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This is disruptive technology at work http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_technology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_technology Apple's iPad at firs

by rythie 16y ago

This is disruptive technology at work http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_technology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_technology Apple's iPad at first looks like a toy that only competes with low-end $600 Dell or HP, but it will acquire a high resolution screen, camera, faster CPU, better software and become easier to use than a real mac and more flexible. There was time when Mac and PCs were thought of as junk to most scientists because they'd have a high end Sun or SGI workstation costing 5-10x as much that was a lot more powerful. However that market is gone now and realistically the top end computer is now a Mac Pro. What happened was cheap PCs acquired over time all the features of the Sun and SGI workstations. Apple doesn't want to do this, but the high end Macs aren't going to last forever as a market (and it's already small) and if they don't do it, someone else will (probably Google).

mattmaroon 16y ago
There's more to disruption than mere hardware. Apple's tight control of the OS severely limits functionality and prevents it from being the truck. Apple is not known for giving up control. What a computer can do is not limited by hardware anymore, the iPad could run full on Windows or OSX I'd suspect.
- ugh 16y ago
  There will be others playing this game. (But they won’t run “full” Windows or OS X. That has failed every time it has been tried in the last ten years. Ask Microsoft.)
  - mattmaroon 16y ago
    The HP Slate will run Windows 7. For most of the past ten years, a processor that could run full Windows with reasonable power consumption did not exist. They do now. Previous tablets were based around handwriting processing, which was also terrible.
    - skalpelis 16y ago
      The same HP Windows 7 Slate that was killed off in April? (http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/29/hewlett-packard-to-kill-windows-7-tablet-project/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/29/hewlett-packard-to-kill-win...)
- rythie 16y ago
  I think software is part of the disruption, some apps will appear on the iPad that are better than those on the Mac. Apple's tight control means a simpler experience for most, there is no malware, spyware or viruses for iOS AFAIK. The iPad could run those OSes and it's not really down to Apple if you replace the whole OS, though Windows isn't available for ARM and nor is OSX in it's desktop form. Linux could be made to work on it. Android has already been made to work on the iPhone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yO2KQHkt4A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yO2KQHkt4A

by rythie 16y ago

mattmaroon 16y ago

There's more to disruption than mere hardware. Apple's tight control of the OS severely limits functionality and prevents it from being the truck. Apple is not known for giving up control. What a computer can do is not limited by hardware anymore, the iPad could run full on Windows or OSX I'd suspect.

ugh 16y ago
There will be others playing this game. (But they won’t run “full” Windows or OS X. That has failed every time it has been tried in the last ten years. Ask Microsoft.)
- mattmaroon 16y ago
  The HP Slate will run Windows 7. For most of the past ten years, a processor that could run full Windows with reasonable power consumption did not exist. They do now. Previous tablets were based around handwriting processing, which was also terrible.
  - skalpelis 16y ago
    The same HP Windows 7 Slate that was killed off in April? (http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/29/hewlett-packard-to-kill-windows-7-tablet-project/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/29/hewlett-packard-to-kill-win...)
rythie 16y ago
I think software is part of the disruption, some apps will appear on the iPad that are better than those on the Mac. Apple's tight control means a simpler experience for most, there is no malware, spyware or viruses for iOS AFAIK. The iPad could run those OSes and it's not really down to Apple if you replace the whole OS, though Windows isn't available for ARM and nor is OSX in it's desktop form. Linux could be made to work on it. Android has already been made to work on the iPhone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yO2KQHkt4A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yO2KQHkt4A