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Apple iPad: Who's In?
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 2:59 PM
KWICKO
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:12 PM
NAVYSEILS
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:16 PM
RUE
I have a vote and I'm not afraid to use it!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 4:14 PM
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 4:23 PM
PHOENIXROSE
You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 4:49 PM
FREMDFIRMA
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 5:05 PM
Thursday, January 28, 2010 7:38 AM
ZEEK
Thursday, January 28, 2010 7:58 AM
FREELANCERTEX
Thursday, January 28, 2010 8:55 AM
JONGSSTRAW
Thursday, January 28, 2010 10:56 AM
Quote:Originally posted by freelancertex: Trying to type on a touchpad like that would annoy the shit outta me. I'm used to feeling the keys and I type very fast. That alone would make me not get it. I'm happy with conventional laptops (and I don't like Macs) Edit: that, and the fact that the keyboard would take up half the screen...sorry, no. I already have mediocre vision. Can it really only run one application at a time? Ouch. ] Haven't heard anything about how many apps it'll run at once, but my current MacBook easily runs 6-8 apps simultaneously. I have a habit of starting up every application I'm likely to be using that day, and leaving them in the background in case I need them. Word, Excel, Photoshop, Illustrator, Safari, Firefox, Stickies, iTunes, a CD/DVD labelmaker layout program, etc., are usually up and running at any given moment, just in case I need 'em. Never noticed any big slowdowns running those. As for the keyboard, that's my one big worry about it. But it's certainly no worse than the crap keypads on BlackBerry devices and their ilk, or my ridiculously unusable phone (LG Chocolate). If I got the iPad, I'd doubtless get one of the tiny bluetooth Mac keyboards, or one of the even niftier roll-up neoprene ones. As for having a stand, I thought this leather "datebook" style case was pretty nifty, in that it's a stand as well, and will also hold a small external keyboard, from the looks of it. Mike Work is the curse of the Drinking Class. - Oscar Wilde
Thursday, January 28, 2010 11:35 AM
STORYMARK
Friday, January 29, 2010 4:46 AM
GEEZER
Keep the Shiny side up
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Actually, Frem, that's kind of my one big worry about the thing: the lack of a "real" keyboard. I'm hell on a keyboard, typing 75wpm or more without thinking about it. But put me on one of those tiny texting phones, even with a QWERTY layout, and I'm a slug. My index finger doesn't know where "Q" is; my PINKIE does!
Friday, January 29, 2010 4:51 AM
Friday, January 29, 2010 5:26 AM
PIZMOBEACH
... fully loaded, safety off...
Friday, January 29, 2010 5:42 AM
Friday, January 29, 2010 6:41 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Does your laptop have a phone?
Friday, January 29, 2010 6:46 AM
Friday, January 29, 2010 7:09 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: ...when I couldn't get a signal right here in Austin...
Friday, January 29, 2010 7:24 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Zeek: Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: ...when I couldn't get a signal right here in Austin... *thread jack* Austin you say? Have you done anything with the Austin browncoats?
Friday, January 29, 2010 7:47 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: I haven't. But that's mostly because I'm quite a social maladroit. :) I'm really not comfortable in crowds. And yet I love a happening. It's a paradox, I know...
Friday, January 29, 2010 9:01 AM
Friday, January 29, 2010 9:07 AM
Friday, January 29, 2010 10:17 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Zeek: Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: I haven't. But that's mostly because I'm quite a social maladroit. :) I'm really not comfortable in crowds. And yet I love a happening. It's a paradox, I know... How big of a crowd makes you uncomfortable? We've had some get togethers with less than 10 people in attendance. Plus they're all really friendly. You should at least go to first Sunday sometime. Every first Sunday of the month a get together to watch an episode of Firefly. What could be bad about that? You can keep up with what's going on here: http://www.austinbrowncoats.com/forum/index.php Uh...you could even view that on an iPad (lame attempt at relevance to the thread) ok /thread jack
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