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From: ray on 10 Apr 2010 16:23 On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:24:57 -0700, nospam wrote: > In article <82a7piF2hjU5(a)mid.individual.net>, ray <ray(a)zianet.com> > wrote: > >> >> You're right, of course, it doesn't even have half the capability of >> >> a netbook - though it does cost over twice as much. >> > >> > since it's not a netbook, how can it have half the capabilities of >> > one? >> >> A laptop is not a netbook either - it has all the capabilities of one >> and more - but in a larger form factor. > > and how is that relevant to an ipad? What it is relevant to is: >> > since it's not a netbook, how can it have half the capabilities of >> > one?
From: C J Campbell on 10 Apr 2010 17:36 On 2010-04-10 10:51:18 -0700, John A. <john(a)nowhere.invalid> said: > On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:51:57 -0700, C J Campbell > <christophercampbellremovethis(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-04-09 22:07:51 -0700, John A. <john(a)nowhere.invalid> said: >> >>> On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:52:49 -0700, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> In article <o500s5h7ri981gc7sdn6ks7u0ri0siv1vj(a)4ax.com>, John A. >>>> <john(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The fact that you work it with your fingers instead of a stylus or a >>>>> mouse & keyboard doesn't make it fundamentally different. It's just a >>>>> detail of the UI design. >>>> >>>> it makes it very different. >>> >>> It makes the UI different. Replace a truck's steering wheel and pedals >>> with a couple joysticks and you've got a very different driving >>> experience, but it's still a truck. >> >> If the interface was really unimportant, we could just go back to >> entering 1s and 0s using buttons, paper tape, or punch cards. Who needs >> frills like a screen or printer when you can just read the holes on a >> paper tape? > > If it's such a fundamentally different device, how were you able to > trace its lineage back to early computers for a comparison of UI > design? > > Replace the room-size cabinets, paper tape, punch cards, & toggles > with a hand-held body, touch screens and wireless interfaces and > you've got a very different computing experience, but it's still a > computer. And you may still be a mammal, but I wouldn't want to marry you. -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor
From: Tom D on 10 Apr 2010 17:56 "John A." <john(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote in message news:o500s5h7ri981gc7sdn6ks7u0ri0siv1vj(a)4ax.com... > On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:24:57 -0700, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> > wrote: > Because the iPad is not some magical fairy device with mystical powers > running on moon dust. It's yet another digital device with > capabilities seen in other digital devices. Funny you should say that. I was on Best Buy's site and they describe the iPad as "A magical and revolutionary product..." ;-)
From: Mr. Strat on 11 Apr 2010 19:39 In article <829nu8F2hjU3(a)mid.individual.net>, ray <ray(a)zianet.com> wrote: > On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 06:17:38 -0700, Mr. Strat wrote: > > > In article <827ijtF2hkU52(a)mid.individual.net>, ray <ray(a)zianet.com> > > wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:09:40 -0700, RichA wrote: > >> > >> > Wait for HP to release its version. No USB port Apple? Are you THAT > >> > paranoid about content control?? > >> > >> Half a netbook for over twice the price - what's the point? > > > > The iPad will outperform a netbook easily. > > That I've got to see! What about all the lacking capability? Lacking what...a camera? USB is so 20th century...get with it, man.
From: GMAN on 11 Apr 2010 20:01
In article <110420101639447786%rag(a)nospam.techline.com>, "Mr. Strat" <rag(a)nospam.techline.com> wrote: >In article <829nu8F2hjU3(a)mid.individual.net>, ray <ray(a)zianet.com> >wrote: > >> On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 06:17:38 -0700, Mr. Strat wrote: >> >> > In article <827ijtF2hkU52(a)mid.individual.net>, ray <ray(a)zianet.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:09:40 -0700, RichA wrote: >> >> >> >> > Wait for HP to release its version. No USB port Apple? Are you THAT >> >> > paranoid about content control?? >> >> >> >> Half a netbook for over twice the price - what's the point? >> > >> > The iPad will outperform a netbook easily. >> >> That I've got to see! What about all the lacking capability? > >Lacking what...a camera? USB is so 20th century...get with it, man. The only reason the iPad lacks a USB port is so that Apple can controll every bit that passes from one location to the next. They can charge for the bandwidth. |