Honestly, I won't ever get an iPad until there's other OS choices. There's a group working on Android for it (finally, a proper OS) and there's also a group out there who's porting Ubuntu to boot natively (not emulated) Plus, It won't ever be able to replace my laptop, which, with it's 15.4" wide screen display, it's 18 hours of FULL POWER battery life, and it's physical keyboard, can also do something I rely on: VMs. Going into computer science, I'd be laughed right out of the classes if I were to walk in with an iPad... (A JooJoo or WePad on the otherhand... probably not.) Anyways, I've used one, can't say it's really anything special. The only reason everyone seems to be falling over it is because Steve released it with the shiny apple. If you were to take the shiny apple name from the product, and name it something decent, it'll get shoved under the rug with the rest of them, guaranteed. (PS, I'm not apple basing, I"m opinionating.)
On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 6, 2010, at 5:09 PM, Dan wrote: > >> At 4:44 PM -0700 4/6/2010, Andrew Le wrote: >>> >>> I heard it was FAST, to move from one and to another and to just use each >>> app is FAST... >> >> A whole computer dedicated to running ONE app at a time. Yea, it better >> be fast! > > This is not true. The iPad (as does the iPhone and iPod touch) all do > multitask, it's just that those apps allowed to do so are a small, regulated > group. Apple even did an iPhone ad about it: > > <http://www.apple.com/iphone/gallery/ads/#wheres-the-movie-large> That is > indisputably multitasking. > >> >> >> When was the last time you did only one thing on a computer? > > At a time? right now. > > Right now I'm writing this email. In ten seconds I may switch over to > firefox to work some more on the business app, or I might go to my CoRE app > to do something on the Windows server, or pop open a terminal window to work > on the Linux servers or I might write some code in BBEdit. > > But I'm not doing all of those at once. > > Now I might be listening to iTunes at the same time, but you know what? I > can do that on the iPad, too.... > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for > those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. > -- -Proudly Sent from a Windows PC -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
