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Nobody needs a tablet? Sure... let me just pack my desktop computer up and put it in my carry-on bag the next time I travel. "As you might expect, the top thre
by singer 16y ago
Nobody needs a tablet? Sure... let me just pack my desktop computer up and put it in my carry-on bag the next time I travel.
"As you might expect, the top three things consumers have been doing with iPads are surfing the web, writing and checking e-mail and playing games"
That sounds like the same thing people are doing with desktop computers and laptops.
- TomOfTTB 16y agoDid you even read the article? He explains really clearly that he understands the advantage Tablets represent. He even makes a nice little Microwave-to-Oven analogy.
- singer 16y ago"He even makes a nice little Microwave-to-Oven analogy." (TomOfTTB) The microwave-to-oven analogy doesn't make much sense. Do you think most people are sitting beside their desktop/laptop while they use their iPad/tablet? I love my iPad, but I will surely use my desktop when I can choose between the two.
- bryanlarsen 16y agoJust like you'll surely use your oven instead of the microwave if you're not time-constrained because it's a richer taste experience.
- usaar333 16y agoExcept the laptop is faster.
- nickythegreek 16y agoif its started up. One of the biggest draws to me originally for the tablet was that there is no waiting.
- singer 16y ago"you'll surely use your oven instead of the microwave if you're not time-constrained" So, if I'm time-constrained, you're thinking I'm going to type that email on my iPad? Again, this is a bad analogy. I think people really do need tablets. They just don't need them when their desktop/laptop is in reach.
- TomOfTTB 16y agoHe's making an abstraction not saying a Microwave represents a 1-to-1 relationship with an iPad
- singer 16y agoThanks for clearing that up. I was starting to think my iPad was going to cook me dinner quickly. That is surely an item on the iPad 3 feature list.
- bryanlarsen 16y agoSorry, the comment is confusing: I'm referring to the fact that you prefer your computer when you're at it, and only prefer the iPad when not. The preference for the microwave is only when you're time-constrained. Otherwise the oven is preferable because of the tastier results it produces.
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- TomOfTTB 16y agoHis point is that a Microwave adds convenience at the expense of ability. In that a Microwave doesn't cook things as well as an Oven does but it cooks them faster. In that same way an iPad adds convenience at the expense of ability. You can carry an iPad places you don't want to carry a desktop or laptop but it can't do as much as those devices. Though all of this is beside the point because your original comment treated the statement "no one needs" as if he were saying "there's no value in" when in fact that wasn't what he was saying at all.
- singer 16y ago"your original comment treated the statement "no one needs" as if he were saying "there's no value in"" And that isn't what I was saying either. Some people really do need a portable device like an iPad. However, as this article points out in its many examples, the average person does not need one. Perhaps this article should be retitled to "The average person does not need a tablet".