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
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
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
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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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
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
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
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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
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
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 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
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
, April 29, 2009 3:36 PM
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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
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.
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
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
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
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?
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 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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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