[X4U] End of the line for PPC support from Apple

[Daly Jessup]

Ed Gould wrote:

>I hate to be the bearer of news but I had a small IPOD (sorry don't 
>remember what model) but I don't have a clue on how to use it. I 
>tried to figure it out and gave up. I ended up giving it away to a 
>friend who helped me buy my G5 as a thank you gift. But IIRC 
>(questionable here) it did not come with instructions (bought 
>directly from Apple) I gave up trying to even turn it on. (no on/off 
>switch) . At least he is happy with it.

Ed, you have told us  in the past about your problems these days with 
learning and remembering things. So I write with the the kindliest 
intentions. I just want to suggest that millions of people use iPods 
without any problem at all. And there is a real market demand for a 
small, portable computer where someone can do internet, email, work 
on a PowerPoint presentation, write a document, do a little research, 
generate some graphs, and so on, without requiring a CD drive or a 
printer. It's not just for rich CEOs - it's for lots of executives, 
managers, IT people, training developers who have to visit engineers, 
labs, and so on - and gather data for later massaging. In fact, I 
could go on and on. The lightness, unobtrusiveness, portability, and 
instant availability of the MacBook Air make it very desirable to 
lots of people.

It is getting to be a pain to see you criticizing people's choice of 
tools when the criticism is based only on your own experience and 
limitations.

Daly
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