On Oct 6, 2011, at 11:46 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > On 11-10-06 10:33 AM, Stan Halpin wrote: >> Four things WRT Steve Jobs and computers: 1. Operationilizing the concept of >> personal computers; 2. Taking the Xerox PARC notion of a GUI and making it >> work; 3. The switch from OS-9 to OS-X (which oh-by-the-way also paved the >> way for the iOS); 4. Well designed usable transportable laptops. The >> ancillary stuff, like iPods and iPhones, are nice gadgets that I enjoy as >> consumer and stockholder, and they reflect his passion for design esthetics, >> but I think his computer influence is far more fundamental and I hope that >> is what history and the common man will recognize. stan > > Stan, you are failing to appreciate the fundamental role that the iPod Touch, > iPhone and iPad play in the story of computers. They represent an important > evolution in the gradual appliance-ization of personal computers. Most high > technology goes through stages where it's expensive and complex and only for > enthusiasts at the beginning, then eventually becomes pretty-much turnkey and > a no-brainer for everyone. The car for instance. > > The iPhone is really a tiny personal computer that just happens to also have > mobile phone technology built in to it. The iPod Touch is a tiny personal > computer that also makes a good music player. I read all the Steve Jobs > obits and "what happens to Apple now" news on my iPod Touch while having > breakfast this morning. > > So these aren't ancillary stuff, they are a huge part of the future of > computers. They should be your point #5. > > -bmw >
I see your point Bruce. Back in the 80's I was involved in designing "decision support tools." If I had had an iPad, with GPS functionality as a bonus, and built in cameras . . . I would have thought I had died and gone to heaven. They are very much world changers. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
