Re: [backstage] OS choice

2007-04-19 Thread John
on a macbook here, need to take it back though, has the grime on the pad issue On 10/04/07, Kirk Northrop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jason Cartwright wrote: I've recently 'switched' [1] (damn you Apple marketing dept!) from an XP desktop to a Macbook as my main computer. Its been almost

RE: [backstage] OS choice, assume= ass u me

2007-04-13 Thread Brian Butterworth
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Woods Sent: 11 April 2007 16:00 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [backstage] OS choice, assume= ass u me I always liked my Acorn OS (RISC OS) - booted in about five seconds from the moment it was powered up, ArcFS filesystem

Re: [backstage] OS choice, assume= ass u me

2007-04-12 Thread Gordon Joly
At 01:50 +0100 12/4/07, Mr I Forrester wrote: Obviously I would need to stick up for the Atari. Booted in 4 seconds flat, Midi built in as standard, GEM desktop and memory up to 4 meg. My phone takes about minute to boot (Windows Mobile) Gordo -- Think Feynman/

Re: [backstage] OS choice, assume= ass u me

2007-04-11 Thread Martin Belam
such as these, particularly when over 74.3% of all statistics are made up anyway. -Original Message- From: Brian Butterworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 April 2007 16:53 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] OS choice, assume= ass u me Yes, but you can always get

RE: [backstage] OS choice, assume= ass u me

2007-04-11 Thread Mark Hewis
@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] OS choice, assume= ass u me I thought it was 84.3% of stats that were made up? Someone is clearly skewing the market against made up statistics. I suspect it is more Microsoft FUD myself. :-) m On 10/04/07, Christopher Woods [EMAIL

Re: [backstage] OS choice, assume= ass u me

2007-04-11 Thread Mr I Forrester
:) -Original Message- From: Mark Hewis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 April 2007 15:39 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] OS choice, assume= ass u me It has generally all been downhill since AmigaOS and WorkBench 2.0 Hasn't been any fun operating systems for a very long

[backstage] OS choice (was: Multicast Trial)

2007-04-10 Thread Jason Cartwright
I've recently 'switched' [1] (damn you Apple marketing dept!) from an XP desktop to a Macbook as my main computer. Its been almost flawless (unlike all the Vista problems we keep hearing about), and a bit of revelation after being a complete Windowsite since 3.0. I've met 3 people that have

Re: [backstage] OS choice

2007-04-10 Thread Kirk Northrop
Jason Cartwright wrote: I've recently 'switched' [1] (damn you Apple marketing dept!) from an XP desktop to a Macbook as my main computer. Its been almost flawless (unlike all the Vista problems we keep hearing about), and a bit of revelation after being a complete Windowsite since 3.0. Sorry,

RE: [backstage] OS choice (was: Multicast Trial)

2007-04-10 Thread zen16083
. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jason Cartwright Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 12:37 PM To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: [backstage] OS choice (was: Multicast Trial) I've recently 'switched' [1] (damn you Apple marketing dept!) from an XP

Re: [backstage] OS choice (was: Multicast Trial)

2007-04-10 Thread Matthew Lamont
is out of its cage. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jason Cartwright Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 12:37 PM To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: [backstage] OS choice (was: Multicast Trial) I've recently 'switched' [1] (damn you Apple marketing

RE: [backstage] OS choice, assume= ass u me

2007-04-10 Thread zen16083
Seems like a lot of Mac growth in a single month.. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brian Butterworth Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 2:04 PM To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] OS choice, assume= ass u me Isn't the first

Re: [backstage] OS choice, assume= ass u me

2007-04-10 Thread Peter Bowyer
visit -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kirk Northrop Sent: 10 April 2007 12:57 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] OS choice Jason Cartwright wrote: I've recently 'switched' [1] (damn you Apple marketing dept

RE: [backstage] OS choice, assume= ass u me

2007-04-10 Thread zen16083
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brian Butterworth Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 2:31 PM To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] OS choice, assume= ass u me It would be for one month, but it's actually for sixteen... Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv -Original Message

RE: [backstage] OS choice, assume= ass u me

2007-04-10 Thread Brian Butterworth
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Bowyer Sent: 10 April 2007 14:27 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] OS choice, assume= ass u me But Brian - you've assumed in turn that the user community represented by those two figures 6 months apart is the same people. Only

RE: [backstage] OS choice, assume= ass u me

2007-04-10 Thread Brian Butterworth
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] OS choice, assume= ass u me I realised the error after sending the message ;-( Still, a significant rise for the Macs and a further indication that the OS ground does appear to be shifting. Would be interesting to know

RE: [backstage] OS choice, assume= ass u me

2007-04-10 Thread Christopher Woods
: [backstage] OS choice, assume= ass u me Yes, but you can always get a massive percentage increase from something when it starts out at 1.75% of the market. Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf