When I want to check email on my iPod Touch, I simply unlock it, load the email application, and read messages. What a joy. The tool works and works for me. It is my servant, instead of me being its servant.<\/p>\n
Compare that to my corporate Windows Laptop. I open the lid and unlock it, wait for corporate anti-virus (I think) to chew through the I\/O on my machine for several minutes. Then I can read my email using the\u00a0unimpressive and\u00a0slow Lotus Notes\u00a0(<\/em>I’d rather be using Thunderbird, Outlook, or speedy\u00a0mutt<\/a><\/em>).<\/p>\n Or compare to my home Windows Laptop. I open the lid, log in, and am bombarded with requests from several programs to install updates. I just want to check my email, not be attacked with annoying “update me!” windows. I see one from Thunderbird, another from Adobe Flash, another from Mozy and another from Firefox. By the time I’ve upgraded, sometimes I’ve forgotten what I wanted to accomplish in the first place.<\/p>\n Apple has it right with updates for the iPod Touch: They stay out of my way until I want to bother with them, and then they’re all manged together.<\/p>\n Linux has it right: A single package manager updates everything, in one shot, including from third parties.<\/p>\n I’ll continue to use Windows. There are other benefits, even though third-party updates are annoying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When I want to check email on my iPod Touch, I simply unlock it, load the email application, and read messages. What a joy. The tool works and works for me. It is my servant, instead of me being its servant. Compare that to my corporate Windows Laptop. I open the lid and unlock it, … <\/p>\n