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The iPad is more like the original PC - superficially similar to its predecessors, but used quite differently. A bit OT, but how was using the origin
by ido 16y ago
The iPad is more like the original PC -
superficially similar to its predecessors,
but used quite differently.
A bit OT, but how was using the original PC categorically different than using an apple2/atari 800/trs-80/etc?
- arethuza 16y agoI think IBM branding had a lot to do with it - as it was made by IBM it was a serious business tool whereas other devices were merely "toys". Of course this had nothing to do with the capabilities of the technologies but everything to do with positioning.
- glhaynes 16y agoI expect the original poster doesn't mean the IBM PC specifically, but personal computers in general.
- listic 16y agoI think he meant to say that PC is superficially similar, but different from the computers of previous era: terminals connected to mainframes.
- gamble 16y agoI meant the personal computer in general, not just IBM's model.