 year old stepdaughter’s 5 year old HP laptop, is running the operating system that it is supposed to. She’s running Windows XP, which is fine for her. My white MacBook is running the current build of Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6), which is in closed beta, and Windows 7 RC, also not released to retail. My iTouch is running iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 5, and even my wife’s Compaq Presario laptop is running Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5.6). On top of all that, I’m running the Tech Preview of Microsoft Office 2010 under Windows 7, as well the iTunes 8.2 beta. lol One would imagine that with all this unproven software running, I’d have a super buggy systems with lots of crashes. One would also be wrong.
While I can’t speak much about Snow Leopard, I can say that under the current build, I’ve only hit two bugs: Spotlight freezes every so often, and batch importing more than a few photos at a time crashes Aperture (the Aperture bug was fixed by iLife updates that I missed). Other than that, it seems faster than Leopard, and definitely has a smaller footprint.
Windows 7 could be pressed and sent to retail right now and be off to a much better start than Vista had. Faster, smaller, and sleeker, it’s what Vista should have been 2 years ago. It’s been a very long time since I’ve been genuinely excited about a release of Windows (probably back to 98, or even 95), but I carved out a decent chunk of my hard drive just to run Windows 7. I have yet to hit any snags, freezes, or dreaded Blue Screens of Death with it, and I’ve been running it since early November. If you have even a passing interest in it, I highly recommend downloading the free Release Candidate; it’s even good until March 1st, 2010, which is well beyond when it will be released to retail. – Windows 7
iPhone OS 3.0 is awesome, there’s just no other way to call it. I didn’t think cut/paste would be a big deal, and I find I’m actually using it quite a bit. Being able to use my Bluetooth headphones (Motorola S9) is awesome, and being able to search the whole device is indispensable. I ran into a few glitches with Beta 4, but Beta 5 is almost completely smooth. The only issue I have is that newly installed apps have a blank icon until I turn it completely off and back on. It’s widely believed we’ll be seeing 3.0 in the wild very soon, along with a new iPhone. iPhone OS 3.0 requires iTunes 8.2, and the beta doesn’t have any new features besides the ability to sync Notes with Apple Mail on the desktop.
Office 2010 doesn’t bring many game-changing features to the table, but then again, Office is old enough to be mature. The ribbon UI has been tweaked and is finally used throughout the suite. Other than that, there’s a few changes to the way things look, a new print wizard, and few other small things. I’ve only started playing around with it.
Anyways, I apologize for the lack of posts these past few months. My wife and I found out that we will be expecting my second child (her fourth) in December, and the farm has kept us busy. Now that I’ve moved to WordPress, I have the ability to post from my iTouch in addition to my MacBook, so expect more posts. I’ll be posting some iPhone game and app reviews soon, so keep an eye out!
While I can’t speak much about Snow Leopard, I can say that under the current build, I’ve only hit two bugs: Spotlight freezes every so often, and batch importing more than a few photos at a time crashes Aperture (the Aperture bug was fixed by iLife updates that I missed). Other than that, it seems faster than Leopard, and definitely has a smaller footprint.
Windows 7 could be pressed and sent to retail right now and be off to a much better start than Vista had. Faster, smaller, and sleeker, it’s what Vista should have been 2 years ago. It’s been a very long time since I’ve been genuinely excited about a release of Windows (probably back to 98, or even 95), but I carved out a decent chunk of my hard drive just to run Windows 7. I have yet to hit any snags, freezes, or dreaded Blue Screens of Death with it, and I’ve been running it since early November. If you have even a passing interest in it, I highly recommend downloading the free Release Candidate; it’s even good until March 1st, 2010, which is well beyond when it will be released to retail. – Windows 7
iPhone OS 3.0 is awesome, there’s just no other way to call it. I didn’t think cut/paste would be a big deal, and I find I’m actually using it quite a bit. Being able to use my Bluetooth headphones (Motorola S9) is awesome, and being able to search the whole device is indispensable. I ran into a few glitches with Beta 4, but Beta 5 is almost completely smooth. The only issue I have is that newly installed apps have a blank icon until I turn it completely off and back on. It’s widely believed we’ll be seeing 3.0 in the wild very soon, along with a new iPhone. iPhone OS 3.0 requires iTunes 8.2, and the beta doesn’t have any new features besides the ability to sync Notes with Apple Mail on the desktop.
Office 2010 doesn’t bring many game-changing features to the table, but then again, Office is old enough to be mature. The ribbon UI has been tweaked and is finally used throughout the suite. Other than that, there’s a few changes to the way things look, a new print wizard, and few other small things. I’ve only started playing around with it.
Anyways, I apologize for the lack of posts these past few months. My wife and I found out that we will be expecting my second child (her fourth) in December, and the farm has kept us busy. Now that I’ve moved to WordPress, I have the ability to post from my iTouch in addition to my MacBook, so expect more posts. I’ll be posting some iPhone game and app reviews soon, so keep an eye out!
3.13.2009
The Apple Store
I took my MacBook into the Apple Store to have the battery looked at (it didn’t seat quite right). I made an appointment, and I was seen right at the time I was supposed to be. The Genius was very helpful until he asked me if I put 8GB of RAM in. I told him I didn’t, that it was two sticks of 2GB each, to which he replied that he saw that one of them said 4GB Kit (meaning it was a kit of 4GB between two sticks). I commented that this model of MacBook can only take 4GB and he said he didn’t know that. Um, what? You don’t know your own product’s tech specs? I then asked him about a video adapter (the same one I asked the online rep about previous to purchasing the MacBook) and he was completely clueless. He didn’t know that Apple says themselves that the adapter is not compatible, and suggested that I purchase a new one to try out. I told him I live 2 hours away and wasn’t going to spend money to replace something that is not defective with the exact same thing that I know will not work. I was just curious if it was a constraint of the video card not being able to handle the conversion. In the end, he did help me fix my problem (the battery was nicked inside which was preventing it from seating) by swapping out my battery, but I have to say that for a Genius, he was quite clueless.
3.10.2009
Back on My Good Side
Last week, I had the unfortunate (or so I thought) need to contact Apple’s online support. You might remember how my last conversation with them went (see my “Geniuses?” post), so I wasn’t expecting much out of this contact. Let’s back up a little bit though, shall we?
I realized last week that I had a ton of free space on my hard drive, and I wanted to see an episode of “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” from last season. I looked for a torrent, but couldn’t find a decent version of what I was looking for. I remembered that I had purchased all of Season 1 (and I have a Season Pass for Season 2), but due to the small hard drive in my last laptop, I deleted each episode as I watched it. I had heard rumors that Apple was known to grant customers a one-time allowance to re-download their previously purchased content, but even though their policy does not allow for it.
I contacted Apple Monday night to get an email back from DeShawn notifying me that I could log in and re-download my content. She had actually reactivated my downloads on an old account that I had forgotten about, so I had to contact her back and get the right account reactivated, which she did immediately. She was very helpful, and got me all of my previous content from not only one, but two accounts! I spent literally 5 days re-downloading everything (I had quite a few movies and TV series; we’re talking hundreds of dollars worth of content), and I now have an iTunes library bursting with music and video content. DeShawn single-handedly reversed my opinion of Apple’s online customer service. Lesson learned? Don’t base the entirety of a company’s service on their sales team.
I realized last week that I had a ton of free space on my hard drive, and I wanted to see an episode of “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” from last season. I looked for a torrent, but couldn’t find a decent version of what I was looking for. I remembered that I had purchased all of Season 1 (and I have a Season Pass for Season 2), but due to the small hard drive in my last laptop, I deleted each episode as I watched it. I had heard rumors that Apple was known to grant customers a one-time allowance to re-download their previously purchased content, but even though their policy does not allow for it.
I contacted Apple Monday night to get an email back from DeShawn notifying me that I could log in and re-download my content. She had actually reactivated my downloads on an old account that I had forgotten about, so I had to contact her back and get the right account reactivated, which she did immediately. She was very helpful, and got me all of my previous content from not only one, but two accounts! I spent literally 5 days re-downloading everything (I had quite a few movies and TV series; we’re talking hundreds of dollars worth of content), and I now have an iTunes library bursting with music and video content. DeShawn single-handedly reversed my opinion of Apple’s online customer service. Lesson learned? Don’t base the entirety of a company’s service on their sales team.
3.03.2009
The Vista Effect
I did 4 things when I received my new MacBook 2 weeks ago:
1) Install a bigger and faster hard drive (came with 120GB 5400 RPM; replaced with 320GB 7200RPM)
2) Install more RAM (4GB)
3) Migrate my Time Machine backup from the Hacintosh (which worked flawlessly, surprisingly)
4) Install Windows
Wait, hold up, install Windows? Yep, for the family's Zunes (we have 3) and for gaming. And I really like Windows 7 a lot. I've really enjoyed beta testing it, but I hit several brick walls right off the batt. First, my Leopard disc wouldn't let me install 64-bit drivers, so I formatted the partition and put Windows 7 32-bit on. Then the video driver wouldn't work right, and I couldn't get MacDrive (to see the Mac partition) to install. I gave up after that and just put XP Pro on.
I have a full retail version of Vista Home Premium just sitting on the shelf, collecting dust (the computer I had purchased it for died and was never fixed), so why didn't I use that? I know perfectly well that Vista is stable, and would run fine on my MacBook, but in the back of my head, there is still that perception that Microsoft screwed up with Vista. I've run Vista before with no problem, and Service Pack 1 improved it more. So why do I have that perception? It's not because I'm a Mac fanboy (remember, I have 3 Zunes and love Windows 7). The media. Simply put, there has been so much false anti-Vista propaganda put out there that even though I consciously know it's fine and good, my subconscious says to stay away. XP might have a little edge in gaming, but the difference is probably negligible on my MacBook (I don't benchmark, I just speak from my real-world experience). XP is more compatible with older games (I particularly wanted to play Knights of the Old Republic 2), so it worked out in the end anyway.
I spent a week with XP (just long enough to beat KOTOR2) before diving into the Internet and figuring out how to get Windows 7 up and running. I had to trick the Leopard disc into allowing the 64-bit drivers (they were on there, but the setup program wouldn't let me use them since I didn't have a MacBook Pro), separately install the video drivers, and actually pick apart the .msi file for MacDrive to allow Windows 7 (it works just fine, so I don't know why they haven't allowed it in recent updates). So now I run 64-bit Windows 7, which is pretty blazing fast with 4GB of RAM.
Would I put Vista on here in retrospect? Of course, like I said, there's no problems with it. Had I thought it through at the time, I wouldn't have installed XP. My brain just literally skipped over the fact that I could install Vista. Vista would have been fine, but the media changed my perception without me even knowing it. It's a very strange revelation to come to.
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