On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:50 AM, tjpa <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 29, 2010, at 11:28 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Should I ditch my iMac right now because something is coming or is >> already here that can supplant it? Am I clinging to the past because >> my iMac is only 2.4 GHz and actually has a CD/DVD drive as well as USB >> and an already obsolete FireWire port? > > Who said you should?
Well, just last evening you told someone here on the list that to want to have a computing device with a USB port is clinging to the past and represents a means of transferring data or interfacing with a computer that is on its way out. You said that such a port is something that one should no longer need, and that for a company, Apple, to provide a device that is devoid of most, even perhaps all popular and widely used contemporary interface ports is indicative of how Apple leads the way. What did you mean by that if not to imply that devices that have such ports are obsolete or are nearly obsolete, and to desire such is directly akin to wanting a floppy drive or a parallel port, both of which went out many years ago and are not contemporary at all? Personally, I think that Apple decided to make this new device devoid of popular interfaces in order to be able to offer the iPad for $499 as opposed to a higher price that was anticipated by most potential consumers of the product. Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
