I am not clear what you are talking about. The same USB devices work on Macs, but people prefer 20Gb/S to 5Gb/s. It's true that disk speed may slow that but disks get faster, especially if you stripe them. You can also daisy chain which you can't do with USB.
I am sure PC users will eventually get Thunderbolt, the same way they eventually got the mouse, whatever that was.
I am not clear what you are talking about. The same USB devices work on Macs, but people prefer 20Gb/S to 5Gb/s. It's true that disk speed may slow that but disks get faster, especially if you stripe them. You can also daisy chain which you can't do with USB.
I am sure PC users will eventually get Thunderbolt, the same way they eventually got the mouse, whatever that was.
Bob it was not just the Mouse. I am old enough to remember that they:
1. Opposed the GUI (graphical user interface) as an interface designed for stupids by idiots.
2. Opposing machines with no serial and parallel ports.
3. Opposed LCD displays.
4. Opposed Javascript.
5. Defended the netbook when arrived and years down the road, but opposed laptops when they started to become popular (I already posted elsewhere my experience that end up with the question to the users: What pcie cards have you buy in the last 10 years?, so why do you care?).
6. Opposed cellular phones with touch screens (people need a keyboard{they should have say: I want a keyboard} ).
The other side of the coin is that today, they are using all or most of the technologies they decried at the moment. Also they were calling people
that were willing to evaluate needs and prices "fanbois" in the best of the cases (remember the users are stupid mantra).
I have been on TI most of my life (before I worked as a Math and Physics profesor) I have worked from programing to databases and from support to server administration and as a consultant. It is pretty common to have to face the "
We are better" actitud of my colleagues. It's tiresome.
I don't want to come up as harsh, but the technical people needs to understand that knowing how to use or assemble a computer don't make them smarter than a Lawyer or a Medical Dr, nor better than anyone. They also need to remember that t
heir track record discriminating good technologies is abismal.
The TI people that properly select technologies, are the ones that are willing to listen to needs of the users. The ones willing to read actual specs before rushing conclusions. The ones that combine that rationality with a humble approach.
Best regards,
J. Duncan