[LINK] Great but not as a computer? [was: iPad]
Marghanita da Cruz
marghanita at ramin.com.au
Fri Jan 29 13:26:18 AEDT 2010
Stilgherrian wrote:
> 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.
>
Not really.
the average person isn't supposed to
deal with operating systems. The average
person deals with apps, which deal with
operating systems, which deal with machines.
Dedicated hardware in harmony with an
app is the way to go. I am a little
mystified about this obsession with
changing operating systems from the one
that ships with the hardware (yes I did
it in 2004 - but that was because you
couldn't buy Linux preinstalled).
One of the reasons Linux and Apple
struggle is the variety of apps
available to run on MSWindows. In 1988,
I would have said a turnkey system
offering email, wp, ss and presentation
software was sufficient....now perhaps a
browser is sufficient.
The problem the I-Pad may have is it is
too big to fit into a pocket, too small
to replace your television and too
limited to replace your computer or
DVD/CD player and recorders.
Marghanita
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