* Dale Steele <dtsteele_at_mac.com> [ 7 Nov 2002 21:54]:
>
> Did anyone else catch this article on Wired today where Gates slams
> the newton as part of his pitch for his fat ass <OK "bulky" if you
> prefer> tablet today? First, I don't think that Micro$oft has the
> creativity to make something truly unique and second, like I'd trust
> him to be a judge of what I want a handheld to do.....
>
> http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,56261,00.html
...from the article: "But, despite Markham and the nattering Newt
lovers' protests, there really is no comparison between the Tablets,
full-fledged laptops with at least an 866MHz CPU and many gigabytes of
storage, and a Newton's 160-MHz processor and 4 MB storage capacity."
He's quite right, there is no comparison. The 866MHz CPU can reportedly
get 60% accuracy in HWR with average handwriting, while the 160MHz CPU
can easily get 90+% accuracy, also with average handwriting. The tablet
gets maybe 8-10 hours of battery life, the newton gets 24 or so.
Oh wait, that is a comparison - and the one with the lower numbered
specs looks better. *sigh* Why am I writing this here? You guys all
know it already.
Gates and his "decade and many millions of dollars" has made a less
usable pen interface, not finally making a usable one. I'm sorry, touch
a button to go into erase mode? That's just pathetic. Next they're
going to say that to cut/copy/paste you have to go up to the edit
menu...
I know which one I'd rather take notes on...
-Rhonda
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