iPad usefulness?
in [UK Mac]
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From: Peter Ceresole on 9 Apr 2010 05:40 Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > I may have missed the bit where you mentioned this bit of info, but will > she be physically proximate to someone who could provide Mac syncing the > few times it might be necessary, such as for updates? We have a good friend in Geneva, who was at school with Anne [1] and has been close ever since, who has an iMac and a broadband connection. This friend also has a friendly and fairly devoted Mac techie who handles her updates and seems to know what he is doing. > > Assuming of course that it will print to a wifi printer. Yes; if it can't print, there's a massive question mark over the whole thing. But I can't believe that printing won't be enabled Real Soon Now, in some form or other. [1] I've just realised that this means that they've been great friends for more than 55 years- and I've know this person even longer. She introduced Anne and me- I owe her a great debt. Some people are so much part of your life that you can't imagine it without them. She's also best friends with my sister (who was also at school with her) but the real point now is that she has this iG5, which is kept in good order by the techie in question. She's the kind of person who receives help without having to ask... And she's a totally wonderful cook. We're having dinner there in ten days or so- several tiems... -- Peter
From: R on 9 Apr 2010 06:49 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Yes; if it can't print, there's a massive question mark over the whole > thing. But I can't believe that printing won't be enabled Real Soon Now, > in some form or other. In the past OS X used to install around 4GB of printer drivers. I don't know if it does now. 4GB is a lot for a device such as the iPad with a maximum of 16GB total storage space. So, if printing is to be enabled on the iPad, I think the method will be different. Perhaps Apple are now devising this method.
From: Jim on 9 Apr 2010 06:53 R <me32(a)privacy.net> wrote: > So, if printing is to be enabled on the iPad, I think the method > will be different. Perhaps Apple are now devising this method. Based on what I've heard about the 4.0 preview yesterday, printing still isn't going to happen any time soon. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Peter Ceresole on 9 Apr 2010 07:00 R <me32(a)privacy.net> wrote: > In the past OS X used to install around 4GB of printer drivers. > I don't know if it does now. > > 4GB is a lot for a device such as the iPad with a maximum of > 16GB total storage space. > > So, if printing is to be enabled on the iPad, I think the method > will be different. Perhaps Apple are now devising this method. I'd hope that they will find a way of installing one driver for one printer- after all, most printers (all the ones I've seen lately come with a CD including a driver), or maybe even a simple driver, low on features and fonts but good for simple letters. That used to be possible. If it means getting the keyboard dock to have a USB port, well that would be fine. I'd want a proper keyboard anyway. -- Peter
From: Jochem Huhmann on 9 Apr 2010 06:59
me32(a)privacy.net (R) writes: > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >> Yes; if it can't print, there's a massive question mark over the whole >> thing. But I can't believe that printing won't be enabled Real Soon Now, >> in some form or other. > > In the past OS X used to install around 4GB of printer drivers. > I don't know if it does now. > > 4GB is a lot for a device such as the iPad with a maximum of > 16GB total storage space. Only a very small part of this is actually drivers. And there would be no need to install *all* drivers at once, just let the user select a supported printer from a list and install it over the net then. > So, if printing is to be enabled on the iPad, I think the method > will be different. Perhaps Apple are now devising this method. There seems to be nothing in 4.0 about printing. But 4.0 coming to the iPad only in fall leaves a bit of room here. Jochem -- "A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery |