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We talk a lot about "lean startups" here. I think this is an example of Apple being lean and going where the market has taken them. My guess is that, as they we
by SoftwareMaven 16y ago
We talk a lot about "lean startups" here. I think this is an example of Apple being lean and going where the market has taken them. My guess is that, as they were building the iPad, they had a hunch things could go this way (e.g. "post-pc device"), but weren't sure. Rather than spend billions building out an infrastructure on a hunch, they build the device and have followed the market.
The market is saying the iPad is "post-pc", so Apple will (eventually) get there. And we'll likely be charged for the privilege (most likely through MobileMe).
Personally, it is a huge complaint I have. I would love to switch my mother to an iPad, but the requirement to continue having a PC doesn't make things easier.
- rbarooah 16y agoIf you get one unlocked in the store, why can't your mother switch?
- SoftwareMaven 16y agoBacking up data and upgrading the OS.
- recoiledsnake 16y ago>The market is saying the iPad is "post-pc" It is? How?
- PostOnce 16y agoDo you not do all your coding, photo editing, FPS fragging, word processing, and spreadsheets on an iPad yet? Don't you have one sitting in your basement acting as a home media and web server? I'm not even going to get into how much more upgradable they are than PCs. How could you ever possibly need more than the few hundred megs of ram that an iPad has? Dell might as well announce liquidation right now. ($75 on craigslist gets you a computer 3x as powerful with 3x as much ram and 10x+ as much disk space as an iPad, which only costs $500)
- recoiledsnake 16y agoWell, I am sure someone is composing a message right now about how all those are either possible on the iPad (possible != best job for it) or are used only by geeks/developers who will go the way of the dinosaur(cue analogy of trucks vs. cars). ;) Maybe the message is taking so much time to be written because it's being composed on a iPad(yes I know h/w keyboards can be used).
- rbarooah 16y agoYes - I was although I think a mountain bike is a better analogy. But seriously - people can't see the difference between an iPad and a $75 PC off Craigslist? Perhaps a pair of spectacles is in order.
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- rbarooah 16y agoMy parents and my mother in law literally don't want to do any of the things you just listed, but all of them have found my iPad useful, could use it immediately, and want one. That $75 computer on Craigslist simply can't do things in the same way. It's like comparing a mountain bike with a 15 year old pickup truck. You can spend $1000 on either, and the truck will go further, faster and carrying a greater load. But the mountain bike will go places the truck can't go, and the experience will be totally different.
- PostOnce 16y agoIf all you ever use your PC for is Hulu, then what you need is a TV, and televisions are not "post-PC", they're a different product entirely, nor will they ever replace PCs. :P
- rbarooah 16y agoSilly strawman. Actually none of them watched video at all. They used maps, google earth, the browser, a Craigslist app, the photos app, and kindle. But I guess I've fallen for a troll.
- rbarooah 16y agoBecause the growth in devices that Jobs describes as Post-PC (which incidentally includes android) is much greater than the growth of the PC now.