[Ti] Re: like hell freezing over ?

[Timothy Luoma]

On Jun 9, 2005, at 2:58 AM, David DelMonte wrote:

> Yesterday, a friend was here. He is a Windows user as he doesn't  
> know any better. He has been terrified of digital photography. The  
> stories about downloading pictures into a PC that he has heard are  
> keeping him from getting into it - he is a photographer. So - we  
> took his new digital camera out of the box, took a dozen pictures,  
> then took it to my powerbook.
>
> I plugged in his camera to my USB cable. iPhoto started  
> automatically, recognized his camera, told us we had 15 pictures to  
> import and flashed the import button. We clicked it and the  
> pictures downloaded. He was amazed and asked where can I buy a mac.
>
> That's what's important to me. That kind of functionality. If that  
> happens faster with a new chip running, I'm all for it. Even if  
> it's Intel.

Ah, the voice of reason reappears....

Most people don't care what's inside.  They care about what the  
computer can do.  And, by all recent studies, they want portable  
computers now more than ever.

Interesting...

TjL