In praise of the iPad: A contrarian view I agree with the above and with the daring fireball article. People are moving away from just using a computer to access their email and the web. Really a computer is over kill for such task's. Most people really don't need a computer but they do want that web thing. Making contact with friends and family and reading about stuff on the that intertube thing that is so new. We have just become use to finding things or losing things on our hard drive's. In 10 years time the computer as we know it will be a very specialized device.
Well I am off to buy a new iMac tonight my old G5 iMac just lost its power supply last night and my father in law who is 81 misses his email. On Jan 29, 2010, at 3:44 PM, Marta Edie wrote: > Now that we all have watched the intro by Steve Jobs and the rest about the > iPad, I would like your opinions. Most of the apps I downloaded were hardly > applicable to my status in life and Ideleted most of them. I have not played > a single game and my fingers would not be fast enough and anyhow, those wild > movements do nothing for me. Now, reading in bed,maybe, but then, I like the > feel of a real paper book. > the iWork. ? When will I ever need a spreadsheet or keynote or even Pages? > What is then left for me? Photos? With whom should I share them? And videos? > Movies? > And I am not sure that I would need the tablet for emailing. > > I need to put stuff in files, clutter my desktop up with reminders , keep > folders of letters , at least aliases on my desktop. ----- > > So that is I, I would probably ,if I had to choose anything, get me a macbook > air ,just because it is a bit lighter than a regular laptop. > > I don't know about you all,being so much younger and more vibrant than I. And > as far as music is concerned, I already despise the iTunes store with all its > crazy looking icons which are everything else than the clean looking Apple > stores and beautifully designed laptops . > > Marta > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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