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What does the average Joe do with their computer? Email, Web surfing, Music, Videos, Casual gaming Seems like the iPad is a good fit for this simple usage pat
by czhiddy 16y ago
What does the average Joe do with their computer?
Email, Web surfing, Music, Videos, Casual gaming
Seems like the iPad is a good fit for this simple usage pattern (and much cheaper than a laptop or desktop). I imagine that writing code / hacking around is pretty far low on their list of priorities.
- fierarul 16y agoI would say the iPad might actually be a better fit for geeks (that know how to use it) or people that don't actually use computers that much so they'll just adapt to anything. Because the "average Joe" is actually a pretty strange beast: * his email may be on servers that need weird configurations * his web surfing includes powerful meme-sources such as youtube. In US, he might actually go to hulu or something similar. His bank might be very fond of some ActiveX thingy to allow online banking. He uses facebook and probably plays one of those flash games. * his music isn't always legit or always bought via iTunes. How will he buy Amazon music and put it in his iPad without a laptop ? * his videos might not always be h264 * his casual gaming is made by those facebook games I talked about. Basically the fact that you still need iTunes to use (and upgrade for example) the iPad means it's not meant to be a computer replacement, but an add-on.