Linus Torvalds Quotes

The reason we wouldn't make a seven-inch tablet isn't because we don't want to hit a price point, it's because we don't think you can make a great tablet with a seven-inch screen.

I found the iPad to be too large and heavy to use comfortably in casual situations (like reading in bed, for example), and too limited to use as a replacement for my laptop. By comparison, the Nexus 7 is just the right size for use anywhere - it's very similar in size to my daughter's Kindle Fire, but lighter.

The great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn't get bigger or heavier.

I never really started to carry a cellular phone until it was small enough so I could put it on my belt and not even feel it was there.

I don't want to own something that you can't take into your apartment at night.

I'm a great fan of taking my laptop out and about.

I am a laptop boy. People say: 'Where's your studio?' I say: 'It's in my laptop, in my rucksack.'

The Nexus 7 is about the same size as a Moleskine notebook, and it just 'feels' like the right form factor for doing all those things you want to do on a smart phone, but can't quite do in the right way. It's not too big, and not too small - just right.

I discovered it was easier to carry around a pen than a piano.

So much better to write pen on paper; you can do it anywhere, say, while stuck at the airport.

I love technology. We can be our own DJs wherever we go.

I'm portable. I carry a laptop and a little recording studio on my back.

I carry my iPad and laptop with me everywhere.

Poems are perfect for something to listen to while you're walking around because they don't take very long.

I'm as much my own master as anyone can be, without being the master of others. I can write anywhere - all I need is a couple of hours of solitude and a computer, and I can write a chapter. Since my work is portable, I can live anywhere I like.

Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You'll find what you need to furnish it - memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey.

If 'Chicago Fire' goes for a long run, maybe I'll look for a place, but in my line of work, you can't throw your eggs into one basket because you might have to move. I'm not big on 'things,' though, so I don't own TVs, couches or cars because I wouldn't know where to put them.

To read a paper book is another experience: you can do it on a ship, on the branch of a tree, on your bed, even if there is a blackout.

I have the same clothing everywhere I live.

I have my little craft bag that I bring with me to set everywhere I go.

You can't take my batteries out; I'm always on the go.

I love the guitar because you can bring it everywhere, and you can start a jam wherever you are.

Tablets are more intuitive than a PC or laptop. They also have more real estate than a smartphone.

We're really lucky because we have a portable studio, which enables us to work wherever we like. There is some extra work involved in setting everything up, but you can find a lot of magic and inspiration in being free to go somewhere completely different.

Performance matters because games are built on great performance, but form factor and energy efficiency matter incredibly because they want to build something that's portable and transformable.