[OSX-Users] Re: ipad?

[Christopher Gutteridge]

I can see them being used by businesses who want their traveling staff 
to have more flash than a rugged-ised laptop. It looks classier than a 
phone or laptop; I can totally imagine it being used by people like 
wedding planners and Maître d's.

It fills the same niche as a clipboard.

Neil Broderick wrote:
> Hi,
> does anyone have any views on the ipad? My initial impression is that I would rush out and
> buy one if it was running OS X or a similar operating system in which I could do what I wanted
> but not if it is just a large iphone without the ability to make phone-calls (or have a GPS chip). 
>
> I am guessing that it would be worth waiting for version 2 to be hacked before it would be worth
> buying.
>
> cheers,
> Neil
>   

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