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> Apparently people didn't like having fully locked down computers and they discontinued the product, shocker. They do, it just can't pretend to be a full on c

• jacquesm 8y ago
  It doesn't have to pretend, it is a full computer that is intentionally crippled by the vendor. Apple doing it to doesn't make it any less despicable. These stupid strategies turn perfectly good computers into landfill.
  • giancarlostoro 8y ago
    Windows apps are NOT compiled for ARM though. It would take emulating the entire x86 processor arch on ARM to allow this to run normal software on it or the original devs porting / recompiling with ARM in mind. A lot of old windows software is only available in original binary form and the source is long gone.
  • sydd 8y ago
    It is as a full computer as an iPad, and was never meant to be more. It has a dumbed down version of Windows, has ARM architecture and was lacked down from day one. Why aren't people pissed that they cant install Linux on their iPhones and iPads?
  • ovao 8y ago
    "Despicable" is pretty questionable. I still use my six-year-old iPad almost daily. That's certainly a longer lifespan than I've ever gotten out of any PC or a Mac, and the reason is probably because it isn't a full-fledged computer. Once I'm finally tired of its now anemic performance and replace it, I can probably plug it in and use it as an SSH viewer for journalctl or something, so it can still be of some use.
  • Razengan 8y ago
    Some of the people in my family would have never used a computing device if it wasn’t for the iPad. Many people can do like 70%-90% of everything they ever want to do on computers, on an iPad. It’s not really that crippled.