Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-05-03 Thread Tom Piwowar
>Again, wording.  Now the iphone is a full blown computer, skipping over
>netbook and no mention of phone.  It really doesn't matter what you call it,
>it's what it is for whomever buys it.

You can see the changes occuring by looking at survey statistics. The 
April stats from Net Applications show Safari's market share now 
exceeding 8% while IE continues its drop to 66%. I think the force behind 
that is the iPhone.

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/05/safari-and-mac-os-x-hold-steady-f
or-april-while-iphone-climbs.ars

Also adding together OS X and iPhone OS puts Apple's overall market share 
a tad over 10%. I'm surprised that Linux barely crosses the 1% mark.


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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-30 Thread b_s-wilk
Netbooks existed several years before that site decided to "define" what they 
are--in 2009 yet. The ones I saw and tried ran Linux or Windows PE, and were 
about half the size of the so-called netbooks today.


Unfortunately anything running Windows PE isn't going to offer a good
computing experience.  PE was designed to boot a computer and allow
installing another version of windows.  If you meant Win CE,


Yes. Win CE is right. Thanks. The only devices I tried weren't using 
Windows.



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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread mike
Again, wording.  Now the iphone is a full blown computer, skipping over
netbook and no mention of phone.  It really doesn't matter what you call it,
it's what it is for whomever buys it.   I use my touch to control two
computers via VNC, perhaps we are heading towards a place where these items
aren't computers, but interfaces to the real power behind the
scenes...behind your tv or a server in a back closet.

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Tom Piwowar  wrote:

>
>
> If people are already using iPhone/iTouch as computers, it takes little
> imagination to see a jumbo iPhone/iTouch being even better at it.
>
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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread Art Clemons
> Netbooks existed several years before that site decided to "define" what they 
> are--in 2009 yet. The ones I saw and tried ran Linux or Windows PE, and were 
> about half the size of the so-called netbooks today.

Unfortunately anything running Windows PE isn't going to offer a good
computing experience.  PE was designed to boot a computer and allow
installing another version of windows.  If you meant Win CE, well that
would make me wince as an OS too.  It really isn't and wasn't really
designed to allow real computing.  The software used on that OS has to
be especially tailored to the limitations of the OS, and bluntly it's
probably slower than Windows Vista on a netbook using an Intel Atom
processor with 256 megs.


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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread b_s-wilk
Netbooks existed several years before that site decided to "define" what 
they are--in 2009 yet. The ones I saw and tried ran Linux or Windows PE, 
and were about half the size of the so-called netbooks today.


I've only seen a few of these in the US, more overseas. Americans tend 
to like "big" even with small things.




I don't understand:  Are you in charge of deciding what a netbook is,
or isn't?

I bought a 12 inch "netbook" which weighs less than 3 lbs and has no
optical drive, and it goes in my bag and is with me everywhere.  And
it has most of the apps that I need... open office, etc. And it does
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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I thought he was keying in on twisting their usage as has been done 
with Spiro's name. :-)


Stewart


At 10:30 PM 4/29/2009, you wrote:

Spiro T. didn't attack the elite, but the effete; as in:

He once described a group of opponents as "an effete corps of 
impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals." (From 
the wiki on Spiro).


Tom Piwowar wrote:
Certain elements of society like to take words that mean perfectly 
good things and twist their usage into something undesirable.
What the heck is wrong with being elite? Wouldn't most people like 
to be elite at something? wouldn't you like to know elite people 
or use elite products?




You mean like Spiro Theodore Agnew?


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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread Steve at Verizon

Spiro T. didn't attack the elite, but the effete; as in:

He once described a group of opponents as "an effete corps of impudent 
snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals." (From the wiki on 
Spiro).


Tom Piwowar wrote:
Certain elements of society like to take words that mean perfectly good 
things and twist their usage into something undesirable.
What the heck is wrong with being elite? Wouldn't most people like to be 
elite at something? wouldn't you like to know elite people or use elite 
products?



You mean like Spiro Theodore Agnew?


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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread Tom Piwowar
>Any reference to the iPad as being a netbook is by definition off topic. It
>doesn't have a keyboard. It's described as a "media pad". It's an iPod with
>HD video and a WiFi phone. It's clearly not intended for the same kinds of
>uses as a netbook.

This reminds me of the arguments made in the '70s about microprocessors. 
"These are machine controllers, they will never be used for computing. 
It's impossible!"

If people are already using iPhone/iTouch as computers, it takes little 
imagination to see a jumbo iPhone/iTouch being even better at it.


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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread Chris Dunford
> You are off topic.

Any reference to the iPad as being a netbook is by definition off topic. It
doesn't have a keyboard. It's described as a "media pad". It's an iPod with
HD video and a WiFi phone. It's clearly not intended for the same kinds of
uses as a netbook. 

Furthermore, it's "smaller than the Kindle 2", which is 7.5" wide, and
therefore it is NOT what Apple is allegedly buying all those 10" screens
for.

I'm sure it will be very nice, as Apple products usually are. But if the
description is anywhere close to being accurate, it is NOT a netbook. Maybe
at some point Apple will come out with a netbook equivalent, but this ain't
it, no matter how hard you stamp your feet or how long you hold your
breath..

End of discussion for me. It's just too silly.


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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread Tom Piwowar
>No one has tried to redefine, confuse, and obfuscate except Tom, and now, 
>apparently, you. iPhone and iTouch are fine, but they are emphatically not 
>netbooks, and neither is the mythical iPad if it looks anything like it 
>did in the illustration.

Chris is sure going to be pissed when the Apple netbook sweeps all that 
other crap off the market, only to be seen in Microsoft advertisements" 
"It's crappy and its cheap -- it's a PC!"


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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread Tom Piwowar
>Certain elements of society like to take words that mean perfectly good 
>things and twist their usage into something undesirable.
>What the heck is wrong with being elite? Wouldn't most people like to be 
>elite at something? wouldn't you like to know elite people or use elite 
>products?

You mean like Spiro Theodore Agnew?


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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread Tom Piwowar
>You previously suggested that iPhone and iTouch were "netbooks". They have
>3.5" screens, do they not?

Bla, bla, bla. Read the subject line. Look up "will" in the dictionary. 
You'll discover that it is future tense. Check on "previously" and you'll 
find that it refers to the past. You are off topic.


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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread Chris Dunford
> Certain elements of society like to take words 
> that mean perfectly good things and twist their 
> usage into something undesirable. What the heck 
> is wrong with being elite? Wouldn't most people 
> like to be elite at something? wouldn't you like 
> to know elite people or use elite products?

There's absolutely nothing wrong with being elite. We would hope to have our 
elite running our government, our universities, etc.  Elite athletes are worthy 
of our admiration (well, most of them are, anyway).

But being elitIST is an entirely different matter:

"The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups 
deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in 
intellect, social status, or financial resources."

Here are some of the substitutes suggested by one if the thesauri: snobbish, 
superior, arrogant, pretentious, stuck-up, patronizing, and condescending.

Not such a good thing, eh?  :)


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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread Jordan

Chris Dunford wrote:
You write this condescending BS, but can't understand why people think 
Mac users are elitist?
  
Certain elements of society like to take words that mean perfectly good 
things and twist their usage into something undesirable.
What the heck is wrong with being elite? Wouldn't most people like to be 
elite at something? wouldn't you like to know elite people or use elite 
products?


Look it up! It's not something to be avoided.


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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread Chris Dunford
> >You write this condescending BS, but can't understand 
> >why people think Mac users are elitist?
> 
> I can understand why people think WFBs with their off-brand, low-speced
> PCs and belligerent attitudes are just trailer trash.
> 
> Are we here to discuss computers or call each other names?

I didn't call anyone a name. I simply pointed out that the message was
condescending in tone and that no one should be surprised that people see
Mac users as elitist.

Moreover, Betty's preference of hardware had nothing to do with my comment.
I referred ONLY to the tone of her message. You, on the other hand, bring
"their off-brand, low-speced PCs" into the picture. So my comment was "Your
attitude could be construed as elitist", and yours was "You're trailer trash
partly because you use PCs." You don't see the difference? You don't see
that it does nothing but reinforce the perception of Mac users as elitist?

How, here's some real name-calling. You should talk to the guy who wrote
THIS:

> Even an illiterate WFB could have just looked at the pictures

Oh, wait, it was you, five minutes earlier.


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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread Art Clemons
> No. Manufacturers have redefined their too-big notebooks as "netbooks" to 
> confuse consumers as to what real netbooks are. A real netbook is 5"-8", not 
> a 10"-12" notebook. Those small non-netbook notebooks are not much more 
> portable than any other notebook, just harder to type on. Redefined cheap 
> "netbooks" are giving a bad name to an evolving segment of the small computer 
> market.

The 10 inch netbooks are a lot easier to carry around than the larger
laptops.  Having typed on a wide variety of keyboards ranging from the
Original Sinclair/Timex keyboards to real IBM Keyboards and also even
TTY terminals, the MSI keyboards aren't all that bad as long as I
remember which keyboard I'm using.  I do however have an intense dislike
of rolled up rubbery keyboards since to me they don't have enough
tactile sensation for me to type on without looking.  One of the $300
netbooks with an encrypted filesystem strikes me as an ideal carry
around laptop.  It wouldn't be my everyday use machine but for out of
the house and/or office, perfect.  If you go into a retailer like
MicroCenter and ask for a Netbook, you'll get something with a minimum
screen size of 7 inches most likely and a maximum size of a little over
10 inches.  You may not like the definition as used but that's what is
being sold as a netbook.

> What do you do with a netbook? It's too small for day to day computing. So 
> what do you do? Email? Web surfing? Find restaurants? Directions? Tweet? Wall 
> scribbles on Facebook?

Actually they're not too small for most people to get a lot of usage out
of.  They aren't the fastest processors around but for surfing, taking
notes in school, even running an LCD projector, they're workable.  With
OpenOffice, Firefox, Evolution or Thunderbird, you've got a package that
most folks can do reasonable work on.  Windows 7 also runs rather well
on netbooks with 2 gigs of ram, but that's another issue entirely.
Let's see a relatively decent sized drive and the recognition that
you're not going to be editing movies or compiling large programs on
your netbook, they work well for most people.  Bluntly I'ld rather have
a netbook on a long trip than a much heavier laptop.

> The convergence of notebook computers and smartphones is an ongoing process. 
> The results are still in flux.

I really don't want a phone combined with a computer, any phone I can
reasonably carry won't have a screen big enough for me to read easily,
and if I have to carry around a screen and as for typing, well given the
size constraints of netbooks, the keyboards have to be shrunk, of course
compared to the "keyboard" on something like the Treo phones, they're
heavenly.

Right now, I could run OSX on an MSI netbook, but I won't even though I
have a copy of OSX to install (bought a family pack, only used two), the
terms of purchase only allow installation on Apple machines.  Besides,
the new Ubuntu netbook version works quite well on the same netbook with
no major issues, bye to Windows on them too for me and mine.
If Apple does come out with a netbook equivalent (although I originally
thought that was the niche the Air was aiming for), it still won't make
netbooks obsolete.


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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread Chris Dunford
> I'm not being condescending. I'm annoyed that instead of 
> using an accurate description of a product, marketing depts.
> too often redefine names of existing products to confuse 
> people, either because of laziness on their part or 
> deliberate obfuscation. This is another example of
> that.

Betty, look at the history section of Wikipedia's netbook entry. It started 
with Psion netBook, followed by OLPC and Palm Folio, then the Asus line, now 
Dell & HP. They are all very similar in basic design: small, light, clamshell, 
network-enabled, mechanical keyboard.

No one has tried to redefine, confuse, and obfuscate except Tom, and now, 
apparently, you. iPhone and iTouch are fine, but they are emphatically not 
netbooks, and neither is the mythical iPad if it looks anything like it did in 
the illustration.

As to condescending, I don't know whether that was your intent or not, but your 
post certainly was.


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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread Chris Dunford
> >I can't conceive of doing what he does with a 3.5" screen and an
> >execrable, microscopic, touchscreen keyboard simulation.
> 
> Even an illiterate WFB could have just looked at the 
> pictures to see that the speculative Apple iPad did not have 
> a 3.5" screen.
> 
> Those LCDs that Apple has been stockpiling are 10".

You previously suggested that iPhone and iTouch were "netbooks". They have
3.5" screens, do they not?

Then your second attempt to redefine the term so that Apple could have one
appeared to indicate something that has no keyboard. Touchscreen keyboards
are not keyboards, they are keyboard *simulations*. I used to have a flight
simulator. It did not confuse me into thinking that I owned a 747.


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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread Ellen Rains Harris
I don't understand:  Are you in charge of deciding what a netbook is, or 
isn't?


I bought a 12 inch "netbook" which weighs less than 3 lbs and has no optical 
drive, and it goes in my bag and is with me everywhere.  And it has most of 
the apps that I need... open office, etc. And it does my "day to day" 
computing.


I also have a 15" notebook which weighs more than twice as much and is too 
heavy for me to carry comfortably on a day to day basis.  It has the MS 
Office suite, etc. which are pretty standard for most general operations.  I 
also have some desktop publishing apps.


Both of these use my Treo for remote connection wherever I need network 
access.  And each can access my server using Logmein Hamachi.


Which of these is too small for day to day computing??




- Original Message - 
From: "b_s-wilk" 

To: 
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right



What do you do with a netbook? It's too small for day to day
computing. So what do you do? Email? Web surfing? Find
restaurants? Directions? Tweet? Wall scribbles on Facebook?


You write this condescending BS, but can't understand why people
think Mac users are elitist?

My son has one. He does not use it for tweeting or Facebook wall
scribbling. He takes it to high school. It fits easily in his
backpack because it's smaller than most of his textbooks. He uses it
for note-taking, homework, projects, reports, and research (much of
all this stuff being done at school). He has no difficulty in typing
on it. It's perfect for his needs. He loves it. His friends are all
jealous...



I'm sure your son loves his small inexpensive notebook, and it does what 
he needs. I've been considering one, too. Some are quite nice and 
convenient. They're simply not netbooks, except in the new redefinition.


I'm not being condescending. I'm annoyed that instead of using an accurate 
description of a product, marketing depts. too often redefine names of 
existing products to confuse people, either because of laziness on their 
part or deliberate obfuscation. This is another example of that.



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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread b_s-wilk

What do you do with a netbook? It's too small for day to day
computing. So what do you do? Email? Web surfing? Find
restaurants? Directions? Tweet? Wall scribbles on Facebook?


You write this condescending BS, but can't understand why people
think Mac users are elitist?

My son has one. He does not use it for tweeting or Facebook wall
scribbling. He takes it to high school. It fits easily in his
backpack because it's smaller than most of his textbooks. He uses it
for note-taking, homework, projects, reports, and research (much of
all this stuff being done at school). He has no difficulty in typing
on it. It's perfect for his needs. He loves it. His friends are all
jealous...



I'm sure your son loves his small inexpensive notebook, and it does what 
he needs. I've been considering one, too. Some are quite nice and 
convenient. They're simply not netbooks, except in the new redefinition.


I'm not being condescending. I'm annoyed that instead of using an 
accurate description of a product, marketing depts. too often redefine 
names of existing products to confuse people, either because of laziness 
on their part or deliberate obfuscation. This is another example of that.



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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread Tom Piwowar
>I can't conceive of doing what he does with a 3.5" screen and an 
>execrable, microscopic, touchscreen keyboard simulation.

Even an illiterate WFB could have just looked at the pictures to see that 
the speculative Apple iPad did not have a 3.5" screen.

Those LCDs that Apple has been stockpiling are 10".


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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread Tom Piwowar
>You write this condescending BS, but can't understand why people think Mac 
>users are elitist?

I can understand why people think WFBs with their off-brand, low-speced 
PCs and belligerent attitudes are just trailer trash.

Are we here to discuss computers or call each other names?


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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread Tom Piwowar
>"As of the start of 2009, the established definition of a netbook was a
>notebook computer with a low-powered x86-compatible processor (compatible
>with PC standard software), small screen (no larger than 10 inches), small
>keyboard, equipped with wireless connectivity, lightweight (under three
>pounds) and no optical disk drive."

And it has to be brown...

That describes one possible netbook configuration. It is full of 
specifications designed to steer us to one preconceived notion. "PC 
standard software" is not a necessary requirement. Nor is "x86-compatible 
processor" a necessary requirement. Nor is "no optical disk drive". 
"Small keyboard" does not have to be implemented in hardware.


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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread mike
Manufacturers decided what a netbook was in the first place, they can call
it peanut butter toast for all we care.  I have a friend who is 6'6" and
about 335 pounds...a 17" notebook is a netbook in his hands.  It's what you
make it to be.  It's what works for the person using it.  Netbooks aren't
'too small for every day computing' they are too small for you to do every
day computing...and me.

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 9:58 AM, b_s-wilk  wrote:

> > http://www.pcworld.com/article/163961/new_apple_gizmos_coming_exclusive
>>> > ly_to_verizon.html
>>> > > > Everybody is guessing.
>>>
>>
>> I see that you continue to be confused about what a netbook is.
>>
>
> No. Manufacturers have redefined their too-big notebooks as "netbooks" to
> confuse consumers as to what real netbooks are. A real netbook is 5"-8", not
> a 10"-12" notebook. Those small non-netbook notebooks are not much more
> portable than any other notebook, just harder to type on. Redefined cheap
> "netbooks" are giving a bad name to an evolving segment of the small
> computer market.
>
> What do you do with a netbook? It's too small for day to day computing. So
> what do you do? Email? Web surfing? Find restaurants? Directions? Tweet?
> Wall scribbles on Facebook?
>
> The convergence of notebook computers and smartphones is an ongoing
> process. The results are still in flux.
>
>
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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread Tom Piwowar
Following on the heels of yesterday's rumors of an Apple deal for a 
Verizon iPad, MS says "me too." The Zune Phone commeth...

http://www.pcworld.com/article/164022/microsoft_responds_to_verizon_pink_ru
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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread Chris Dunford
> >I see that you continue to be confused about what a netbook is.
> 
> Oh yes, I forgot, it has to be crappy.

No, it has to have a keyboard and a screen that you don't need a magnifying
glass to see.

"As of the start of 2009, the established definition of a netbook was a
notebook computer with a low-powered x86-compatible processor (compatible
with PC standard software), small screen (no larger than 10 inches), small
keyboard, equipped with wireless connectivity, lightweight (under three
pounds) and no optical disk drive."

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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread Chris Dunford
> What do you do with a netbook? It's too small for day to day computing.
> So what do you do? Email? Web surfing? Find restaurants? Directions?
> Tweet? Wall scribbles on Facebook?

You write this condescending BS, but can't understand why people think Mac 
users are elitist?

My son has one. He does not use it for tweeting or Facebook wall scribbling. He 
takes it to high school. It fits easily in his backpack because it's smaller 
than most of his textbooks. He uses it for note-taking, homework, projects, 
reports, and research (much of all this stuff being done at school). He has no 
difficulty in typing on it. It's perfect for his needs. He loves it. His 
friends are all jealous. 

And he paid for it easily with money that he made mowing lawns.

I can't conceive of doing what he does with a 3.5" screen and an execrable, 
microscopic, touchscreen keyboard simulation.

The fact that Apple doesn't have a netbook doesn't mean that they are, ipso 
facto, stupid--or that people who buy them are stupid. And the fact that you 
don't have a use for one doesn't mean that no one does.


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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread b_s-wilk

> http://www.pcworld.com/article/163961/new_apple_gizmos_coming_exclusive
> ly_to_verizon.html
> 
> 
> Everybody is guessing.


I see that you continue to be confused about what a netbook is. 


No. Manufacturers have redefined their too-big notebooks as "netbooks" 
to confuse consumers as to what real netbooks are. A real netbook is 
5"-8", not a 10"-12" notebook. Those small non-netbook notebooks are not 
much more portable than any other notebook, just harder to type on. 
Redefined cheap "netbooks" are giving a bad name to an evolving segment 
of the small computer market.


What do you do with a netbook? It's too small for day to day computing. 
So what do you do? Email? Web surfing? Find restaurants? Directions? 
Tweet? Wall scribbles on Facebook?


The convergence of notebook computers and smartphones is an ongoing 
process. The results are still in flux.



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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread Tom Piwowar
>I see that you continue to be confused about what a netbook is. 

Oh yes, I forgot, it has to be crappy.


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Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-28 Thread Chris Dunford
> http://www.pcworld.com/article/163961/new_apple_gizmos_coming_exclusive
> ly_to_verizon.html
> 
> 
> Everybody is guessing.

I see that you continue to be confused about what a netbook is. 


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[CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
http://www.pcworld.com/article/163961/new_apple_gizmos_coming_exclusively_t
o_verizon.html

Everybody is guessing.


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