I don't think it will take off like other systems. But honestly I might get one for my fiance so she can use it...
Judging by the previous commentary on this thread, you may be wrong in the first sentence and it may be because of the idea in your second. A lot of people are looking at this machine thinking "You know, for this price, it might be useful for $(TASK)..." And so you end up with your fiancee--who from context isn't a hardcore geek, sorry if I'm wrong--some grandkids, some parents, all using this thing.
Everyone out there has at least one 'little thing' that their computer is for. Writing their novel. Checking their email. Carrying around videos. If everyone--including 'normal people'--sees this machine as a cheap opportunity to have a tiny little portable computer to do their one thing easily, it will take off.
I really, really don't understand this. I maintain two addresses. One I give to real-live-meat-filled-people and websites I trust, the other I give to everyone else.
I'm going to jinx myself by admitting this aloud, but I don't get any spam on the first address. Read that again. None. In at least four years. On the other one, most of the spam I get is a result of it being my contact address for places like Monster. What do you people do that results in enough spam that it drives you to avoid email?
And on an unrelated note, where do you live that you're meeting 16 year old girls who know what SMTP is, let alone who know what it is and favor MSN?
$1500/week + 5% gross + being a photographer in the adult industly? Sir please hand in your geek card and kindly strap yourself in to this rack. No, no, no. He said he didn't want to be in that industry.
For less than two months worth of cable you can get a machine significantly newer than your 7 year old PC. If you're that strapped, maybe you should reconsider whether you really need "all the HBO's, Cinemax's, Showtimes, Starz, Encores etc including On Demand channels."
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Judging by the previous commentary on this thread, you may be wrong in the first sentence and it may be because of the idea in your second. A lot of people are looking at this machine thinking "You know, for this price, it might be useful for $(TASK)..." And so you end up with your fiancee--who from context isn't a hardcore geek, sorry if I'm wrong--some grandkids, some parents, all using this thing.
Everyone out there has at least one 'little thing' that their computer is for. Writing their novel. Checking their email. Carrying around videos. If everyone--including 'normal people'--sees this machine as a cheap opportunity to have a tiny little portable computer to do their one thing easily, it will take off.
I really, really don't understand this. I maintain two addresses. One I give to real-live-meat-filled-people and websites I trust, the other I give to everyone else.
I'm going to jinx myself by admitting this aloud, but I don't get any spam on the first address. Read that again. None. In at least four years. On the other one, most of the spam I get is a result of it being my contact address for places like Monster. What do you people do that results in enough spam that it drives you to avoid email?
And on an unrelated note, where do you live that you're meeting 16 year old girls who know what SMTP is, let alone who know what it is and favor MSN?
Something like this?
For less than two months worth of cable you can get a machine significantly newer than your 7 year old PC. If you're that strapped, maybe you should reconsider whether you really need "all the HBO's, Cinemax's, Showtimes, Starz, Encores etc including On Demand channels."
Just saying.