I agree with everything except your prediction. I think the headstart that Apple has is a significant advantage over google (which may take 1.5 years to come up with something of equal quality).
No. Freedom from murder isn't freedom, nor is freedom from discrimination, or freedom from government censorship.
The addition of the word freedom is simply cliche and rather meaningless (not to mention incorrect... you can still be murdered or discriminated or censored).
content will come from workstations... aka the pc @ work.
pc's as strictly defined as "personal" computers will go away (except for enthusiasts... like the slashdot crowd), but the workstation will last for a very very long time.
I seem to drop those cheaper knives more causing a loud CRASHing sound. Studies also show that the cheaper knives pick up bacteria like salmonella easier and more often.
I'm not a Mac fan really, but if you look at the specs, Mac machines aren't that much more expensive than their PC counterparts spec-wise
This statement is true ONLY when the products are newly released.
Price spec a Mac Pro right now, and you'll find it's using 14mo old hardware, shitty video cards, and is selling for double the price of a similarly configured PC.
the Mac Pro was reasonably on price when it was just released (the video cards were still shit though... even 14mo ago), and if you priced out the top of the line MP you would have found it cheaper than a similarly configured Dell.
Yeah, Xerox PARC did do a good job with that windowing system. Oh wait, were you talking about Apple. And I love what Steve Woz did with the Apple II... ohh wait, you were talking about Steve Jobs.
Yes, the hardware is the same (god knows, I've had to get 2 repairs on my MBP last year), but the software is of a higher quality and thus the BMW reference is apt.
and a custom built drag racer (like the gp stated) would of course blow the pants off a BWM. In fact, it might make a sound similar to
the iPad DOES replace a PC for a large amount of people. Take off your slashdot-coloured glasses, and you'll realize that most non-technicals just use their PC to update their facebook, surf the web, and jot a few quick emails.
people have not been eating only at MSFT's burger king. People have been eating at MSFT's mall cafeteria (which includes a burger king).
The mall cafe offers way more variety, but its still mostly crap. MacDonalds, for it's limited unhealthy/tasteless menu, is healthier and yummier than Burger King... so since most people only eat burgers, this is great for them.
Unfortunately, some of us like the noodles at the MSFT's WokGrill, which is three shops down from burger king. Apple just doesn't serve the food we like, but since a lot of people have started eating at Apples MacDonalds, the prices in the mall have really shot up:(
Of course, there are those of us who realize all this preprocessed food is just garbage and we cook our Own food in our Linux Kitchens.
Computing will become more ubiquitous and more "personal" as time passes. The wanky toy market is going to skyrocket. Cellular data is where the smart money is.
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they'll put up with it just fine.
some of them will even like it, and some of them will simply pretend they like it to justify the cash they spent.
I agree with everything except your prediction. I think the headstart that Apple has is a significant advantage over google (which may take 1.5 years to come up with something of equal quality).
No, it means that Steve noticed that he was debating against an idiot and decided to take advantage of the metaphorical "straw man"
No. Freedom from murder isn't freedom, nor is freedom from discrimination, or freedom from government censorship.
The addition of the word freedom is simply cliche and rather meaningless (not to mention incorrect... you can still be murdered or discriminated or censored).
content will come from workstations... aka the pc @ work.
pc's as strictly defined as "personal" computers will go away (except for enthusiasts... like the slashdot crowd), but the workstation will last for a very very long time.
Thirded. This was some idiot talking to a rather highly intelligent Steve jobs... lets see how Jobs would do against a genius like Stallman though!
I seem to drop those cheaper knives more causing a loud CRASHing sound. Studies also show that the cheaper knives pick up bacteria like salmonella easier and more often.
I'm not a Mac fan really, but if you look at the specs, Mac machines aren't that much more expensive than their PC counterparts spec-wise
This statement is true ONLY when the products are newly released.
Price spec a Mac Pro right now, and you'll find it's using 14mo old hardware, shitty video cards, and is selling for double the price of a similarly configured PC.
the Mac Pro was reasonably on price when it was just released (the video cards were still shit though... even 14mo ago), and if you priced out the top of the line MP you would have found it cheaper than a similarly configured Dell.
However, that was 14months ago...
ME? No I wouldn't be able to get the things I want done, done.
My mom... perfect device for her. When her laptop wears out, shes getting an iPad (or something like it).
Yeah, Xerox PARC did do a good job with that windowing system. Oh wait, were you talking about Apple. And I love what Steve Woz did with the Apple II... ohh wait, you were talking about Steve Jobs.
Sorry my mistake.
Yes, the hardware is the same (god knows, I've had to get 2 repairs on my MBP last year), but the software is of a higher quality and thus the BMW reference is apt.
and a custom built drag racer (like the gp stated) would of course blow the pants off a BWM. In fact, it might make a sound similar to
WOOOSH
how long did it take to sell the first 1million PCs?
come back in 10 years and then we will compare the market size of tablets vs pcs.
Why are you making this a zero sum game? You can have your open PC alongside your closed iPad. You dont have to pick one or the other.
So long as there is a market for the open pc... there will be vendors selling them, have no worries about that.
the iPad DOES replace a PC for a large amount of people. Take off your slashdot-coloured glasses, and you'll realize that most non-technicals just use their PC to update their facebook, surf the web, and jot a few quick emails.
people have not been eating only at MSFT's burger king. People have been eating at MSFT's mall cafeteria (which includes a burger king).
The mall cafe offers way more variety, but its still mostly crap. MacDonalds, for it's limited unhealthy/tasteless menu, is healthier and yummier than Burger King... so since most people only eat burgers, this is great for them.
Unfortunately, some of us like the noodles at the MSFT's WokGrill, which is three shops down from burger king. Apple just doesn't serve the food we like, but since a lot of people have started eating at Apples MacDonalds, the prices in the mall have really shot up:(
Of course, there are those of us who realize all this preprocessed food is just garbage and we cook our Own food in our Linux Kitchens.
Computing will become more ubiquitous and more "personal" as time passes. The wanky toy market is going to skyrocket. Cellular data is where the smart money is.
Here Here! The world needs more Stallmen!
Not cool to take a private email exchange and publish it for everyone to see. This guy should be ashamed of himself.
SPLAT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAnpoTGzlX4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgdTymCZowU
its a design flaw. I regularly run into the following use case
1) open application, drag application to the right side of the screen so I am only seeing 1/2 of the window (I only care about seeing 1/2 the window).
2)realize I want to reshape window
3) drag it back so that I can see the lower right coner
4) reshape,
5) drag back so that the lower right corner is again off the monitor.
Or here is another use case
1) I like where my lower right hand corner exists on my monitor, but the application window is too wide... to fix I have to
2) reshape window
3) drag back to where the right hand corner was in the first place.
Face it, its annoying as hell (Which is the definition of a "BUG"!!!)
especially bad if you have dual monitors.
Did you happen to mention the #1 worst UI decision EVER is that damn "can only resize windows from the bottom right hand corner"
you insensitive clod!
I thought it was Mr Sulu at first.
Dont break the build... EVER!
If you break the build fix it immediately (yes its 11pm, fucking well fix it)!