On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Howard Katz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Ashgrove <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> People, >> >> I hate to point this out, but a computer, Apple or otherwise, or any >> other gadget for that matter, is no more than that --a gadget, a tool. >> Much as we love'em, it's not worth it to lose our cool over a cluster >> of chips. Just a thought. >> > > Very true, Felix, but maybe it's more like an addiction. At the Univ. I > work at part-time, the internet has been up and down all evening--everyone > who knows I'm staff keeps asking me in a panic if I know when the 'net will > be back up. (If I could charge for crystal ball usage I'd be rich right now. > My favorite was an instructor who asked me if the outage was temporary or > permanent. I wanted to tell him that I hoped temporary. Permanent would > mean no more internet---EVER. :) ) > > Howard > I know the feeling. My school might not have more than 250ish kids through all 4 grades right now, but seeing as I'm the only student privileged to be able to enter the server room, no questions asked, and seeing that my reputation for being able to fix (and break) stuff so well (more fix than break, I'm currently back-logged, 4 desktops, a personal project, my iBook, and the entire eMac lab are on the list) that whenever something goes down, it's usually no more than a few minutes before I'm beckoned to get it fixed (I've even been asked by our IT guy who just showed up last year, and that's saying something, he's a genius) Anyways, I'm not trying to say that the iPad is a piece of crap, I just don't like how limited it is for the power-user. I'm constantly needing root access to everything, and being forced to jailbreak is not my opinion of something I'd like to use. (I put linux on my iBook, custom version, but compiled with a PPC kernel none the less... I just like being able to have full control). I don't mind Apple products at all. I own an entire Pile of Beige beasts (Love 'em too) and have started adding colored items to my pile too (2 iMacs, on tray, one slot load, both amazing) and have acquired an iBook G3 500mhz, which I can't seem to keep from using late at night when I should be doing homework (I love the battery live on it, but the DC-In board is picky =( ) and seem to find it's restricted-ness useful when I'm working on homework (It means that I won't accidentally break a reference to something, and then spend the next few hours repairing and hunting down that single line of code that I screwed up, and I"ve got to take note never to do it again.) Maybe in a few years, when there's some features I might like on the iPad, I might get one (and if I have a larger budget than -$140 right now). It's honestly not that bad, but I like my choices wide open. I'll probably get a We-Pad or a jooJoo just because I'd be more open to using the environment that I"m used to, not the one I'd have to live with. I still do enjoy seeing how people respond to what I have to say about stuff though, for the same price as the iPad, I"ll be getting a 4 core desktop, clocked at 4.2ghz, 4gb ddr3 ram, a top-of-the-line systemboard, and a 650W psu, plus a pair of 9Cell batteries for my laptop, to get me through a college school day. I'd find that more practical at the moment, but maybe my 5th year... It'd be nice to post a "WTB: iPad, 2nd Gen, 32GB non-3G", just to enjoy yesteryear... heck I"m still using my 2nd Gen Nano and loving the 30 minutes of battery, the white screen issues, and the iffy clickwheel... I don't complain about it, I just accept that for $0, you get what you pay for. --Christian > -- > 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/ >
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