Lloyd, you're not going to get any sense out of those two today.
Technical Xenon Aftermarket
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Different situation thoughIf you really wanted to you could install OSX on a PC
If I really wanted to I could install Windows on my iMac. It's actually designed to be easily dual-booted.
I have to say though, my next computer will be a Windows system due to the sheer cost of Macs. It's ridiculous how much they cost these days, I used to swear by them when I was at uni and could get my student discounts and all of the software was designed for MacOS but now they're full price? Not a chance. They've also ruined the OS a little. It used to be really streamlined and very easy to use but they're now adding far too many fancy features that I don't want or need and they're just taking up room and power.Plus I quite like Windows 7.
Although I have to say that my dad has a new laptop and it's broke within 4 days (Windows 'forgot' where the sound card was) and my girlfriend's monster Alienware has had numerous problems despite being an uber-specced system that cost a lot of money. (Windows decided not to use the top of the range graphics card but used the on-board one instead for no reason!)
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I dislike our windows 7 one. Bogs down and need restarted too often for me.
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I find Win7 pretty reliable.
I probably restart my desktop about once every couple of weeks and some of those are auto-restarts after a software update. It is also much faster than previous versions of Windows.
I'm still very tempted by OS X though. However, when moving from one OS to another it's the cost of the associated software (on top of the hardware cost) that really makes it scary!
Are we far enough off-topic yet?!!
I probably restart my desktop about once every couple of weeks and some of those are auto-restarts after a software update. It is also much faster than previous versions of Windows.
I'm still very tempted by OS X though. However, when moving from one OS to another it's the cost of the associated software (on top of the hardware cost) that really makes it scary!
Are we far enough off-topic yet?!!
Nope! Still a little way to go to match some of the other threads.
And that's with me choosing not to reply to RUI because I thought I'd be taking the thread too far off topic
I'll sum it up simply
Windows Phone 7
XBox
Windows Home Server
Windows Media Centre
Windows 7 (and 8 in the future)
Once Windows 8 gets released and people can just make apps for it and sell them in the marketplace and these apps can run on Windows Phone 7 and 8 then Apple is going to be in a world of pain.
In this day and age people want to be able to use their iPhone in their Fiat 500 and they want their TomTom Sat Nav to talk to the car.
When other people can control their 360 with their phone and their phone, PC, games console and tablet all have the same style of interface (Metro, which is fantastic and IMHO rather Applesque in its minimalism) then a lot of Mac people will move over to the Windows side
ahmett
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Sounds good rui let us know. I will let you guys know if i put a Phillips HD kit into the fiat in the future. For now I am dealing with the stock car lights which arent that bad to be honest and i do most of my driving in the city so its ok. When i am in dark one-way side roads i just go with full beams.
TrevC
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How do you find the full beams? I haven't tried mine on dark country roads yet, but I'll soon have to on my work commute. The main beam on my previous car (2004 Mini) was not too good, so I added driving lamps, which suited the car's styling too. I haven't seen this done to a 500 yet so I hope the original fit is up to it.
Absolutely fine. Only issue you may encounter is dirt on them in the winter. Some kitchen towel and foaming glass cleaner sorts it out though
If you want a slightly different look then go for these
They still kick out plenty of light, but when looking at them from the front, aren't very dazzling I know the fashion is for whitish/blue light, but these are quite good IMHO.
ahmett
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The fullbeams are good! In fact the xenon edition fiats have normal fullbeams themselves but of course the xenon helps out a lot for the low beams!
Surprisingly a lot of cars are like this.
Them Bi-Xenon's are really effective on mercs etc with their main beam HID but bloody expensive I believe.
