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]]> By: HawkA http://www.windows7news.com/2009/12/31/apple-shares-at-a-high-on-tablet-speculation/comment-page-2/#comment-47389 HawkA Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:49:17 +0000 http://windows7news.com/2009/12/31/apple-shares-at-a-high-on-tablet-speculation/#comment-47389 On touch screen support and handwriting recognition:<br>OSX had handwriting recognition and graphic tablet support built-into the OS since 2002-2003(i think). Touch screen controls overlayed over the existing UI of operating systems is not the right way to go about it. that would be a 'hack', a 'bandaid' just to be able to have a bullet point on the retail box of the product.<br><br>The 'right' way(imo) would be the way they did it with the iPhone. compare the UI elements of the iPhone with the old Windows Mobile....things like buttons, scrolling, the way the characters pop out when you type on the iPhone, the magnifying glass when you move the cursor, even the way you downloand/buy and install new apps, etc....thats the way it *should* be. if all Apple had done was taken the OSX human-interface guidlines, and replicated it with touch controls of the iPhone, that would have been a failure in design.(i think some other companies have tried to do this and failed thus far, which is why they are trying to replicate the iPhone).<br><br>As far as laptops:<br>battery life, volume and weight matter. as a student i found lugging my 15" powerbook around hard, i cant even fathom how my friends with dells and toshibas felt.<br><br>I'd gladly pay more for a laptop which is thinner, lighter and has more batter life than for one which is bigger, heavier and beefier. if i want desktop leve performance i'll get a desktop.<br><br>As far as "the lacklustre launch of Snow Leopard garnered significant criticism from the press"....considering this is Apple's most succesful OS launch, i wouldnt take that statement seriously. And considering that the kernel, APIs and development IDE are the same for the MacOS and iPhoneOS, i'd say they're all 'Macs' ...... technically. On touch screen support and handwriting recognition:
OSX had handwriting recognition and graphic tablet support built-into the OS since 2002-2003(i think). Touch screen controls overlayed over the existing UI of operating systems is not the right way to go about it. that would be a 'hack', a 'bandaid' just to be able to have a bullet point on the retail box of the product.

The 'right' way(imo) would be the way they did it with the iPhone. compare the UI elements of the iPhone with the old Windows Mobile….things like buttons, scrolling, the way the characters pop out when you type on the iPhone, the magnifying glass when you move the cursor, even the way you downloand/buy and install new apps, etc….thats the way it *should* be. if all Apple had done was taken the OSX human-interface guidlines, and replicated it with touch controls of the iPhone, that would have been a failure in design.(i think some other companies have tried to do this and failed thus far, which is why they are trying to replicate the iPhone).

As far as laptops:
battery life, volume and weight matter. as a student i found lugging my 15″ powerbook around hard, i cant even fathom how my friends with dells and toshibas felt.

I'd gladly pay more for a laptop which is thinner, lighter and has more batter life than for one which is bigger, heavier and beefier. if i want desktop leve performance i'll get a desktop.

As far as “the lacklustre launch of Snow Leopard garnered significant criticism from the press”….considering this is Apple's most succesful OS launch, i wouldnt take that statement seriously. And considering that the kernel, APIs and development IDE are the same for the MacOS and iPhoneOS, i'd say they're all 'Macs' …… technically.

]]> By: HawkA http://www.windows7news.com/2009/12/31/apple-shares-at-a-high-on-tablet-speculation/comment-page-2/#comment-46124 HawkA Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:49:17 +0000 http://windows7news.com/2009/12/31/apple-shares-at-a-high-on-tablet-speculation/#comment-46124 On touch screen support and handwriting recognition:<br>OSX had handwriting recognition and graphic tablet support built-into the OS since 2002-2003(i think). Touch screen controls overlayed over the existing UI of operating systems is not the right way to go about it. that would be a 'hack', a 'bandaid' just to be able to have a bullet point on the retail box of the product.<br><br>The 'right' way(imo) would be the way they did it with the iPhone. compare the UI elements of the iPhone with the old Windows Mobile....things like buttons, scrolling, the way the characters pop out when you type on the iPhone, the magnifying glass when you move the cursor, even the way you downloand/buy and install new apps, etc....thats the way it *should* be. if all Apple had done was taken the OSX human-interface guidlines, and replicated it with touch controls of the iPhone, that would have been a failure in design.(i think some other companies have tried to do this and failed thus far, which is why they are trying to replicate the iPhone).<br><br>As far as laptops:<br>battery life, volume and weight matter. as a student i found lugging my 15" powerbook around hard, i cant even fathom how my friends with dells and toshibas felt.<br><br>I'd gladly pay more for a laptop which is thinner, lighter and has more batter life than for one which is bigger, heavier and beefier. if i want desktop leve performance i'll get a desktop.<br><br>As far as "the lacklustre launch of Snow Leopard garnered significant criticism from the press"....considering this is Apple's most succesful OS launch, i wouldnt take that statement seriously. And considering that the kernel, APIs and development IDE are the same for the MacOS and iPhoneOS, i'd say they're all 'Macs' ...... technically. On touch screen support and handwriting recognition:
OSX had handwriting recognition and graphic tablet support built-into the OS since 2002-2003(i think). Touch screen controls overlayed over the existing UI of operating systems is not the right way to go about it. that would be a 'hack', a 'bandaid' just to be able to have a bullet point on the retail box of the product.

The 'right' way(imo) would be the way they did it with the iPhone. compare the UI elements of the iPhone with the old Windows Mobile….things like buttons, scrolling, the way the characters pop out when you type on the iPhone, the magnifying glass when you move the cursor, even the way you downloand/buy and install new apps, etc….thats the way it *should* be. if all Apple had done was taken the OSX human-interface guidlines, and replicated it with touch controls of the iPhone, that would have been a failure in design.(i think some other companies have tried to do this and failed thus far, which is why they are trying to replicate the iPhone).

As far as laptops:
battery life, volume and weight matter. as a student i found lugging my 15″ powerbook around hard, i cant even fathom how my friends with dells and toshibas felt.

I'd gladly pay more for a laptop which is thinner, lighter and has more batter life than for one which is bigger, heavier and beefier. if i want desktop leve performance i'll get a desktop.

As far as “the lacklustre launch of Snow Leopard garnered significant criticism from the press”….considering this is Apple's most succesful OS launch, i wouldnt take that statement seriously. And considering that the kernel, APIs and development IDE are the same for the MacOS and iPhoneOS, i'd say they're all 'Macs' …… technically.

]]> By: chieftain20 http://www.windows7news.com/2009/12/31/apple-shares-at-a-high-on-tablet-speculation/comment-page-2/#comment-46043 chieftain20 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:06:18 +0000 http://windows7news.com/2009/12/31/apple-shares-at-a-high-on-tablet-speculation/#comment-46043 Well I was just shooting out some numbers here, but really in all seriousness, when will you ever be using a laptop actually working on it for more than 5 hours without having the accessibility to plug in to an outlet somewhere? I own an Asus G51 with a 9 cell battery and it only weighs 7lbs. And I can normally get about 4 hours of use out of it before it dies. And that's a gaming laptop.<br> <br>And Alienware really isn't all that it is bragged out to be. If you know what to get (and know what you are doing) you can outbuild an Alienware. It's more just bragging rights than anything. "Hey, I own an Alienware!" Me: "Wow I don't care, and you paid <strong>way</strong> too much for it." Well I was just shooting out some numbers here, but really in all seriousness, when will you ever be using a laptop actually working on it for more than 5 hours without having the accessibility to plug in to an outlet somewhere? I own an Asus G51 with a 9 cell battery and it only weighs 7lbs. And I can normally get about 4 hours of use out of it before it dies. And that's a gaming laptop.

And Alienware really isn't all that it is bragged out to be. If you know what to get (and know what you are doing) you can outbuild an Alienware. It's more just bragging rights than anything. “Hey, I own an Alienware!” Me: “Wow I don't care, and you paid way too much for it.”

]]> By: bobab http://www.windows7news.com/2009/12/31/apple-shares-at-a-high-on-tablet-speculation/comment-page-2/#comment-46026 bobab Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:46:29 +0000 http://windows7news.com/2009/12/31/apple-shares-at-a-high-on-tablet-speculation/#comment-46026 According to consumerreports.org, "We’ve yet to see a Windows laptop with battery life longer than 7 hours, unless we add an extended battery to the system ... Our current Ratings of laptop computers (available to subscribers) also details several recently-tested Windows notebooks that also run for more than 5 hours, but those used an extended battery"<http://blogs.consumerreports.org/electronics/2009/04/acer-laptop-claims-8hour-battery-life.html> It'll cost you more for an extended battery, add more weight and produce more heat. Most that claims 9+ are netbooks which have smaller screens not regular laptops like MacBooks which does not need and no option for extended battery. According to consumerreports.org, “We’ve yet to see a Windows laptop with battery life longer than 7 hours, unless we add an extended battery to the system … Our current Ratings of laptop computers (available to subscribers) also details several recently-tested Windows notebooks that also run for more than 5 hours, but those used an extended battery”<http://blogs.consumerreports.org/electronics/2009/04/acer-laptop-claims-8hour-battery-life.html&gt; It'll cost you more for an extended battery, add more weight and produce more heat. Most that claims 9+ are netbooks which have smaller screens not regular laptops like MacBooks which does not need and no option for extended battery.

]]> By: chieftain20 http://www.windows7news.com/2009/12/31/apple-shares-at-a-high-on-tablet-speculation/comment-page-1/#comment-45982 chieftain20 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:28:03 +0000 http://windows7news.com/2009/12/31/apple-shares-at-a-high-on-tablet-speculation/#comment-45982 "OS Xi"! Its the next new thing from Mac's! They are holding back for their new OS! They are putting "i" in practically everything they are selling now, so why not put one after their OS? Makes some sense too: X = 10, XI = 11, Xi = 11 too, just with the "i" instead of "I". X3 “OS Xi”! Its the next new thing from Mac's! They are holding back for their new OS! They are putting “i” in practically everything they are selling now, so why not put one after their OS? Makes some sense too: X = 10, XI = 11, Xi = 11 too, just with the “i” instead of “I”. X3

]]> By: chieftain20 http://www.windows7news.com/2009/12/31/apple-shares-at-a-high-on-tablet-speculation/comment-page-1/#comment-45981 chieftain20 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:23:57 +0000 http://windows7news.com/2009/12/31/apple-shares-at-a-high-on-tablet-speculation/#comment-45981 Actually quite a few laptops run with 9 hours+ battery life and several more have the LED screen's. And since you'll be spending $2000+ on that awesome MacBook, then have to buy W7 and put on it $2100 now, why don't you save yourself some time and buy a laptop with W7 pre-installed that has a Quad-core processor, and possibly a GTX 280 SLI graphics card, and a 9 cell battery that comes with it, and still have about $600 to spare. Or you can just go the way that MacBooks are and spend roughly $1600 on a laptop that is sleek, long battery life, and has an LED screen? Search around, you'll find them. Actually quite a few laptops run with 9 hours+ battery life and several more have the LED screen's. And since you'll be spending $2000+ on that awesome MacBook, then have to buy W7 and put on it $2100 now, why don't you save yourself some time and buy a laptop with W7 pre-installed that has a Quad-core processor, and possibly a GTX 280 SLI graphics card, and a 9 cell battery that comes with it, and still have about $600 to spare. Or you can just go the way that MacBooks are and spend roughly $1600 on a laptop that is sleek, long battery life, and has an LED screen? Search around, you'll find them.

]]> By: bob http://www.windows7news.com/2009/12/31/apple-shares-at-a-high-on-tablet-speculation/comment-page-1/#comment-45857 bob Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:20:33 +0000 http://windows7news.com/2009/12/31/apple-shares-at-a-high-on-tablet-speculation/#comment-45857 Perhaps, but as the author said Microsoft pushed really hard to get Windows 7 pushed via laptops. As far as I can see, Mac laptops are engineered way more efficiently than Windows laptops. If I had the cash to go buy another laptop, I would buy a macbook and put Windows 7 on it. What laptops do you know of have amazing battery life and an LED laptop screen? Perhaps, but as the author said Microsoft pushed really hard to get Windows 7 pushed via laptops. As far as I can see, Mac laptops are engineered way more efficiently than Windows laptops. If I had the cash to go buy another laptop, I would buy a macbook and put Windows 7 on it. What laptops do you know of have amazing battery life and an LED laptop screen?

]]> By: Mike http://www.windows7news.com/2009/12/31/apple-shares-at-a-high-on-tablet-speculation/comment-page-1/#comment-45851 Mike Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:17:56 +0000 http://windows7news.com/2009/12/31/apple-shares-at-a-high-on-tablet-speculation/#comment-45851 Chrome won't be a danger. There are too many 1st world countries (e.g. Australia) where internet access and bandwidth are simply too expensive to invest in an OS that lives completely in the cloud. Chrome won't be a danger. There are too many 1st world countries (e.g. Australia) where internet access and bandwidth are simply too expensive to invest in an OS that lives completely in the cloud.

]]> By: iMatt http://www.windows7news.com/2009/12/31/apple-shares-at-a-high-on-tablet-speculation/comment-page-1/#comment-45840 iMatt Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:09:11 +0000 http://windows7news.com/2009/12/31/apple-shares-at-a-high-on-tablet-speculation/#comment-45840 I bet you other companies will copy Apple with this tablet like they did the iPhone. Apple is keeping the interest in technology alive, because they know their stuff when it comes to consumer products and what people need, so do not underestimate Apple with the tablet.<br>Oh and OS X Snow Leopard got a lot of good press and outdoing Windows once more along with an increase in sales over Leopard. I bet you other companies will copy Apple with this tablet like they did the iPhone. Apple is keeping the interest in technology alive, because they know their stuff when it comes to consumer products and what people need, so do not underestimate Apple with the tablet.
Oh and OS X Snow Leopard got a lot of good press and outdoing Windows once more along with an increase in sales over Leopard.

]]> By: Admin_RobertCity http://www.windows7news.com/2009/12/31/apple-shares-at-a-high-on-tablet-speculation/comment-page-1/#comment-45839 Admin_RobertCity Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:58:08 +0000 http://windows7news.com/2009/12/31/apple-shares-at-a-high-on-tablet-speculation/#comment-45839 Apple will just blame Microsoft. Apple will just blame Microsoft.

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