[FRIAM] Air

2010-01-30 Thread Owen Densmore
In thinking about my device ecology in the iPad discussion, I mentioned the MacBook air. Just curious: How many of us have one or have used one? What was it like? Behind this is the observation that most laptops today are not really all that mobile. I rarely have mine with me, for

Re: [FRIAM] O'Reilly Radar

2010-01-30 Thread Owen Densmore
Tom, thanks. Steve and I (and a few others of us) got pinged a while back for stressing the Ecology of all our digital devices and their data .. not just web but TV and phones and the whole shebang. Even including books (we really like the kindle). This guy, not only writes well, but

Re: [FRIAM] O'Reilly Radar

2010-01-30 Thread Roger Critchlow
The most interesting point I've seen made is the question of what does the new Apple A4 CPU bring to the table? Oh, you didn't notice that Apple is building it's own CPU for the iPad? For the consumer's benefit, I expect that it will be the most power stingy CPU that has ever been seen in an

Re: [FRIAM] O'Reilly Radar

2010-01-30 Thread Bill Eldridge
I've been waiting for this event, as it fits in with some uncomfortable truths people forget - Steve Jobs Apple do know how to fail in a big way, even though they've also had some spectacular successes. I'm reluctant to say Apple's "jumped the shark", but I think they really needed a