iPad usefulness?
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From: Peter Ceresole on 1 Apr 2010 09:52 Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)network-analysis.ltd.uk> wrote: > I would class printing is a "nice to > have" not "absolutely essential". Actually, in that particular respect I think yopu're wrong. I suspect that printing is very high on the list of needs for anybody who isn't a completely casual user. Remember, this *isn't* an iPhone or an iTouch- it's in a quite different category, the kind of machine that comes with an office suite (iWork is damn good). That calls for an ability to print. -- Peter
From: Ben Shimmin on 1 Apr 2010 10:04 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>: > Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)network-analysis.ltd.uk> wrote: >> I would class printing is a "nice to >> have" not "absolutely essential". > > Actually, in that particular respect I think yopu're wrong. I suspect > that printing is very high on the list of needs for anybody who isn't a > completely casual user. > > Remember, this *isn't* an iPhone or an iTouch- it's in a quite different > category, the kind of machine that comes with an office suite (iWork is > damn good). That calls for an ability to print. It's funny how people's priorities differ. I haven't owned a working printer for about four years now, and have no plans at all to buy one. However, if I desperately need to print something (like a ticket I've bought online, for example), I will do so at work; obviously this isn't possible for everyone. b. -- <bas(a)bas.me.uk> <URL:http://bas.me.uk/> `Zombies are defined by behavior and can be "explained" by many handy shortcuts: the supernatural, radiation, a virus, space visitors, secret weapons, a Harvard education and so on.' -- Roger Ebert
From: David Kennedy on 1 Apr 2010 10:28 Peter Ceresole wrote: > > I went straight from CP/M to MSDOS 5 to the Mac. > Ditto. > I used Windows for a very short while- I think it was the nightmare of > 3.1. Absolutely horrible. > Agreed. Horrid! -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: Woody on 1 Apr 2010 10:32 Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>: > > Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)network-analysis.ltd.uk> wrote: > >> I would class printing is a "nice to > >> have" not "absolutely essential". > > > > Actually, in that particular respect I think yopu're wrong. I suspect > > that printing is very high on the list of needs for anybody who isn't a > > completely casual user. > > > > Remember, this *isn't* an iPhone or an iTouch- it's in a quite different > > category, the kind of machine that comes with an office suite (iWork is > > damn good). That calls for an ability to print. > > It's funny how people's priorities differ. I haven't owned a working > printer for about four years now, and have no plans at all to buy one. It is I think related to how people see things. At work, in electronic publications (hah), there are a lot of people that will routinely print everything out to read it. There are people who you ask for a copy of something and they will give you a printout, so you say 'actually can I have the electronic copy' and they look puzzled. On the other hand, at work every time I print something I have to look through my book to remember which printer is which, as I so rarely do it. -- Woody
From: Peter Ceresole on 1 Apr 2010 10:53
Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > It's funny how people's priorities differ. I haven't owned a working > printer for about four years now, and have no plans at all to buy one. Whereas here, Anne needs to print as one of her important tasks- she lectures, and produces handouts for her students. Although if she can, she gets the hosting institutes to do the printing, in several cases she has to do it here. Not fancy printing, which is why we get away with a HP 1022, but very necessary all the same. > However, if I desperately need to print something (like a ticket I've > bought online, for example), I will do so at work; obviously this isn't > possible for everyone. I think that simply doesn't apply to that many people, as you say. Being able to print a letter is one of those transforming abilities that makes a real difference to anybody- and certainly to the kind of people who might be getting an iPad as their main computer. -- Peter |