Quite, my 4 year old has no problem browsing the net on macos, linus or windows. And is particularly takwn with the iphone and the scribble app.
Reminds me I think I might have to change my pin number when she gets a bit older. Not that I would use the same pin for my bank card as my iphone, thats crazy talk.
Or just pay the $80. Really, its not that much. I will be paying it when the trail runs out (so long as my experience of the software remains as good as it has been so far) *and* I'm one of the idiots who bought iWork '08 in December. *shrugs*
I have found an excellent solution/alternative to the docking issue is running synergy.
I get to the office, plonk my macbook on my desk next to my keyboard and mouse, and as soon as it connects the WLAN its docked. I end up with a dual head setup, driven by the KB/Mouse plugged into the desktop.
The added advantage is that the other head can run linux. Very handy for replciating your live boxen for giving you a nicely matched dev environment for your tinkerings.
You could even knock yourself out and try one of those new fangled 'windows' OSes, as I understand they bothered to write in support for that there 'XP':)
Weight of money does not necessarily add credance to a particular viewpoint.
What they are patenting is now considered obvious, perhaps not at the time, but given that it was only granted recently (ie after several independant parties had made this discovery, thus making it "obvious" in its field) its hard not to see this as just another patent troll.
Their marketing is done in the same way as marketing for other companies. In many ways it is technically inferior. Yet here you are saying how good it is?
Stating you dont own their products undermines the credibility of your assertion that their products are no better than the competition.
On the face of it it might seem that way. Sure, you can go to the Apple store and play with them, but its no comparison to owning and using on a daily basis.
I'm not suggesting their products are perfect, but their attention to detail is what sets them apart.
Clearly I am going to come across as a fanboy, but I can assure you thats not the case, i'm just recounting my personal experience.
The iPhone blew away every other other PDA/Smartphone I owned in terms of usability.
The new macBook Pro is a great peice of kit. I had doubts about the cost it did seem like a hell of a lot of money.
I'm starting to understand where that money went though. The amount of time saved not 'fixing' things (I'm looking at you linux/windows!) the battery life, the build quality (the 'unibody' is not a gimmick imho. makes for a very solid chassis) and all the little things (light up keys - now they have been fixed - are really useful. the fact the screen dims automatically in the dark) start to add up. Yes I know its not amazing tech, it doesnt have to be.
I'm ranting now. Maybe I am a fanboy after all. sorry. you can mod me to hell now...
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accidentally?
riiiiight.
first thought?
Railgun
You wouldnt necessarily have to align a cricket bat, the 'edge' could come in handy for dismemberment.
"I Rock" / +5 Insightful.
Hurrah!
Quite, my 4 year old has no problem browsing the net on macos, linus or windows. And is particularly takwn with the iphone and the scribble app.
Reminds me I think I might have to change my pin number when she gets a bit older. Not that I would use the same pin for my bank card as my iphone, thats crazy talk.
Or just pay the $80. Really, its not that much. I will be paying it when the trail runs out (so long as my experience of the software remains as good as it has been so far) *and* I'm one of the idiots who bought iWork '08 in December. *shrugs*
If you enter your name as Ray Parker Junior do you still get a fat wedge of cash to startup?
I would have beat you if I could have remembered my login details...
Hmm, a slight obstacle I fear. I don't run Windows on any of my Tasmanian islands!
i think you mean wtf *are* boxen...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxen
(the bottom one)
Thanks for the tip on multiplicity. I will go take a look.
In other news... "Groklaw DDOS'd by spiders!"
I have found an excellent solution/alternative to the docking issue is running synergy.
I get to the office, plonk my macbook on my desk next to my keyboard and mouse, and as soon as it connects the WLAN its docked. I end up with a dual head setup, driven by the KB/Mouse plugged into the desktop.
The added advantage is that the other head can run linux. Very handy for replciating your live boxen for giving you a nicely matched dev environment for your tinkerings.
You could even knock yourself out and try one of those new fangled 'windows' OSes, as I understand they bothered to write in support for that there 'XP' :)
*whoosh* ?
surely you mean ... http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=g+had
**Jihad
I worry about sites that have a 'preview' option before posting content, they must be next ...
Weight of money does not necessarily add credance to a particular viewpoint.
What they are patenting is now considered obvious, perhaps not at the time, but given that it was only granted recently (ie after several independant parties had made this discovery, thus making it "obvious" in its field) its hard not to see this as just another patent troll.
I've heard of morbidly obese, but 'mildly' obese?
I accept your point. I hadnt considered it because my cursor keys were about 1" from my trackpad!
Their marketing is done in the same way as marketing for other companies. In many ways it is technically inferior. Yet here you are saying how good it is?
Stating you dont own their products undermines the credibility of your assertion that their products are no better than the competition.
On the face of it it might seem that way. Sure, you can go to the Apple store and play with them, but its no comparison to owning and using on a daily basis.
I'm not suggesting their products are perfect, but their attention to detail is what sets them apart.
Clearly I am going to come across as a fanboy, but I can assure you thats not the case, i'm just recounting my personal experience.
The iPhone blew away every other other PDA/Smartphone I owned in terms of usability.
The new macBook Pro is a great peice of kit. I had doubts about the cost it did seem like a hell of a lot of money.
I'm starting to understand where that money went though. The amount of time saved not 'fixing' things (I'm looking at you linux/windows!) the battery life, the build quality (the 'unibody' is not a gimmick imho. makes for a very solid chassis) and all the little things (light up keys - now they have been fixed - are really useful. the fact the screen dims automatically in the dark) start to add up. Yes I know its not amazing tech, it doesnt have to be.
I'm ranting now. Maybe I am a fanboy after all. sorry. you can mod me to hell now ...
why would you build a tetris game that *doesn't* use the cursor keys !?
It makes you wonder if it was adobe who actually collected all the retrospective data that is driving their new 'machine' !
"not supported on iphone"
Oh, the irony!
beautiful!
Not only that, but it took me two weeks to find where they had moved the bloody hash key to!
Why let solid reasoning get in the way of the latest and greatest social networking gag!
-1 Sad Truth :/
CR or LF?
you decide!