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I thought this might be of some interest to my fellow TP owners. Apologies if
you've seen this already.
>In article <S761.708a@clarinet.com>, carasso@inference.com (dr. carasso)
writes:
>>
>>I was channel surfing the other night when I came across this guy on
>>QVC giving a demo of Windows on a ThinkPad 500. After a few choice
>>comments from the slick salesman, I started taking notes. (I didn't
>>want to divert my attention long enough to find a tape...)
>>
>> He started out by explaining that icons were like glimpses of what
>>was behind them, and proceeded to show the Accessories "menu." He
>>talked about how wonderful this deal was since the machine came with
>>so much preloaded software, and then gave a brief description of each
>>icon in Accessories.
>> First there was "A-Write" the "word processing package" (I think he
>>called it "A-Write" because the icon for Write has a fountain pen
>>drawing an A...)
>> Then there was Paintbrush, which allows you to "do your 3D work" he
>>said. "For example, if you were designing a house, you could keep all
>>the floor plans and layouts in here."
>> Next was Terminal, "which lets you uhhh, uhhhh, add another uhh,
>>terminal to your computer."
>> He fumbled a little more and skipped Notepad, presumably because he
>>couldn't make up anything good to say just after describing "A-Write."
>> Next: "It has this Recorder, which helps you be a little like
>>Steven Spielberg...it interfaces directly with your VHS cassetes."
>> While pointing at the next icon he proudly announced that the
>>machine even came with a built-in Clock.
>> There was Calculator, which of course "manages your finances."
>> He mentioned some of the "executive" features, like Calendar and
>>Cardfile.
>> He pretty much gave up at Object Packager, but saved the moment by
>>kicking into a demo of the "word processing package" because "If
>>you're like me, that's where your family will spend most of it's
>>time."
>> In his "A-Write" demo, he drooled about how versatile the software
>>was. (somehow the common font picker dialog just didn't convince me to
>>pick up the phone and order a ThinkPad) As proof of how useful the
>>"word processing package" was, he "printed in" a sentence: "Dean shows
>>hot computers on qvc." Then "Oh jeez!" he exclaimed, "It's been a
>>long day folks, I mispelled my own first name!" (Dan) He proceeded to
>>hit the backspace key 31 TIMES, leaving only the 'D'. He started
>>retyping the rest of the sentence, but gave up midway and moved on.
>>"Let me tell you something: This thing will really change your life!"
>> He started babbling about "executive" features again and fired up
>>the cardfile "database system." It kinda took the punch out when the
>>camera zoomed back in and you saw that there were three dessert
>>recipes on the screen.
>>
>> The stupidity went on, but mostly on other bundled things like
>>"C-Mail" (I think he meant Lotus Cc:Mail) and some IBM antivirus
>>utilities.
>>
>> An interesting note: In one screen shot it was evident that IBM had
>>replaced the MS-DOS icon with a PC-DOS icon that looks almost
>>identical to the OS/2 logo. Later on, while showing off the manuals,
>>he held up the clearly labelled "IBM PC-DOS" book and said "...you get
>>an MS-DOS manual..."
>>
>>
>>...source unknown.
>>--
>>Roger
>>My thoughts represent no corporation, only myself.
>>ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/carasso/www/home.html
>>
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