I will venture here (or remind those who think that way already) that the real issue is about "owning" everyone's personal files, **not just email**. So the Gig battles are just the opening salvo. Having your files easily accessible from anywhere without you having to lug your laptop or a hard drive *is* useful.
I'd like to hear about alternatives and what this means for the IT/ISP players in the next few years. To elucidate on all this:
It doesnt take a Ph.D to add 1 + 2; and maybe consider a more standards driven approach as in (3)
(1)Microsoft, Yahoo, eBay, Amazon, etc. all want to have your personal info for targeted advertising. Both Microsoft and Apple are researching a system whereby all the info in your hard drive is easily searchable.
(2)All indications are that most computing will soon be delivered over the (internet) pipes, with broadband available everywhere. ( SUN's original motto, then IBM's, now everyone's)
Well, personally, until the dust settles on the privacy issues I wouldnt mind having a GMail account to use as "light" personal/business info internet folder.
I use my own server VPN connection meantime, so I can already always access all my files from anywhere. But i dont see it being a practical mode for the majority of users - as.. recently said, we dont need to run a power generator in every home to get electricity; simialrly why would we need to maintain a server with all its headaches.
(3)which goes back to the issue, might it not be better in the meantime for all ISP's to adopt a standard user-friendly personal data repository, possibly mirroring what the user has at home/office ?
Andre
PS. Slightly off topic, on a personal note: if I'm on target on this issue, that would make it 3 out of 3. (previous posts indicated that the MAC/Win comparisons didnt fairly compare systems of the same price, and that the Palm-Handspring thing was for Palm to get into cell phone territory FAST - in hindsight, that was confirmed)
Because Handspring are far more advanced in the phone side of the pdas. In fact, they had decided to drop the pda-only series last year to concentrate exclusively on the cellphone/pda combos. This is harder work than meets the eyes because to be successful you have to negotiate all the different phone carriers limitations and differences. But it is the one that will grow. Who really wants to look up phone nos in the pdas to enter them in the cell phone?
Palm arent as focused, are thinking more of extending pdas as Tablets. On top of that, Handspring has done v. good work in the Palm OS; I recall some of the advanced (at the time) Palm OS's versions were due to Handspring's mods being officially entered in the Palm OS.
All in all a good combo company.
( Disclaimer: I have owned 3 Palms to m500, bought -and recently sold at large profit Handspring stock - )
I think the heavy duty Photoshop MAC vs Intel machines would be more useful if someone ran the same benchmarks with a Xeon with a (at least) 1 meg onboard cache, even an inexpensive PIII 550. Usually the bottleneck is in fast memory access..
I remember re-building a Dell 610 Xeon 550/1M for a video enthusiast 2 years ago; it was able to do video conversion ( create VCD from videos ) in about real time (ie 60 min to transform a 60 min video). That was an order of mag faster than non-xeon machines.
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If you read Mark Cuban's blog. This makes it more believable, by the way.
hey. i'd like one too - nothing like experiencing the real thing -
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I will venture here (or remind those who think that way already) that the real issue is about "owning" everyone's personal files, **not just email**. So the Gig battles are just the opening salvo. Having your files easily accessible from anywhere without you having to lug your laptop or a hard drive *is* useful.
.. recently said, we dont need to run a power generator in every home to get electricity; simialrly why would we need to maintain a server with all its headaches.
/Win comparisons didnt fairly compare systems of the same price, and that the Palm-Handspring thing was for Palm to get into cell phone territory FAST - in hindsight, that was confirmed)
I'd like to hear about alternatives and what this means for the IT/ISP players in the next few years. To elucidate on all this:
It doesnt take a Ph.D to add 1 + 2; and maybe consider a more standards driven approach as in (3)
(1)Microsoft, Yahoo, eBay, Amazon, etc. all want to have your personal info for targeted advertising. Both Microsoft and Apple are researching a system whereby all the info in your hard drive is easily searchable.
(2)All indications are that most computing will soon be delivered over the (internet) pipes, with broadband available everywhere. ( SUN's original motto, then IBM's, now everyone's)
Well, personally, until the dust settles on the privacy issues I wouldnt mind having a GMail account to use as "light" personal/business info internet folder.
I use my own server VPN connection meantime, so I can already always access all my files from anywhere. But i dont see it being a practical mode for the majority of users - as
(3)which goes back to the issue, might it not be better in the meantime for all ISP's to adopt a standard user-friendly personal data repository, possibly mirroring what the user has at home/office ?
Andre
PS. Slightly off topic, on a personal note: if I'm on target on this issue, that would make it 3 out of 3. (previous posts indicated that the MAC
FYI: that trick works great for Windows 2000 too ( Win 2000 SP4 and QT 6.5 )- thanks
Because Handspring are far more advanced in the phone side of the pdas. In fact, they had decided to drop the pda-only series last year to concentrate exclusively on the cellphone/pda combos. This is harder work than meets the eyes because to be successful you have to negotiate all the different phone carriers limitations and differences. But it is the one that will grow. Who really wants to look up phone nos in the pdas to enter them in the cell phone?
Palm arent as focused, are thinking more of extending pdas as Tablets. On top of that, Handspring has done v. good work in the Palm OS; I recall some of the advanced (at the time) Palm OS's versions were due to Handspring's mods being officially entered in the Palm OS.
All in all a good combo company.
( Disclaimer: I have owned 3 Palms to m500, bought -and recently sold at large profit Handspring stock - )
I think the heavy duty Photoshop MAC vs Intel machines would be more useful if someone ran the same benchmarks with a Xeon with a (at least) 1 meg onboard cache, even an inexpensive PIII 550.
/1M for a video enthusiast 2 years ago; it was able to do video conversion ( create VCD from videos ) in about real time (ie 60 min to transform a 60 min video). That was an order of mag faster than non-xeon machines.
Usually the bottleneck is in fast memory access..
I remember re-building a Dell 610 Xeon 550