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From: chrisv on 6 Apr 2010 09:07 Peter K�hlmann wrote: >Hadron quacked: >> >> And can you point out to me which netbook is as thin as an iPad with the >> same screen v case size ration and the same battery life with the same >> touch screen and the same rather awesome control SW? > >I am certain he will, just after you told him where the iPad user finds >the many different real applications outside of the confinement of the >apple store. While you are at it, you will certainly tell him how to >connect his USB peripherals to that overpriced piece of junk. Lets start >with something simple, let him connect a USB-drive to get some content off >and on the iPad ....and a real keyboard, and a proper angle between keyboard and display. The iPad's thinness comes at a cost.
From: James Hopone on 6 Apr 2010 14:49 On 2010-04-05 17:38:14 -0500, Rex Ballard <rex.ballard(a)gmail.com> said: > On Mar 31, 11:39�am, James Hopone <nospanjames.hop...(a)yahoo.com> > wrote: >> On 2010-03-31 08:43:58 -0500, "Mocassin joe" <joemocasa...(a)aol.com> said: > >>> The more you look, the more useless it becomes. > >> So you can't afford one why tell us? > > It's not a question of being able to afford it. It's a question of > comparing the value of an iPad, for it's purchase price, to the value > and functionality of a Netbook priced at or below the same price. > > With many Netbooks, you get either WUXGA output or HDMI output, or > both. You get 1 gig of RAM expandable to 2. You get a 160 gig SATA > drive expandable to 600 MB. All in a package that's about the same > length and width as an iPad but a bit thicker - to accomodate the > keyboard. > > Smartbooks will come in at even lower prices, will have 1 gig of RAM > expandable to 2 a solid state drive, with extra SDHC slots and USB > slots for extra storage. Most will also have touch-screens and will > have external video connectors. Essentially the main difference > between the ASUS EEE and smartbooks is the touch-screen and ARM chip, > so that Microsoft can't claim that ASUS is promoting piracy the way > Napster did. ARM makes single-chip devices which include the video > display, the HDMI, the LCD driver, WiFi, and Cellular Phone > connection, as well as the touch-screen. > > Multitouch is also possible on touch-pads and can be used on any of > the available displays. I have to admit I prefer track-balls to touch- > screens. These days on Linux, I've set "disable touchpad while > typing" and "don't touch to click". I get MUCH fewer unintended > curser jumps. > > The touch-screen made sense for the cell phone and the PDA (iPod > Touch), but if the touch-screen limits your alternative display > options, it could be a liability. > > I suspect we will be seeing better alternatives coming as well. Keep > in mind that UNIX/Linux also has support for input devices such a > gloves, inertial sensors, multiple analog joystics, 3D pointing > devices, ultrasonic detection of hand positions of one or more hands, > and inertia detectiors similar to the Wii. > > Linux can support multiple input devices, and up to 16 signals each in > addition to the mouse which can be used for scroll-bars or even > multiple track-balls. Linux also has interfaces to various joystick > devices. > > The gamble apple has taken, is that people will be willing to pay as > much as $700 for a touch-screen with multi-touch interface rather than > a $250 SmartBook with some of the features described above. > > Apple has over a hundred thousand "applications" but how many > calandars and how many versions of Tetris do you really need? Good points all, I received my iPad on 3 April and it does what I had hoped for and more to tell the truth. I wanted something to carry on short trips to use as a reader, checking mail and keeping up with the ball games. It does all that and very well I might add. The reader for books and newspapers is very good. I believe each of us should get what we think is best for us and do so with out all the knocking other for what they want something this group seems to forget some times hell a lot of sometimes.
From: James Hopone on 6 Apr 2010 14:51 On 2010-04-05 17:40:35 -0500, Moshe <goldee_loxnbagels(a)gmail.com> said: > On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 15:38:14 -0700 (PDT), Rex Ballard wrote: > >> On Mar 31, 11:39�am, James Hopone <nospanjames.hop...(a)yahoo.com> >> wrote: >>> On 2010-03-31 08:43:58 -0500, "Mocassin joe" <joemocasa...(a)aol.com> said: >> >>>> The more you look, the more useless it becomes. >> >>> So you can't afford one why tell us? >> >> It's not a question of being able to afford it. It's a question of >> comparing the value of an iPad, for it's purchase price, to the value >> and functionality of a Netbook priced at or below the same price. > > Applications Rex. > Think applications. I would think the value of an iPad depents on the person that is buying it...just a thought.
From: James Hopone on 6 Apr 2010 14:53 On 2010-04-05 20:39:01 -0500, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> said: > In article > <804b3a47-31ab-437e-94ee-59b9da1b76ac(a)r1g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>, Rex > Ballard <rex.ballard(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> It's not a question of being able to afford it. It's a question of >> comparing the value of an iPad, for it's purchase price, to the value >> and functionality of a Netbook priced at or below the same price. > > the value and functionality will vary depending on what the user wants > to do. Thank you very much that's what I have been trying to get accross.
From: Peter Köhlmann on 6 Apr 2010 14:56
James Hopone wrote: < snip > > I believe each of us should get what we think is best for us and do so > with out all the knocking other for what they want something this group > seems to forget some times hell a lot of sometimes. The problem with this is: *This* group is COLA And it is invaded by filthy scum from Mac newsgroups each and every time apple brings something new. Cretins like OxFord, Snit and Znu know fully well that linux users in general are not that impressed and certainly at best only mildly interested in stuff from apple The fanboiz and cargo cultists from apple groups feel so incredibly insecure about their choice that they constantly have to harrass people who knowingly and with their very own reasons have decided that apple is not for them Especially not crappy devices like the iPad -- Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons, For thou art crunchy, and good with ketchup! |