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It may feel a bit weird at first, but really, it's sorta like reading webpages of a normal A4 sheet of paper. And we should be pretty used to that. The iPad haven't been around for so long.
Apple was ready to have new products that cannibalized the old ones. If Intel had the same courage, they'd be in a far better position today.
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> The touchscreen solves my long standing problem with using laptops - I find touchpads nearly unusable. Have you used a macbook running OS X before? I find the touchpad handling much better in OS X than I do in Windows so would be interesting to know what sort of touchpad you're comparing to.
Yes, the MacBook's touch pad is significantly , significantly better than most other PC laptop touchpads. I don't need a mouse when using a MacBook. I can't use a PC laptop without a mouse. I suspect its a combination of better hardware and better software (I bet Microsoft doesn't write the touchpad interpretation code, its done by the individual hardware makers and so will be total crap).
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I am British! I haven't used imperial for at least 15 years apart from for speed limits, which I ignore anyway.
Having growing up in a metric country and lived in Britain I must admit its very nice having 60miles per equalling 60 minutes of driving for long trips. Being able to say "I'm 45 miles away from X I'll be there in 45 minutes" without having to do recalculate each time you pass a road sign makes trips all the more pleasant.
This would save gas too.
I'm surprised he likes photo passwords. What's the point of a password if you give it away to everyone around you every time you unlock? (Maybe Jeff has never had co-workers who like to play pranks...)
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People from the US use US measurements, surprisingly.
Yes and look where that got you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter
The problem with the MCO disaster wasn't mixing up units, it was a sub-contractor failing to follow a specification properly, which can happen for any number of reasons. Also, it's not the only way that such missions can fail. Let us remember that since the mid-90s there have been 2 failed US Mars missions as well as a failed European mission (the Beagle 2 lander), a failed Japanese mission, and 2 failed Russian missions. As well as one and only one successful European mission and 8 successful US missions.
Why does everyone still have to use imperial/US measurements. Metric please or I have to break out the calculator.