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I should hit 125,000 words today on the draft for A MAGIC OF DAWN. My best guess that the draft would hit about 150,000 before revision is still looking about right; so is my prediction that the polished and revised 'submission draft' will be rather longer than that.
Deadline in June. That's still looking good also... Send good writing vibes my way, please!
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The news feeds are tossing computer stuff my way this morning:
Steve Jobs actually said it a couple years back in one of his keynote addresses: sales of notebook computers will soon outpace sales of desktop machines. It's true here in the Parsley Leigh household: since I replaced my desktop iMac with a Macbook, there are no desktop machines in our house. And now the NY Times has realized it too. "More notebook machines will be sold worldwide this year than desktops, the first time in the industry’s history, according to the research firm IDC. In the United States, the milestone has already been reached: last year, notebook sales passed those for desktops."
What about you folks? Do you still use a desktop machine or a notebook/netbook?
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And in semi-related news: In a report on customer satisfaction, Apple has a significant lead. "The Mac producer received an 80 percent score, or "good," on a combination of ease of use, meeting needs and a pleasurable experience. Its next-closest rival, Gateway, scored just 66 percent, or "okay." Other competitors fared worse, with HP and its sub-label Compaq receiving 64 percent and 63 percent scores that are considered "poor;" Dell has dipped to 58 percent. " The article also notes that Microsoft has just launched an ad campaign suggesting that buyers should look only at the specifications and pricing of a computer, not at the other aspects such as system design, software integration, and customer experience.
Hoe do you buy your computers? What's the most important factor(s) in making that decision?
Deadline in June. That's still looking good also... Send good writing vibes my way, please!
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The news feeds are tossing computer stuff my way this morning:
Steve Jobs actually said it a couple years back in one of his keynote addresses: sales of notebook computers will soon outpace sales of desktop machines. It's true here in the Parsley Leigh household: since I replaced my desktop iMac with a Macbook, there are no desktop machines in our house. And now the NY Times has realized it too. "More notebook machines will be sold worldwide this year than desktops, the first time in the industry’s history, according to the research firm IDC. In the United States, the milestone has already been reached: last year, notebook sales passed those for desktops."
What about you folks? Do you still use a desktop machine or a notebook/netbook?
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And in semi-related news: In a report on customer satisfaction, Apple has a significant lead. "The Mac producer received an 80 percent score, or "good," on a combination of ease of use, meeting needs and a pleasurable experience. Its next-closest rival, Gateway, scored just 66 percent, or "okay." Other competitors fared worse, with HP and its sub-label Compaq receiving 64 percent and 63 percent scores that are considered "poor;" Dell has dipped to 58 percent. " The article also notes that Microsoft has just launched an ad campaign suggesting that buyers should look only at the specifications and pricing of a computer, not at the other aspects such as system design, software integration, and customer experience.
Hoe do you buy your computers? What's the most important factor(s) in making that decision?
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I just went to 10.5 on my new computer at work, and I've spent a week trying to figure out how to turn things OFF.