5 Jun
2013
5 Jun
'13
11:02 a.m.
>> > For those so OCD as to have clear space,
howzbout we reinvent "the
>> > desktop"!
>> The serious question is: why.
>> Once we get there, why would you want or need a big box any more? What
> What box?
> I'm talking about a 4x8 foot flat surface to put on sawhorses or file
> cabinets and call it a "Desk". Optionally, it can be a touch-screen, with
> detachable keyboard.
On 5 June 2013 03:54, Fred Cisin <cisin at
xenosoft.com> wrote:
OIC!
Sorry, I thought by "desktop" you meant "a desktop computer", as in,
a
separate system unit, either vertical or horizontal, with separate I/O
devices attached to it.
Nope, the Windoze/Mac METAPHOR, being re-connected with the real thing.
Hence the "reinvent "the desktop""
Did NOT mean "desktop" as short for "desktop computer"
They set up an additional ad-hoc computer lab at the college, and did it
with laptops!
So, maybe "desktop computers" are on the way out
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com