[LINK] Great but not as a computer? [was: iPad]

Stilgherrian stil at stilgherrian.com
Fri Jan 29 13:14:59 AEDT 2010


On 29/01/2010, at 11:25 AM, Ivan Trundle wrote:
> As for the premise that the iPad is not the computer that we want it to be, I'd wager that this device is moving into a space which hasn't been successfully exploited to date: a computer that can be operated without technical assistance, for the masses who know very little about DLLs, drivers, software updates and the like.
> 
> Current computing OS's are too complex for the average person: and it's not just Windows and Linux: Mac OS X is also too complicated for people who just want to access information or create some content and share it.

What that man said, just then, is spot on the money.

Stil


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