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From: White Spirit on 31 Mar 2010 10:28 On 31/03/2010 15:19, Ezekiel wrote: >> I suppose I just find it difficult to believe that so many people are >> willing to pay for overpriced hardware that can't do a tenth of what a >> netbook can do. > 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. Given the implications of the above, make it a hundredth. >> Apple must be doing something right. > They're making a device/gadget that approaches the problem from the > user's perspective. The traditional approach is "people want a computer" > and they view this as "people want to check email... people want to > share photos... etc." Many people don't want or need a computer - they > just want to perform certain tasks. Archos did it first and much better.
From: Mocassin joe on 31 Mar 2010 10:29 "Ezekiel" <Me(a)Not-there.com> wrote in message news:hovlko$l3o$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > "White Spirit" <wspirit(a)homechoice.co.uk> wrote in message > news:hovl6p$diu$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> On 31/03/2010 14:08, chrisv wrote: >> >>> White Spirit wrote: >> >>>> On 31/03/2010 13:31, Mocassin joe wrote: >> >>>>> So - how many were available in the first place, 1000, or 1,000,000. >>>>> Nobody >>>>> knows. >> >>>> It's a common ploy for companies to deliberately limit supplies in >>>> order >>>> to give the impression that demand is much greater than it really is. >>>> It wouldn't surprise me if Apple were up to this. >> >>> I doubt they need to play those games. They seem to have plenty of >>> followers. >> >> I suppose I just find it difficult to believe that so many people are >> willing to pay for overpriced hardware that can't do a tenth of what a >> netbook can do. > > Can't do 1/10th? Care to list all of these things that typical users want > to do with a netbook that can't be done with an iPad? (Hint - compiling > drivers and editing gigabytes of video isn't something that is commonly > done on a netbook.) > >> Apple must be doing something right. > > They're making a device/gadget that approaches the problem from the user's > perspective. The traditional approach is "people want a computer" and they > view this as "people want to check email... people want to share photos... > etc." Many people don't want or need a computer - they just want to > perform certain tasks. Wave that Apple flag, you Freak.
From: Ezekiel on 31 Mar 2010 10:33 "White Spirit" <wspirit(a)homechoice.co.uk> wrote in message news:hovm66$gkn$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > On 31/03/2010 15:19, Ezekiel wrote: > >>> I suppose I just find it difficult to believe that so many people are >>> willing to pay for overpriced hardware that can't do a tenth of what a >>> netbook can do. > >> 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. But support for HTML5 standards h264 video. > No multitasking. A nice techno-term that's meaningless to end users. > No USB. Nonsense. The dock-connector definitely supports USB. > Given the implications of the above, make it a hundredth. So you're answer to what a end user wants to do with the device is "flash, multitasking and USB." Hey grandma - what did you do today? (grandma) - I did flash, USB and multitasking. >>> Apple must be doing something right. > >> They're making a device/gadget that approaches the problem from the >> user's perspective. The traditional approach is "people want a computer" >> and they view this as "people want to check email... people want to >> share photos... etc." Many people don't want or need a computer - they >> just want to perform certain tasks. > > Archos did it first and much better. Better how?
From: White Spirit on 31 Mar 2010 10:34 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...
From: White Spirit on 31 Mar 2010 10:35
On 31/03/2010 15:33, Ezekiel wrote: >> Archos did it first and much better. > Better how? They used a full OS (with Flash and multitasking), a better screen, better battery life and for less money. |