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Re; Embracing the PC
News_WIN_AUT_PaulThurrott_70x91 By Paul Thurrott I know the year isn't quite over yet, but if there's one thing I'm really happy about—excited for, really—in 2014, it's the resurgence of the PC. After three years of coping with the notion that mobile devices like smart phones and tablets could somehow replace PCs, we now have a more nuanced view. And the funny thing is, it took the rise of these mobile devices to drive home how relevant PCs really are. When it introduced the Surface Pro 3 back in June, Microsoft's Panos Panay spoke to this changing understanding of the market. Everyone thought the iPad was going to kill the PC, Panay said at the time. But in the quarter that had just ended, the iPad—once Apple's fastest-growing product of all time—had suffered its first-ever year-over-year sales shortfall. Then it happened again in the next quarter too. And according to IDC, Apple will sell fewer iPads in all of 2014 than it did in the previous year, and overall tablet sales are slowing to a crawl in 2014 after a feverish 50+ growth rate the year before. More... http://kinoplex.gazeta.pl/kinoplex/2...zawskie_021214 |
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On 12/02/2014 02:15 PM, McGregor wrote:
Re; Embracing the PC News_WIN_AUT_PaulThurrott_70x91 By Paul Thurrott I know the year isn't quite over yet, but if there's one thing I'm really happy about—excited for, really—in 2014, it's the resurgence of the PC. After three years of coping with the notion that mobile devices like smart phones and tablets could somehow replace PCs, we now have a more nuanced view. And the funny thing is, it took the rise of these mobile devices to drive home how relevant PCs really are. snip I never bothered to get a smart-phone (or even a dumb phone). I absolutely need a real keyboard, a real mouse and a real monitor. When I'm at home I use my computer a lot and when I go out for coffee or dinner, the last thing I need to do is be on-line, check my email or take phone calls. |
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On 12/2/2014 2:26 PM, philo wrote:
On 12/02/2014 02:15 PM, McGregor wrote: Re; Embracing the PC News_WIN_AUT_PaulThurrott_70x91 By Paul Thurrott I know the year isn't quite over yet, but if there's one thing I'm really happy about—excited for, really—in 2014, it's the resurgence of the PC. After three years of coping with the notion that mobile devices like smart phones and tablets could somehow replace PCs, we now have a more nuanced view. And the funny thing is, it took the rise of these mobile devices to drive home how relevant PCs really are. snip I never bothered to get a smart-phone (or even a dumb phone). I absolutely need a real keyboard, a real mouse and a real monitor. When I'm at home I use my computer a lot and when I go out for coffee or dinner, the last thing I need to do is be on-line, check my email or take phone calls. +++++, Right on, A man after my own heart. Regards, Rene |
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"philo " wrote in message ...
On 12/02/2014 02:15 PM, McGregor wrote: Re; Embracing the PC News_WIN_AUT_PaulThurrott_70x91 By Paul Thurrott I know the year isn't quite over yet, but if there's one thing I'm really happy about—excited for, really—in 2014, it's the resurgence of the PC. After three years of coping with the notion that mobile devices like smart phones and tablets could somehow replace PCs, we now have a more nuanced view. And the funny thing is, it took the rise of these mobile devices to drive home how relevant PCs really are. snip I never bothered to get a smart-phone (or even a dumb phone). I absolutely need a real keyboard, a real mouse and a real monitor. When I'm at home I use my computer a lot and when I go out for coffee or dinner, the last thing I need to do is be on-line, check my email or take phone calls. +1 :) -- Buffalo |
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"Buffalo" wrote in message
... "philo " wrote in message ... On 12/02/2014 02:15 PM, McGregor wrote: Re; Embracing the PC News_WIN_AUT_PaulThurrott_70x91 By Paul Thurrott I know the year isn't quite over yet, but if there's one thing I'm really happy about—excited for, really—in 2014, it's the resurgence of the PC. After three years of coping with the notion that mobile devices like smart phones and tablets could somehow replace PCs, we now have a more nuanced view. And the funny thing is, it took the rise of these mobile devices to drive home how relevant PCs really are. snip I never bothered to get a smart-phone (or even a dumb phone). I absolutely need a real keyboard, a real mouse and a real monitor. When I'm at home I use my computer a lot and when I go out for coffee or dinner, the last thing I need to do is be on-line, check my email or take phone calls. Smartphones have their place: for reading/sending emails, text messages or Skype messages when you are away from home - always assuming that you can get a decent mobile phone signal or can find a free wifi connection that you trust. The main thing I use my smartphone for (apart from as a phone, obviously) is as a satnav (using the free, offline Here software) and for plotting where I am and where I've been on a proper Ordnance Survey map (I don't regard Google maps as maps, more as crude diagrams). But for any serious use of a computer, I need a keyboard, a mouse and a large screen. And I need Windows so I can do proper selection and cutting/pasting that is either tedious or impossible in Android. I prefer a desktop PC to a laptop, but even a laptop is good enough (at a pinch) for "serious" computer work, whereas a smart phone will always be a toy for emergency use. |
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NY wrote on 12/2/2014 4:22 PM:
Smartphones have their place: for reading/sending emails, text messages or Skype messages when you are away from home - always assuming that you can get a decent mobile phone signal or can find a free wifi connection that you trust. The main thing I use my smartphone for (apart from as a phone, obviously) is as a satnav (using the free, offline Here software) and for plotting where I am and where I've been on a proper Ordnance Survey map (I don't regard Google maps as maps, more as crude diagrams). When you get old, you'll be happy to have a potable device that has your calendar, to-do lists, medical info etc at the ready. Remember the PDA? One lives inside a smartphone. :-) |
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On 12/02/2014 04:08 PM, Wolf K wrote:
snip When I'm at home I use my computer a lot and when I go out for coffee or dinner, the last thing I need to do is be on-line, check my email or take phone calls. +++++, Right on, A man after my own heart. Regards, Rene In general I agree, but occasionally the smartphone is nice to have. Such as when you want to check a fact, or send a photo while discussing a possible purchase (my daughter likes to do that ;-)). Also, older cellphones can't be easily reprogrammed to work overseas, not even for roaming, whereas with smart phones you just replace the sim card temporarily. Believe me, you feel lost without a phone in Europe. Found that out this summer, so I bought a smart phone. Galaxy S5. It's also a great camera. Have a good day, Maybe I should add: My wife has an iPhone so if I really needed to look something up I could. The GPS function is very useful |
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On 12/02/2014 03:22 PM, NY wrote:
snip Smartphones have their place: for reading/sending emails, text messages or Skype messages when you are away from home - always assuming that you can get a decent mobile phone signal or can find a free wifi connection that you trust. The main thing I use my smartphone for (apart from as a phone, obviously) is as a satnav (using the free, offline Here software) and for plotting where I am and where I've been on a proper Ordnance Survey map (I don't regard Google maps as maps, more as crude diagrams). But for any serious use of a computer, I need a keyboard, a mouse and a large screen. And I need Windows so I can do proper selection and cutting/pasting that is either tedious or impossible in Android. I prefer a desktop PC to a laptop, but even a laptop is good enough (at a pinch) for "serious" computer work, whereas a smart phone will always be a toy for emergency use. I do have a laptop which rarely gets used but when I do use it 98% of the time I plug in a mouse |
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On 12/02/2014 04:03 PM, Alek Trishan wrote:
NY wrote on 12/2/2014 4:22 PM: Smartphones have their place: for reading/sending emails, text messages or Skype messages when you are away from home - always assuming that you can get a decent mobile phone signal or can find a free wifi connection that you trust. The main thing I use my smartphone for (apart from as a phone, obviously) is as a satnav (using the free, offline Here software) and for plotting where I am and where I've been on a proper Ordnance Survey map (I don't regard Google maps as maps, more as crude diagrams). When you get old, you'll be happy to have a potable device that has your calendar, to-do lists, medical info etc at the ready. Remember the PDA? One lives inside a smartphone. :-) I'm 65 and retired a few years ago. Though I did have to get my knees replaced, thus far my medical record is extremely boring. No conditions, no medications not much of anything. Still have my to-do list on a piece of paper and though I've had a computer for 14 years, my address book is a bunch of scraps of paper thrown into a box. I /was/ going to get organized when I retired but realize now that will never happen. My /one/ accomplishment though: I finally replaced that cracked window in the pantry this last summer. It was cracked when I moved in here in 1979! |
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On 02/12/2014 22:08, Wolf K wrote:
In general I agree, but occasionally the smartphone is nice to have. Such as when you want to check a fact, or send a photo while discussing a possible purchase (my daughter likes to do that ;-)). Also, older cellphones can't be easily reprogrammed to work overseas, not even for roaming, whereas with smart phones you just replace the sim card temporarily. Believe me, you feel lost without a phone in Europe. Found that out this summer, so I bought a smart phone. Galaxy S5. It's also a great camera. I can't live without my laptop Mon thru Friday because my commuting to work is about 1 hour each way so I need to be doing something while traveling. I use trains which have WI-FI facilities so I am covered and my compartment is pretty quiet because everybody in it are doing their own work. In UK we have 1st Class and Standard class. Standard class is always crowded and people don't even get a seat. I rather pay extra and have my own privacy and my own seat. Time is pretty precious to me. I charge by the unit (of 15 minutes) so need to be careful of my time. |
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On Tue, 02 Dec 2014 17:12:59 -0500, Wolf K wrote:
Then there's the new and near-future medical apps. I'm waiting for one that sends my vital signs to the doc's office, and will also give me an alert when it detects what could be seriously bad news. I'd like it to send an automatic 911 call to the nearest EMS pod, too. You've received a new text from MedApp that says "Hello, this is MedApp alerting you that your pulse has not been detected for at least 60 seconds. EMS will be notified. May MedApp access your location?" -- Char Jackson |
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On Tue, 02 Dec 2014 17:12:59 -0500, Wolf K
wrote: Then there's the new and near-future medical apps. I'm waiting for one that sends my vital signs to the doc's office, and will also give me an alert when it detects what could be seriously bad news. I'd like it to send an automatic 911 call to the nearest EMS pod, too. You will still be 100% dead when they find your body, but at least you will take your personal secrets to the grave if you don't have apps monitoring everything you do and say. []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 |
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On 12/02/2014 05:53 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Tue, 02 Dec 2014 17:12:59 -0500, Wolf K wrote: Then there's the new and near-future medical apps. I'm waiting for one that sends my vital signs to the doc's office, and will also give me an alert when it detects what could be seriously bad news. I'd like it to send an automatic 911 call to the nearest EMS pod, too. You've received a new text from MedApp that says "Hello, this is MedApp alerting you that your pulse has not been detected for at least 60 seconds. EMS will be notified. May MedApp access your location?" I would not mind having a 5 second warning if I'm about to drop dead. I could at least sit down and avoid injuring myself. |
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On 02/12/2014 22:12, Wolf K wrote:
Then there's the new and near-future medical apps. I'm waiting for one that sends my vital signs to the doc's office, and will also give me an alert when it detects what could be seriously bad news. I'd like it to send an automatic 911 call to the nearest EMS pod, too. Have a good day, assuming contemplating your mortality hasn't put you off your feed. ;-) No problem. They are almost here. I suggest look he http://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-health/en-us Good luck and keep us posted :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) |
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