• 03-02-2009, 07:58 PM
    bobsticks
    Breaking Tech News: Apple Wheel
    I know a good many around these parts are consistently riding the front wave of technology while many more are simply in the market for an upgrade. Given the relative desirability of a high storage, high-efficiency machine, Apple may be offering a viable alternative to Microsoft-based systems for the tech-saavy audiophile:

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  • 03-03-2009, 04:36 AM
    Luvin Da Blues
    Just what a ham fisted guy like me could use.:thumbsup:
  • 03-03-2009, 04:47 AM
    kexodusc
    Predictive Sentence technology...sweet. "The agile aardvark arrived by airmail." You don't know how much time that will save me.
  • 03-03-2009, 04:57 AM
    bobsticks
    Ja...I find myself typing those exact words all the time. Big time saver...
  • 03-03-2009, 05:13 AM
    Rich-n-Texas
    My fingers SCREAM across my keyboard!!! :yesnod:
  • 03-03-2009, 05:52 AM
    GMichael
    Perfect! Just what the doctor ordered. I'll take two of the lightweight models.
  • 03-03-2009, 05:56 AM
    Rich-n-Texas
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by GMichael
    Perfect! Just what the doctor ordered. I'll take two of the lightweight models.
    That'll be Five Thousand Two Hundred dollars + tax and/or shipping please.
  • 03-03-2009, 06:01 AM
    Luvin Da Blues
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rich-n-Texas
    My fingers SCREAM across my keyboard!!! :yesnod:
    Just imagine how much of your life you could get back if you didn't have to type "Pix, You're a DUMBASS" so much.
  • 03-03-2009, 06:27 AM
    Rich-n-Texas
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Luvin Da Blues
    Just imagine how much of your life you could get back if you didn't have to type "Pix, You're a DUMBASS" so much.
    LDB, that's an integral part of my life, my crusade.
    (Note: I know you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but sometimes just the trying is reward enough)

    Is it just me or does the amount of time it takes to bring up the keyboard and then scroll from letter to letter a bit time comsuming? Also, if you'll notice, the guy who typed the 45 minute e-mail to his "friend" typed his name wrong (Robber instead of Robert)

    Wait a minute, was that a spoof Youtube video? :idea:
  • 03-03-2009, 06:39 AM
    GMichael
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rich-n-Texas
    That'll be Five Thousand Two Hundred dollars + tax and/or shipping please.
    And I'll still need to buy, hard drives, screens and 2 big wheels.
  • 03-03-2009, 07:42 AM
    Rich-n-Texas
    The $2,600 model comes with an 8 gig HD.

    Wonna these days I'm just going to invest in a Network Attached hard drive.
  • 03-03-2009, 08:58 AM
    ForeverAutumn
    I'll buy anything that's shiney and comes from Apple. :)
  • 03-03-2009, 08:59 AM
    GMichael
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rich-n-Texas
    The $2,600 model comes with an 8 gig HD.

    Wonna these days I'm just going to invest in a Network Attached hard drive.
    The lighter model comes without hard drives, display or big wheel. Must be a bare motherboard.
  • 03-03-2009, 10:07 AM
    Feanor
    So really??
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by bobsticks
    I know a good many around these parts are consistently riding the front wave of technology while many more are simply in the market for an upgrade. Given the relative desirability of a high storage, high-efficiency machine, Apple may be offering a viable alternative to Microsoft-based systems for the tech-saavy audiophile:


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    </P>
    This isn't just a spoof??
  • 03-03-2009, 03:38 PM
    Apple: Dumbing an interface for the lowest common denominator since 1976.
  • 03-03-2009, 05:17 PM
    Luvin Da Blues
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by nightflier
    Apple: Dumbing an interface for the lowest common denominator since 1976.

    When did Pix get an Apple? I though he was using a home brew.
  • 03-03-2009, 05:28 PM
    Auricauricle
    Wow, it actually knows what I'm gonna write next! Geeze, who needs imagination? My head is way too heavy...Anybody need a brain? I'm not using it anymore. Hello, E-Bay...?
  • 03-04-2009, 08:55 AM
    I'll buy that for a dollar!
  • 03-04-2009, 09:01 AM
    Rich-n-Texas
    I'll give ya $2.00. I could use the spare parts. :yesnod:
  • 03-04-2009, 09:03 AM
    Auricauricle
    Just doesn't make much cents anymore....
  • 03-04-2009, 09:05 AM
    bobsticks
    I freakin' wheel, eh?
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rich-n-Texas
    I'll give ya $2.00. I could use the spare part. :yesnod:
    fixed
  • 03-04-2009, 09:26 AM
    Rich-n-Texas
    Thanks sticky. :sosp:

    BTW, how 'bout doin a little mailbox maintenance there bucko??
  • 03-04-2009, 09:37 AM
    bobsticks
    Done...and you can always use the e-mail linky too
  • 03-04-2009, 01:23 PM
    bobsticks
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Feanor
    </P>
    This isn't just a spoof??
    It is, in fact a spoof.

    Indeed.
  • 03-04-2009, 02:15 PM
    Ironically, the sentence recognition (the examples from the video notwithstanding) is no spoof.

    Ironically, Sony has their own "time vampire" as well:

    http://www.theonion.com/content/vide...tupid_piece_of
    (warning, contains a lot of bad language)