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Originally Posted by hrosvit
Because Grandma wants to run one of thousands of specific programs that have no app in the Apple or Android market. Grandma doesn't need a high end graphics card or HDMI; she needs a device that you can insert a CD or DVD into and install software. Someone needs to come up with that device. (Actually, someone already did; it's a laptop. But we're operating under the assumption that everyone wants a tablet).
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And if I said " Everyone wants a tablet" you would have a point. What I actually said was " Lots of consumers" You're beating the wrong strawman.
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My point is that the tablet is aimed at the consumer who doesn't want to fiddle with with any of that power user stuff : they just want to consume, communicate and create simple stuff. And they are the overwhelming majority of consumers.
If you look at the App Store, there's an app for just about everything that kind of consumer wants to do, and they can instal it without the need for a CD , a DVD, flash drive, or any worries about malware. THe huge success of the iPad proves that for lots of consumers that walled-garden limited, post-PC experience is just fine for them- which flummoxes those who "just don't get it" when they can do the same things with a netbook running Linux.