http://www.theangrydrunk.com/2010/01/26/the-calm-before-the-storm/ Delivering Enlightenment to the Masses, One Blunt Force Trauma at a Time. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.theangrydrunk.com/2010/01/26/the-calm-before-the-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-2437 The Angry Drunk Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:00:04 +0000 http://www.theangrydrunk.com/?p=1692#comment-2437 <p>Honestly I'm pretty excited to see what Apple does too. I have some ideas about what Apple's take on the tablet is but I haven't bothered to enumerate them. Fortunately that means Gruber can't claim chowder me, and I can claim to have seen it all along.</p> Honestly I’m pretty excited to see what Apple does too. I have some ideas about what Apple’s take on the tablet is but I haven’t bothered to enumerate them. Fortunately that means Gruber can’t claim chowder me, and I can claim to have seen it all along.

]]> http://www.theangrydrunk.com/2010/01/26/the-calm-before-the-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-2436 Gatesbasher Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:54:39 +0000 http://www.theangrydrunk.com/?p=1692#comment-2436 <p>I'm actually getting somewhat excited to see what they came up with. Up until now, I've found the "Apple <i>must</i> build a tablet or they're <i>DOOOOMED</i>!" crowd only moderately less annoying than the "Apple <i>must</i> build a headless minitower like everybody else is losing their shirts on or they're <i>DOOOOMED</i>!" crowd. (And they're both much less annoying than the "Real professionals can only see a screen through onionskin" crowd and the "Apple <i>must</i> license OS X or they're <i>DOOOOMED</i>!" crowd.)<br><br>Dammit, though, I've wanted a "personal computer" like everybody had in <i>The Mote in God's Eye</i> for 35 years now, and maybe this is it.</p> I’m actually getting somewhat excited to see what they came up with. Up until now, I’ve found the “Apple must build a tablet or they’re DOOOOMED!” crowd only moderately less annoying than the “Apple must build a headless minitower like everybody else is losing their shirts on or they’re DOOOOMED!” crowd. (And they’re both much less annoying than the “Real professionals can only see a screen through onionskin” crowd and the “Apple must license OS X or they’re DOOOOMED!” crowd.)

Dammit, though, I’ve wanted a “personal computer” like everybody had in The Mote in God’s Eye for 35 years now, and maybe this is it.

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