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The iPad is great technology, to be sure. And a lot of that technology may be incorporated into the future of computing. However, I'd suggest that the shock c
by blehn 17y ago
The iPad is great technology, to be sure. And a lot of that technology may be incorporated into the future of computing. However, I'd suggest that the shock comes from the fact that this particular iPad is a computer for the past, not the future. It's great for moms and grandpas--people who grew up without computers. The moms and dads of my generation--people who are in their teens and twenties now--are pretty comfortable with the computers we have already. We want a computer that incorporates the technology of the iPad to enhance the power and flexibility that we are used to, not cripple it. That's why the iPad is disappointing--because we wanted the future, not an indicator of the future.
- DougBTX 17y agoAnecdote: Wednesday evening, my younger sister's laptop crashed while shutting down. She pressed the off button, the screen when dark. The next day, she pushes the power button, screen lights up, displays the crashed logging off screen. She has to call me up to teach her how to use the power button to restart the computer - 1 sec for sleep, 10 sec for really off. A few people in their teens and twenties are pretty comfortable, many more are not.
- blehn 17y agoOf course, but I'm not saying that computers shouldn't become easier to use and more elegant--they absolutely should. I'm saying that they should become more capable at the same time, not less capable.
- DougBTX 17y agoCapable is a tricky word, without a user who can use it the computer is capable of nothing.
- pmarsh 17y agoIt's more of a computer for the present then, not the past. It will make money for Apple in a similar fashion to the way the Wii made money for Nintendo. If it truly is for the masses then the only success or failure is based on if those masses adopt and use it.