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I always thought they were really cool.
Though admittedly this might just be nostalgia as a DEC server running Digital UNIX was the first system I got to write "real" software on as an adult.
Thinkpad T60 series. 4:3 screen, great keyboard, thinklight and trackpoint.
Full keyboard flip phones. That old Env3 might be the handiest phone I ever owned.
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Yeah this one surprises me. A generic card/db app... tempted to do it myself. A self-contained, no-fuss flexible thing, maybe with a few extras like calendar based events etc. Access I spose is close, buts its awful, and Microsoft.
I slowly working in something alike: A relational lang: http://tablam.org Eventually, the idea is have a FoxPro-like experience.
Piggybacking on a SQLite backend was also how I have envisioned it ... very interesting project!
The Zune (media players) and Windows Phone (upto 8, not even 8.1). The fluid interface with focus on readability and content. The photos app was amazing. Live tiles are amazing. The music player and it's live tile was amazing. The performance was the same whether on a low end budget phone or the top of the line model. So many good ui and ux decisions like the lack of hamburger menus and placement of all menu items al…
With 5 keystrokes you could see what kind of hardware you were running. Very handy to open a support case with a simple copy and paste.
SGI IRIX was the second Unix I learnt. Cool OS, Cool Desktop, and I miss the blue SGI Indy box my boss had... and that I inherited when he left the company.
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> This is in contrast to google where searches return things that don't even contain your keywords. This has become so frustrating as of late, especially when you search for something like "c++ map" and it decides to completely ignore the "c++" part of your search, leaving you with pages of actual maps. Slightly exaggerated example since I can't remember any concrete ones off the top of my head, but the actual situat…
I just did a Google search on “c++ map” and didn’t see the behavior you describe.
The ThinkPad 25 Anniversary Edition is a step in good direction but Lenovo does not plan to introduce more of them.
Same with Dell D630 with extended battery that was in front and server well as palm rest, very nice piece of hardware.
Same with ThinkPad X301.
Not to mention SparcBook or PowerBook ...