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[JeromeM]

Repairing, rebuilding and riding motor cycles used to be a hobby of mine. Now I have a Honda, pay someone else to service it, and just ride it.

Programming running and modifying my computer ( a triple boot 6502, Z80, and 80186 running BBC Basic CPM and DRdos) used to be a hobby of mine.  When forced to use a Mac 20 years ago (a FatMac AFAICR) I hated it, because I haven't given up the hobby of playing with the machine and modifying the program's.

Now I have moved on with my hobbies and just want the computer to work so I have happly used Macs for the last 18 years computers are not my hobby I just want them to work. Though Mac sustems maintaince is an occasional paying job, it is paid work.

I haven't bothered with virus protection in all that time (and I don't practice safe computing).  Are there viruses on my computers?  Probably yes. Do they bother me or infect my OS? No. Because they are all for windows machines or they are phishing attacks.

I am very aware of what is happening in the computer security world which now includes phones and tablets. I see no need to run security SW on my Apple hardware now or in the near future.

Apple systems are, in general, for people who don't want to bother with how the systems work. They just want them to work

I have apple machines not a computing hobby I've moved on.  Woodwork, designing our new house and diving are my hobbies and are fun and my machines assist my hobbies and my main work of teaching.

YMMV You may want a hobby and the other platforms provide that opportunity, often whether you want it or not. Unless your company has locked down your computer.  

 

[rxe]

Interesting how one usage shapes what you want. 

From my point of view, I din't give a monkeys about the camera, an SD card would be a disaster, and to be honest I'd rather they got rid of the buttons and headphone jack.  I'd like a higher resolution screen - ideally 1600x1200 retina display.  Battery life is fine. 

What would I do with such a device?  Use it for viewing diagnostic grade medical images (CT scan, x-ray).  The SD card would be a nightmare for proliferation of images.  I'd like the case sealed so that I can cover it in bleach for infection control. 

SD card won't be happening any time soon.  The entire strategy is to hold your data centrally (or you could set up a service to hold it yourself).  So your digital camera should upload the images to the central location (automatically), and they are instantly available to any device.    Look at Apple's iCloud push for their implementation. 

 

[Kev]

Interesting how one usage shapes what you want. 

From my point of view, I din't give a monkeys about the camera, an SD card would be a disaster, and to be honest I'd rather they got rid of the buttons and headphone jack.   I'd like a higher resolution screen - ideally 1600x1200 retina display.  Battery life is fine. 

What would I do with such a device?  Use it for viewing diagnostic grade medical images (CT scan, x-ray).   The SD card would be a nightmare for proliferation of images.   I'd like the case sealed so that I can cover it in bleach for infection control. 

SD card won't be happening any time soon.   The entire strategy is to hold your data centrally (or you could set up a service to hold it yourself).  So your digital camera should upload the images to the central location (automatically), and they are instantly available to any device.    Look at Apple's iCloud push for their implementation. 

Snigger ...

My last thirty years have been IT - the last 10 have had an enterprise mobility focus. It's amazing how the conflict between corporate and personal device capabilities have grown to be both different, then ultimately similar. I'd be giving away the game if I said where I thought things were ultimately going - but I will say that the human interface is key and you will probably be caught of guard with tech capabilities over the next 18 months.