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And you don't think that Apple has sent the clear message that they don't see the iPad or iPhone as a general purpose computing device? I think they've done a

And you don't think that Apple has sent the clear message that they don't see the iPad or iPhone as a general purpose computing device? I think they've done a pretty great job of indicating that these are appliances and are not to be considered as a smaller Mac. I don't think this is necessarily the right thing to do, but sometimes you need a dictatorship before a democracy. It'll be interesting to see how this pans out.

orangecat 16y ago
And you don't think that Apple has sent the clear message that they don't see the iPad or iPhone as a general purpose computing device? My point exactly: in Apple's world, general purpose computing is gradually going away. My prediction is that in 5 to 10 years, the ability to run software of your choice on Apple products will be limited to ludicrously priced "pro" and "developer" systems. If the rest of the industry follows suit, as Microsoft is doing with Windows 7 phones, it's not going to be fun.
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chc 16y ago
No, Apple has not sent that message. The hugely successful, continuing "there's an app for that" campaign actually sends the exact opposite message.
recoiledsnake 16y ago
Some people are replacing their computers with the iPad and the iPhone. The media is doing a very good job of saying that the iDevices are the future of computing. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9175600/The_iPad_is_the_future_for_home_computing http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9175600/The_iPad_is_t... http://gizmodo.com/5506692/ipad-is-the-future http://gizmodo.com/5506692/ipad-is-the-future http://www.macworld.com/article/146038/2010/01/ipad_future_shock.html http://www.macworld.com/article/146038/2010/01/ipad_future_s... http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/02/ipad-future/ http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/02/ipad-future/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/27/ipad/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/27/ipad/

orangecat 16y ago

And you don't think that Apple has sent the clear message that they don't see the iPad or iPhone as a general purpose computing device? My point exactly: in Apple's world, general purpose computing is gradually going away. My prediction is that in 5 to 10 years, the ability to run software of your choice on Apple products will be limited to ludicrously priced "pro" and "developer" systems. If the rest of the industry follows suit, as Microsoft is doing with Windows 7 phones, it's not going to be fun.

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chc 16y ago

No, Apple has not sent that message. The hugely successful, continuing "there's an app for that" campaign actually sends the exact opposite message.

recoiledsnake 16y ago

Some people are replacing their computers with the iPad and the iPhone. The media is doing a very good job of saying that the iDevices are the future of computing. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9175600/The_iPad_is_the_future_for_home_computing http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9175600/The_iPad_is_t... http://gizmodo.com/5506692/ipad-is-the-future http://gizmodo.com/5506692/ipad-is-the-future http://www.macworld.com/article/146038/2010/01/ipad_future_shock.html http://www.macworld.com/article/146038/2010/01/ipad_future_s... http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/02/ipad-future/ http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/02/ipad-future/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/27/ipad/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/27/ipad/