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People get by with 16GB iPads just fine, think you're wrong here.
by MatthewPhillips 14y ago
People get by with 16GB iPads just fine, think you're wrong here.
- rayiner 14y agoPeople who "live in the cloud" with a 16GB iPad have very un-demanding needs. They're people like my mom, who take some photos and send some e-mails. They're not going to buy a $1,300 machine to do those things when a $500 iPad does them just fine.
- MatthewPhillips 14y agoThat's the problem with speaking for the general population, you say "most people need more", someone else says "most people only need X" and the conversation goes no where.
- rayiner 14y agoYou can make some inferences from the available statistics. The Chromebook is priced like an Ultrabook. Nobody is making any money off Ultrabooks, except Apple. Why would anyone spend as much as an Ultrabook to get a machine that does even less than an Ultrabook? I don't think this is that subjective of an argument.
- taligent 14y agoThe FACTS speak for themselves. Look at the sales and Apple's advertising.
- mbillie1 14y ago> They're not going to buy a $1,300 machine to do those things when a $500 iPad does them just fine. I think that this depends almost entirely on how slick it looks and how well it is marketed. Plenty of moms have MBPs that they shelled out the extra $1k+ for to take get on FB and send emails. I'm not saying that it's _smart_ to do that :) but never underestimate the allure of a well-marketed product.
- jfb 14y agoSo who's going to spend 3x the price to buy a Chromebook? This thing is just flat out weird.