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hal2814 · 02-03-2011, 08:21 AM

I also do what pleases me. And that involves buying walled garden products if they suit my needs. And I have for decades. My first walled garden was an NES. I had to buy apps that were blessed with the Nintendo Seal of Approval. I couldn't compile and run my own software. I couldn't even hook up a keyboard. I just had two 8-input devices, a light gun, and a pseudo-robot to use for input. Yet it still managed to fit my needs just fine and did all the way up until I bought my next walled garden: a SNES.

I haven't been compelled to buy an iPad, but if my situation suddenly changed and the iPad fit my needs, I would have no qualms about buying one. I know full well its limitations and if I can still do what I need to do despite those limitations, then I'm all for it. Walled gardens are a two-way street. Apple can restrict all it wants but if we look and there's not an app for that, we're not buying.

It's funny that some of you mention wanting a tablet that can do what your laptop can do. Those have existed for a long time. The Thinkpad line of tablets has existed for almost a decade now. Dell has a Lattitude tablet. Sony and HP had similar offerings at one time but I'm not sure if they still do. If that's what you want, it's still out there.

I've seen plenty of people define the difference between laptop and notebook yet have never seen the same definition twice. IMHO, they're interchangeable terms these days and any differentiation the two once held were marketspeak to begin with.

02-03-2011, 08:21 AM	#38
hal2814 Connoisseur Posts: 65 Karma: 2460 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle 2	I also do what pleases me. And that involves buying walled garden products if they suit my needs. And I have for decades. My first walled garden was an NES. I had to buy apps that were blessed with the Nintendo Seal of Approval. I couldn't compile and run my own software. I couldn't even hook up a keyboard. I just had two 8-input devices, a light gun, and a pseudo-robot to use for input. Yet it still managed to fit my needs just fine and did all the way up until I bought my next walled garden: a SNES. I haven't been compelled to buy an iPad, but if my situation suddenly changed and the iPad fit my needs, I would have no qualms about buying one. I know full well its limitations and if I can still do what I need to do despite those limitations, then I'm all for it. Walled gardens are a two-way street. Apple can restrict all it wants but if we look and there's not an app for that, we're not buying. It's funny that some of you mention wanting a tablet that can do what your laptop can do. Those have existed for a long time. The Thinkpad line of tablets has existed for almost a decade now. Dell has a Lattitude tablet. Sony and HP had similar offerings at one time but I'm not sure if they still do. If that's what you want, it's still out there. I've seen plenty of people define the difference between laptop and notebook yet have never seen the same definition twice. IMHO, they're interchangeable terms these days and any differentiation the two once held were marketspeak to begin with.