I am *so* glad windows 7 wasn't my idea...
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Scott
On Jul 21, 2011 11:18 PM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It seems to me that people are trying to get the iPad to do things for
which they would be better off just using a laptop.
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> As for the general Apple-bashing: I am writing this on an iMac, my laptop
is Macbook Pro, and I just bought another Macbook Pro for my daughter.
Magically, the only person in the house who still needs help with their
computer (as in "why is XYZ not working?") is my wife with her Dell running
Windows 7.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> On Jul 21, 2011, at 3:59 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
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>>> Are you saying the IPad is a worthless piece of junk, or are you
speaking generally about some manufactured goods?
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>> I am specifically referring to the iPad.
>>
>> - As a personal entertainment device it is great.
>> - As a reference material lookup device it is great
>> - As a communications device, it is OK
>> - When loaded with specific apps that address your needs, it is pretty
good
>> - As a productivity tool, it is pretty aweful
>> - As a content creation tool, it is downright miserable
>> - Multitasking? Yeah right.
>> - Interfaceability with other devices and storage medium? Zilch.
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>> Don't ask me to give up my iPad because for what it does well, it does
>> very well. But what it fails to do well makes your life miserable.
>>
>> Without any joking, it literally takes about $100 USD in apps just to
>> make the iPad usable for moderate business use. Want to print
>> something? That's a paid app. Want to actually save PDF files? Paid
>> app. The list goes on and on.
>>
>> As was previously mentioned, the image-management aspect of the iPad
>> is so horrid as to be unusable. How about basic file storage,
>> retrieval and transfer? The standard method for transferring a file to
>> the iPad is to email it to yourself from your computer, open up a
>> web-based mail client in ReaddleDocs (paid app), and save it to the
>> ReadleDocs file system. Granted, if you are able to place both
>> computers into the same WiFi LAN, you can do a web-drive app (paid)
>> which allows you to FTP or brouse files in and out of the iPad.
>> Sometimes. Unless the WiFi network is busy then it doesn't work.
>>
>> Or my favorite: Most apps would be considered "thin client" programs
>> and gain their functionality though "phoning home" and getting the
>> data online. Lose your WiFi connection to the Internet? Most apps of
>> any usability are toast.
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>> AG
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