You want to know what makes the Newton and the Palm
such enjoyable products to use? It's the OS! It's
quick, small and performs all the functions needed!
(granted, the Palm performs fewer functions, but
that's it's niche)
Mac OSX on a palm size platform would probably be
neither! Talk about your bloatware! With the Newton,
there is no complexity! Turn it on and it works.
There's no OS to load, no complicated file structure,
nothing. Just pure joy! That's one of the reasons I
don't have a Pocket PC...I don't want to curse at my
handheld! The last thing I want is a duplicate of my
desktop sitting in my pocket.
Ed
web/gadget guru
--- Loren Finkelstein <Loren_at_Finkelstein.Net> wrote:
>
> It's funny the things people come up with.
>
> Here's one thing I have noticed, repeatedly. A lot
> of these Apple PDA
> fantasies refer to future Newton's running some form
> of OS X.
>
> What defined the Newton was it's operating system,
> Newton OS. The hardware
> it ran on was called the MessagePad.
>
> So, if Apple comes out with a PDA running some form
> of OS X, it won't be a
> Newton, or even a Newton 2. It might be a
> MessagePad, but not a Newton.
>
> It seems like an interesting idea. I don't know
> which I would prefer. An
> updated Newton OS, or a new Mac OS X lite os. I
> love the Newton, but also
> love OS X, so it would be interesting to see.
>
> It doesn't matter. Apple doesn't and won't...
>
> Loren
>
>
>
>
> On 7/11/01 11:47 PM, "Dale Steele"
> <dtsteele_at_mac.com> wrote:
>
> > I just pulled this of Go2Mac and thought the rest
> of the group might
> > enjoy and/or want to dust those comments off yet
> another time........
> >
> > Dale
> > ----->
> >
> http://macxcess.com/commentary/04072001_newtonconcept.html
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