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From: Davoud on 27 Jan 2010 22:22 Coming in 2014 or so, available in brown, which Apple's iPad is not, and will include trial subscriptions to _four_ anti-virus apps. Take that, Apple! Davoud -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm
From: JF Mezei on 28 Jan 2010 01:31 Davoud wrote: > Coming in 2014 or so, available in brown, which Apple's iPad is not, > and will include trial subscriptions to _four_ anti-virus apps. Take > that, Apple! Actually, Microsoft based tablets were launched before Apple's. Both HP and Dell have one, supposedly. HP has a category called "Tablet" somewhere it its web site, but clicking on it shows only laptops. Couldn't find "tablet" on Dell. But the media said that both had them (they were demoed at CES in las vegas a couple weeks ago). One difference here is that Apple has slit its OS in two. The "walled garden" version for the iphone/ipad, and the real OS-X. Only the walled garden supports touch screen. Microsoft supports touch screen on Windows 7. So Apple is behind MS for touch screen on real computers.
From: Jolly Roger on 28 Jan 2010 01:52 In article <000ce5a6$0$2147$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > Microsoft supports touch screen on Windows 7. So Apple is behind MS for > touch screen on real computers. ....and if you think that's an oversight on Apple's part, you're likely mistaken. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: JF Mezei on 28 Jan 2010 02:21 Jolly Roger wrote: >> Microsoft supports touch screen on Windows 7. So Apple is behind MS for >> touch screen on real computers. > > ...and if you think that's an oversight on Apple's part, you're likely > mistaken. > I don't think it is an "oversight". It is obvious Apple made a conscious decision on this. But whether this decision is right or wrong, only time will tell. The multi touch technology can be significantly more productive than a mouse. Consider iWork. They now have a version with multi-touch on the iPad, and the "old" legacy version on OS-X. If Microsoft and PC vendors start to push for touch screen computers and start to gain market share, Apple will be left behind with an old product line that doesn't support touch screen. Apple could start to sell touch screen enabled displays, as well as cards one could put into a MacPro to enable it. (consider those developping apps for iphone/ipad, they would love to be able to use touchscreen when testing their apps).
From: Kevin McMurtrie on 28 Jan 2010 02:46
In article <jollyroger-98D3DE.00525628012010(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > In article <000ce5a6$0$2147$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, > JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > > > Microsoft supports touch screen on Windows 7. So Apple is behind MS for > > touch screen on real computers. > > ...and if you think that's an oversight on Apple's part, you're likely > mistaken. It's what the customer says it is because that's where Apple's money comes from. I would never buy an iPad because of the locked-down environment it runs in. The iPhone was revolutionary because it made a pocket-sized touch-screen both elegant and commonplace. Making an iPhone bigger is not impressive and maybe even counter-productive. Making a larger iPhone that runs on any GSM network as long as it's AT&T is just pissing customers off. -- I won't see Google Groups replies because I must filter them as spam |