iPads - SOLD OUT!!!!
in [Mac Systems]
|
Prev: test of Xface
Next: iPad - no HDMI out???!!!
From: Hadron on 1 Apr 2010 04:25 Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> writes: > On 03-31-2010 10:28, White Spirit wrote: >> On 31/03/2010 15:19, Ezekiel wrote: >>> Can't do 1/10th? Care to list all of these things that typical users >>> want to do with a netbook that can't be done with an iPad? (Hint - >>> compiling drivers and editing gigabytes of video isn't something that is >>> commonly done on a netbook.) >> >> No flash. >> No multitasking. >> No USB. > > OK, you got one and a half. Now persuade me that's a tenth > of what a netbook can do. List 13.5 more things a Netbook can do. > It's OK if an iPad can do them, since you've already listed the > one-tenth it can't do. He got one.
From: Hadron on 1 Apr 2010 04:23 "Mocassin joe" <joemocasanto(a)aol.com> writes: > You have Dell, HP, etc. If they put a tablet computer out with all the > features a computer has, I would think it would sell better thsn the toy > iPad. And it is a toy. You would think? LOL. Sunk by your own words.
From: White Spirit on 1 Apr 2010 06:09 On 01/04/2010 03:00, KDT wrote: > On Mar 31, 10:34 am, White Spirit<wspi...(a)homechoice.co.uk> wrote: >> On 31/03/2010 14:02, KDT wrote: >>> Right, because over the past 8 or 9 years, Apple has had sooo much >>> trouble selling their consumer devices and demand has always been >>> abysmal. >> It depends on the device... > Which consumer device has bombed in the last 10 years? iPod HiFi. iMac's 'Hockey Puck' mouse. If we're widening the scope to services and operating systems, there are more examples in the last ten years.
From: White Spirit on 1 Apr 2010 06:12 On 31/03/2010 19:53, Alan Baker wrote: > In article<hovm66$gkn$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > White Spirit<wspirit(a)homechoice.co.uk> wrote: >> No flash. > Correct. But people don't want to "do" flash. They want to watch video. > Time will tell whether Apple's choice to leave out flash was correct, > but given that youtube is already supporting video without it... Plenty of people want flash, despite what Apple think. >> No multitasking. > Incorrect. User space applications can't multitask. It's a stupid design. >> No USB. > Incorrect. You have to carry a docking station around. That means that the device itself does not support it. >> Archos did it first and much better. > LOLOLLLOLOOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOOLOLOLOLL Your ignorance is showing.
From: White Spirit on 1 Apr 2010 06:16
On 31/03/2010 16:15, Hadron wrote: >> No flash. >> No multitasking. >> No USB. > What the hell are you talking about? There IS USB. With an extra peripheral. >> Archos did it first and much better. > Err, they didn't. It pisses over the iPad. |