You should look up David Perry -- the creator of Earth Worm Jim -- for starts. He's just one of many very talented artist that know how to program. Interactive/game artists in general, at least the ones I know personally -- including myself, are excellent artists but also decent to adept programmers. Creative types in general are multi-faceted in our skills.

What you stated is true in some cases, but the reality isn't so B&W.

I'm not sure what your deal is, or why you're making this claim, but emulators like Frodo 64 on Android works great for me and it's free. I first installed it on my Nexus One, then my Transformer, and now my Galaxy Note 10.1 and it works for the programs I like to keep handy when I'm feeling nostalgic; so all of the programs I've tried.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ab.c64&hl=en

LOL! That was funny! :)

I made the switch and have no regrets.

What really made it all come together though, was an an Android app called Poweramp: http://powerampapp.com/, it does everything I wanted and more -- it still finds album art that iTunes does not.

Hey thanks for quoting my sentence, but then modifying it with a "partial" truth that only goes to show what you don't know. That rocks!

Yeah, some Android devices need an adapter, others do not. Many devices ship with micro USB and some even have full size USB. What really matters though -- especially for me, is that USB is a supported "OPTION" that's available on Android. It's why if I want, I can plug an arcade stick into my phone or any of my tablets -- well, not my iPad.

And I really can't give you an answer to your presumptuous question, nor do I care, as its outcome does not effect my choices; let alone the fact that USB is an option on Android.

The only thing offensive here, is your ignorance.

Hey, let's use this opportunity to share some facts person that's obviously jealous of this news for Android.

Not only do Android users have access to pretty much all of the same smudge-screen derived free-to-play social vomit that's been so popular on devices like the iPad, we also have access to pretty much every emulator available; and they can be purchased or downloaded freely -- even from Google's market; which is just one of many places to shop.

And since touch-screens suck ass for most games that weren't derived for this type of input and Android devices generally have USB ports, we can plug in actual gamepads, keyboards, mice, whatever; and yes, there's also Bluetooh.

And Android users don't need to do something strange, like jailbreaking their device if the want to access content like this PSP emulator.

Since moving to Android, I've not hit any lame walls and now have access to WAY more games -- better games -- than what that fruit company has allowed through its locked-down iGate.

It's a Wacom stylus, which uses what's called EMR (Electo-Magnetic Resonance)** to track the stylus, which is why it doesn't work on other devices -- most of which are just capacitive.

**Here's a link to nerd out on;
http://www.wacom-components.com/english/technology/emr.html

Last time I had a virus, it was back in 1998 on my Beige G3 Mac tower running System 8. It was the sparkle virus that took advantage of Quicktime's newly added auto-run feature. I got it from the work computers.

I've not had a virus since then on my Macs, PCs, nor any of my Android phones or tablets. The same goes for my wife. It's called common sense when it comes to computing.

As far as Android being Windows... It is in the sense of being open, very flexible, and offering some of niceties that a desktop OS has over a locked down consumption portal.

Popularity always brings on malicious attacks for any platform, it's why OS X has had more trojans in recent time. It's why Apple no longer advertises OS X as being a haven against viruses. Now days, most platforms are about the same when it comes to security, it's the user that's the risk.

I'm in a similar boat. I've been buying Macintoshes since the nineties and working on them professionally longer, but when it comes time to upgrade to a new portable workstation, I'm moving to something like HP's beasts.

Since my current MacBook Pro 17" is still very capable, I'm cross-grading all of my pro-applications to Windows that don't have a multiplatform license and plan to be in Bootcamp fulltime before end of the year. This is easy for me, since I used PCs first back in the eighties and never abandoned them, even when I moved on to Macs fulltime -- I still build PCs for gaming and 3D work.

Another area I'm dropping, which is a bit harder to chew on, is IOS development. I'm not going to bother renewing with Apple come next March; but having said that, I deal mostly with enterprise and I noticed a trend towards Android tablets now, so this makes it easier.

This new Apple isn't a company I respect and care to support. It's going to be a bit tougher to get the wife off her Mac, but eventually it will happen.