I'll take it as a compliment. I'm 40. Granted it's not like having a desktop/notebook. But I recall just 10 years ago we were having dicussions on this list about who gets notebooks instead of desktops. This is parallel is striking.
On Tuesday, August 23, 2011, Mathew Shember <[email protected]> wrote: > Well? > > > > I can’t seem to justify $700 for en email reader and a game player for my kid. If somebody gave me one, I would use it. > > > > Anecdotally speaking, I see iPad more in kids hands then I do the adults. > > > > Thanks, > > Mathew > > > > From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 9:21 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Apple newbie - iPad remote access to server shares > > > > This point seems to be lost on many. > > > > There are many services to be consumed in this day and age that do not require a full “computer”, and for which a complete PC, or even laptop, actually can be a disadvantage. > > > > There’s room for multiple devices in the ecosystem. Has been for some time. > > > > -sc > > > > From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 12:09 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Apple newbie - iPad remote access to server shares > > > > If you insist on using a tablet exactly as a PC (or even a laptop), then you'll be sorely disappointed. > > Most people who adopt them (tablets) use the new tool differently from the old tool. > > It's not like most people with laptops in a corporate environment are actually using a reasonable percentage of its inherent advantages. Additionally, many people are using their smart phones which are even more inconvenient than tablets, to accomplish some of the work they used to perform on PCs. Tablets give them a *richer* experience, from this standpoint, hence the growing adoption rate. > > I'm pretty sure that is we substitute "PC" for "tablet" and go back 16-20 years, there'd be no distinguishing the arguments being used. > > Yet, here we are. > > ASB > > http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker > > Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… > > > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 11:42 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > > The benefits and costs of distributing books electronically is not > tied to the use of tablets. You can use a PC to read a PDF or other > digital media just as well as on a tablet, and do much more besides, > given the cost differential - once you take into account the > peripherals needed to make the tablet as useful as a more traditional > laptop or PC. The loss of a keyboard, IMHO, outweighs all of the > supposed advantages. > > Kurt > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 18:00, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> wrote: >> You're still mostly wooshing here. >> >> Never did I say I bought into these concepts, but this is how it often >> appears to the uninitiated into the arcane art of IT. I, of course, know >> that mainframes didn't die, but most of the work of the "data processing" >> department was subsumed in many organizations by business units closer to >> the data, and this was accelerated by the adop > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
