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Nintendo Kid
Aug 4, 2011

by Smythe

more like dICK posted:

The original iPhone was so revolutionary that RIM execs literally thought it was a trick.

This is because RIM execs are morons who weren't even making high end phones of any sort for years by the point the iPhone came out. That particular anecdote means little other than they've been out of touch for honestly like a decade by now.

I will also remind you that the original iPhone didn't even handle 3G on launch, let alone run anything besides built in applications. Which further reinforces how dumb RIM was, really.

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Nintendo Kid
Aug 4, 2011

by Smythe

Vanagoon posted:

If you're going to mention Jon Stokes you have to mention his totally excellent CPU book - Inside the Machine.
It's out of date as it only goes up to the C2D but it's very thorough on the things it covers.
http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Machine-Introduction-Microprocessors-Architecture/dp/1593271042

I don't know why copies of this are so incredibly expensive.

It's expensive because it gets used as a textbook in some courses.

Nintendo Kid
Aug 4, 2011

by Smythe

Lazlo Nibble posted:

If you're a really smart dude whose smart ideas are read/appreciated by hundreds of thousands of people, I can see the appeal of working for a company that can implement those smart ideas in hardware form and get them into the hands of hundreds of millions of people.

It takes a long rear end time doing that for Apple. Especially if what you're doing isn't even in the mobile arena.

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