I suspect there's a few MAC lovers out there

[alane]

Next big thing for Apple Mac computers;
http://gizmodo.com/5124083/onion-news-network-apples-macbook-wheel

I think they'll slay microsoft with this new gottahave

[Biscuit]

Apple store at Albert Dock are taking orders now, I was in there yesterday and had a look at one :cool:

[miloVanMultistrada]

Excellent! :lol2: :lol2:

"I like having email that automatically says 'sent from a macbook wheel' - that way people know you have one". :rofl:

[Derek]

I don't fancy it at all. It seems a cumbersome way to type and the on-screen keyboard display uses half the screen. I'll wait until I see one before condemning it though.

[rockjock620]

so it takes two key strokes to enter a letter?

did the guy say "you can get access to anything on your computer with just a few hundred clicks"?

and the punter spent 45 minutes composing an email to his friend?

and that predictive text/sentence construction thingy - WTF?

[Biscuit]

you would have prolly thought the same about typing words with 10 numerical digits, but we do it all the time now (texting)

Its time to move on, although I did think voice to text would be the next big thing...

[miloVanMultistrada]

Just in case you aren't being ironic:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire

[rockjock620]

you would have prolly thought the same about typing words with 10 numerical digits, but we do it all the time now (texting)

Its time to move on, although I did think voice to text would be the next big thing...

But texting is fundamentally different to PC/Mac laptop word processing stuff. Like Derek, I would need to see it and try it before being convinced, just doesn't seem sensible really. Buy one and I'll evaluate it for you. Can't you get voice recognition software now anyway?

[rockjock620]

Plus he says it has battery technology which will keep it fully powered for 20 minutes? Not very handy really - if it took that punter who "will buy anything shiny that's made by Apple" 45 minutes to compose an email to his friend. Unless they really are taking the pi$$?

Still, if it looks like a very big ipod, who cares?

[Derek]

But texting is fundamentally different to PC/Mac laptop word processing stuff. Like Derek, I would need to see it and try it before being convinced, just doesn't seem sensible really. Buy one and I'll evaluate it for you. Can't you get voice recognition software now anyway?
Yes but it generally only recognises standard English (US) accents. The likes of you and me and quite a few others on this forum would be scuppered Pete. :D
Ever had to talk to one of those voice recognition telephone answering lines? :mad:

[Biscuit]

But texting is fundamentally different to PC/Mac laptop word processing stuff. Like Derek, I would need to see it and try it before being convinced, just doesn't seem sensible really. Buy one and I'll evaluate it for you. Can't you get voice recognition software now anyway?

But what you have to realise and soon or later accept is that the art of communication is changing rapidly, "text speak" is no longer a secret code that kids use but an almost recognised language and Apple are obviously aware of this, 45 minutes to type an email in "Queens English" would take a fraction of that time if you leave out vowells and punctuation and where possible, entire words, the sentiment is still the same just a little harder for us learned folk to get used to.

[weeian]

But texting is fundamentally different to PC/Mac laptop word processing stuff. Like Derek, I would need to see it and try it before being convinced, just doesn't seem sensible really. Buy one and I'll evaluate it for you. Can't you get voice recognition software now anyway?

you can get voice recognition software, i used to train people how to use some different types in my last job, the trouble with it is it takes a while for the program to get used to your voice and accent as you have to train it by reading books to it & it isnt 100% accurate.

[Scottch]

I think it's fantastic!

I wnt 2 by sum 4 wrk + do away wth pc's

Steve Jobs iz god innit

[DKM]

If you like that, I have a tower in Paris I can sell you.

[Biscuit]

If you like that, I have a tower in Paris I can sell you.

any pics?

[Scottch]

If you like that, I have a tower in Paris I can sell you.

How many buttons has it got?

[Derek]

Next big thing for Apple Mac computers;
http://gizmodo.com/5124083/onion-news-network-apples-macbook-wheel

I think they'll slay microsoft with this new gottahave
This is a spoof Alane is having us on! :comp2:
:laugh:

[Hooky]

I wnt 1 2 pls

[mikesps]

Would it be safe to say that everybody is being ironic, and they all know that the theOnion.com is a satirical website?

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/27836

[DKM]

Ironionic, then?

[Spud Raver]

Jeeeez, there some gullable folk on here......if you were fish you would have been caught years ago!! :D

[Biscuit]

Jeeeez, there some gullable folk on here......if you were fish you would have been caught years ago!! :D

After numerous complaints about 'gullible' word being persistently misspelled, Collins decided to remove it from the 2009 Edition Dictionary in favour of more modern alternatives such as 'dupe(d)' and 'sucker'

[mikesps]

Do you really expect us to believe that? :D


After numerous complaints about 'gullible' word being persistently misspelled, Collins decided to remove it from the 2009 Edition Dictionary in favour of more modern alternatives such as 'dupe(d)' and 'sucker'

[alane]

Please stop it now, my sides are hurting

I had to say thanks to Pete for his first post on this.