Unfortunately, according to Wikipedia, "Recently, Intel and Apple introduced Thunderbolt, which allows for external PCI(e) devices. However, as Thunderbolt provides only 1.25 GB/s of bandwidth (25% faster than a single PCI-Express v3 lane), even a mid-range external GPU would be severely throttled by the slow…

Steam Linux? Won't that suffer the same issues that Steam Mac OSX suffers? I use Steam on Mac, and let me tell you, it's the sole reason I'm attempting to get Windows on my MacBook Pro and clutter up my SSD. The game availability and tech support is abysmal. I find myself playing "The Witcher" right now, a 4-5 year…

That was fast!

"Scaling up" refers to upping the resolution of something to make it fit a new screen. Since the mini's resolution is the same as the iPad's, it doesn't "scale" either way. Think upscaling DVD's to HD.

When I think of Square these days, I think of old Japanese dudes sitting around an executive table rather than a developer/publisher that cares about consumers and wants to be relevant. I haven't been into anything Square related in a while, which is a shame because I have been such a huge fan in the past.

Not a big issue? It's a huge issue in my experience. My buddy got a transformer prime, and I thought pretty much the same thing until I tried to load up all my favorite apps from my iPad on his prime. No ESPN NBA app. Almost none of the games I liked. Crappier version of the regular ESPN app. nothing looked as good or…

I wonder what the long-term ramifications would be for Apple if it broke it's already established pricing model; surely this would have repercussions down the road. I wonder if Apple knows it will have to bite the bullet on price (by bite the bullet, I mean not offering the iPad as cheap as its competition) if it…

Normally I'd look at an ad like this and say, "+1, Samsung," but almost every one of those features listed after the iPhone/Galaxy comparisons end are non-features. That would be like Apple doing the exact opposite and listing "pinch-to-zoom" and "shake to undo typing" as reasons to purchase the iPhone over the…

I haven't signed up for any of those things. I'm a loser?