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| From | Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.misc |
| Subject | Re: Apple, a Trendsetter No More |
| Date | 2016-11-16 14:29 +0000 |
| Organization | Piglet's Pickles & Preserves |
| Message-ID | <e938qjFkb20U7@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <o0f6rc$81a$1@dont-email.me> <161120160911213364%YourName@YourISP.com> <o0hjog$d1n$1@gioia.aioe.org> <o0hnkm$fhb$1@dont-email.me> |
On 2016-11-16, Jim_Higgins <gordian240@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/16/16 7:34 AM, Calum wrote:
>> On 15/11/2016 20:11, Your Name wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Phil Schiller also seems to be an idiot. He claims Apple doesn't want
>>> to make a touchscreen laptop because it would cause a usage division
>>> between the laptop and desktop lines (due to a touchscreen iMac being
>>> too cumbersome to use, so one would be touchscreen and the other not)
>>> ... as if the silly Touch Bar gimmick hasn't already created that
>>> "usage division".
>>
>> Not really, at least not any more than
>> 3D/Force/Whatever-it's-called-this-week Touch. Anything you can do on
>> the touch bar, you can do some other way without it... and that will
>> have to be the case for at least as long as you can buy a new desktop or
>> laptop Mac from Apple that doesn't have one.
>
> Another pointless "feature"-the Touch Bar
Function keys with displays, so they can have context sensitive legends,
are a brilliant idea. And another one Apple stole from Xerox.
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Apple, a Trendsetter No More Jim_Higgins <gordian240@hotmail.com> - 2016-11-15 09:42 -0500
Re: Apple, a Trendsetter No More Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-11-16 09:11 +1300
Re: Apple, a Trendsetter No More Calum <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> - 2016-11-16 12:34 +0000
Re: Apple, a Trendsetter No More Jim_Higgins <gordian240@hotmail.com> - 2016-11-16 08:41 -0500
Re: Apple, a Trendsetter No More Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-11-16 14:29 +0000
Re: Apple, a Trendsetter No More android <here@there.was> - 2016-11-16 15:41 +0100
Re: Apple, a Trendsetter No More Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-11-17 09:09 +1300
Re: Apple, a Trendsetter No More Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-16 21:11 +0000
Re: Apple, a Trendsetter No More nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-16 11:00 -0500
Re: Apple, a Trendsetter No More nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-16 11:00 -0500
Re: Apple, a Trendsetter No More Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-11-17 09:05 +1300
Re: Apple, a Trendsetter No More Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-16 15:55 +0000
Re: Apple, a Trendsetter No More isquat@gmail.com - 2016-11-28 02:35 -0800
Re: Apple, a Trendsetter No More Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-11-29 09:15 +1300
Re: Apple, a Trendsetter No More Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-11-16 09:17 +1300
Re: Apple, a Trendsetter No More Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-11-16 14:05 +0000
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