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In my unscientific survey, MacBook Pro's outrank iPads, which outrank generic Windows laptops in cafe's. Moreover, in a further unscientific survey, paperback

by Zev 16y ago

In my unscientific survey, MacBook Pro's outrank iPads, which outrank generic Windows laptops in cafe's. Moreover, in a further unscientific survey, paperback books outrank hardcover books, who's usage surpasses the Kindle and Nook, combined. And I live in San Francisco. Moreover, the people who bring any of these items don't seem to drink their coffee! feigned shock

cletus 16y ago
I won't disagree with your observations. I will however point out one thing: the sampling is skewed because you only really see what people are doing in public. I would guess that the majority of iPad usage is in the home and, to a lesser extent, in the office, so much so that I probably won't even buy the 3G version of the iPad 2 (I have the 64GB 3G iPad). Plus now I live in New York (rather than Australia, when I bought mine) and wifi is much more readily available here (Starbuck's for one) if I feel inclined to take it with me and need the internet. One disappointing thing is that Apple seems to be doing the big CPU/memory upgrades of the An platform with the iPhone, not the iPad. This is annoying for two reasons: 1. The iPhone 4 came out a mere ~3 months after the iPad. Are you telling me that this 3 month gap meant the iPad couldn't have 512MB of RAM like the iPhone 4? Presumably, the iPad 2 and iPhone 5 will be on a similar gap; and 2. I'm more interested in processing capacity on the iPad than an iPhone.
- gms 16y ago
  Women especially love having the iPad at home.
  - rkudeshi 16y ago
    If you're going to generalize like that, it's best to cite some evidence to back it up.
    - gms 16y ago
      It comes from my admittedly small sample size. The women I know (friends, family) have always ignored tech purchases their significant others brought into the home. But not with the iPad; they ended up being very active users. In bed, on the couch, in the kitchen, etc
vacri 16y ago
Come on. Apple directly markets to the latte set - it's their target audience. It'd be as silly as saying that MS has the best OS because that's what all the high-end gamers use. Also, on the hardcover thing, we must live in very different areas, because even excluding novels, most books people have lying around are paperbacks and while there are a few hardbacks, they're not used with anything like the regularity of e-readers.

by Zev 16y ago

cletus 16y ago

I won't disagree with your observations. I will however point out one thing: the sampling is skewed because you only really see what people are doing in public. I would guess that the majority of iPad usage is in the home and, to a lesser extent, in the office, so much so that I probably won't even buy the 3G version of the iPad 2 (I have the 64GB 3G iPad). Plus now I live in New York (rather than Australia, when I bought mine) and wifi is much more readily available here (Starbuck's for one) if I feel inclined to take it with me and need the internet. One disappointing thing is that Apple seems to be doing the big CPU/memory upgrades of the An platform with the iPhone, not the iPad. This is annoying for two reasons: 1. The iPhone 4 came out a mere ~3 months after the iPad. Are you telling me that this 3 month gap meant the iPad couldn't have 512MB of RAM like the iPhone 4? Presumably, the iPad 2 and iPhone 5 will be on a similar gap; and 2. I'm more interested in processing capacity on the iPad than an iPhone.

gms 16y ago
Women especially love having the iPad at home.
- rkudeshi 16y ago
  If you're going to generalize like that, it's best to cite some evidence to back it up.
  - gms 16y ago
    It comes from my admittedly small sample size. The women I know (friends, family) have always ignored tech purchases their significant others brought into the home. But not with the iPad; they ended up being very active users. In bed, on the couch, in the kitchen, etc

vacri 16y ago

Come on. Apple directly markets to the latte set - it's their target audience. It'd be as silly as saying that MS has the best OS because that's what all the high-end gamers use. Also, on the hardcover thing, we must live in very different areas, because even excluding novels, most books people have lying around are paperbacks and while there are a few hardbacks, they're not used with anything like the regularity of e-readers.