Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]People want to just walk around gazing at the little light in their hand 24/7. Hopefully with earplugs plugged into it. Maybe a speaker on one of the earplug wires. God forbid they should climb on a bus, walk into a room or check out their groceries without gazing at the light in their hand. I implore the people on the lug: If you ever see me doing this PLEASE SHOOT ME. You have my permission in writing right here. I'd want to be put out of my misery. I am not a Pod Person. Mark William Rabiner Carol Anne - listen to me. Do NOT go into the light. Stop where you are. Turn away from it. Don't even look at it. Mommy, where are you? I can't find you. I can't. I'm afraid of the Light, mommy. I'm afraid of the Light. Run to the light, baby. Mommy is in the light. > From: George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 13:58:09 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Totally OT: OSX on a tiny laptop? > > My guess: > > Apple's taking a hard look at their iPhone success and pouring good > money into the "apps for that" ads. > > Probably having lots of meetings about "cloud" and "enterprise" > computing and other hot "business" words. > Windows has held the "business" minds forever. > Mac is beginning to shake that tree to the point where Microsoft is > saying "Mac" in their ads. > > Apple's got to be watching the Kindle and Sony book readers and their > customers. > As well as GPS, media players and editors sales. > . > Here's the guess: they'll ultimately design and position the "next" > hot and sexy form/function "thing" > as something other than a mini-notebook or net-book (which are cute, > portable, handy but not sexy). > Think thin, light, no hinges, no keys, no moving parts, great color, > superb connectivity, small, but big enough > to read a newspaper, map, art books, gps, enough memory to look at > the video you just shot with your 5D mkII, > probably not enough ram to edit it - but enough to have the AD review > it. You'll be able to write notes and draw > on the touch screen as if the high end wacom screen tablets. Built in > microphone will allow recording lectures. > Everyone will WANT one of these. > > The Newton was sexy and way ahead of its time.