iPad usefulness?
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From: J. J. Lodder on 2 Apr 2010 07:36 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > > > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > The description claims it needs a computer running a minimum > > > > > > > of Snow Leopard! Rules it out for me as I have a PPC :-( > > > > > > > > > > > > After upgrading Quicktime and iTunes to the latest version > > > > > > on Tiger G5 Mini iTunes is full of iPad mentions too. > > > > > > So it will probably work. > > > > > > > > > > > > iSteve is just trying to tell you > > > > > > that you really shouldn't want too, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You are too late Jan, I somehow managed to misread the specs. > > > > > > > > No, you didn't misread. > > > > Apple.com -does- state that you need 10.5.8 minimum. > > > > > > But Snow Leopard is 10.6, Jan. Are you saying that 10.5.8 won't run on a > > > PPC machine? Because that sounds wrong to me. And so you can support an > > > iPad with a PPC Mac. As Graeme says, he *did* misread the specs. > > > > That was the previous round. > > I was saying next that the specs are probably exaggerated, > > and that it seems likely that 10.4.11 (Tiger) > > will do as well, > > Probably not, as iTunes checks what version it is installing on, and I > presume that it requires iTunes 9.1 (or whatever the current version is) Software update does instal iTunes 9.1 (with all the iPad refs) under 10.4.11 Quicktime upgrades with it, Jan
From: Ben Shimmin on 2 Apr 2010 10:14 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>: > Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: [...] >> 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. I think it applies to a great many people between the ages of 18 and 65, to be fair! A good number of people in that age group work, plenty of them will work in an office, and most offices (all, I would suggest) have a printer. The same applies to university students, too. Of course, people who work from home or are retired have a much greater need for a printer; I fully accept this. > 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. And, there again, we differ; I just don't send very many letters. I will make a telephone call or fire off an email rather than send a letter, where possible. If I do actually need to send a letter, I would print it out at work. (And probably get it franked and posted from work, too, because I'm lazy/cheap like that.) I don't see a lack of printing on the iPad as a major deficiency, really. But obviously for some people it might be. 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: Woody on 2 Apr 2010 12:04 Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>: > > 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. > > And, there again, we differ; I just don't send very many letters. > I will make a telephone call or fire off an email rather than send a > letter, where possible. If I do actually need to send a letter, I > would print it out at work. (And probably get it franked and posted from > work, too, because I'm lazy/cheap like that.) > > I don't see a lack of printing on the iPad as a major deficiency, really. > But obviously for some people it might be. I do see the lack of printing as a bit of a problem for use as an only computer. I never write letters if I can help it (and I manage to help it well) and there aren't that many things that I print, but for my wife, she could run her whole business on an iPad if it printed. My mum would also need printing for it to be of use to her (and I think it would be of use to her, more than a desktop iMac she has now). However, as a companion computer, I would agree that printing is irrelevant. -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Rob on 2 Apr 2010 12:13 On 02/04/2010 15:14, Ben Shimmin wrote: > Peter Ceresole<peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>: >> Ben Shimmin<bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > > [...] > >>> 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. > > I think it applies to a great many people between the ages of 18 and 65, > to be fair! A good number of people in that age group work, plenty of > them will work in an office, and most offices (all, I would suggest) > have a printer. The same applies to university students, too. > > Of course, people who work from home or are retired have a much greater > need for a printer; I fully accept this. > >> 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. > > And, there again, we differ; I just don't send very many letters. > I will make a telephone call or fire off an email rather than send a > letter, where possible. If I do actually need to send a letter, I > would print it out at work. (And probably get it franked and posted from > work, too, because I'm lazy/cheap like that.) > > I don't see a lack of printing on the iPad as a major deficiency, really. > But obviously for some people it might be. > http://www.activeprint.net/
From: Ben Shimmin on 2 Apr 2010 12:18
Rob <patchoulianREMOVE(a)gmail.com>: > On 02/04/2010 15:14, Ben Shimmin wrote: [...] >> And, there again, we differ; I just don't send very many letters. >> I will make a telephone call or fire off an email rather than send a >> letter, where possible. If I do actually need to send a letter, I >> would print it out at work. (And probably get it franked and posted from >> work, too, because I'm lazy/cheap like that.) >> >> I don't see a lack of printing on the iPad as a major deficiency, really. >> But obviously for some people it might be. > > http://www.activeprint.net/ Clever, but not much use if you're trying to use an iPad as a standalone device: With ActivePrint on your iPhone all you need is a network or internet connection, something to print, and the free ActivePrint System app which will run on any Windows PC. 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 |