For power users--say graphic designers or design engineers--the productivity gains could be even greater.
And, especially with internal tools, be aware that the interfaces are often oriented toward power users.
But power users say LinkedIn is invaluable in finding hidden candidates who wouldn't show up via traditional searches.
But those devices have always been aimed at power users and gamers, not your average Joe.
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But for the past few years, the company has left these power users without hope for the future.
In other words, power users probably won't find much interest in either handset.
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Most free apps have both casual users and power users, and the power users are by far the most valuable.
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The life insurance company has 35 business power users who can build dashboards to get at the information they need.
Longer term, the smart ones will let the power users make the call of performance and battery life for themselves.
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But a larger phone might snag power users who want to be able to do more tablet-style work on their iPhones.
Since the release of the original PlugBug, many notable MacBook power users have made PlugBug an essential part of their travel gear.
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At first, Drobo got traction with power users, such as video editors.
Power users will be thrilled by the MacBook Pro with Retina Display.
The combination of enhanced bandwidth and higher capacities make the Vector PCIe SSD Series ideal for power users, content creation and workstation applications.
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Yet, power users almost always want to get to the lowest level their tools will allow, which usually involves some form of coding.
It's a control that irritates power users but offers a sense of support and security to the rest of Apple's millions of customers.
Most importantly, the interface is quite reminiscent of stock Ice Cream Sandwich, but with a number of tweaks that should make power users smile.
Additionally, the new user interface has default settings ideal for a majority of users, with expert mode control options for enthusiasts and power users.
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We doubt very many power users will be calling this handset their daily driver, and thus won't need to swap batteries on a regular basis.
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To be fair, much of the ample CPU tower was empty, earmarked for extra features power users might add, such as CD writers and Zip drives.
Whereas Apple and Android are more for quality-of-life and casual users, the hardcore power users will migrate towards Microsoft just as they have with the Office and other business products.
"Enthusiasts have long known HyperX as the memory of choice for overclockers and power users who need the most performance from system memory, " said Andrew Ewing, Flash memory business manager, Kingston.
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That favorites file has always been public, but for power users like Thomas Hawk, who has favorited over 90, 000 photos, the overwhelming quantity of photos provided some obscurity to the collection.
"This is for power users who live in the cloud, " Senior Vice President of Chrome Sundar Pichai repeatedly told a select group of journalists at a low-key launch event in San Francisco.
Only five people were actually Office power users.
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In other words, shortcuts can add a great deal of convenience and depth for power users, but it's also important that they don't overwhelm users that only want to utilize of the platform's simple features.
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For example, configuration options that appeal only to power users -- device administrators, security credentials and USB debugging -- are still accessible from the Easy Experience settings menu, which add needless complexity to an otherwise simplistic interface.
We still think this could end up being a tough pill to swallow for a lot of power users who've graduated to SlingPlayer Mobile, but with simpler devices like the Samsung Access (pictured) in the mix for Mobile TV, who knows -- they might find a target demographic yet.
The new models include seven new Latitude models for mainstream business users and three new Precision-branded models for "power-users, " such as engineers and graphic designers.
Indeed, the economics are so tricky that other countries have resorted to straight subsidies (as in America) or else to complicated long-term financing deals involving big power-users (as in Finland, which is building Europe's first new nuclear plant for over a decade).
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