Ballmer has absolutely no clue how the iPad happened. Love it or hate it, iPad is the culmination of leveraged technologies dating back to NeXT. Mac OS X, iMac, iPod, Front Row, and of course iPhone all had a part in it. Ballmer IS completely lost if he thinks a "Job One" crash program will produce a serious competitor.
Anyway, a death-marched "Windows 7 Tablet" should bring some good yucks when it finally shows up.
LOL... Ballmer had no clue how the iPhone happened. One day Apple had "the most expensive phone with no market share" (chortled Ballmer, famously), and then 3 years later, Microsoft is cancelling the Kin and watching Win Mobile 6 slide into oblivion while they furiously try to knock off the iPhone experience with a Zune Phone Series 7 Series Series. All hoping that it doesn't suffer the same fate as the Palm webOS.
The thing with netbook is, it really is just a cheap underpowered laptop. You need very little tweaking in order to get windows to work with it. As for tablets, you cannot just add touch controls and expect it to work. You cannot just replace the mouse with your finger.
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Conversely... as the rather content owner/user of an Apple iPad 64/WiFi+3g, I can honestly say that it's really just an enlarged, overpriced iPod Touch lacking the convenience of being pocketable.
just goes to show that two simplistic points of view don't add up to much, really.
Frankly, that's all DaHarder has now, is basically thinly veiled trolling in every thread he posts in. I really don't think he's used an iPhone 4 or an iPad, but he's sure trying to say as many bad things about it as he can. My bet? If I didn't say anything now, when Android tablets come out, he'd be shamelessly praising them despite being an "oversized" Android device but having given iPad no credit.
As someone who has been very happily utilizing a fully-rooted Archos 5 IT/32gb, running Android 2.2 (Froyo), I can honestly say that's it's been a rather pleasant experience, hardly as 'refined' as my iPad but still smooth, convienient and fast.
It definitely comes in handy when my iPad/64gb is just too large, my iPod Touch/64gb is too small, or my Lenovo S10-3t is just too much of a real computer to suit my needs.
(pictured above are my iPad 64/WiFi+3g, Archos 5IT/32gb, iPod Touch 64gb, and Lenovo S10-3t Windows 7 Tablet Convertible).
Then I Guess the Absolute Truth Is Tiresome Then, as here's a pic (taken only minutes ago) of my iMac 27/i7, MacBook Pro 13, iPad 64/WiFi+3g, Apple iPhone 3GS (work phone), iPod Nano/16gb, iPod Touch/64gb... etc.
Understand, I own many more 'Apple' products, but this should be more than enough to make clear just how silly it is to make sweeping assumptions about matters for which you know absolutely nothing.
Enjoy... as I sure do enjoy my iPad - ;-)
If those pictures indeed represent stuff that that you bought and now own and use -- which, I doubt -- all I can say is, you're just not a sadist, but a sadomasochist!
It takes all kinds, I guess.......
Whatever works for you. But still, you're tiresome. And predictable.
The idea that Microsoft "made netbooks happen" is ludicrous.
They MISSED THE BOAT ON NETBOOKS COMPLETELY, with VISTA UNABLE TO RUN ON THEM, so netbooks had to come with Linux or Windows XP on them - At the time, a 6 or 7 year-old operating system. MANUFACTURERS HAS TO STRUGGLE WITH MICROSOFT SOFTWARE to get it to run on netbooks - it was a hindrance, not a help!
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Would be interested in what you guys and gals think of it! It's not very complementary either. Seems to say MS should stick to Windows OS, Office and Xbox.
Best
Let me know if the link doesn't work.
Like Ballmer, the WSJ unsurprisingly (it IS the WSJ) underestimates Apple when he writes " There's a reason new business models tend to be pioneered by new players." Apple is less than a year 'younger' than MS! Making excuses for MS isn't going to stop the time bomb under Ballmer's chair.
Then I Guess the Absolute Truth Is Tiresome Then, as here's a pic (taken only minutes ago) of my iMac 27/i7, MacBook Pro 13, iPad 64/WiFi+3g, Apple iPhone 3GS (work phone), iPod Nano/16gb, iPod Touch/64gb... etc.
Understand, I own many more 'Apple' products, but this should be more than enough to make clear just how silly it is to make sweeping assumptions about matters for which you know absolutely nothing.
Enjoy... as I sure do enjoy my iPad - ;-)
I pegged you as a lying, piece of shit troll. You might be a piece of shit troll, but at least you're an honest one. Hats off....
If those pictures indeed represent stuff that that you bought and now own and use -- which, I doubt -- all I can say is, you're just not a sadist, but a sadomasochist!
It takes all kinds, I guess.......
Whatever works for you. But still, you're tiresome. And predictable.
The feeling is entirely mutual, but I don't take these matters quite as seriously as many in here by questioning people's integrity, calling them liars, or insulting their positions on these (admittedly) trivial matters.
I evaluate the efforts of all these manufacturers more fairly than most, lauding them for their successes and criticizing them for their stumbles... as I feel justified in doing given that it's my money I've spent on their wares.
Then I Guess the Absolute Truth Is Tiresome Then, as here's a pic (taken only minutes ago) of my iMac 27/i7, MacBook Pro 13, iPad 64/WiFi+3g, Apple iPhone 3GS (work phone), iPod Nano/16gb, iPod Touch/64gb... etc.
Understand, I own many more 'Apple' products, but this should be more than enough to make clear just how silly it is to make sweeping assumptions about matters for which you know absolutely nothing.
Ballmer is nothing but a fat, greasy, sweaty monkey dancing fool. He's missed the boat on so many levels with Microsloth. No wonder they are a non threat....can't come up with anything original that their customers actually want. Always has to steal other people's thunder and then miserably f*ck it up...
The feeling is entirely mutual, but I don't take these matters quite as seriously as many in here by questioning people's integrity, calling them liars, or insulting their positions on these (admittedly) trivial matters.
I evaluate the efforts of all these manufacturers more fairly than most, lauding them for their successes and criticizing them for their stumbles... as I feel justified in doing given that it's my money I've spent on their wares.
Show me one post from the past couple of weeks where you've had something laudable to say about Apple.
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What a bilious response...
Sorry. Didn't mean it that way. Shouldn't have said "boring" I guess.
Remarkable, just remarkable.
Ballmer has absolutely no clue how the iPad happened. Love it or hate it, iPad is the culmination of leveraged technologies dating back to NeXT. Mac OS X, iMac, iPod, Front Row, and of course iPhone all had a part in it. Ballmer IS completely lost if he thinks a "Job One" crash program will produce a serious competitor.
Anyway, a death-marched "Windows 7 Tablet" should bring some good yucks when it finally shows up.
LOL... Ballmer had no clue how the iPhone happened. One day Apple had "the most expensive phone with no market share" (chortled Ballmer, famously), and then 3 years later, Microsoft is cancelling the Kin and watching Win Mobile 6 slide into oblivion while they furiously try to knock off the iPhone experience with a Zune Phone Series 7 Series Series. All hoping that it doesn't suffer the same fate as the Palm webOS.
tab lets are a waste of time.
the microsoft SURFACE is going to take the computing industry by storm!
everyone wants their computer to be a big ass table, not a handheld device.
when will apple realize this and start making hardware the size of dining room tables?
The thing with netbook is, it really is just a cheap underpowered laptop. You need very little tweaking in order to get windows to work with it. As for tablets, you cannot just add touch controls and expect it to work. You cannot just replace the mouse with your finger.
Conversely... as the rather content owner/user of an Apple iPad 64/WiFi+3g, I can honestly say that it's really just an enlarged, overpriced iPod Touch lacking the convenience of being pocketable.
just goes to show that two simplistic points of view don't add up to much, really.
Frankly, that's all DaHarder has now, is basically thinly veiled trolling in every thread he posts in. I really don't think he's used an iPhone 4 or an iPad, but he's sure trying to say as many bad things about it as he can. My bet? If I didn't say anything now, when Android tablets come out, he'd be shamelessly praising them despite being an "oversized" Android device but having given iPad no credit.
As someone who has been very happily utilizing a fully-rooted Archos 5 IT/32gb, running Android 2.2 (Froyo), I can honestly say that's it's been a rather pleasant experience, hardly as 'refined' as my iPad but still smooth, convienient and fast.
It definitely comes in handy when my iPad/64gb is just too large, my iPod Touch/64gb is too small, or my Lenovo S10-3t is just too much of a real computer to suit my needs.
(pictured above are my iPad 64/WiFi+3g, Archos 5IT/32gb, iPod Touch 64gb, and Lenovo S10-3t Windows 7 Tablet Convertible).
Oh Really... ?
Then I Guess the Absolute Truth Is Tiresome Then, as here's a pic (taken only minutes ago) of my iMac 27/i7, MacBook Pro 13, iPad 64/WiFi+3g, Apple iPhone 3GS (work phone), iPod Nano/16gb, iPod Touch/64gb... etc.
Understand, I own many more 'Apple' products, but this should be more than enough to make clear just how silly it is to make sweeping assumptions about matters for which you know absolutely nothing.
Enjoy... as I sure do enjoy my iPad - ;-)
If those pictures indeed represent stuff that that you bought and now own and use -- which, I doubt -- all I can say is, you're just not a sadist, but a sadomasochist!
It takes all kinds, I guess.......
Whatever works for you. But still, you're tiresome. And predictable.
They MISSED THE BOAT ON NETBOOKS COMPLETELY, with VISTA UNABLE TO RUN ON THEM, so netbooks had to come with Linux or Windows XP on them - At the time, a 6 or 7 year-old operating system. MANUFACTURERS HAS TO STRUGGLE WITH MICROSOFT SOFTWARE to get it to run on netbooks - it was a hindrance, not a help!
BULL F---ING SHIT, Mr. Balmer.
Bulls---.
So mad at the monkey-man.
Here is a very thoughtful article on Balmer/MS from today's WSJ...
It's rather short as far as WSJ articles go (good news for some on this board), very informative and I would really recommend it.
Plus, the 'monkey boy' insults are somewhat sophomoric and very tiresome!
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/...TEyNDkyWj.html
This article will be available to non-subscribers of the Online Journal for up to seven days.
Would be interested in what you guys and gals think of it! It's not very complementary either. Seems to say MS should stick to Windows OS, Office and Xbox.
Best
Let me know if the link doesn't work.
Like Ballmer, the WSJ unsurprisingly (it IS the WSJ) underestimates Apple when he writes " There's a reason new business models tend to be pioneered by new players." Apple is less than a year 'younger' than MS! Making excuses for MS isn't going to stop the time bomb under Ballmer's chair.
Here is a very thoughtful article on Balmer/MS from today's WSJ...
One day, all of a sudden perhaps, shareholders will decide they've been waiting for a train that will never come.
Good God, as in investment, MSFT has been dead money for ten years! The MSFT train left in 1995. It's not coming back.
It's rather short as far as WSJ articles go (good news for some on this board),
Just what are you trying to say christopher?
Oh Really... ?
Then I Guess the Absolute Truth Is Tiresome Then, as here's a pic (taken only minutes ago) of my iMac 27/i7, MacBook Pro 13, iPad 64/WiFi+3g, Apple iPhone 3GS (work phone), iPod Nano/16gb, iPod Touch/64gb... etc.
Understand, I own many more 'Apple' products, but this should be more than enough to make clear just how silly it is to make sweeping assumptions about matters for which you know absolutely nothing.
Enjoy... as I sure do enjoy my iPad - ;-)
I pegged you as a lying, piece of shit troll. You might be a piece of shit troll, but at least you're an honest one. Hats off....
If those pictures indeed represent stuff that that you bought and now own and use -- which, I doubt -- all I can say is, you're just not a sadist, but a sadomasochist!
It takes all kinds, I guess.......
Whatever works for you. But still, you're tiresome. And predictable.
The feeling is entirely mutual, but I don't take these matters quite as seriously as many in here by questioning people's integrity, calling them liars, or insulting their positions on these (admittedly) trivial matters.
I evaluate the efforts of all these manufacturers more fairly than most, lauding them for their successes and criticizing them for their stumbles... as I feel justified in doing given that it's my money I've spent on their wares.
You were late to the dance with a series of three products the last of which finally stuck. You're lucky, not good.
Then stop producing sh*t.
Then again, may Ballmer continue at the helm of Microjunk for years to come.
Oh Really... ?
Then I Guess the Absolute Truth Is Tiresome Then, as here's a pic (taken only minutes ago) of my iMac 27/i7, MacBook Pro 13, iPad 64/WiFi+3g, Apple iPhone 3GS (work phone), iPod Nano/16gb, iPod Touch/64gb... etc.
Understand, I own many more 'Apple' products, but this should be more than enough to make clear just how silly it is to make sweeping assumptions about matters for which you know absolutely nothing.
Enjoy... as I sure do enjoy my iPad - ;-)
So you're just a really confused troll?
So you're just a really confused troll?
Most likely just someone with a truly well-rounded perspective
Steve Ballmer: 'Apple sold more iPads than I'd like them to sell'
Then stop producing sh*t.
Then again, may Ballmer continue at the helm of Microjunk for years to come.
Speaking of sh*t, they sure laid an egg with the Kin, didn't they?
200 units? That's an even bigger dud than the great Ryan Leaf.
The feeling is entirely mutual, but I don't take these matters quite as seriously as many in here by questioning people's integrity, calling them liars, or insulting their positions on these (admittedly) trivial matters.
I evaluate the efforts of all these manufacturers more fairly than most, lauding them for their successes and criticizing them for their stumbles... as I feel justified in doing given that it's my money I've spent on their wares.
Show me one post from the past couple of weeks where you've had something laudable to say about Apple.
Give it your best shot.