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It may not be my soulmate, but some companies do change the world (or at least try), and others don't. Have you ever seen a 4-year old try an iPad? Such experi

It may not be my soulmate, but some companies do change the world (or at least try), and others don't. Have you ever seen a 4-year old try an iPad? Such experience was just not thinkable 10 years ago. A company had to try to build it and make it happen. A lot more companies didn't bother and just produced more gray boxes (think Dell). Therefore I am entitled to feel a stronger sense of satisfaction with Apple than with Dell. (*) to their credit, Dell did play a significant part in bringing computing to the masses

joebadmo 15y ago
I'm not convinced that that's the source of identification people feel with Apple. There are certainly other organizations that make a bigger and more overt "difference" than Apple, no?
huggyface 15y ago
"Have you ever seen a 4-year old try an iPad? Such experience was just not thinkable 10 years ago." Have you seen a 4-year old try a Windows machine? Honestly, I'm unsure whether people are just grossly underestimating children, or they never bothered giving them the outlet before. My four year old is a master of Windows 7. He has no problem with Vista before, going back to when he was two. He loads the browser, knows his favorite sites, uses YouTube, plays games on CBC Kids, etc. As did my two older children. My one year old hops up on the PC and moves the mouse, clicking on things of interest on the screen. I just don't get the notion that kids and the iPad are some magical combination. Kids are brilliant, at a very young age, and the only reason the kids and the iPad/phone/pod stories get play is that it plays into the mythology surrounding Apple.
- alain94040 15y ago
  Substitute a 4 year old by a 2 year old and let me know how Windows 7 works for you. If you give me another counter-example, keep going lower in age. I guarantee there is a point when touch beats click for toddlers.

joebadmo 15y ago

I'm not convinced that that's the source of identification people feel with Apple. There are certainly other organizations that make a bigger and more overt "difference" than Apple, no?

huggyface 15y ago

"Have you ever seen a 4-year old try an iPad? Such experience was just not thinkable 10 years ago." Have you seen a 4-year old try a Windows machine? Honestly, I'm unsure whether people are just grossly underestimating children, or they never bothered giving them the outlet before. My four year old is a master of Windows 7. He has no problem with Vista before, going back to when he was two. He loads the browser, knows his favorite sites, uses YouTube, plays games on CBC Kids, etc. As did my two older children. My one year old hops up on the PC and moves the mouse, clicking on things of interest on the screen. I just don't get the notion that kids and the iPad are some magical combination. Kids are brilliant, at a very young age, and the only reason the kids and the iPad/phone/pod stories get play is that it plays into the mythology surrounding Apple.

alain94040 15y ago
Substitute a 4 year old by a 2 year old and let me know how Windows 7 works for you. If you give me another counter-example, keep going lower in age. I guarantee there is a point when touch beats click for toddlers.