Would it be possible for him to purchase an inexpensive monitor and keyboard/mouse combo for his laptop. Couple hundered bux could help him take care of some of that wear and tear he is getting from the cramped keyboard/monitor of the laptop.
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 6:07 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > A similar question was asked of Paul Kliptsch who made only high end > > speakers. (Came out with a bookshelf model named heresy) > > > > Because that is where the market is. > > A portion of the market. > > > > If Apple wants to show us it is all about good stuff. Make and market a > > netbook that is better than all the rest. > > But then it would likely be too expensive and the Lauren's and G's > wouldn't buy it. Only snobs would buy it. > > > > Apple is about Computers. The computer market is shifting away from > > desktops (I think the past few years laptops have outsold desktops) > > Again, a portion of the market. If you're just interested in > e-mail, tweeting, casual surfing and occasional word processing, a > small screen laptop may be fine. If you're doing real work that > necessitates being able to see things without undue discomfort or > strain, no typical laptop is going to provide you with a 19" or larger > screen and a detached keyboard. > > My brother does database work, and his workplace provides him with a > Dell laptop that he uses at work. His previous jobs gave him desktop > machines to use. He says that having to work on a laptop all day > totally rags him out as opposed to how he used to feel after a day > using a desktop machine. He'd love to have a larger screen for > looking at all those tiny little numbers and letters, but he isn't > going to get that where he currently is employed, so he'll just have > to deal with being exhausted at the end of every day. > > Laptops are just not the best tool for working with all day long > unless it needs to be portable. In the situation involving my > brother, the portability only involves being able to haul the computer > home so he can continue to have to work even when on his own time, > which I guess means it really isn't his own time at all. (FWIW, I give > him a hard time about that.) > > Also, the reason for laptops at the office as opposed to desktops is > all about money and how to squeeze work out of the employee while out > of the office. Laptops take up less space, which means the desk can > be smaller which then means the cubicles can be smaller which then > means more workers can be crammed into a given space which translates > to less square footage which equals cheaper rent. Maybe with really > tiny hand-held computers, all the desks, chairs and cubicles could be > completely eliminated and all the employees could stand instead of > sit. Then you could really cram a lot of workers into a very small > space. Now, that's a bit silly, but I'm just making a "Dilbert" point > about computer based work environments. > > > At this point people are about small portable appliances that are easy to > > transport and use. (Iphone, Itouch ec.) > > Some people are. Many fortunate folks, me included, have no need or > desire to have to transport their work computer. > > As to that "easy to use" thing, have you ever watched someone using > an iPhone? Ever notice how often they have to struggle to touch the > correct area of the screen? Ever notice how many times they have to > make corrections? Easy to use? Not necessarily. > > > > Instead of looking down your nose at a segment of the market. Make it > > better and show others how it is supposed to be done. > > Most things that are better made are more expensive. Once again, > right back to that same old problem. > > Steve > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
