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[niklasni1]

Linux is the platform that really pushed multiuser operating systems into use by consumers

Errh? "No"?

As for the JesusPhone, I don't want one.

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Nlandas wrote:

spihunter wrote:
 I agree with alot the anti Bill Gates & Apple stuff thats been said here but this is a phone not a home computer.

There's alot of competition on the smart phone market these
days. thats why they keep getting better and better at a fast rate.

Right now the 3G iphone is the "Amiga" of smart phones. I dont care who made it. Its pretty awesome and I'm thinking about getting one.

So, if the anti-christ made a really cool techno-widget you'd be sure to send him your do re me? Yes, it's a phone but it's profits go to Apple. :-P

I don't care who makes it, if it does what I want then I want it!!!

If I needed 3G, I'd wait for the RIM to be done.

Sure but blackberries suck... no question... Spend 10 min with an iPhone, and it feels like you've been using if for years... spend an Hour with a RIM device and you'll wonder why even bothered with the idea of mobile computing devices...

I've used both... the RIM for work and the iPhone personally... and that should explain why I have an iPhone and not a RIM :-)

However, it's not my money - but I send none of it to Apple and as little of it to Microsoft that I can't help.

To each their own. :crazy:

Ahh, for sure, but make sure you are not speaking from personal opinion but from experience :-)

Either Microsoft or Apple will get my money if they make something I want/need :-)

[persia]

   
You may be an ambassador to England or France,
You may like to gamble, you might like to dance,
You may be the heavyweight champion of the world,
You may be a socialite with a long string of pearls

But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

You might be a rock 'n' roll addict prancing on the stage,
You might have drugs at your command, women in a cage,
You may be a business man or some high degree thief,
They may call you Doctor or they may call you Chief

But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

You may be a state trooper, you might be a young Turk,
You may be the head of some big TV network,
You may be rich or poor, you may be blind or lame,
You may be living in another country under another name

But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

You may be a construction worker working on a home,
You may be living in a mansion or you might live in a dome,
You might own guns and you might even own tanks,
You might be somebody's landlord, you might even own banks

But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

You may be a preacher with your spiritual pride,
You may be a city councilman taking bribes on the side,
You may be workin' in a barbershop, you may know how to cut hair,
You may be somebody's mistress, may be somebody's heir

But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

Might like to wear cotton, might like to wear silk,
Might like to drink whiskey, might like to drink milk,
You might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread,
You may be sleeping on the floor, sleeping in a king-sized bed

But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

You may call me Terry, you may call me Timmy,
You may call me Bobby, you may call me Zimmy,
You may call me R.J., you may call me Ray,
You may call me anything but no matter what you say

You're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You're gonna have to serve somebody.
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

[spihunter]

So, if the anti-christ made a really cool techno-widget you'd be sure to send him your do re me? Yes, it's a phone but it's profits go to Apple.  

If the anti-christ made a smartphone I'm sure it would be a lot cooler then Apple's! :lol:

Seriously though, If your going to boycott a company over ethics issues then I suggest that you should also boycott Sony, Nintendo, Verizon, Elbox, Amiga Inc, All fast food chains, All big oil companys, etc....

niklasni1 wrote:

Linux is the platform that really pushed multiuser operating systems into use by consumers

Errh? "No"?

So what other operating system is in widespread use as a consumer desktop, and supports use by multiple users simultaneously? There are plenty of multiuser operating systems [VMS, Solaris, HP/UX, AIX, *BSD, PRIMOS, etc.] but I don't know of any that are popular among consumers besides Linux. And Linux's popularity predates OS X by quite a bit.

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pkillo wrote:

niklasni1 wrote:

Linux is the platform that really pushed multiuser operating systems into use by consumers

Errh? "No"?

So what other operating system is in widespread use as a consumer desktop, and supports use by multiple users simultaneously? There are plenty of multiuser operating systems [VMS, Solaris, HP/UX, AIX, *BSD, PRIMOS, etc.] but I don't know of any that are popular among consumers besides Linux. And Linux's popularity predates OS X by quite a bit.

Yeah, I'd have to agree, Linux was the first proper multiuser OS that I ever really used... now multiuser is the norm for me with OSX...

[tokyoracer]

I really can't be arsed to waste my money or time with mobiles. Why do people rave on about them? They depriciate like a Lexus, they break all the time and everything is so fiddily.
To me a phone is a phone and that's what I use it for.

[Orjan]

tokyoracer wrote:
I really can't be arsed to waste my money or time with mobiles. Why do people rave on about them? They depriciate like a Lexus, they break all the time and everything is so fiddily.
To me a phone is a phone and that's what I use it for.

Why do people rave on about anything? Because they are interested in it, thats why. And peoples interest aren´t always the same.. I can imagine there are millions of people wondering why some people rave on about the Amiga.. :-)

[Nostalgiac]

tokyoracer wrote:
I really can't be arsed to waste my money or time with mobiles. Why do people rave on about them? They depriciate like a Lexus, they break all the time and everything is so fiddily.
To me a phone is a phone and that's what I use it for.

hey hey... the one I got from my grandmother: http://www.asns14.dsl.pipex.com/images/Belgian/Belgian_desk_facing_right.jpg

:-)
Tom UK

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tokyoracer wrote:
I really can't be arsed to waste my money or time with mobiles. Why do people rave on about them? They depriciate like a Lexus, they break all the time and everything is so fiddily.
To me a phone is a phone and that's what I use it for.

Yes... you want a phone... get a phone... I want a fully integrated mobile personal life style computing device... so I got the iPhone :-)

[TjLaZer]

I have an iPhone and I love it.  Can't wait for the 2.0 update...

[persia]

One device, three functions, phone, mp3 player and GPS.  I like it!

[TjLaZer]

So I take it the GPS is a new improved feature over the old iPhone, right?  I wonder what the old iPhones will have feature wise with the 2.0 update.

amigadave wrote:
Who here is thinking of getting a new cell phone on July 11th?

I'm already waiting to make the switch.  Spent 1.5 hours playing with one yesterday in an Apple store and will have one  as soon as able (I may be on travel on the 11th).

Wayne

Nlandas wrote:
Steve Jobs is far worse than Bill Gates.

I am quite happy with my free with contract Treo.

How in the bleep could you POSSIBLY come up with the idea that Jobs is worse than Bill Gates???

I had a treo (650) once.  Was even asked to write a review on it and couldn't bother because I had ZERO nice to say about it.  Couldn't stand the thing.  

It kept mysteriously turning the phone off every time it lost digital signal.  Palm said "thanks for the money" and refused to even bother looking at it.  

Wayne

tokyoracer wrote:
I really can't be arsed to waste my money or time with mobiles. Why do people rave on about them? They depriciate like a Lexus, they break all the time and everything is so fiddily.
To me a phone is a phone and that's what I use it for.

Ordinarily, I would agree with you.  I bought my PEBL because it was a damned good phone and not much else.  Now, just two years later, it's acting all squirrely and like it's about to die anyway, so now's a good time for me.

In the last two years, I've also found that I'm pretty much carrying both the phone, and the video iPod around everywhere I go (on the bike, in the truck, at work, etc), and with the new job, I need to be able to e-mail from anywhere, so to me, it just makes sense.

Plus, the damned thing's just so cool that for $200, I might as well.  The only thing I wish is that it had more memory, or at least a slot for a mem card for videos/mp3's.

Wayne