Author: Ian Aston
Date: 11:17:47 08/15/01
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On August 15, 2001 at 12:54:23, Christophe Theron wrote: >On August 15, 2001 at 00:35:47, stuart taylor wrote: > >>On August 14, 2001 at 18:35:35, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>...and don't forget to buy Chess Tiger for Palm >>> >>> http://www.chesstiger.com >>> >>> >>> Christophe >> >>Christophe, even though it looks very humorous and leading surely enough to a >>rather loud mention of one great thing you can do with a palm computer, perhaps >>you can elaborate even further on the benefits of a Palm, as not all salesmen >>seem to know how to keep my interest in a product. In fact I come, interested, >>and they put me off! >> I've never been attracted to any electronic equipment which can store things >>that could easily be handwritten in a little note book, or remembered (which is >>quicker access by far). >> So exactly how much of desk-top computer things can be done with a Palm? >> >>In the meantime , I've just now purchased (what might be) my (last ever)Athlon >>T-bird 1400 mhz. (266). I don't think I'll need to desperately get greater speed >>before about 6 ghz. comes out. 8.6 ghz in fact maybe a worthy next upgrade i.e. >>well over a ply for chess!(which could be very telling). >>S.Taylor > > > >I'm not sure I can clearly explain you why handheld computers are great and why >they are going to overcome the PC market in a few years. If this is true then it is bad news for me as my other main interest in computers is 3D landscape generation and I don't like to work on anything less than a 19" monitor. I hope that pc's will still be available and the price won't be to exhorbitant if your nightmare scenario of handheld computers taking over the market comes true. I hate fiddling about with small objects and viewing the screen will probably result in more frequent visits to the opticians. In fact I don't find them in the least bit exciting. Incidentally, why should handhelds suddenly become popular now when in fact they have been out for years ie. Psion. BTW, can you say if there will be a new PC_version of your excellent Tiger program for ChessBase. IA > >It's like trying to explain why a phone (wireless or not) is an important thing >to have. > >Try to convince somebody who has never heard about phones that he must have one. >Good luck. > >When the telephone has been invented, I guess everybody wondered what was the >use of such a thing. > >But once you have used one, you cannot do without it anymore. > >Because it's the kind of thing which changes your life. Not in a dramatic way, >but you start to do some things differently (more easily) day after day because >you have this new stuff. > >And after a while you realize that you could not do without it. Or that in order >to do without it you would have to go back to your previous way of life, and you >do not want to do that. > >There is no way I can convince you that you cannot do without a handheld, >because you are already living without a handheld. > >There are things you can do more easily with a handheld, but you would not >consider they are worth it. > >If you are the kind of person who could not do without a PC anymore, then you >are probably the kind of person who will love to have a handheld, and who will >not be able to do without it. > >But there is only one way to convince yourself: you need to try by yourself. >Live with one for a while, and you'll see. > >Probably you are not going to be convinced by what I say. So you are not going >to buy one immediately. You'll buy one when so many people around have one that >you think: "I do not know why they love this stuff, but there MUST be a reason. >I want to know, so I'm going to buy one". > >You should ask Thorsten about his feelings. He did not understand what a >handheld would do for him. I tried to convince him but I'm not sure I succeeded. >He has just bought a Palm m100 (probably because he trusts me, not because I >convinced him), and now he just loves it. > > > > Christophe
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