Rob, I think you'd have to admit that this is a fairly narrow, one-
issue view. Essentially, what you're saying is that Windows does
tablet, and Mac doesn't.
What's the market share for tablet PCs?
Not that I mean that we should all ignore tablet PCs, far from it, in
fact it illustrates the point that 'computers' is a big field, and
there are many small but worthwhile corners in that field. The
question is, how many of those corners can a company like RunRev
realistically hope to cover?
Best,
Mark
On 9 Jul 2006, at 16:28, Rob Cozens wrote:
Jim,
Your response to my post could have been written by me -- four
years ago.
My first personal computer was an original IBM PC. My second was
a Mac SE/3O, and I never owned a computer running Windows until I
bought a Motion M13OO Tablet PC.
When friends asked, "should I buy a Mac or a PC ?", my original
response was, "find the software you need and buy the computer
that it runs on." After watching friends' experiences, I amended
that to include "But most people seem to have an easier time
learning how to use a Mac." I would grit my teeth and smile when
friends who set out to buy a Mac came home with Circuit City's
"computer de jour" -- and asked me for help when the damn thing
crashed.
I would smile smugly while watching my son and my brother-in-law,
both certified Microsoft engineers, struggle to install a new
device on my brother's PC. And I said to myself "NO WAY!" when
"Pirates of the Silicon Valley" (or a PBS documentary of the same
genre) concluded that Apple lost the O/S war when Windows replaced
MS/DOS.
But times have changed, and I would suggest that every "Mac bigot"
-- to use Dan Shafer's term affectionately -- who believes this is
still the state of the Windows platforms should test her/his
perception as it applies to today's technology.
After 15 years of Mac ownership, I wouldn't buy another Apple
computer that doesn't support ink input and profile screen
orientation. My keyboard sits in a drawer, and virtually never
sees the light of day.
The pen is mightier than the mouse!
Rob Cozens
CCW, Serendipity Software Company
"And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three;
Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee."
from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631)
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