[OSX-Users] Re: ipad?

[Philip Boulain]

On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 14:36 +0000, Terry Payne wrote:
> On 29 Jan 2010, at 14:26, Philip Boulain wrote:
> > 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

That's a bit of a different situation, as single-role games consoles
have been around as long as home computers. There are also a *lot* of
"killer apps" for them---you might really love mobile Safari on your
iPhone, but you can still get by with something lesser on a G1 or
whatever, and still use the same websites as your friends and such. That
doesn't really work with games.

I can see (I think) what you're getting at regarding them being
restricted, single-purpose devices made out of general-purpose
computers, but they live and die by their platform exclusives AFAIK.

> (dunno - how do they compare with a good, spec'd out PC???).

AFAIK, they're tend to be about as powerful and better value on release,
then fall off pretty rapidly.

> Ironically, I bet a lot of games box owners also probably own a PC of
> some description or other.

Certainly. If nothing else, there are popular, high-end PC-only games.

Phil
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