iPad usefulness?
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From: Pd on 7 Apr 2010 05:55 Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)network-analysis.ltd.uk> wrote: > There's no need for conspiracy theories: it all boils down to what can be > delivered in the time available for price. If you try to shoehorn everything > in, you end up with an undeliverable mess. Or in the case of Longhorn / Vista, even after removing everything of value, you still end up with an undeliverable mess but I guess it was all they had so deliver it they must. -- Pd
From: R on 7 Apr 2010 06:05 Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)network-analysis.ltd.uk> wrote: > I think we're all pretty much in violent agreement that the iPad as it > stands isn't capable of being a standalone system. The question that we're > arguing over is whether Apple was right to go for the "iPhone plus" market > instaed of the "never had a computer before" market. I think they are: > firstly, they can build on their existing user base Which they could do if it was a standalone device. There's no reason why a standalone device couldn't also work with a Mac. It's not either or. > and secondly, it allows > them to test out ideas and get feedback on a standalone device. It's easier to get feedback on a standalone device if you have actually made one :)
From: David Kennedy on 7 Apr 2010 07:26 Pd wrote: > Sak Wathanasin<sw(a)network-analysis.ltd.uk> wrote: > >> There's no need for conspiracy theories: it all boils down to what can be >> delivered in the time available for price. If you try to shoehorn everything >> in, you end up with an undeliverable mess. > > Or in the case of Longhorn / Vista, even after removing everything of > value, you still end up with an undeliverable mess but I guess it was > all they had so deliver it they must. > Now then! Conor [the Barbarian?] will be along to jump all over you if you keep this up. -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: D.M. Procida on 7 Apr 2010 10:22 Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > > There's no need for conspiracy theories: it all boils down to what can be > > delivered in the time available for price. If you try to shoehorn everything > > in, you end up with an undeliverable mess. > > Or in the case of Longhorn / Vista, even after removing everything of > value, you still end up with an undeliverable mess but I guess it was > all they had so deliver it they must. They should have called it Shoehorn. Daniele
From: Flavio Matani on 8 Apr 2010 06:36
Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > I suspect you may be wrong. > > > > The only person I know personally (sister in law) who actually wants to > > buy one would have it as her sole machine; she's attracted to it because > > it's smaller and neater than a laptop or desktop, and because it looks > > elegant. She doesn't need to be able to do much beyond email, online > > shopping, iChatting, text processing- and printing. There are a lot of > > people who think this way. > > There are several people I could think of that would love that sort of > operation, the iPad doing all they need. Same here, I know a few people in that category. But I also know not being able to print would be seen as a serious drawback. -- flavio matani guitar tuition http://www.flaviomatani.co.uk http://fflavio.com |