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RBerenguel · **#21**

Did I say iPad? Did I say iPhone?

SmoothOper · **#22**

RBerenguel wrote:

Did I say iPad? Did I say iPhone?

Look buddy the tangent is related to ebooks, and that presumably people want Mr. Fairburn to release a book on their iPad or iPhone, in a format that he may or may not be inclined to support. If you think my comments about that is incidentally insulting your choice in other kludged(or otherwise) Apple hardware... bonus, buy a computer from a different company, and quit mucking up threads with Apple hinkiness.

tchan001 · **#23**

JF, Could you please let us know what is the Japanese character name of the book Yoshin Teiki?

Bantari · **#24**

RBerenguel wrote:

I don't get the analogy. I find it hard to see where I paid the supposed premium compared to other vendors still, and I could easily wipe my Mac and install whatever I fancied if I wanted to, if just for the hardware factor.

Well, the hardware in a Mac is pretty much the same as the hardware in a PC. This is why you can wipe it out and install Windows instead. So people do not really buy Macs for superior hardware, no matter what they think - its really a myth. When you buy a Mac you mostly pay for the looks and the OS. Which, in my opinion is worth it many times over, although this is a personal opinion only.

Bill Spight · **#25**

tchan001 wrote:

JF, Could you please let us know what is the Japanese character name of the book Yoshin Teiki?

要津定規

Polama · **#26**

SmoothOper wrote:

RBerenguel wrote:

Did I say iPad? Did I say iPhone?

Look buddy the tangent is related to ebooks, and that presumably people want Mr. Fairburn to release a book on their iPad or iPhone, in a format that he may or may not be inclined to support. If you think my comments about that is incidentally insulting your choice in other kludged(or otherwise) Apple hardware... bonus, buy a computer from a different company, and quit mucking up threads with Apple hinkiness.

You've got it backwards. You can only buy this book on Macs, and it's the non-Apple folk who wish he'd release it in a format they could access. It's sort of a ritual now whenever Mr. Fairbairn releases something for this discussion to be rehashed.

Bantari · **#27**

SmoothOper wrote:

RBerenguel wrote:

Did I say iPad? Did I say iPhone?

Look buddy the tangent is related to ebooks, and that presumably people want Mr. Fairburn to release a book on their iPad or iPhone, in a format that he may or may not be inclined to support. If you think my comments about that is incidentally insulting your choice in other kludged(or otherwise) Apple hardware... bonus, buy a computer from a different company, and quit mucking up threads with Apple hinkiness.

Question: why would anybody want to pay money to buy an inferior product? It seems counter-intuitive to me. Once you go Mac, yo don't go back. This is why you have many people moving from PC to Mac, but not that many moving the other way (I don't know any, as a matter of fact.)

The truth is - both systems have their advantages (although PCs have very few.)
Still, most people picked their device for whatever reason they did, and I am sure those reasons make sense to them, but now they are stuck.
So I really find advice like "go buy something else" to be not very helpful.

SmoothOper · **#28**

Polama wrote:

SmoothOper wrote:

RBerenguel wrote:

Did I say iPad? Did I say iPhone?

Look buddy the tangent is related to ebooks, and that presumably people want Mr. Fairburn to release a book on their iPad or iPhone, in a format that he may or may not be inclined to support. If you think my comments about that is incidentally insulting your choice in other kludged(or otherwise) Apple hardware... bonus, buy a computer from a different company, and quit mucking up threads with Apple hinkiness.

You've got it backwards. You can only buy this book on Macs, and it's the non-Apple folk who wish he'd release it in a format they could access. It's sort of a ritual now whenever Mr. Fairbairn releases something for this discussion to be rehashed.

Ah, OK. I am just practicing for when I release some software which doesn't support Apple. I can already anticipate the question... Whud aboat Mac'ntosh? Basically designer hardware just isn't worth it to me.

Bill Spight · **#29**

Bantari wrote:

RBerenguel wrote:

I don't get the analogy. I find it hard to see where I paid the supposed premium compared to other vendors still, and I could easily wipe my Mac and install whatever I fancied if I wanted to, if just for the hardware factor.

Well, the hardware in a Mac is pretty much the same as the hardware in a PC. This is why you can wipe it out and install Windows instead. So people do not really buy Macs for superior hardware, no matter what they think - its really a myth. When you buy a Mac you mostly pay for the looks and the OS. Which, in my opinion is worth it many times over, although this is a personal opinion only.

I am thinking of buying a new computer this year. But I want to use Scientific Linux ( https://www.scientificlinux.org/ ), so a PC seems the way to go.

Bonobo · **#30**

SmoothOper wrote:

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Ah, OK. I am just practicing for when I release some software which doesn't support Apple. I can already anticipate the question... Whud aboat Mac'ntosh? Basically designer hardware just isn't worth it to me.

Ah, OK. Finally you admit you’re trolling. Keep on practising for a time when you might have a clue.

SmoothOper · **#31**

Bonobo wrote:

SmoothOper wrote:

[..]

Ah, OK. I am just practicing for when I release some software which doesn't support Apple. I can already anticipate the question... Whud aboat Mac'ntosh? Basically designer hardware just isn't worth it to me.

Ah, OK. Finally you admit you’re trolling. Keep on practising for a time when you might have a clue.

Well, as long as people are whining about platform compatibility.

nagano · **#32**

Mr. Fairbairn, I would gladly purchase your new books if you released them on Kindle as well, as you have with some of your previous work.

joellercoaster · **#33**

SmoothOper wrote:

RBerenguel wrote:

I don't get the analogy. I find it hard to see where I paid the supposed premium compared to other vendors still, and I could easily wipe my Mac and install whatever I fancied if I wanted to, if just for the hardware factor.

Lets talk about how easy it is after you have done it. Wipe your iPhone and iPad to while you're at, lets see how that goes. :roll:

We are getting way off topic here, but: I have done this before, a couple of times. I am a lifetime Linux user, and I had Macs available. So I ran Linux on those. It was fine.

Apple hardware is not actually a terrible deal in terms of price vs power, but the problem here is that SmartGo books are only available on Apple *software*. And it's the software I don't much like, certainly not enough to spend hundreds of dollars for what would be a single-use device.

Believe me, I have considered it just for SmartGo - the decision is far from a no-brainer. But in the end, it isn't worth it to me, but I would absolutely pay a premium over the current price for SmartGo books on Android (or Linux or (better) Java or whatever).

Also for what it's worth, I think the format of the one Jasiek PDF I have is excellent.

SmoothOper · **#34**

Just to clarify, I do have an iPad that was a gift, I use it all the time, but I really do dislike platform compatibility issues raised in people's threads, so I will refrain from setting the record straight about brandiwines hardware.

tchan001 · **#35**

nagano wrote:

Mr. Fairbairn, I would gladly purchase your new books if you released them on Kindle as well, as you have with some of your previous work.

John Fairbairn wrote:

I have been through the grind with both Kindle and SmartGo. The latter in particular has quite a steep learning curve and the specs keep changing. In the case of the Kindle the software I used was decommissioned and stopped working, so I gave up.

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Maybe someone can recommend JF an alternative to the decommissioned software.

John Fairbairn · **#36**

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Maybe someone can recommend JF an alternative to the decommissioned software.

This decommissioning happened before I moved over to SmartGo. Had I never found SmartGo, I may have moved to other software (I know it exists) and accepted the extra work to learn the new method. However, I would still be constrained by two factors inherent in the Kindle format. One is that I would have to do all the diagrams myself, which would limit the books I would be prepared to consider (e.g. Feast would not be done because it has several hundred diagrams). The other is that the diagrams have to be presented as digital files that bulk up the download, which I or the user has to pay for. Judging by the sales of about 120 for Shuei (the biggest Kindle seller), not many users are prepared to pay. I know it's not a great-looking format anyway. I just ended up there after Slate & Shell decided new paper ventures were a no-no.

Actually, because of severe constraints on my time, I am only prepared to get involved with one format at a time. Don't forget, writing of the actual books takes quite a bit of time too, as does trying to keep the GoGoD database on the road.

For that reason, I would prefer it if people could desist from making "why don't you" comments on alternatives, which tend to leave an air - no doubt unintended, but still there - of lack of effort or care by me.

RBerenguel · **#37**

John Fairbairn wrote:

Quote:

Maybe someone can recommend JF an alternative to the decommissioned software.

This decommissioning happened before I moved over to SmartGo. Had I never found SmartGo, I may have moved to other software (I know it exists) and accepted the extra work to learn the new method. However, I would still be constrained by two factors inherent in the Kindle format. One is that I would have to do all the diagrams myself, which would limit the books I would be prepared to consider (e.g. Feast would not be done because it has several hundred diagrams). The other is that the diagrams have to be presented as digital files that bulk up the download, which I or the user has to pay for. Judging by the sales of about 120 for Shuei (the biggest Kindle seller), not many users are prepared to pay. I know it's not a great-looking format anyway. I just ended up there after Slate & Shell decided new paper ventures were a no-no.

Actually, because of severe constraints on my time, I am only prepared to get involved with one format at a time. Don't forget, writing of the actual books takes quite a bit of time too, as does trying to keep the GoGoD database on the road.

For that reason, I would prefer it if people could desist from making "why don't you" comments on alternatives, which tend to leave an air - no doubt unintended, but still there - of lack of effort or care by me.

I'm one of the purchasers of Shuei's biography for Kindle (which is "the" correct format for such a lengthy piece...) but as soon as it was packaged 4-in-1 for SmartGo I grabbed it, so I'm kind of a double purchaser. Had I known GTAM would appear in SmartGo I'd have resisted purchasing it for Kindle... Kindle doesn't suit very well to more heavy go things, unless it's long pieces of text like Shuei's biography.

lobotommy · **#38**

RBerenguel wrote:

I'm one of the purchasers of Shuei's biography for Kindle (which is "the" correct format for such a lengthy piece...) but as soon as it was packaged 4-in-1 for SmartGo I grabbed it, so I'm kind of a double purchaser. Had I known GTAM would appear in SmartGo I'd have resisted purchasing it for Kindle... Kindle doesn't suit very well to more heavy go things, unless it's long pieces of text like Shuei's biography.

Same with me: I bought 1st part on Amazon, but Amazon's bandit tax policy just made me think twice about next purchases. I decided to wait for SmartGo version even if this would mean a year or two of waiting.

RBerenguel · **#39**

lobotommy wrote:

RBerenguel wrote:

I'm one of the purchasers of Shuei's biography for Kindle (which is "the" correct format for such a lengthy piece...) but as soon as it was packaged 4-in-1 for SmartGo I grabbed it, so I'm kind of a double purchaser. Had I known GTAM would appear in SmartGo I'd have resisted purchasing it for Kindle... Kindle doesn't suit very well to more heavy go things, unless it's long pieces of text like Shuei's biography.

Same with me: I bought 1st part on Amazon, but Amazon's bandit tax policy just made me think twice about next purchases. I decided to wait for SmartGo version even if this would mean a year or two of waiting.

Bandit tax?

skydyr · **#40**

RBerenguel wrote:

lobotommy wrote:

Same with me: I bought 1st part on Amazon, but Amazon's bandit tax policy just made me think twice about next purchases. I decided to wait for SmartGo version even if this would mean a year or two of waiting.

Bandit tax?

If you're in the wrong part of the world, then congratulations, amazon ebooks cost double the first world price.

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