Yeah, Veronica. There's a whole world full of absolutely fascinating PC stuff to talk about. Let's see, 13 new viruses today. Oh, and how about that Windows Vista? It promises to have a real modern OS9 look and feel when it finally ships in two or three years. Michael Dell? Boy, what a visionary! And Microsoft office... mmmm mm, one can't talk enough about the thrill of opening an Excel spreadsheet. ![]()
Seriously... when there actually IS anything interesting to talk about in the PC world, our fine BOL leaders are the first to report it. In fact, looks like this is your lucky week because they sure as heck don't have anything good to say about Apple.
-Kevin S.
Guys,
I've been listening for many months, and y'all are usually pretty accurate in your reading of the industry tea leaves. Thus, it pains me to say that I think you totally mis-interpretted the Origami hype. Most of what I'm going to say here comes from episode 29 of Mobile Tech Roundup.
No, the Origami video isn't a hoax, its production values are too high. However, watch the video carefully, and you'll see incomsistencies. Sometimes the jog wheel is on the right, other times it's on the left, for instance. I think what we're seeing is a computer equivalent of a concept car. Nothing more. Just ask yourselves how many computers Microsoft sells. That's right, zero. They're not Apple. Microsoft does SOFTWARE, Xbox notwithstanding.
What we're seeing is Microsoft trying to give the hardware industry a clue about the Gates' vision of the next step. I think it's that simple.
By the way, I don't mean to hurt Veronica's feelings, but the density of Macs per capita pummels outside of California and New York. Please broaden your scope, guys. ![]()
Scott

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