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From: Rick on 31 Mar 2010 10:40 On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:33:10 -0400, Ezekiel wrote: > "White Spirit" <wspirit(a)homechoice.co.uk> wrote in message > news:hovm66$gkn$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> On 31/03/2010 15:19, Ezekiel wrote: >> >>>> I suppose I just find it difficult to believe that so many people are >>>> willing to pay for overpriced hardware that can't do a tenth of what >>>> a netbook can do. >> >>> Can't do 1/10th? Care to list all of these things that typical users >>> want to do with a netbook that can't be done with an iPad? (Hint - >>> compiling drivers and editing gigabytes of video isn't something that >>> is commonly done on a netbook.) >> >> No flash. > But support for HTML5 standards h264 video. .... but no Flash? > >> No multitasking. > A nice techno-term that's meaningless to end users. Really? Are you sure? Does everyone open their email app, close it. Open the browser. Close it. Open some other app. CLose it. Really? That's how it is done? (snip) -- Rick
From: White Spirit on 31 Mar 2010 10:45 On 31/03/2010 15:40, Rick wrote: > On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:33:10 -0400, Ezekiel wrote: >>> No multitasking. >> A nice techno-term that's meaningless to end users. > Really? Are you sure? Does everyone open their email app, close it. Open > the browser. Close it. Open some other app. CLose it. Really? That's how > it is done? That's certainly how it was done when I used to use DOS and CP/M. It's not what I expect in 2010.
From: Ezekiel on 31 Mar 2010 10:48 "White Spirit" <wspirit(a)homechoice.co.uk> wrote in message news:hovn4h$jun$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > On 31/03/2010 15:40, Rick wrote: > >> On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:33:10 -0400, Ezekiel wrote: > >>>> No multitasking. > >>> A nice techno-term that's meaningless to end users. > >> Really? Are you sure? Does everyone open their email app, close it. Open >> the browser. Close it. Open some other app. CLose it. Really? That's how >> it is done? > > That's certainly how it was done when I used to use DOS and CP/M. It's > not what I expect in 2010. > Good because that's not how it's done. The user switches between apps. Apps are capable of remember their state so when the user switches back to the browser (for example) - it resumes exactly where the user left off. You seem to think that this is going to be a big deal for users. Unless users find this objectionable it's a moot complaint.
From: White Spirit on 31 Mar 2010 10:51 On 31/03/2010 15:48, Ezekiel wrote: > Good because that's not how it's done. The user switches between apps. > Apps are capable of remember their state so when the user switches back > to the browser (for example) - it resumes exactly where the user left off. > You seem to think that this is going to be a big deal for users. Unless > users find this objectionable it's a moot complaint. I think they'll find it objectionable that they can't read an e-mail while they're waiting for a web-page to load or have something download in the background. Are they locked in to iTunes as well?
From: nospam on 31 Mar 2010 10:58
In article <hovlko$l3o$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Ezekiel <Me(a)Not-there.com> 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.) it's not something that's done on most computers either. > > 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. right. |