[OSX-Users] Re: ipad?

[Terry Payne]

On 29 Jan 2010, at 14:26, Philip Boulain wrote:

> On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 14:17 +0000, Terry Payne wrote:
>> Hang on, are we falling into the perennial "...it hasn't got what I
>> would want so axiomatically it is crap..." type argument?  The one we
>> had when the MBAir came out... oh yeah, and when the iphone gen1
>> appeared?
> 
> Probably---that's why I said I didn't think it was intended to compete
> with netbooks, because I don't think it /can/. (Again, the Air is a
> closer match there.)

Fair comment - but I'd argue that there's a section of people who want a souped up smartphone / browser thingie, and others who want a mini laptop.  For the former, the iPad probably will compete (for browsing, and baring the flash caveat which *does* need fixing, it looks like the iPad will be better than most netbooks).  But if you fall intro the latter camp (which I'd argue many of us would), then yeah - the iPad doesn't really cut it.

> I cannot see any device you would want to *replace* with this, except
> possible a pre-smartphone PDA if you decided you didn't need it to fit
> in your pocket any more.

The thing is, you probably could have said something similar about a Playstation or XBox (dunno - how do they compare with a good, spec'd out PC???).  Ironically, I bet a lot of games box owners also probably own a PC of some description or other.

The press (and Jobs, etc) have laid it on thick - granted, but for some people they are probably right.  For everyone else though...

	Terry


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