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Originally Posted by anrkitec
Originally Posted by
GadgetFreak
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Someone here or in a review somewhere made a very salient observation about this. The observation was that most devices are designed primarily to create content. The iPad is primarily designed to use content. The vast majority of people primarily use content. And that is what the iPad excels at, with enough creation ability to make it very useful and replace most of what I use a computer for in content creation while traveling as well.
Sure, I can understand that, and for anyone who neither has nor wants a real computer [laptop/netbook] then perhaps the iPad is a great choice.
But if one already has a competent, relatively compact and modern laptop/netbook then there just isn’t anything the iPad can do that those devices can’t save for the fact that the iPad looks cooler.
As I wrote [quipped?] in another thread:
Originally Posted by
anrkitec
The only real "problem" so far mentioned here that the iPad uniquely "solves" is to bring Apple coolness to a not-quite-a-netbook device.
This device was designed and conceived by Apple to have one purpose and that purpose is to encourage owners to spend more money on downloads from the iTunes store.
Hey, fair enough, but overly labored contortions being made in order to justify wanting or buying one are, well...
Just buy the damn thing and say, "screw it, I don't care how useless it is, it so freaking cool and owning one makes me happy [for a while]".
If this is what the iPad was indeed designed and marketed for then cheers all around, let’s just all be up front about about…
No, that is simply your opinion. I think the iPad is better for web surfing and reading and watching videos than a computer. Is is vastly easier to use than a net book for these things and a little better than a full size notebook or desktop.