IBM has been rolling out Macs as fast as they can, about 2000 per week. The tech support savings are massive. And Macs have long been at the top of the list for most reliable laptops.
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2998315/apple-mac/every-mac-we-buy-is-making-and-saving-ibm-money-ibm.html <http://www.computerworld.com/article/2998315/apple-mac/every-mac-we-buy-is-making-and-saving-ibm-money-ibm.html> Our family has been using iPhones and iPads for a decade and never had a touchscreen failure, even with our developmentally-disabled adult son. He’s a wizard with the touch screen, but tough on hardware. Also, please sign with your call sign. wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Apr 26, 2016, at 5:08 PM, Kevin Stover <kevin.sto...@mediacombb.net> wrote: > > Ditto we still don't use them. > Our users have a choice of laptop or iPad/Surface other than a desktop thin > client on our VM Ware network. > 90% choose the Win7 laptop. They're more expensive, slower, and break more > often than the thin client but not as often as the iPads. The Surface's are > new so no experience base with them yet. Our hardware group absolutely hate > touch screens. I'm a Network Engineer...I have no use for them either. > > My brother does IT for a school district that equipped all of their middle > school kids with cutting edge iPads. 700 of them. My brother had to get good > at replacing the very expensive coated touch screens that the evil empire > said mere mortals couldn't replace. He got no help from Apple other than > expensive parts. That experiment lasted three years and they switched to > Chrome books. > > I guarantee as sure as I'm sitting here *that touch screen will fail within a > year...if not sooner*, and you've got no chance to fix it yourself. I can > order parts from Elecraft for all my rigs and fix them. No sweat. > > I'm curious why is direct sampling SDR's like the 7300 are supposed to be the > second coming why Icom stuck with the traditional superhet architecture on > it's "flagship" 7851? Maybe they realize the technology is at least 5 years > away from being competitive. Everybody is ignoring W4TV's 800lb Gorilla, ADC > overload. > > On 4/26/2016 5:28 PM, Clay Autery wrote: >> Coat it however you want... Doesn't stop dirt and grime being put on >> the screen possibly scratching and/or gooping up the corners and edges... >> >> I've been in IS/IT for 25+ years... Screens are not for touching. >> >> Bottom Line... I'll stick with buttons, dials, and switches, thank you. :) >> >> ______________________ >> Clay Autery, KG5LKV >> MONTAC Enterprises >> (318) 518-1389 >> > > > -- > R. Kevin Stover > AC0H > ARRL > FISTS #11993 > SKCC #215 > NAQCC #3441 > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to wun...@wunderwood.org ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
