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for furniture styles and hand tool woodworking. Hundreds of titles from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Search: furniture Click: more Click: books Click: Free Google eBooks (about halfway down the menu column) These books can be downloaded in pdf format. Ping me if you need help. LD |
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Lobby Dosser wrote:
For those who are not aware of Google's free eBooks, let me recommend them for furniture styles and hand tool woodworking. Hundreds of titles from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Search: furniture Click: more Click: books Click: Free Google eBooks (about halfway down the menu column) These books can be downloaded in pdf format. Ping me if you need help. LD Following your directions, I quickly ran across: The practical cabinet maker and furniture designer's assistant: with essays ... By Frederick Thomas Hodgson I only read the preface, but it was an interesting read (on the old versus the new--and in this case, new is about 1910). Interesting stuff. Bill |
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... Lobby Dosser wrote: For those who are not aware of Google's free eBooks, let me recommend them for furniture styles and hand tool woodworking. Hundreds of titles from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Search: furniture Click: more Click: books Click: Free Google eBooks (about halfway down the menu column) These books can be downloaded in pdf format. Ping me if you need help. LD Following your directions, I quickly ran across: The practical cabinet maker and furniture designer's assistant: with essays ... By Frederick Thomas Hodgson I only read the preface, but it was an interesting read (on the old versus the new--and in this case, new is about 1910). Interesting stuff. Bill Yeah, you can learn a lot from some of this stuff. I haven't seen a treasure trove like this since I worked in a large library 50 years ago! Picked up an Illustrated History of the Civil War a few days ago. I knew google had free eBooks, but just got more deeply into it recently. Warning: it can be a gigantic Time Sink! You know about the Library of Congress photo archive, right? -- Ever wonder why doctors, dentists and lawyers have to Practice so much? Ever wonder why you let them Practice on You? |
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On 4/6/2011 2:34 AM, Lobby Dosser wrote:
Yeah, you can learn a lot from some of this stuff. I haven't seen a treasure trove like this since I worked in a large library 50 years ago! Picked up an Illustrated History of the Civil War a few days ago. I knew google had free eBooks, but just got more deeply into it recently. Warning: it can be a gigantic Time Sink! A tablet or ebook reader leverages the experience. I've got quite of a few of them loaded onto my iPad. -- www.e-woodshop.net Last update: 4/15/2010 KarlC@ (the obvious) |
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wrote in message ... Lobby Dosser wrote: For those who are not aware of Google's free eBooks, let me recommend them for furniture styles and hand tool woodworking. Hundreds of titles from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Search: furniture Click: more Click: books Click: Free Google eBooks (about halfway down the menu column) These books can be downloaded in pdf format. Ping me if you need help. LD Following your directions, I quickly ran across: The practical cabinet maker and furniture designer's assistant: with essays ... By Frederick Thomas Hodgson I only read the preface, but it was an interesting read (on the old versus the new--and in this case, new is about 1910). Interesting stuff. Bill Yeah, you can learn a lot from some of this stuff. I haven't seen a treasure trove like this since I worked in a large library 50 years ago! Picked up an Illustrated History of the Civil War a few days ago. I knew google had free eBooks, but just got more deeply into it recently. Warning: it can be a gigantic Time Sink! You know about the Library of Congress photo archive, right? Did they have my baby pictures? I've been looking for them everywhere. -- Gerald Ross Cochran, GA Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. |
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On 4/6/2011 6:56 AM, Han wrote:
wrote in news:hc- : On 4/6/2011 2:34 AM, Lobby Dosser wrote: Yeah, you can learn a lot from some of this stuff. I haven't seen a treasure trove like this since I worked in a large library 50 years ago! Picked up an Illustrated History of the Civil War a few days ago. I knew google had free eBooks, but just got more deeply into it recently. Warning: it can be a gigantic Time Sink! A tablet or ebook reader leverages the experience. I've got quite of a few of them loaded onto my iPad. I like the drive-by, sucker!! grin LOL ... a fully expenseable (Sec 179) business TOOL, of course! Not kidding ... for about four months an iPad has basically taken the place of my laptop for everyday, on-site business use. Easily access e-mail, order/search for material and supplies from the interweb and, using cloud services like DropBox, EverNote and GoogleDocs, can access all project documents, drawings, plans, spreadsheets, portoflios, take hand written notes and can print from most any wifi connection that has a wireless printer attached. Clients love it because the screen size makes viewing plans and documents much easier with instant, on the spot access. For a contractor, one of the best tools around for day to day operations. -- www.e-woodshop.net Last update: 4/15/2010 KarlC@ (the obvious) |
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On 4/5/2011 11:39 PM, Lobby Dosser wrote:
For those who are not aware of Google's free eBooks, let me recommend them for furniture styles and hand tool woodworking. Hundreds of titles from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Search: furniture Click: more Click: books Click: Free Google eBooks (about halfway down the menu column) These books can be downloaded in pdf format. Ping me if you need help. LD The Google books is a great resource for what every you are researching. If you are working in genealogy, there are many County and State histories in their collections. These books have many biographies of the citizens of each county. |
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: LOL ... a fully expenseable (Sec 179) business TOOL, of course! Not kidding ... for about four months an iPad has basically taken the place of my laptop for everyday, on-site business use. Easily access e-mail, order/search for material and supplies from the interweb and, using cloud services like DropBox, EverNote and GoogleDocs, can access all project documents, drawings, plans, spreadsheets, portoflios, take hand written notes and can print from most any wifi connection that has a wireless printer attached. Clients love it because the screen size makes viewing plans and documents much easier with instant, on the spot access. For a contractor, one of the best tools around for day to day operations. I was kidding of course! I believe it from what I've heard about it. It's NOT a deductible expense for a retiree like me, although it is an option when this laptop dies. -- Best regards Han email address is invalid |
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On 4/6/2011 7:44 AM, Han wrote:
wrote in For a contractor, one of the best tools around for day to day operations. I was kidding of course! I believe it from what I've heard about it. It's NOT a deductible expense for a retiree like me, although it is an option when this laptop dies. At this point I could almost forego a laptop if the iPad, or any similar tablet, would run programs like SketchUp ... one of these days. ;) -- www.e-woodshop.net Last update: 4/15/2010 KarlC@ (the obvious) |
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: At this point I could almost forego a laptop if the iPad, or any similar tablet, would run programs like SketchUp ... one of these days. ;) That's the problem, it's not a fullfledged computer ... -- Best regards Han email address is invalid |
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Han wrote in
: Swingman wrote in : At this point I could almost forego a laptop if the iPad, or any similar tablet, would run programs like SketchUp ... one of these days. ;) That's the problem, it's not a fullfledged computer ... Does it do usenet? I have an app for my iPhone, newstap, but I don't really like it. -- Best regards Han email address is invalid |
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On Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:55:45 -0500, Swingman wrote:
On 4/6/2011 7:44 AM, Han wrote: wrote in For a contractor, one of the best tools around for day to day operations. I was kidding of course! I believe it from what I've heard about it. It's NOT a deductible expense for a retiree like me, although it is an option when this laptop dies. At this point I could almost forego a laptop if the iPad, or any similar tablet, would run programs like SketchUp ... one of these days. ;) I'd love to see someone design an entire kitchen on a 4" screen. -- Some people are like Slinkies ... not really good for anything, but you can't help smiling when you see one tumble down the stairs. |
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On Apr 6, 10:18*am, Larry Jaques
wrote: On Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:55:45 -0500, Swingman wrote: On 4/6/2011 7:44 AM, Han wrote: *wrote in For a contractor, one of the best tools around for day to day operations. I was kidding of course! I believe it from what I've heard about it. *It's NOT a deductible expense for a retiree like me, although it is an option when this laptop dies. At this point I could almost forego a laptop if the iPad, or any similar tablet, would run programs like SketchUp ... one of these days. *;) I'd love to see someone design an entire kitchen on a 4" screen. -- Some people are like Slinkies ... not really good for anything, but you can't help smiling when you see one tumble down the stairs. I think the screen is big enough, ( it *is* way bigger than a 4") but when drawing, I would need something a bit more precise than my fat fingers... something like a pen. I do know that the 'touch' type screens do not have the resolution of a proper CAD tablet. The new iPad2 has a trapdoor for a mini card. Who knows what we'll be able to load in down the road... That just got me thinking... when is somebody going to write an app that will let you use an iPad as a tablet to input to a CAD system. Via WiFi even, assuming it has enough resolution. (Not video resolution, but the overlay (touch) resolution.) After using it as an input to CAD, then you could save your rendering to the iPad. |
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On 06 Apr 2011 15:30:49 GMT, Han wrote:
Larry Jaques wrote in : I'd love to see someone design an entire kitchen on a 4" screen. I believe the iPad is almost 10 inches accross. My answers could be: 1) Better, but not by a whole lot. or 2) Well, _somebody_ had to say it. ;) -- Some people are like Slinkies ... not really good for anything, but you can't help smiling when you see one tumble down the stairs. |
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On 4/6/11 8:33 AM, Han wrote:
wrote in : At this point I could almost forego a laptop if the iPad, or any similar tablet, would run programs like SketchUp ... one of these days. ;) That's the problem, it's not a fullfledged computer ... So what? What problem? It was never meant to be. What's a "fullfledged computer" anyways? My phone does a lot more than my first "fullfledged computer." -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- http://mikedrums.com ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply |
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On 4/6/11 8:33 AM, Han wrote: wrote in : At this point I could almost forego a laptop if the iPad, or any similar tablet, would run programs like SketchUp ... one of these days. ;) That's the problem, it's not a fullfledged computer ... So what? What problem? It was never meant to be. What's a "fullfledged computer" anyways? My phone does a lot more than my first "fullfledged computer." I'm talking about the iPad replacing my laptop. Can it run Word, Excel, Quicken, Photoshop, or their equivalents? -- Best regards Han email address is invalid |
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On 4/6/11 3:01 PM, Han wrote:
wrote in : On 4/6/11 8:33 AM, Han wrote: wrote in : At this point I could almost forego a laptop if the iPad, or any similar tablet, would run programs like SketchUp ... one of these days. ;) That's the problem, it's not a fullfledged computer ... So what? What problem? It was never meant to be. What's a "fullfledged computer" anyways? My phone does a lot more than my first "fullfledged computer." I'm talking about the iPad replacing my laptop. Can it run Word, Excel, Quicken, Photoshop, or their equivalents? It's not meant to replace a personal computer. -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- http://mikedrums.com ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply |
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-MIKE- wrote in : On 4/6/11 8:33 AM, Han wrote: wrote in : At this point I could almost forego a laptop if the iPad, or any similar tablet, would run programs like SketchUp ... one of these days. ;) That's the problem, it's not a fullfledged computer ... So what? What problem? It was never meant to be. What's a "fullfledged computer" anyways? My phone does a lot more than my first "fullfledged computer." I'm talking about the iPad replacing my laptop. Can it run Word, Excel, Quicken, Photoshop, or their equivalents? a lot of those are available in the cloud somewhere, so all you need is a browser. so yes. |
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On 04/06/2011 01:47 PM, chaniarts wrote:
Han wrote: wrote in : On 4/6/11 8:33 AM, Han wrote: wrote in : At this point I could almost forego a laptop if the iPad, or any similar tablet, would run programs like SketchUp ... one of these days. ;) That's the problem, it's not a fullfledged computer ... So what? What problem? It was never meant to be. What's a "fullfledged computer" anyways? My phone does a lot more than my first "fullfledged computer." I'm talking about the iPad replacing my laptop. Can it run Word, Excel, Quicken, Photoshop, or their equivalents? a lot of those are available in the cloud somewhere, so all you need is a browser. so yes. http://docs.google.com/ |
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"Swingman" wrote in message
... On 4/6/2011 7:44 AM, Han wrote: wrote in For a contractor, one of the best tools around for day to day operations. I was kidding of course! I believe it from what I've heard about it. It's NOT a deductible expense for a retiree like me, although it is an option when this laptop dies. At this point I could almost forego a laptop if the iPad, or any similar tablet, would run programs like SketchUp ... one of these days. ;) I have a tablet that runs the Android OS. Google makes Android. Google makes SketchUp. Rassssberrry! :o) |
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On Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:25:41 -0700, Doug Winterburn
wrote: On 04/06/2011 01:47 PM, chaniarts wrote: Han wrote: wrote in : On 4/6/11 8:33 AM, Han wrote: wrote in : At this point I could almost forego a laptop if the iPad, or any similar tablet, would run programs like SketchUp ... one of these days. ;) That's the problem, it's not a fullfledged computer ... So what? What problem? It was never meant to be. What's a "fullfledged computer" anyways? My phone does a lot more than my first "fullfledged computer." I'm talking about the iPad replacing my laptop. Can it run Word, Excel, Quicken, Photoshop, or their equivalents? a lot of those are available in the cloud somewhere, so all you need is a browser. so yes. http://docs.google.com/ And "documents to go" does the "word thing" as well (on blackberry and android, for sure, possibly others)- and MANY smart phones can run "word lite" type applications like word mobile / office mobile - right onboard - not from the cloud. |
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Swingman wrote:
On 4/6/2011 7:44 AM, Han wrote: wrote in For a contractor, one of the best tools around for day to day operations. I was kidding of course! I believe it from what I've heard about it. It's NOT a deductible expense for a retiree like me, although it is an option when this laptop dies. At this point I could almost forego a laptop if the iPad, or any similar tablet, would run programs like SketchUp ... one of these days. ;) It seems reasonable in 2-D. I think you'll have a long wait for 3-D--unless the processing occurs between keystrokes on a "cloud", or something... Bill |
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"Han" wrote in message
... -MIKE- wrote in : On 4/6/11 8:33 AM, Han wrote: wrote in : At this point I could almost forego a laptop if the iPad, or any similar tablet, would run programs like SketchUp ... one of these days. ;) That's the problem, it's not a fullfledged computer ... So what? What problem? It was never meant to be. What's a "fullfledged computer" anyways? My phone does a lot more than my first "fullfledged computer." I'm talking about the iPad replacing my laptop. Can it run Word, Excel, Quicken, Photoshop, or their equivalents? See Android OS. Google makes it. Google makes SketchUp, Picasa (Photoshop like), Google and others make word and excel equivalents for Android. A number of tablets run Android. I've got one I paid $100 for. It only has a 7" screen, but larger Android tablets are available. |
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... Lobby Dosser wrote: wrote in message ... Lobby Dosser wrote: For those who are not aware of Google's free eBooks, let me recommend them for furniture styles and hand tool woodworking. Hundreds of titles from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Search: furniture Click: more Click: books Click: Free Google eBooks (about halfway down the menu column) These books can be downloaded in pdf format. Ping me if you need help. LD Following your directions, I quickly ran across: The practical cabinet maker and furniture designer's assistant: with essays ... By Frederick Thomas Hodgson I only read the preface, but it was an interesting read (on the old versus the new--and in this case, new is about 1910). Interesting stuff. Bill Yeah, you can learn a lot from some of this stuff. I haven't seen a treasure trove like this since I worked in a large library 50 years ago! Picked up an Illustrated History of the Civil War a few days ago. I knew google had free eBooks, but just got more deeply into it recently. Warning: it can be a gigantic Time Sink! You know about the Library of Congress photo archive, right? Did they have my baby pictures? I've been looking for them everywhere. I wondered whose kid that was ... |
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On 4/6/2011 3:01 PM, Han wrote:
I'm talking about the iPad replacing my laptop. Can it run Word, Excel, Quicken, Photoshop, or their equivalents? Bluetooth a keyboard to it and the iPad quite comfortably creates and edits most Office products - Word, Excel, Powerpoint. Quicken, Photoshop, CAD ... the tablet OS is still a bit immature for fullblown apps of this type at this point, but, and it's a big BUT .... John Gage of Sun was prescient when he uttered the phrase "... the network is the computer ..." With the advent of cloud computing, the "net" is indeed quickly "becoming the computer" and it won't be long before you won't need local copies of programs like Photoshop ... as above, you don't need most Office Suite software as we speak, which can be accessed on the cloud via any device that can run an http client. Already, a desktop has basically become totally unnecessary for what I do, and a laptop appears not very far behind. Then again, I've been around long enough to know that pendulums swing and things go in circles. Reckon there could well be another resurgence of steam engines before long ... Steam Powered Aeroplane, anyone? :) -- www.e-woodshop.net Last update: 4/15/2010 KarlC@ (the obvious) |
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On 4/6/2011 6:01 PM, Lobby Dosser wrote:
"Swingman" wrote in message ... On 4/6/2011 7:44 AM, Han wrote: wrote in For a contractor, one of the best tools around for day to day operations. I was kidding of course! I believe it from what I've heard about it. It's NOT a deductible expense for a retiree like me, although it is an option when this laptop dies. At this point I could almost forego a laptop if the iPad, or any similar tablet, would run programs like SketchUp ... one of these days. ;) I have a tablet that runs the Android OS. Google makes Android. Google makes SketchUp. Rassssberrry! :o) My DroidX could almost be considered a tablet ... aspirin sized, but what the hell. g -- www.e-woodshop.net Last update: 4/15/2010 KarlC@ (the obvious) |
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Swingman wrote in
: On 4/6/2011 3:01 PM, Han wrote: I'm talking about the iPad replacing my laptop. Can it run Word, Excel, Quicken, Photoshop, or their equivalents? Bluetooth a keyboard to it and the iPad quite comfortably creates and edits most Office products - Word, Excel, Powerpoint. Quicken, Photoshop, CAD ... the tablet OS is still a bit immature for fullblown apps of this type at this point, but, and it's a big BUT .... John Gage of Sun was prescient when he uttered the phrase "... the network is the computer ..." With the advent of cloud computing, the "net" is indeed quickly "becoming the computer" and it won't be long before you won't need local copies of programs like Photoshop ... as above, you don't need most Office Suite software as we speak, which can be accessed on the cloud via any device that can run an http client. Already, a desktop has basically become totally unnecessary for what I do, and a laptop appears not very far behind. Then again, I've been around long enough to know that pendulums swing and things go in circles. Reckon there could well be another resurgence of steam engines before long ... Steam Powered Aeroplane, anyone? :) I guess I may have an iPad sooner than I thought I would ... Thanks all. -- Best regards Han email address is invalid |
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"Swingman" wrote in message
... On 4/6/2011 3:01 PM, Han wrote: I'm talking about the iPad replacing my laptop. Can it run Word, Excel, Quicken, Photoshop, or their equivalents? Bluetooth a keyboard to it and the iPad quite comfortably creates and edits most Office products - Word, Excel, Powerpoint. Quicken, Photoshop, CAD ... the tablet OS is still a bit immature for fullblown apps of this type at this point, but, and it's a big BUT .... I suspect that very few people ever use the full potential of full blown apps. John Gage of Sun was prescient when he uttered the phrase "... the network is the computer ..." With the advent of cloud computing, the "net" is indeed quickly "becoming the computer" and it won't be long before you won't need local copies of programs like Photoshop ... as above, you don't need most Office Suite software as we speak, which can be accessed on the cloud via any device that can run an http client. As long as you are in range of a satellite, at the very least, and are willing to pay the connect charges. |
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... Swingman wrote: On 4/6/2011 7:44 AM, Han wrote: wrote in For a contractor, one of the best tools around for day to day operations. I was kidding of course! I believe it from what I've heard about it. It's NOT a deductible expense for a retiree like me, although it is an option when this laptop dies. At this point I could almost forego a laptop if the iPad, or any similar tablet, would run programs like SketchUp ... one of these days. ;) It seems reasonable in 2-D. I think you'll have a long wait for 3-D--unless the processing occurs between keystrokes on a "cloud", or something... Bill Nintendo has a 3D version of their DS game machine on the market right now. Yes, I know you meant 3D as in computing power but it takes a fair amount for the games. MOF, PC power has been driven by the games market for the past few years. Intel is rightfully concerned about the Killer App that will need what they can build. |
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... Steam Powered Aeroplane, anyone? *:) Not bloody likely. People on the flight-path would bitch and complain when those steam powered planes would blow their whistles on approach of the runway. |
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Lobby Dosser wrote:
"Bill" wrote in message ... Swingman wrote: On 4/6/2011 7:44 AM, Han wrote: wrote in For a contractor, one of the best tools around for day to day operations. I was kidding of course! I believe it from what I've heard about it. It's NOT a deductible expense for a retiree like me, although it is an option when this laptop dies. At this point I could almost forego a laptop if the iPad, or any similar tablet, would run programs like SketchUp ... one of these days. ;) It seems reasonable in 2-D. I think you'll have a long wait for 3-D--unless the processing occurs between keystrokes on a "cloud", or something... Bill Nintendo has a 3D version of their DS game machine on the market right now. Yes, I know you meant 3D as in computing power Well, I meant the computing power done by a graphics card, rather than that done by the CPU, per se. It's mostly a different animal. but it takes a fair amount for the games. MOF, PC power has been driven by the games market for the past few years. Intel is rightfully concerned about the Killer App that will need what they can build. |
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On 2011-04-06 16:01:15 -0400, Han said:
I'm talking about the iPad replacing my laptop. Can it run Word, Excel, Quicken, Photoshop, or their equivalents? Yes -- between ilife and iWork, those functions are pretty well covered. iWork contains Pages, which equates to Word (and will save files as Word .docs and open .docx), Numbers, which equates to Excel (and will save files as .xls and open .xlsx), and Keynote, which equates to Powerpoint (and etc. ...). If full compatibility with the Microsoft apps files is necessary, then you'll find Apple's programs miss, but not by much... page geometry in layouts down with Word breaks (but Word ISN't, no matter how hard the world tries, a layout program!). Powerpoints with sound generally remain mute. Excel files are just gonna look different, but most of the world just uses Excel to build minimally functional databases, not spreadsheets, don't they? In terms of a presentation program, Keynote beats the hell out of Powerpoint, if for nothing else that you can place an image on one page, change the size and position of the image on the following page, and marvel that the program animates the transformation on the page transition. You have to see this to believe it! iLife contains iPhoto, photo database cum photo editor, iMovie, a fairly powerful video editor, and Garage Band, a music production tool that, apparently, really shines on the iPad. There are 3rd party apps that come closer to Photoshop's capability than does iPhoto, though iPhoto does a respectable job of the common photo enhancements like fixing red eye, lightening an underexposed photo, or improving color in a photo. Nope, I don't have an iPad. I have used the iWord products pretty frequently to open files sent by clients using more recent versions on MS Office apps than I have access to, but I only need the data from those files, not the client's (generally awful) formatting. One final benefit of the iPad, regardless of program functionality: they seem to keep small children quiet and engaged for lengthy periods of time. Don't you have grandchildren, Han? |
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On 2011-04-06 19:19:15 -0400, Swingman said:
John Gage of Sun was prescient when he uttered the phrase "... the network is the computer ..." With the advent of cloud computing, the "net" is indeed quickly "becoming the computer" and it won't be long before you won't need local copies of programs like Photoshop ... as above, you don't need most Office Suite software as we speak, which can be accessed on the cloud via any device that can run an http client. yeahbut. If you're on a data plan (this applies more to phones and tablets) that limits the amount of data before you start racking up surprise chages, well, SURPRISE! Also worth considering: upload/download speeds. If you're on dial-up, you're gonna find anything other than text sux. If you're on cable and all your neighbors are streaming movies, you're also gonna find that anything other than text sux. |
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... Lobby Dosser wrote: "Bill" wrote in message ... Swingman wrote: On 4/6/2011 7:44 AM, Han wrote: wrote in For a contractor, one of the best tools around for day to day operations. I was kidding of course! I believe it from what I've heard about it. It's NOT a deductible expense for a retiree like me, although it is an option when this laptop dies. At this point I could almost forego a laptop if the iPad, or any similar tablet, would run programs like SketchUp ... one of these days. ;) It seems reasonable in 2-D. I think you'll have a long wait for 3-D--unless the processing occurs between keystrokes on a "cloud", or something... Bill Nintendo has a 3D version of their DS game machine on the market right now. Yes, I know you meant 3D as in computing power Well, I meant the computing power done by a graphics card, rather than that done by the CPU, per se. It's mostly a different animal. Womder where the graphics on the DS 3D are processed ... but it takes a fair amount for the games. MOF, PC power has been driven by the games market for the past few years. Intel is rightfully concerned about the Killer App that will need what they can build. -- Ever wonder why doctors, dentists and lawyers have to Practice so much? Ever wonder why you let them Practice on You? |
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Steve wrote in news:4d9d2ba0$0$4163
: On 2011-04-06 16:01:15 -0400, Han said: I'm talking about the iPad replacing my laptop. Can it run Word, Excel, Quicken, Photoshop, or their equivalents? Yes -- between ilife and iWork, those functions are pretty well covered. iWork contains Pages, which equates to Word (and will save files as Word .docs and open .docx), Numbers, which equates to Excel (and will save files as .xls and open .xlsx), and Keynote, which equates to Powerpoint (and etc. ...). If full compatibility with the Microsoft apps files is necessary, then you'll find Apple's programs miss, but not by much... page geometry in layouts down with Word breaks (but Word ISN't, no matter how hard the world tries, a layout program!). Powerpoints with sound generally remain mute. Excel files are just gonna look different, but most of the world just uses Excel to build minimally functional databases, not spreadsheets, don't they? In terms of a presentation program, Keynote beats the hell out of Powerpoint, if for nothing else that you can place an image on one page, change the size and position of the image on the following page, and marvel that the program animates the transformation on the page transition. You have to see this to believe it! iLife contains iPhoto, photo database cum photo editor, iMovie, a fairly powerful video editor, and Garage Band, a music production tool that, apparently, really shines on the iPad. There are 3rd party apps that come closer to Photoshop's capability than does iPhoto, though iPhoto does a respectable job of the common photo enhancements like fixing red eye, lightening an underexposed photo, or improving color in a photo. Nope, I don't have an iPad. I have used the iWord products pretty frequently to open files sent by clients using more recent versions on MS Office apps than I have access to, but I only need the data from those files, not the client's (generally awful) formatting. One final benefit of the iPad, regardless of program functionality: they seem to keep small children quiet and engaged for lengthy periods of time. Don't you have grandchildren, Han? You make it sound more and more enticing, Steve! 4 Grandkids, between 15 years and 3 months ... -- Best regards Han email address is invalid |
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On 4/7/2011 5:22 AM, Han wrote:
You make it sound more and more enticing, Steve! 4 Grandkids, between 15 years and 3 months ... Han, Check out my FaceBook profile to see my youngest grandson (3) in the UK pounding on the iPad I gave their mother for her B'day a few weeks back. Kids love'em. The boys have an iPod touch they've been sharing with their Mom, so they have the technology down cold. -- www.e-woodshop.net Last update: 4/15/2010 KarlC@ (the obvious) |
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: On 4/7/2011 5:22 AM, Han wrote: You make it sound more and more enticing, Steve! 4 Grandkids, between 15 years and 3 months ... Han, Check out my FaceBook profile to see my youngest grandson (3) in the UK pounding on the iPad I gave their mother for her B'day a few weeks back. Kids love'em. The boys have an iPod touch they've been sharing with their Mom, so they have the technology down cold. I believe you, Karl!! Can't find the pictures, though ... -- Best regards Han email address is invalid |
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On Wed, 6 Apr 2011 16:01:45 -0700, "Lobby Dosser"
wrote: "Swingman" wrote in message m... On 4/6/2011 7:44 AM, Han wrote: wrote in For a contractor, one of the best tools around for day to day operations. I was kidding of course! I believe it from what I've heard about it. It's NOT a deductible expense for a retiree like me, although it is an option when this laptop dies. At this point I could almost forego a laptop if the iPad, or any similar tablet, would run programs like SketchUp ... one of these days. ;) I have a tablet that runs the Android OS. Google makes Android. Google makes SketchUp. Rassssberrry! :o) What are you guys paying for voice/data packages per month? -- From the Book of Aussie Bush Etiquette: Never tow another car using pantyhose and duct tape. |
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