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est:
Also, in the back of my head constantly while reading that MS vs Apple & Quicktime article is "yeah, but the Windows Quicktime player is fucking shit"
David_Dovey:
Am I the only one who thinks that is incredibly fucking maddening? It seems a pretty pervasive mindset among both software and hardware makers that you can let out a substandard product on initial release because you always get a do-over, particularly in software where fixing any extant flaws are as easy as releasing an automatically downloaded patch.
It's probably not as apparent to most people but working in a technology college with well over fifty computers has made this kind of laziness incredibly acute to me. Is it too much to expect a product to actually work on release?
jhocking:
Fifty whole computers? wow that is a technology college. :roll:
--- Quote from: Ozymandias on 03 Feb 2010, 18:44 ---People keep saying "well you're not the target audience" well who the fuck is the target audience except for morons with money and a steaming desire to look like it?
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man I didn't notice it before, but you sure have a lot of pent up anger toward this device. Did an iPad steal your girlfriend or something?
Ozymandias:
None of your goddamn business, Hocking. This is personal.
Sox:
--- Quote from: Jeans on 04 Feb 2010, 03:23 ---I sort of want to dismiss the notion that a device smaller than a regular laptop but still not small enough to fit in your pocket is more portable than a laptop.
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The iPad is way less than half the size and weight of my laptop, probably be a between half or a third of the cost, doesn't have a lid and likely won't require a charge for every few hours of use.
My laptop is just a few inches too big for the majority of bags I own, and takes up all the space in the few designed to contain it. The iPad will fit in all my bags and even in the pockets of two of my jackets.
The touch screen interface is far more preferable to a keyboard for me, given that I tend to browse the internet via mouse clicks rather than keystrokes. I can't really place enough importance on that interface. It's simple and easy. It's not at all like a trackpad, which is what I'd be using on my laptop, unless I were to take a mouse with me. A mouse in addition to the powercable. The powercable that I would have a very hard time finding a socket for in a car, on a bus, or in many of the local coffee shops. I use my laptop to hold all of my media and documents. I use it to run torrents, word process, record music at home, run graphics applications, I use it as a home media hub. All I need it to do out of the house is browse the web and maybe run an IM client. Possibly watch movies, if I am travelling.
It doesn't even need to play music, I have tiny mp3 players for that purpose. I don't want to carry a £2000 laptop around for the purpose of having a web browser. Something about that just seems kinda idiotic to me. Especially when I could have a much smaller, cheaper device do all those things just as well
The iPad is really not that big if I compare it to my alternative setup. I could fit 2.5 iPads on the lid on my macbook. If I open the lid, that's 5 iPads.
I like bags. I like that I have a variety of them. I like that I have small, light and discreet bags that are perfectly suited to contain something the size of an iPad. If I want to carry my laptop, everybody knows I am carrying a laptop, guaranteed. Because I am likely carrying it in a backpack the size of my torso.
The iPad is inarguably more portable than a laptop.
Of course, I don't need an iPad. I bet I'll do just fine with an iPod touch. I really do see nothing wrong with this device. It seems like a fine device.
I have absolutely no reason to complain about the iPad.
I feel this is relevant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gk
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