I appreciated that article . The future will be the future, though. I
was always out of step with what was and is "in", so, ----- You know
what the iPad reminds me of? We used to have slate tablets in first
grade, we wiped stuff off with our little sponges or fingers, and
wrote with a "griffel" , I do not know the english word
Marta
On Jan 29, 2010, at 16:10 PM, Ed Wiser wrote:
In praise of the iPad: A contrarian view
I agree with the above and with the daring fireball article.
People are moving away from just using a computer to access their
email and the web.
Really a computer is over kill for such task's. Most people really
don't need a computer but they do want that web thing.
Making contact with friends and family and reading about stuff on
the that intertube thing that is so new.
We have just become use to finding things or losing things on our
hard drive's. In 10 years time the computer as we know it will be a
very specialized device.
Well I am off to buy a new iMac tonight my old G5 iMac just lost
its power supply last night and my father in law who is 81 misses
his email.
On Jan 29, 2010, at 3:44 PM, Marta Edie wrote:
Now that we all have watched the intro by Steve Jobs and the rest
about the iPad, I would like your opinions. Most of the apps I
downloaded were hardly applicable to my status in life and
Ideleted most of them. I have not played a single game and my
fingers would not be fast enough and anyhow, those wild movements
do nothing for me. Now, reading in bed,maybe, but then, I like the
feel of a real paper book.
the iWork. ? When will I ever need a spreadsheet or keynote or
even Pages? What is then left for me? Photos? With whom should I
share them? And videos? Movies?
And I am not sure that I would need the tablet for emailing.
I need to put stuff in files, clutter my desktop up with
reminders , keep folders of letters , at least aliases on my
desktop. -----
So that is I, I would probably ,if I had to choose anything, get
me a macbook air ,just because it is a bit lighter than a regular
laptop.
I don't know about you all,being so much younger and more vibrant
than I. And as far as music is concerned, I already despise the
iTunes store with all its crazy looking icons which are everything
else than the clean looking Apple stores and beautifully designed
laptops .
Marta
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