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From: Kelsey Bjarnason on 28 Mar 2010 23:40 [snips] -hh wrote: >> Oh, but yes, makes perfect sense to not include even the most basic >> hookup for any of those devices. Nobody, anywhere, would ever want >> something as silly as a USB port. > > Ten years ago, no one was. Do you really think that USB2 will still > be supported 10 years from now? A question which - in context - would be relevant *if* the MaxiPad were being sold ten years from now, rather than today, when USB2 is in fact a widely-used technology. Sorry, remaining idiocy snipped; if you can't tell the difference between today and ten years from now, there's no point reading anything further you have to say.
From: Kelsey Bjarnason on 28 Mar 2010 23:44 ToolPackinMama wrote: > On 3/28/2010 7:32 PM, Kelsey Bjarnason wrote: >> >> Making a small, compact, easily-ported device ten times the size is not >> a benefit unless there's a concomitant increase in functionality. > > This is the iPod Granddad can use without having to hunt down his glasses. Okay, fine - we'll agree: anyone legally blind, or over the age of, say, 70, might find a positive benefit to the device over an iTouch/iPod/Whatever. "This is not your father's Apple. It's your grampaw's." (snicker)
From: JF Mezei on 28 Mar 2010 23:56 great news ! Apple has announced that there will be a 1 week delay to ship the pre-ordered iPAdS. But the Apple places of worship will have the units available on time opn April 3rd. Because of this delay, I would suggest suspending this discussion until the IpaD moves from being vapourware to being a worshipable piece of hardware that you can drool over and touch at an Apple Store.
From: Kelsey Bjarnason on 28 Mar 2010 23:51 -hh wrote: > On Mar 28, 10:14�pm, Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarna...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> -hh wrote: >> > On Mar 24, 9:21�am, chrisv <chr...(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: >> >> nospam wrote: >> >> >In article <lv9qn.6898$Ek4.1...(a)newsfe24.iad>, Mocassin joe >> >> ><joemocasa...(a)aol.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> But you didn't answer my question; what if the built-in space is exceeded? >> >> >> >what if the external storage is exceeded? there's a limit to >> >> >everything. >> >> >> Removable storage devices are *not* generally used to "add" storage, >> >> you clueless fscking idiot. �That's *not* what people use them for. >> >> > Well gosh then ... just EMAIL the damn file. >> >> Sounds good. �I have a 300 Gb video file. �Send me your email address, >> I'll attach a copy to you. > > Yet another example of a "tail wagging the dog" fringe case. Here's a hint, since you seem to be too freaking stupid to fgure it out yourself: By including support for commonplace devices using standard ports - eg USB - it doesn't *matter* whether the case at hand is a fringe case, or an every day case, or only happens once a year, or does happen for me but not for you. By including that support, we _each_ get the flexibility to meet our particular usage requirements, rather than either of us being forced into using what someone else thinks is the "best way". With the additional ports, *you* can choose to simply ignore them, if you wish, and run everything via bluetooth or wifi. With the additional ports, I can use my existing devices without having to adopt *your* way of doing things, or forking over pointless extra cash for pointless extra gadgets, or replacing my devices just because *your* way is the only way you think it should be done. Adding such ports is cheap, and makes the device more flexible, more functional, more useful to a wider range of people for a wider range of uses. Only an Apple Cult member could argue that as a bad thing.
From: Kelsey Bjarnason on 28 Mar 2010 23:47
[snips] -hh wrote: >> I'm sorry, where did I say USB2 was going to be around for a decade, or >> forever? �Nowhere, as far as I can see. > > Considering how you're defending USB with "Pry it from my cold dead > hands", it is quite obvious that you don't intend to let go of it > anytime soon. Gods, you can't be as stupid as you sound, can you? I'm *not* defending USB and I never have been. I'm pointing out what should be screamingly bloody obvious to anyone other than a Macintard - that USB devices are common, inexpensive, and *here*, already in people's hot little hands, so supporting them is a *sensible* thing to do, ignoring them is a *stupid* thing to do - especially since doing so incurs so little cost or extra weight. Remaining idiocy snipped - one can only read so much drivel in a single posting. |