@potato: "I don't want a platform whose performance will deteriorate rapidly unless I'm religiously observant about what apps I run (registry bloat, DLL bloat, etc). Windows is guilty of this also."
Right on. Honestly, I got spoiled using the Mac, and now, I ruin my PC experience regularly because I use it like a Mac until it runs out of memory, and can't open windows or alert boxes (whereas the Mac just always works, if more slowly).
So, some people want a crashy app-rich f-ed up iPhone experience, over a more stable measured one. Sorry, I pick stability. I'd like a handful apps like Sketches, ToDoList, Money, iBlackJack, Mines, weDict, VNotes, Lights Out and vt-100 maybe Summerboard to make it over, but so far there's also been a lot of crap out there too. Summerboard could use some more QA behind it as well, so it doesn't crash leaving me stranded on a blank homescreen. I think with offline support & homescreen shortcuts, the web apps are a solid alternative as well. BeeJive is still the BEST IM client (for supportted platforms and interface) with the one exception of notification.
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Cleverboy @ Oct 8th 2007 5:00AM
@potato: "I don't want a platform whose performance will deteriorate rapidly unless I'm religiously observant about what apps I run (registry bloat, DLL bloat, etc). Windows is guilty of this also."
Right on. Honestly, I got spoiled using the Mac, and now, I ruin my PC experience regularly because I use it like a Mac until it runs out of memory, and can't open windows or alert boxes (whereas the Mac just always works, if more slowly).
So, some people want a crashy app-rich f-ed up iPhone experience, over a more stable measured one. Sorry, I pick stability. I'd like a handful apps like Sketches, ToDoList, Money, iBlackJack, Mines, weDict, VNotes, Lights Out and vt-100 maybe Summerboard to make it over, but so far there's also been a lot of crap out there too. Summerboard could use some more QA behind it as well, so it doesn't crash leaving me stranded on a blank homescreen. I think with offline support & homescreen shortcuts, the web apps are a solid alternative as well. BeeJive is still the BEST IM client (for supportted platforms and interface) with the one exception of notification.