Synology DS1512+ VS. Drobo 5N - Head to Head

Remember the Drobo video? this one does a comparison - looks good for knowledge

Synology Advantages

The Synology 1512+ holds several distinct advantages over the Drobo 5N.
It’s faster.
It has a LOT of apps.
It allows for extreme customization.

Drobo Advantages

Meanwhile the Drobo 5N has several distinct advantages over the Synology 1512+.
It’s completely automated.
It’s far easier to expand and repair.
It costs less, uses less power and takes up less space.

The Bottom Line

Both machines have distinct advantages in different areas. Which one is best for you will depend on what you find most important and how you plan to use it.

For the full rundown and all the details, check out my article comparing the Synology DS1512+ and Drobo 5N.

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The Singapore IT Show is here again

http://www.itshow.com.sg/

27 Feb - 2 Mar 2014

Levels 1 & B2
Marina Bay Sands

Opening Hours
12PM - 9PM

One of the items I'll be looking out for is the MiiPC - see image below

The MiiPC is your easiest way to experience brilliant moments at home.

Connect the Android-powered MiiPC to your TV sets and enjoy sensational viral videos, play your favourite games and surf the world-wide web from a single device!

Experience the MiiPc at I.T Show 2014, Booth B815.

How to install Android Apps on SD CARD by default without rooting

1Gbps fibre broadband

MyRepublic has just been promoting their latest S$49.95 a month plan for fibre broadband at a whooping 1Gbps.... I wonder....

Bikini Site

Bikini Site : thebikinisite.blogspot.com

Everything Binary of photos of women in bikinis - experimental.

4K displays coming up

I believe 4K displays will start to pick up in 2014 in a very fast paced introduction.
Most movies are still not being shot in 4K resolutions yet though - which makes content scarce at introduction.  Movies are typically being shot at 2K resolutions, and up-sampled to 4K - reason for doing this is that the computing resources required to do special effects progressively get more intense as the number of pixels increase in a production.

Lenovo has some announcement in CES this year, citing 4K monitors for PC - one such monitor is the Lenovo ThinkVision Pro2840m  (28-inch, 3840 x 2160). It will be interesting to see the adoption rate of such "high-end" monitors.  Games may not be able to drive such monitors yet as 3D graphics card may need to double their performance before we see 4K games. Retailing in April 2014 for approximately USD$800.  Let the 4K war begin!

upcoming iOS - spells disasters for old iphone users?

Oh no, iOS 6's supposedly new features all sounded great on paper, until it was made known that alot of the features will only work well with iPhone 4s and above. Folks stuck with the iPhone 4, and 3GS will have to suck thumb!

The GPS - turn-by-turn feature for example will be missing from iOS6 for iPhone 4. What's even worse for Singapore users are that the new Apple Maps may not be functioning well. Google maps was doing great with street view, bus routes etc.  With Apple Maps, satellite overlay may be bad too - with clouds blocking the buildings haha. Some feature even requires Mountain Lion on your Macbook - and Mountain Lion is again compatible with some newer Macbook models only.

This is all fine, if we can stick to iOS5 for iphone4, but we all know that apps will start to demand you have iOS6 to install and run.  This will suck. 

Oh yah, Youtube app will be gone too from iOS6, need to use safari to get to it.....

rant, rant, rant 

Leap - who needs touch screens desktop anymore?

Killer AIO mobile device

Let's play a game called "Wouldn't it be cool.... if...."

I would love to have a mobile device that is All-In-One.  Light and Portable.

An Ultrabook/Macbook Air?  A Tablet ? 

Wouldn't it be cool if there is a device based on the Letexo reference design by Intel and includes GPS and tablet functions.  Wouldn't it be cool if the device runs Windows 8 and also run's Android as a concurrent OS (Virtualized) at the same time??  Even better if it can double as a phone (connected via bluetooth earpiece)

That way, I can have my Laptop, Tablet, Phone all running at the same time in an AIO device with huge battery life and high-res to boot.

What do you think?

Google

Try google-ing for the word "Askew"

There are so many Easter-eggs in Google ;) haha