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From: John Navas on 11 Jun 2010 11:56 On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:16:22 -0400, in <110620100016220145%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: >In article <9e53165rbq2ldp182ffk025uvv7p8uioos(a)4ax.com>, John Navas ><jncl1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > >> >mobile devices *will* be the future, whether it's an ipad or something >> >else. >> >> Sure. Most computers are now "mobile devices". > >in the sense that they have a battery yes, but not in the sense of >being easy to carry and use anywhere. a 5 pound laptop is not as mobile >as a smartphone The computer is nonetheless mobile, and vastly more capable than a smartphone. It's always a tradeoff. -- Best regards, John If the iPhone and iPad are really so impressive, then why do iFans keep making excuses for them?
From: John Navas on 11 Jun 2010 11:58 On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:19:30 -0400, in <110620100019301448%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: >In article <jk5316tp95sibreof6mgv679mahr6b4m3a(a)4ax.com>, John Navas ><jncl1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > >> >> Mac OS X has always supported two-button mice. Some earlier versions of >> >> Mac OS also supported them as well. >> > >> >Any Mac could probably support a two / multi-button mouse if the company >> >selling the device wanted to write driver software ... but the point is >> >that the Mac doesn't need a two button mouse. Personally I very rarely had >> >any need for more than one button. >> >> "It's not a limitation, it's a feature!" :) > >actually it is. the mac os is designed around one button, whereas >windows is designed around two buttons. The Mac was designed about a modifier key, which is unnecessary with a multi-button mouse, and arguably less intuitive than multiple buttons. It's always a tradeoff. There is no one best solution. -- Best regards, John If the iPhone and iPad are really so impressive, then why do iFans keep making excuses for them?
From: John Navas on 11 Jun 2010 12:04 On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:13:00 -0700, in <q1i416h811h3b32dslen8biihfi483bju5(a)4ax.com>, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl(a)cruzio.com> wrote: >On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:47:41 -0700, John Navas <jncl1(a)navasgroup.com> >wrote: > >>On Mon, 31 May 2010 10:24:06 -0700, in >><2iq706dj0eehaq7d3jaq9o5le5us6almrd(a)4ax.com>, Jeff Liebermann >><jeffl(a)cruzio.com> wrote: >>>Old habits die hard. >> >>For some. Not for all. ;) > >Really? Really. I started with ancient mainframes (IBM 650), magnetic drums, and punched cards, have more than kept up with all the changes since then, and look forward to keeping up with all the changes to come. At last count I was familiar with well over 100 programming languages. >Worse, the rate of change will accelerate. ... Bring it on! :) -- Best regards, John <http:/navasgroup.com> "At every crossway on the road that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men appointed to guard the past." -Maeterlinck
From: John Navas on 11 Jun 2010 12:06 On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:54:38 +1200, in <husmf0$imq$1(a)lust.ihug.co.nz>, "Your Name" <your.name(a)isp.com> wrote: >"John Navas" <jncl1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote in message >news:nr6316dcerdeqn0sa4otnlhnrhbed1c3fv(a)4ax.com... >> Netbooks actually expanded the market. >> Notebooks (not laptops) are still doing fine. >> It's desktops (mostly towers) that are getting canabalized. > >And yet a large proportion of those laptops never actually leave the desk >and wall socket. :-\ Sure. Still a better form factor for most people than a desktop/tower, with built-in UPS as a major plus. -- Best regards, John If the iPhone and iPad are really so impressive, then why do iFans keep making excuses for them?
From: nospam on 11 Jun 2010 16:29
In article <0mk416hhir2tgfeqer8rmb6571fi7hls8v(a)4ax.com>, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl(a)cruzio.com> wrote: > >> The Mac was just a cheap copy of the Lisa, > >> which was just a cheap copy of the Xerox Alto. > > > >nonsense. mac os was very different than lisa os and lisa os was very > >different than the xerox alto and star. apple made dramatic > >improvements to what xerox had (and i used to use a xerox star too). > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lisa> > The Lisa wasn't really useful until it was able to run MacOS software > using the MacWorks emulator: > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacWorks_XL> > I don't recall doing anything useful with the Lisa Office System. which means that the mac was not a 'cheap copy' of the lisa, as i said. |