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No, I fully agree with the GP, but I certainly could see myself "in the market". The hardware is perfectly capable of what I would need to use it for. However
by burgerbrain 15y ago
No, I fully agree with the GP, but I certainly could see myself "in the market".
The hardware is perfectly capable of what I would need to use it for. However, the software unnecessarily cripples it. I don't see why I shouldn't be able to get a piece of hardware because other people don't want to use the software that I use.
Remove the artificial limitations and I'd buy one no problem. "Not in the target audience" be damned.
- protomyth 15y agoThe "artificial" limitations are what keeps the iPad performant. If you loaded a web server, database, etc. on it, it would fall over and be truly unresponsive. It is a package. I would imagine someone will build a tablet (Microsoft seems to be on that trail) that will fit the needs of developers / power users. Truthfully, I am surprised there is not such a tablet offered by a company producing Android tablets.
- 2muchcoffeeman 15y agohttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/lenovo-thinkpad-x201-tablet-review/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/lenovo-thinkpad-x201-tabl... That is a pretty recent example. They have been offering tablets that run traditional OSes with traditional specs for years.
- burgerbrain 15y agoTalk about a reality distortion field. I was doing things that would supposedly "knock over an ipad" almost 2 decades ago on bargain-bin hardware.