Re: Shutdown - 25 Years Later

On 2025-04-19, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Fri, 18 Apr 2025 21:07:41 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
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The "one size fits all" GUI that Windows and Ubuntu was trying to push
on their customers was stupid. A smartphone and a tablet are used
differently than a desktop or laptop. I remember seeing the ads for
Windows 8 where a person is sitting at a desk, keyboard and mouse in
front of him or her and, instead of using the mouse (or keyboard) they
awkwardly reach across the desk and tap the screen. With the Windows
tablets their ads were showing off add-on membrane keyboards.

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https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/collections/surfacekeyboard?
icid=Surface_Acc_Cat_R1CP2_ProflexKeyboard
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Oh, you wanted a keyboard with that? Here's a nice one for $399.99.

There's one that "only" costs $165.19. You're saving "up to" $14.80. I'm not
sure what "up to" means in this context. Does the price of this keyboard
jump up and down a few pennies depending on the time of day?

I think the original Surface computers were running on that half-baked ARM
Windows version (can't remember its name now... Windows RT). But, if I
remember right, the keyboard prices weren't cheap for those either.

(Maybe Surface computers still run on ARM CPUs, I don't know and don't
really care.)

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