But Mark, "Quad core tablet"!! I will buy that (probably 2yrs late) just to install Windows 8 on it!!
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Tinka Sent: 13 December 2011 19:21 To: Bernard Wanyama Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LUG] Android users get screwed? On Tuesday, December 13, 2011 08:19:55 PM Bernard Wanyama wrote: > The story was about phones. PC hardware moves quite rapidly, I dare say, in some cases, even faster than phone hardware. > On the same computer table, however, lie the dead bodies > - Nokia N80 - 2006 - 2010 (pioneered small-pin charger), Blackberry > Pearl 8100 - 2009 - 2010 and the G1 which still part times as a 3G > modem. > > So, in my case, phone hardware and software really expired so fast! > And the PC seems to be going nowhere but up..... Like I said earlier, 1 - 2.5 years on a phone is not an unreasonable ask when supporting newer code. The software wouldn't have changed overly fundamentally to warrant new hardware as an absolute minimum. If that is the case, don't support such vendors. Mark. _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
