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IRecognition: I am no longer Apple's Target Market

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Re: IRecognition: I am no longer Apple's Target Market

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Post by Tloewald »

bitcartel wrote: post #213
Tloewald wrote: post #158

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Having a proprietary networking system when no-one else has any networking is hardly a crime. Sticking with it a little too long? Not a crime. Likewise graphics APIs. (Which platform has non-proprietary 2D APIs?) QuickDraw 3D's problem wasn't that it was proprietary, it was that it sucked. Likewise QuickTime video. You do realize (a) it was first, and (b) Apple licensed the architecture to the MPEG folk (MP4's contai…

Sun, SGI, Commodore and IBM stopped making personal computers... so yes, Apple compares very well indeed!

My point is that everyone used proprietary connectors, it's just some became perceived as non-proprietary because they got lucky. Even today you probably see PS2 (proprietary IBM) mouse and keyboard sockets on a PC backplane. Apple went to the ADB/S-video option with the Mac SE (oh and the serial keyboard cable was a phone cord now that I think about it).

Re: IRecognition: I am no longer Apple's Target Market

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Post by primitur »

hollerith wrote: post #218
primitur wrote: post #121

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I've been trying to kick the Apple habit since I got my first tiBook, which was the _revelation_ for me at the time, that Apple of all people were producing the Unix laptop, and also making the physicality of the thing badass. So, in my effort to stay true to my Unix'ish roots, I've gotten a Motorola Lapdock real cheap, its at least as comfy as a macbook Air, and I'm plugging in things like .. raspberryPi, MK802/808…

Which Lapdock? The 500?

I'm using the Lapdock Atrix, but yeah, same thing as the 500 basically. I really think Lapdock+PC-On-Stick is my new direction, away from the Apple Hegemony. It is simply amazing being able to carry my Ubuntu workstation with me in my pocket, plug into big screen/&etc., or use the lapdock on train rides (typical laptop use case for me personally) to do extra work. Its truly neat. I hope it happens mainstream..

Re: IRecognition: I am no longer Apple's Target Market

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Post by primitur »

vetinari wrote: post #202
primitur wrote: post #122

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If I have to buy another laptop again, it'll be a Thinkpad. Nice to hear its solid.

I switched about 3 years back. I was using PB12 then and PowerPC was already on its way out. I figured that if I have to get new software anyway, I may switch the platforms as well. The Thinkpad T400 I got is still a good machine, 3 years later. So good, that my brother bought himself Thinkpad X230 and is satisfied as well.

I hear it. I'm a stickler for comfort and design, so I'll be going for the thinnest, slabbiest, least-dent-prone thinkpad I can find when the time comes. I really do insist on the slab - i.e. as few indentations as possible - approach, so I hope its considered necessary, somewhere in the future, by Thinkpad designers ..

Re: IRecognition: I am no longer Apple's Target Market

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Post by primitur »

Terretta wrote: post #175
primitur wrote: post #121

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I've been trying to kick the Apple habit since I got my first tiBook, which was the _revelation_ for me at the time, that Apple of all people were producing the Unix laptop, and also making the physicality of the thing badass. So, in my effort to stay true to my Unix'ish roots, I've gotten a Motorola Lapdock real cheap, its at least as comfy as a macbook Air, and I'm plugging in things like .. raspberryPi, MK802/808…

> they /really/ lost me at the drop of the MacbookPro17" I feel your pain! It was the only laptop with enough screen real estate and power to work as a desktop on the road. But lately with the increasingly draconian carry-on restrictions I've downsized my luggage, and turns out my MPB17 just barely doesn't fit in a 16x13x7 bag (that fits in the new commuter jet regs). The MBPr15 fits, has more screen res, and is ligh…

Yeah I'm closely watching the tablet space, if I can get a 17" tablet with ultra-high res, plug in a PC-on-a-stick, and use a keyboard with it, I'll have my development machine again. I just can't really sit there for long on a 15" screen, its not wide-view enough for my liking .. and the MBP17" was, ultimately, my main machine. Oh well.

Re: IRecognition: I am no longer Apple's Target Market

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Post by hollerith »

primitur wrote: post #232
hollerith wrote: post #218

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Which Lapdock? The 500?

I'm using the Lapdock Atrix, but yeah, same thing as the 500 basically. I really think Lapdock+PC-On-Stick is my new direction, away from the Apple Hegemony. It is simply amazing being able to carry my Ubuntu workstation with me in my pocket, plug into big screen/&etc., or use the lapdock on train rides (typical laptop use case for me personally) to do extra work. Its truly neat. I hope it happens mainstream..

Thank you for your reply.

>I really think Lapdock+PC-On-Stick is my new direction

Ideally an ARM-based PC-On-Stick or one with a beefier Intel or AMD processor?

(I am aware that the second option cannot be powered over the USB connection.)

Also, how does the video get from the PC-On-Stick to the Lapdock's display? does it go over a USB connection and then through DisplayLink hardware?

Re: IRecognition: I am no longer Apple's Target Market

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Post by primitur »

hollerith wrote: post #235
primitur wrote: post #232

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I'm using the Lapdock Atrix, but yeah, same thing as the 500 basically. I really think Lapdock+PC-On-Stick is my new direction, away from the Apple Hegemony. It is simply amazing being able to carry my Ubuntu workstation with me in my pocket, plug into big screen/&etc., or use the lapdock on train rides (typical laptop use case for me personally) to do extra work. Its truly neat. I hope it happens mainstream..

Thank you for your reply. >I really think Lapdock+PC-On-Stick is my new direction Ideally an ARM-based PC-On-Stick or one with a beefier Intel or AMD processor? (I am aware that the second option cannot be powered over the USB connection.) Also, how does the video get from the PC-On-Stick to the Lapdock's display? does it go over a USB connection and then through DisplayLink hardware?

As long as things keep going multi-core, ARM is going to be just fine for me. x86 compatability not such a need.. We've got Linode for that. ;)

Most PC-on-Sticks' use HDMI video output. I have a small dodgy cable rig to go from HDMI out to Lapdock HDMI in, but thats just because: Motorola. It could be quite feasible that Lapdock clones will arrive soon, with standard connectors..

Re: IRecognition: I am no longer Apple's Target Market

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Post by hollerith »

primitur wrote: post #236
hollerith wrote: post #235

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Thank you for your reply. >I really think Lapdock+PC-On-Stick is my new direction Ideally an ARM-based PC-On-Stick or one with a beefier Intel or AMD processor? (I am aware that the second option cannot be powered over the USB connection.) Also, how does the video get from the PC-On-Stick to the Lapdock's display? does it go over a USB connection and then through DisplayLink hardware?

As long as things keep going multi-core, ARM is going to be just fine for me. x86 compatability not such a need.. We've got Linode for that. ;) Most PC-on-Sticks' use HDMI video output. I have a small dodgy cable rig to go from HDMI out to Lapdock HDMI in, but thats just because: Motorola. It could be quite feasible that Lapdock clones will arrive soon, with standard connectors..

The screen on your Lapdock is 11.6 inches, innit?

Re: IRecognition: I am no longer Apple's Target Market

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Post by primitur »

hollerith wrote: post #237
primitur wrote: post #236

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As long as things keep going multi-core, ARM is going to be just fine for me. x86 compatability not such a need.. We've got Linode for that. ;) Most PC-on-Sticks' use HDMI video output. I have a small dodgy cable rig to go from HDMI out to Lapdock HDMI in, but thats just because: Motorola. It could be quite feasible that Lapdock clones will arrive soon, with standard connectors..

The screen on your Lapdock is 11.6 inches, innit?

Yup. I'd be sure happy to find a 17" version one day. ;)

Re: IRecognition: I am no longer Apple's Target Market

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Post by psionski »

jusben1369 wrote: post #109
psionski wrote: post #77

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The thing that's been keeping me from buying an Apple device is being associated with their users. This "better than you" attitude is something I just can't stand, it's repulsive. Instead of being ashamed that they wasted $3000 on a computer they could have had for $500 (and could have donated the other $2500), they feel smug about it? WTF!

I'm not sure HN does humour well. I suspect that was a little tongue in cheek.

Not at all, I really dislike people that think that just because they bought something expensive, they have rights to brag about how cool they are and how lost everyone else is. The most recent example: a friend of mine posts "Oh, no! My laptop died!", to which a Mac user comments with "That's why I bought a MacBook Pro!". When I mentioned that they fail too, he began talking about the grapes being sour and how poor I am?! I would never want to be associated with people thinking this way, ever. I bet they don't even know what a savings account is.
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