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> In article <1274147.kT8p0MMh6R@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> ____/ nessuno on Saturday 03 Oct 2009 00:51 : \____
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>> > On Oct 2, 4:06 pm, bbgruff <bbgr...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> Makes you wonder just how powerful (or otherwise!) a machine one really
>> >> needs:-
>> >>
>> >> http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/dell-laptop-tries-to-impress...
>> >>
>> >> QUOTE:-
>> >> But the most impressive feature on the Latitude Z may be the ability to
>> >> check e-mail, calendar and contact information and to browse the Web via
>> >> an
>> >> instant-on software package.
>> >>
>> >> The software fires up the moment you open the laptop and connects right to
>> >> a
>> >> wireless network without Windows.
>> >>
>> >> (Under the hood, itâs Linux running on top of an ARM chip on a
>> >> mini-motherboard that provides this quick access feature. Youâre basically
>> >> talking about most of the components needed to run an iPhone being hitched
>> >> to a large battery. So, the computer can run in instant-on mode for days.)
>> >>
>> >> Some users Dell surveyed spent 70 percent of their time working in the
>> >> instant-on mode. Microsoft is sure to take note of that figure. Windows
>> >> has
>> >> turned into a clunky cup holder.
>> >
>> > The popularity of the iPhone and other mobile devices that don't use
>> > Windows is going to help convince people that if it's not Windows it's
>> > nothing to be afraid of. The instant on is really a draw.
>
> OK, I get the hypothetical appeal of tiny supper-efficient ARM netbooks.
> I don't think the market will be all that enthusiastic about them, but I
> get the idea.
>
> The idea of essentially sticking a second computer in your full sized
> laptop just to save a little battery power, though, really seems like a
> solution in search of a problem.
>
>> Tell people that iPhone is UNIX, "kind of like Linux".
>>
>> iPhone was actually going to run Linux before Jobs rejected the idea.
>
> Does not compute. The iPhone relies heavily on OS X technologies like
> Cocoa. What reason would Apple have had to port those technologies to
> Linux, when they already run on a *nix-like system that Apple has
> extensive in-house expertise with?
The Apple engineers might be able to answer this question. Reports suggest
they preferred Linux at first, but it was GPL (Jobs doesn't like that).
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