My request to ubuntu developer team

[Ric Moore]

On 11/22/2011 02:51 AM, Art Edwards wrote:
> On 11/21/2011 07:40 PM, Craig White wrote:
>> On Mon, 2011-11-21 at 18:05 -0700, Craig White wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2011-11-21 at 14:47 -0800, Ernest Doub wrote:
>>>
>>>> Show me ~any~ handheld device [using the above definition] currently
>>>> in distribution that has the same speed and productivity capabilities
>>>> as the desktop models currently in distribution.  You might be able to
>>>> make a case [it would still be a major stretch] if you chose an
>>>> absolute bottom end desktop box and the most bleeding edge handheld
>>>> but not if you are comparing averages.
>>>> The desktop will have the advantage in productivity until there is a
>>>> major technological breakthrough requiring at least an order of
>>>> magnitude reduction in "real estate" required for a given level of
>>>> computing power.
>>> ----
>>> OK - this is actually quite easy.
>>>
>>> Quad core Tegra 3 processor
>> ----
>> forgot the link  ;-(
>>
>> http://asustransformerprime.net/asus-transformer-prime/
>>
>>
> So I looked at the link, and it doesn't answer the question. It is a
> quad-core running at 2.0 GHz. This is ~2003 desktop performance, but
> wait.. there is a whole GB of memory, and 16 GB of internal storage,
> just like my USB stick! I think we are not defining productivity
> consistently. I use my desktop (and laptop) to do large, scientific
> calculations. I also use it to write papers for journals. I can also
> browse the web and show videos. This is what I mean by productivity.
> There is no tablet that comes close to doing all of those things, so
> they fall under the toy category for me. So now Ubuntu puts a toy
> interface on their desktop.

PeeWee Herman figured out what a tablet was good for, a drink tray!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiDHUNiurqY&feature=related

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