[OT] Apple users

Jim Elbrecht wrote:


I've been saying clip for short, but it's a Clip+. Whatever that
means, I don't know the differences. That fuze looks nice, too,
somewhat larger and I imagine holds a lot more. I could get an
extra memory card if I wanted more space.


That really made me laugh. Same here.


Exactly. If I spent some time on it, I could really organize my
music any way I want it. But I'm lazy.

nancy
 

"Nad R" wrote

Marketing. Why did Betamax fail? Why did IBM continue to sell the most
PC's for many years when others were better and cheaper? Why does Toyota
sell so many cars?


I have a Sony and load songs from many sources including Amazon. Apple has
done a great job, but other sources are equal and easier. I bought two Sony
players for less than one Apple. Your money, your choice, but I took a
different route.
 
On 2/21/2011 5:42 PM, Goro wrote:

Stout box indeed. The Gods of gaming are demanding. I'm guessing you're
using linked dual video cards too. Big power hungry ones. Anyway you
guys pretty much drive the processor industry so thanks for keeping the
race for speed up so that I can get cheap multi-core 2.4 GHz processors. :-)


Hard to believe that was so long ago.


It seems that MS has blown it yet again. The battle for the hand-held OS
is slipping through their fingers. Personally I think that Vista got a
bad rap but the Windows Mobile 6.5 is just a confusing experience on an
HTC HD2. I'll take the an Apple or Android OS anyday instead. My guess
is that the open OS of the future is Android, not Linux. The Linux geeks
blew it too.


I'm not sure that they handled it wrong. They did get rid of Netscape's
Navigator. I won't use IE 8 or whatever version is out now but my guess
is that it's still the most widely used browser.
 
Steve Pope wrote:

I do not miss the keyboard, I prefer the iPads touch keyboard and you can
have the older obsolete software. It is too big for a cell phone. The iPad
does have a microphone and can make calls through the Internet. The iPhone
can do almost everything an iPad can but to small for comfortable reading.
One can sync their Mac, iPhone and iPad wirelessly and automatically using
the cloud.

I am typing this from my iPad. I will never own a laptop again. Ten hour
battery life, easier to hold to view books and magazines, On this iPad,
eBook reader, my GPS guide, my contact list, weather alert, night star
guide, Internet radio of twenty thousand stations. Graphing Calculator that
blows my TI 89 out. I can watch movies and TV shows on it, my TV remote
control, Sketch pad, turn my lights thermostat up/down, Drawing pad for
main computer, iPod that runs my Bluetooth speakers. Photo Viewer,
Calendar, Journal keeper, keep track of diet and blood pressure, I can
watch YouTube and most import of all I have access to thousands of cooking
recipes and cooking information at my fingertips.

As for magazines, I already read two magazines online. They do not need
Apples subscription service. I receive a monthly email and go to the
magazines site and download the magazine in PDF form. However with the
iPad, interactive magazines which will be the future and better than PDF's
will need Apples help. I will take iTunes over the music and book stores
and soon the magazine stores. Book stores are the way of the music
stores... History. MY local Borders is even closing so that makes Barnes
and Noble the closet and thirty miles away. Paper is going the way of the
Dodo bird. Since I bought my iPad eight months ago, I have not used my
printer once! Paper is history, I read everything on this iPad.

Also the iPad is the number one game machine also. Rumor has it the next
Apple Operating system for the Mac will be like the IPad with the Push
technology as well as Multitasking.

There is one MAJOR drawback and it is a big one. With so much personal
information in an all in one compact device. It does help big brother to
keep track of you also, if he wishes. Privacy is also going the way of the
Dodo.

--
Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)
 
On 2/19/2011 3:20 PM, Steve Pope wrote:

My assumption is that these hand-held devices are the computers of the
future. The performance of the iPad is startling if you consider the low
power consumption and battery life. As you say boot-up is remarkably
fast. I guess that's what comes from close integration of hardware and
software and not being saddled with DOS legacy issues. I like my laptop
just fine but boot-up is slow and it's a power hog and it requires a
small fan to keep the CPU from overheating and shutting down. The iPad
keeps it's cool passively and barely gets warm. Remarkable! OTOH, Apple
is as evil an empire as is Microsoft. A pox on both of their houses - I
can't wait until something better comes along. :-)


I can make VoIP calls when Wi-Fi is available. OTOH, I'd just as soon
use my phone to make phone calls.
 

"Nad R" wrote

Marketing. Why did Betamax fail? Why did IBM continue to sell the most
PC's for many years when others were better and cheaper? Why does Toyota
sell so many cars?


I have a Sony and load songs from many sources including Amazon. Apple has
done a great job, but other sources are equal and easier. I bought two Sony
players for less than one Apple. Your money, your choice, but I took a
different route.
 
On 2/19/2011 3:20 PM, Steve Pope wrote:

My assumption is that these hand-held devices are the computers of the
future. The performance of the iPad is startling if you consider the low
power consumption and battery life. As you say boot-up is remarkably
fast. I guess that's what comes from close integration of hardware and
software and not being saddled with DOS legacy issues. I like my laptop
just fine but boot-up is slow and it's a power hog and it requires a
small fan to keep the CPU from overheating and shutting down. The iPad
keeps it's cool passively and barely gets warm. Remarkable! OTOH, Apple
is as evil an empire as is Microsoft. A pox on both of their houses - I
can't wait until something better comes along. :-)


I can make VoIP calls when Wi-Fi is available. OTOH, I'd just as soon
use my phone to make phone calls.
 
On 22/02/2011 5:29 PM, dsi1 wrote:
The ones who "blew it" were the hardware vendors who kept their drivers
proprietry and "paid" Microsoft to accredit them with Windows
compliance. You might find Linux on HTC phones soon too.

Of course they handled it wrong. They let it vegetate when they thought
they had destroyed the competition. They got left behind.

Netscape Navigator morphed into Firefox and leapt ahead of the scant
opposition that was IE.

Krypsis
 
On 2/22/2011 12:46 AM, Krypsis wrote:

I can get my hardware to run with Linux just fine. Usability is another
issue. The geeks had over a decade to get the OS ready for regular folks
but they just weren't interested in that. That's the breaks.

OTOH, Android is based on the Linux kernal so in a way, Linux is running
on HTC phones as well as the majority of the smart phones on the market,
just not on a HTC HD2. Thanks Google!


I never said that IE was a great or even a good browser - just that it
was the most widely used browser. Thinking that Firefox is really great
won't change that fact. I don't use Firefox much these days - its
software bloat and seemingly endless updates has made it unappealing.
Chrome is my browser of choice although few people use it. It's based on
Apple's Webkit rendering engine and is super fast. Thanks Apple and
Google! Oh, I forgot, they're the enemy. Ah crap! :-)
 
On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:20:54 +0000 (UTC), Nad R wrote:


Is there a Wipe Your Ass attachment?

What is the world coming to. Does nobody interact with people in real
life any more? Pretty soon these are going to be banned in the
workplaces - it's worse than giving employees Internet access (which
is becoming more restricted lately). People are addicted to these
things and it's not healthy.

-sw
 
Jim Elbrecht wrote:

No Lady Gaga! You must be truly living in the stone age:)

--
Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)
 
On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:20:54 +0000 (UTC), Nad R wrote:


Is there a Wipe Your Ass attachment?

What is the world coming to. Does nobody interact with people in real
life any more? Pretty soon these are going to be banned in the
workplaces - it's worse than giving employees Internet access (which
is becoming more restricted lately). People are addicted to these
things and it's not healthy.

-sw
 
On 2/20/2011 5:44 AM, Goro wrote:

It's ironic that the computer system of the future may have an OS that
originates from a phone - OS 4X or Android. We could be seeing the final
days of MS and Windows. I wonder if we'll look back on it with nostalgia
or if it'll all seem like a nightmare finally over. :-)


I'm pretty ignorant of OS X, like most PCers, I resist moving over from
the dark side. :-) OTOH, 15 sounds like a dream and it's likely that the
future lies in a smaller, simpler, hand-held device running a smaller,
simpler, OS that has no ties to the past. It also seems that downloading
apps that we pick from a menu a la carte is pretty much that way to go.
In the end, Apple's ideas about computing is likely to prevail.


This is true - the new frontier shouldn't be using technology using
spinning platters like a record player. :-)


I may have to stick some chewing gum over the front facing cam. :-)
 
On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:29:20 -1000, dsi1 wrote:


Not me. DD tried to call me with her iPhone the other day and it
locked up on her, she couldn't complete the call. It rang on my end,
her's was dead. I have no idea what she did to fix it, but it took a
lot longer than a moment or two.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
On 2/20/2011 5:44 AM, Goro wrote:

It's ironic that the computer system of the future may have an OS that
originates from a phone - OS 4X or Android. We could be seeing the final
days of MS and Windows. I wonder if we'll look back on it with nostalgia
or if it'll all seem like a nightmare finally over. :-)


I'm pretty ignorant of OS X, like most PCers, I resist moving over from
the dark side. :-) OTOH, 15 sounds like a dream and it's likely that the
future lies in a smaller, simpler, hand-held device running a smaller,
simpler, OS that has no ties to the past. It also seems that downloading
apps that we pick from a menu a la carte is pretty much that way to go.
In the end, Apple's ideas about computing is likely to prevail.


This is true - the new frontier shouldn't be using technology using
spinning platters like a record player. :-)


I may have to stick some chewing gum over the front facing cam. :-)
 
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