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Originally Posted by kjk
I don't understand what is underpowered about it. It seems exactly powered enough for what it promises to do. From the hands-on reports, it is quite snappy. If they tried to show Photoshop running on it, I'd be skeptical. But for what they claimed, I don't see the complaint.
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It's underpowered compared to what it will be going against. Most PCs people call "tablets" are just that: PCs. This isn't one of those. It's basically an iPod Touch or iPhone (depending on which model you're looking at) with a bad case of gigantism. That's the basic problem: It's not a tablet in the same class as other tablets on the market.
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Originally Posted by kjk
Is the Kindle "underpowered"? It seems to do exactly the job it is supposed to do.
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The problem isn't that it won't do what it's designed to do. (I don't really know much about that, since we haven't seen any testing.) The problem is that it won't do the things that other tablets in its class (e.g., the Archos 9, for one) will do. That's what I mean by underpowered. Something this size should have a full-blown OS, not a stripped-down cell phone OS. (Yes, I know that the iPhone OS is BSD based, but the fact of the matter is, it's stripped down compared to what you'd see on a full-blown computer. It's the difference between OSX and iPhone OS.)
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Originally Posted by kjk
Now the MacBook Air...that to me was underpowered-because it wasn't up to the task of running MacOSX and its programs adequately for many. I just don't buy the automatic dismissal of the iPad for the same reason.
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It's not really the same reason, though. The problem is more that it won't do what devices like this
should be able to do.
A good example is the handwriting recognition. There's no reason in the world you should have to download an additional app for handwriting recognition on a tablet. That's just short-sighted.