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From: Sak Wathanasin on 3 Apr 2010 08:31 In article <1jga0yn.1himigre81234N%peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: > Not routinely, but the other day when I was starting out with our new > Epson V5000 scanner, and setting it up to print slides which I had never > done before, I printed out the three relevant pages from the pdf. It > really did make a difference. How did it make a difference? Was it because you could take the pages over to the scanner or because you needed to be able to see the instructions at the same time as carrying them out (ie. it saved your having to flip between 2 windows/appls)? If you had had an iPad, it would have solved both these problems. Ironically, the lack of multiple windows on the iPad means that if you were carrying out some task on the iPad itself, you'd need to either print out the instructions or view them on your laptop/desktop. I used to print minutes/agenda to take into meetings, but these days I put them on the iPhone. Even having to scroll around, and zoom in/out, it's good enough that I can dispense with the paper copy. With the iPad, it'd be a no-brainer esp as with iWorks, I'd be able to take notes. A Newton-like freehand notetaker would be good though (wonder if I have the time to write an appl...) -- Sak Wathanasin Network Analysis Limited http://www.network-analysis.ltd.uk
From: Howard on 6 Apr 2010 07:45 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > 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. I really don't see why printing is a high priority. I am a business user of iMacs and iPhones and rarely print stuff. What is a hard copy print useful for ? It is easy to pass anything that really needs printing on the iPad through email to a desktop if printing is really needed. The iPad is not designed/ intended as someone's sole computer, but as an auxiliary device. Howard
From: Howard on 6 Apr 2010 07:45 Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > Of course, people who work from home or are retired have a much greater > need for a printer; I fully accept this. But they will also have a desktop device. This iPad device format is not intended and I believe will not really be used as a sole computer device in the vast majority of homes. Howard
From: Howard on 6 Apr 2010 07:45 Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > Ordinary people don't have any backup requirements at all. They don't > understand about backup, and they don't bother with it (even when it's > really easy with Time Machine). I agree. But more important what exactly are these backups that are needed ? I will be getting one as soon as I can and one for my mother too. I will use mine for home and work. My mother for email and a few things that might interest her, such as reading books or magazine online. We will both use Gmail, mine corportae, hers domestic. So no need for backup there. iTunes will operate ebooks, music and podcasts etc etc.. so no need for backups there. I use not taking apps but they backup to my Gmail documents function already so I am sure the iPad ones will do the same. So exactly where does this major backup requirement ? Howard
From: David Kennedy on 6 Apr 2010 08:56
Howard wrote: > > What is a hard copy print useful for ? > Filing, giving to someone else, reference, etc. There are many reasons for printing and even though you may not wish to print everything the ability to do so is an important one. -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com |