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Why would I need one, when I already have the display of my laptop? 
(You're not suggesting that I watch TV, are you?
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(You're not suggesting that I watch TV, are you?
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"I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
"I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
"I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- Dis -
I presume you watch DVDs?“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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Nope. I have no DVD driver in the comp. And if I had one, I wouldn't buy a separate device to watch DVDs on the TV. Especially if I had a 19'' screen
"I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
"I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
"I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- DisComment
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No you don't.Originally posted by Spiffor
You need a TV for these things. I don't have such a thing.
I don't own a TV and I can play all three consoles on my 19" LCD."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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That LCD CAN be a TV though.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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It is a TV, I have a TV capture card. It's a PVR...it records TV shows using timetables downloaded from the internet.
It's also a DVD player."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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So I could play Xbox games in high def without a high def TV? Now you're talking! Do you need one of those all-in-one video cards?I don't own a TV and I can play all three consoles on my 19" LCD.Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – LessingComment
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Bad example. The MP3 player responded to a "need" everyone already had (listening to music), and it expanded on other devices already fulfilling it. It was an evolutionary step. The Tablet PC clearly has some uses, but it doesn't respond to something as universal as listening to music.Originally posted by Asher
Agathon, you keep responding by saying TabletPCs are currently a niche market.
You know what else was a niche market? MP3 Players when I got my first in 1999. 6 years ago.
Is it still a niche market?
I can foresee a future for it, but first their makers would need to educate the average man who already feels overwhelmed by all the technological advances the world offers.In Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.Comment
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If anything, wouldn't it be easier to use for the average man?Originally posted by Oncle Boris
Bad example. The MP3 player responded to a "need" everyone already had (listening to music), and it expanded on other devices already fulfilling it. It was an evolutionary step. The Tablet PC clearly has some uses, but it doesn't respond to something as universal as listening to music.
I can foresee a future for it, but first their makers would need to educate the average man who already feels overwhelmed by all the technological advances the world offers.
He doesn't even need to type anymore.
You can even talk to people on MSN by handwriting. Or send emails. That should appeal to people like my grandma who valiantly try to use MSN, but with the typing speed it's faster to use pigeons to communicate.
etcLast edited by Asher; May 11, 2005, 19:18."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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The directions email is a great use for tablets.
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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But you can do that with MSN messenger on any computer.Comment
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Yeah, in the new versions you can use the mouse as well."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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They're incredibly good for stuff like that. My physics teacher has his tablet PC hooked up to a projector and uses it instead of the blackboard.Originally posted by Verto
Laptops with screens over 15'' are way to big IMO.
Regarding Tablet PCs: the complete Tablets are something I would never consider buying; the Tablet/Laptops, OTOH, have piqued my interest for some time, although I had quite forgotten about them (I think I'm the Apolytoner Asher referred to previously). This indicates they have not gained widespread usage and popularity, but that does not equate to Tablets being complete garbage.
I have never used one personally, so I do not know how sucky the handwriting is using the pen and screen - perhaps it is so sloppy as to make it impractical for taking notes, writing down equations, etc, (which is why I would want/need one). However, assuming one could write on the screen legibly and with ease, then I would certainly consider buying one. After all, you can get them for ~1300$, which is not absurdly expensive.Comment
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You mean such as writing?Originally posted by Oncle Boris
Bad example. The MP3 player responded to a "need" everyone already had (listening to music), and it expanded on other devices already fulfilling it. It was an evolutionary step. The Tablet PC clearly has some uses, but it doesn't respond to something as universal as listening to music.Comment
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This thread has gotten boring now that Agathon isn't getting pwned anymore“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
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