Thread: Is the laptop and personal freedom dead?
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Old 02-02-2011, 05:02 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by arkietech View Post
A laptop to me is a device that runs an operating system (Microsoft 7). I can control what programs (from a large variety of sources) are loaded and run on it. I can also choose to remove stuff I don't want.

In the ipad I do not have this choice. I can select apps (all provided by Apple) as long as I pay for them and run them by Apple's rules. I choose not.
What you're talking about is a walled garden, and has nothing to do with the definition of a laptop.
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