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Originally Posted by stonetools
THat's an argument that works for geeks. The average consumer finds the Ipad and the Ios ecosystem much more fluid and intuitive than, say, a netbook running Linux and the tablet form factor far superior to the netbook for watching movies, playing games, and otherwise enjoying content.
Actually, its the average guy who has been buying the Ipad, over the techie types who have saying repeatedly, how useless and overpriced the iPad is . You are just one of the many techies the average consumer has been ignoring.
Lots of non-Apple fans have been buying the iPad. Often its the only Apple device they have ever owned.
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This is not my experience. I haven't seen any "normal" user that owns one of these devices. The only ones I've seen are the tech-savvy people and when they present the devices to others (which is what they usually do with a lot of enthusiasm), the reaction is usually cool and not very positive.
The devices are "nice to have", but if you already own a good computer/notebook there's just not that much of a benefit that you can get.
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Man, you are a poster boy for the "How wrong were they guy" crowd. Let me guess. You also predicted that the iPhone would fail...
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I'd appreciate it if we could keep the discussion on a professional and objective level. You don't know me, I don't know you and I don't know why you'd think that I'd qualify as a "poster boy". I'm very sceptical about the tablet-hype and I have some rational arguments for my position. This is nothing that deserves a personal attack.
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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
Touchscreen, and all the functionality that comes from that.
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OK, you have a point there. Touchscreen is something notebooks usually can't.
However, if you want to get that countered: "Using a CD or DVD" is something that tablets usually can't, not without an external drive (which is a rather unusual configuration and kind of negates the mobility-advantage).