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I don't think you can easily compare a $250 netbook to the iPad. Lower quality screen, heavier, thicker, significantly less battery life, no multi-touch, lower
by jsz0 17y ago
I don't think you can easily compare a $250 netbook to the iPad. Lower quality screen, heavier, thicker, significantly less battery life, no multi-touch, lower build quality, and of course weaker software. They may serve some of the same purposes but I don't think they're directly comparable.
- poppysan 17y agoWeaker software, lower build quality? Have you even used the ipad? Its a beefed up ipod touch, not a scaled down laptop. The netbook wins from many perspectives. The multi-touch is sexy, i'll admit. but form is not greater than function. Imagine chatting, posting on HN, or uploading photos to Flickr. These 3 easy actions are not easily handled on the ipad. <edit> I have never used it and cannot comment on the build quality (which is the point i was trying to make. Sorry!)
- elblanco 17y agoYou forgot doing all that while listening to mp3s and driving a 60" tv as a second monitor showing a movie.
- warfangle 17y agoLower quality screen? Hmm, I thought sure there were netbooks out there with .. oh, yeah, the dell mini-10 has a true 720p option. Unfortunately, it's not possible to get the large screen and a 3G card together. Or the higher powered CPU and an OTA tv tuner. In fact, it's pretty impossible to build a decent dell mini-10 system, so forget I even mentioned it. Or don't, and remember not to spend ten minutes futzing with their customization workflow...