In article <63tiv2lnotabn9v6648p0pdps7okq4stoh@4ax.com>,
John Navas <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:38:08 -0700, Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote
> in <labolide-F85925.08380815032007@news.giganews.com>:
>
> >In article <ssihv25l3ov7grdoaqfvujlod4t5h78e7p@4ax.com>,
> > John Navas <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:50:40 -0700, Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote
> >> in <labolide-1CEFEE.18504014032007@news.giganews.com>:
> >>
> >> >In article <d64hv2pn5fms2j5je4b06i6ruhs34me10m@4ax.com>,
> >> > John Navas <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:14:17 -0700, Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com>
> >> >> wrote
> >> >> in <labolide-FF23DC.17141714032007@news.giganews.com>:
> >> >>
> >> >> >In article <U_Kdnc1i279IEGXYnZ2dnUVZ_oavnZ2d@adelphia.com>,
> >> >> > Scott <how.do@you.do> wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > and happily awaiting an iPhone.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Good- let me know how the Flinstone technology works for you. I'd
> >> >> >> rather
> >> >> >> have cutting-edge technology for that price rather than a repackage
> >> >> >> of
> >> >> >> at
> >> >> >> least ten less-than-$200 phones that I can think of.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >I'd rather carry just one phone.
> >> >>
> >> >> I'd rather have a real phone than vaporware, and I'd rather have an
> >> >> HSDPA phone than an expensive music player.
> >> >
> >> >Yes, we know... ;-)
> >> >
> >> >Never owned a Mac recently, have you?
> >>
> >> My rather extensive hardware inventory includes gear from most of the
> >> major vendors, Apple included.
> >
> >You own and use a Mac computer?
>
> What part of what I wrote was unclear?
Ambiguous answer. You made it sound like you might have a Mac peripheral
plugged to a PC.
>
> My practice is to use the best tool for the job at hand. For some of my
> professional work, that will be Solaris on a Sun workstation. For other
> things, that will be Windows, BSD, or Linux on an Intel machine. For
> still other things, that will be a Mac, especially when my client is
> using Macs. (For what it's worth, my personal machine of choice is
> Windows XP with guest BSD and Linux on an IBM ThinkPad T41.)
Which Mac?
>
> Regardless, the characteristics of current Macs have no real bearing the
> upcoming iPhone -- the iPod is probably more relevant, although only
> partially relevant. Only time will tell how well the iPhone measures up
> to and will do against offerings from established major cellular
> manufacturers. I would frankly be surprised if the iPhone amounts to
> more than a niche product, with small market share like the Mac (not the
> iPod). Or was that what you meant? 
The same was said by a few when the iPod came out.
I'll let you know how it works when I get mine. The current "major
offerings" are dismal. The industry needed a shakeup.
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