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Bit of a stupid title. The iPad has changed my my mom's life and those of her siblings (all retired). My father clings to his PC and constantly asks for tech su

by turnip1979 12y ago

Bit of a stupid title. The iPad has changed my my mom's life and those of her siblings (all retired). My father clings to his PC and constantly asks for tech support. My mom went from having to be taught how to use a mouse (double click was her nemesis) to be able to play games, browse the web, send email and most recently - Facetime! It has significantly improved her quality of life and I am really glad this tech exists. I am in my 30s and the iPad is pretty useful for me as a device that just works and provides access to books, the web and YouTube. Heck, we use it as an awesome remote when we cast YouTube or Netflix to our apple tv, ps3, chromecast, etc.

salimmadjd 12y ago
Same story here. My mom was also an IT support headache (for me) and now on her iPad she forwards me email, photos (a new headache) uses it for Skype and other connectivity tools. I told her to buy a new laptop, she said everything she needs to do iPad can do it. She likes it so much that she bought my grandmother an iPad...
mikeash 12y ago
I agree about the title. As best I can tell, when they say "nobody" they mean "nobody in the marketing department." In short, there's no single overarching theme that describes what iPads are good at, so it's hard to advertise. Personally, I use my iPad pretty much the same as you do. When it comes to casual web browsing, reading, or videos, the experience is a lot better than a laptop.
- tessierashpool 12y ago
  I agree about the title. As best I can tell, when they say "nobody" they mean "nobody in the marketing department." In short, there's no single overarching theme that describes what iPads are good at, so it's hard to advertise. Mainstream media continues to be surprised by the numerous use cases of a Turing machine.
  - marcosdumay 12y ago
    And we continue to be surprised by them not undertanding it.
    - mikeash 12y ago
      I'm no longer surprised by any of the foolishness that journalists get up to, but it's still fun to point it out.

salimmadjd 12y ago

Same story here. My mom was also an IT support headache (for me) and now on her iPad she forwards me email, photos (a new headache) uses it for Skype and other connectivity tools. I told her to buy a new laptop, she said everything she needs to do iPad can do it. She likes it so much that she bought my grandmother an iPad...

mikeash 12y ago

I agree about the title. As best I can tell, when they say "nobody" they mean "nobody in the marketing department." In short, there's no single overarching theme that describes what iPads are good at, so it's hard to advertise. Personally, I use my iPad pretty much the same as you do. When it comes to casual web browsing, reading, or videos, the experience is a lot better than a laptop.

tessierashpool 12y ago
I agree about the title. As best I can tell, when they say "nobody" they mean "nobody in the marketing department." In short, there's no single overarching theme that describes what iPads are good at, so it's hard to advertise. Mainstream media continues to be surprised by the numerous use cases of a Turing machine.
- marcosdumay 12y ago
  And we continue to be surprised by them not undertanding it.
  - mikeash 12y ago
    I'm no longer surprised by any of the foolishness that journalists get up to, but it's still fun to point it out.