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From: KDT on 1 Apr 2010 09:08 On Apr 1, 9:00 am, "Mocassin joe" <joemocasa...(a)aol.com> wrote: > "White Spirit" <wspi...(a)homechoice.co.uk> wrote in message > > news:hp1rcg$tbm$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > > > > On 01/04/2010 03:00, KDT wrote: > > >> On Mar 31, 10:34 am, White Spirit<wspi...(a)homechoice.co.uk> wrote: > > >>> On 31/03/2010 14:02, KDT wrote: > > >>>> Right, because over the past 8 or 9 years, Apple has had sooo much > >>>> trouble selling their consumer devices and demand has always been > >>>> abysmal. > > >>> It depends on the device... > > >> Which consumer device has bombed in the last 10 years? > > > iPod HiFi. > > iMac's 'Hockey Puck' mouse. > > > If we're widening the scope to services and operating systems, there are > > more examples in the last ten years. > > Apple TV. So do you have comparitive sells of the AppleTV and other products in its category?
From: Mocassin joe on 1 Apr 2010 09:09 "Ezekiel" <Me(a)Not-there.com> wrote in message news:hp2108$cag$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > > "White Spirit" <wspirit(a)homechoice.co.uk> wrote in message > news:hp20li$a0n$5(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> On 01/04/2010 12:10, Hadron wrote: >> >>> The why not talk about it and advocate it here rather than showing your >>> ignorance about a product you profess to hate? >> >> I don't hate the iPad. I do, however, have an aversion to the cargo >> cult/lemming/groupthink mentality that is associated the Apple products. > > > Riiiiight. Those 100's of millions of people who bought Apple products are > all some cult. Not like the half-dozen open minded "thinkers" here who > treat Linux as if it were some sort of religion. No, Alan. Only half of those 100's of millions - if there really are 100's of millions.
From: chrisv on 1 Apr 2010 09:10 > trolling fscwkit Ezekiel wrote: >> >> Riiiiight. Those 100's of millions of people who bought Apple products >> are all some cult. Dumbshit. No one said "all". Are you capable of posting with lying, "Ezekiel"? >> Not like the half-dozen open minded "thinkers" here >> who treat Linux as if it were some sort of religion. Wanting fair competition, consumer choice, and intellectual freedom is not a "religion", lying fsckwit. It's just wanting what is right.
From: chrisv on 1 Apr 2010 09:10 > Hadron quacked: > >> The why not talk about it and advocate it here rather than showing your >> ignorance about a product you profess to hate? Dumbshit. Where did he profess to "hate" the iPad? Are you capable of posting without lying, Larry?
From: Mocassin joe on 1 Apr 2010 09:13
"Hadron" <hadronquark(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:hhbe87-9ga.ln1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > White Spirit <wspirit(a)homechoice.co.uk> writes: > >> On 31/03/2010 19:53, Alan Baker wrote: >> >>> In article<hovm66$gkn$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >>> White Spirit<wspirit(a)homechoice.co.uk> wrote: >> >>>> No flash. >> >>> Correct. But people don't want to "do" flash. They want to watch video. >>> Time will tell whether Apple's choice to leave out flash was correct, >>> but given that youtube is already supporting video without it... >> >> Plenty of people want flash, despite what Apple think. > > The recommend them a netbook .. you seem to think you know a lot about > them. Just make sure the video chipset and the Linux involved can > actually accelerate flash properly. Many cant. > >> >>>> No multitasking. >> >>> Incorrect. >> >> User space applications can't multitask. It's a stupid design. > > Its done on purpose. Really? That's rich. Can you answer "why"? Most likly the puny CPU and the Mickey Mouse OS. > Dont like it? Dont buy it. I see you have now moved > to "user space". Before you told us it could not play music, check email > etc. You were, as usual, wrong. |