Hi All Look out for the first Blue Tooth only PC within the next few months if it's not already around :-(((
Jon. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 10:22 AM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Re: [ql-users] Re: [ql-users] Re: [ql-users] RE: [ql-users] £ 1000 to spend! <snip> > This is only part of the story. There is also a general move by the > computer industry to have fewer interfaces and, by extension, fewer > drivers on a system. USB II is much faster than Parallel - actually even > USB 1.1 was. They also want to lose the PS/2 ports and use USB for > keyboard and mouse as well. It is all part of the way that the physical > makeup of the modern computer is being steered. As I have said before > the floppy drive is going too!. > > > Floppy drives have been on the out for a couple of years now - Apple > started this off by dropping them from the Mac range. Now, here in Ireland > at least, new DELL computers don't come with floppies as default, and they > are a 15 euro additional extra. The push is now to use compact flash etc. > as the removable easily transportable medium, or USB keyring drives (both > of which work just fine with QPC!!) > > Darren. > <snip>
