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IainB:
...Better late than never. ;D
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-wraith808 (March 20, 2014, 09:18 AM)
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Yes, well, that's more or less what I thought too. :mad:
The thing is, there is apparently a rather large gap between what MS advertising seems to be clearly saying is the OneNote FREE functionality (see my diagram above) and what turns out to be the actual functionality subsequently reported by others and as revealed in system error messages.
I always try to be positive and trust that people/organisations will endeavour to do their professional and honest best, with integrity.
From this discussion thread and the OutlinerSoftware.com thread, MS would seem to have disappointed on both those fronts.
So, @40hz's comments above are probably spot-on.
Innuendo:
Looks like OneNote FREE for the Mac is a seriously hobbled version: OneNote now free… or is it? | Welcome to Sherwood
-IainB (March 20, 2014, 05:15 AM)
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Well, to be fair, one could argue that Macs are seriously hobbled versions of computers. ;D
Sorry. Tried to resist, but couldn't.
IainB:
...Well, to be fair, one could argue that Macs are seriously hobbled versions of computers. ;D
-Innuendo (March 21, 2014, 07:21 PM)
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Yes, an interesting point. You probably could argue that, and I would agree, but history indicates that it used to be the reverse was the case. Not all that long after the IBM PC (DOS) was introduced with its text-based Intel CPU and 80-character wide display, the Macintosh came out with a graphics-based Motorola CPU, and the Xerox-PARC GUI using a mouse. That and the applications you could get on it placed it light-years ahead of what the PC could do. For example, running MacProject, which enabled people to run Gantt/PERT project planning, and not to forget the Desktop Publishing software Adobe Aldus PageMaker.
The reasons for the Mac's apparent decline seem to hinge mainly on over-pricing (so reducing quantities sold as demand is price-elastic), an insistence on remaining a relatively closed black-box/proprietary system (so these two points led to fewer applications being developed), and considerably slowed forward technological development. The Mac thus appeals to a relatively narrow market nowadays.
The PC, on the other hand, seems to have evolved rapidly to generally catch up and then eclipse the Mac. It has become the lowest common denominator for computer technology. Especially important here is the growth in the domain of applications development - making the PC appealing to a relatively wide market. The PC has become a ubiquitous commodity with a progressively reducing price (in real terms) due to economies of large-scale production, produced to meet a correspondingly increasing demand (which is price-elastic).
It's a fascinating study in technological evolution.
rgdot:
It is because it's main marketer had no interest in seeing anything but its own logo on their devices, extrapolate that way of thinking into other business decisions and Macs are exactly what he wanted.
40hz:
It is because it's main marketer had no interest in seeing anything but its own logo on their devices, extrapolate that way of thinking into other business decisions and Macs are exactly what he wanted.
-rgdot (March 22, 2014, 07:29 AM)
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Don't give Apple too much credit for the Mac. I think it's more that Apple was fortunate enough to come out with the Macintosh about the same time as Adobe Postscript first appeared and laser printers were becoming affordable.
Bit o' history: The combination of a 300dpi Laserwriter and Macintosh II (loaded up with Aldus PageMaker) was a pretty awesome proposition at a time when having a service bureau typeset a page on a Linotronic Typesetter (and outputting to 600dpi "film") ran about $15-$25 per page.
Desktop publishing was the "killer app" that made the Macintosh and secured Apple's future. (Just as the spreadsheet Lotus 1-2-3 did for the IBM-PC.) Some years later, Quark Xpress, Photoshop and Aldus Freehand cemented Cupertino's leadership in 'desktop' graphics - and Apple never looked back.
If Apple was clever about anything it was coming out with the legendary then $4000 LaserWriter.
In an era when other laser output devices went for $10K and up, the "LW" was a bargain that corporations and graphic designers couldn't scoop up fast enough. It's been said (I think correctly) that it was the LaserWriter that sold more Macintosh computers than anything else Apple ever did by itself. And Apple knew it. They took great pains to make sure it wouldn't interface with any hardware but their own.
It used to be fairly common to go into companies with 100s of PCs and find a single Mac or two sitting in a back corner under the watchful eye of a secretary (remember those?) for communal use whenever "hi-rez" output was needed by some boss.
Too bad the "dog in hayloft" mindset has since spread now that Apple has shown tech companies the way... :-\
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