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Originally Posted by jibril
Because there is no real reason to. The market trend is toward notebooks. I buy them because electricity is getting expensive in my area. People like the portability. I don't know many people that buy a desktop anymore when they need a new computer.
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True. I only have my work laptop at home and will probably not have a desktop again.
But my point still stands. They won't put out a mid spec'd laptop either. I can buy a windows laptop from Dell, HP or any other number of companies for $500 or so that will do everything I need for 5+ years as I don't need much power.
I can't do that with Apple as they won't put out lower spec'd laptops at lower prices, and I'm not willing to pay a higher price for extra power I don't need, design elegance and build quality that I don't care about etc. Price and performance are all I care about.
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Originally Posted by Bremen Cole
BTW, my opening statement above is why products like the iPad are the future. The dirty secret is that most people don't need or actually use a computer as a computer. They just get email, and putz around on the net. A simple, stable, portable and ascetically pleasing internet appliance is all most need.
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Agreed. And getting good handwriting recognition will probably be a key to their adoption as people do a lot of e-mail, instant messaging etc. and need text input. On screen keyboards are too clunky for much text entry, hooking up to a keyboard dock, or using a stand for the tablet and using a bluetooth keybard etc. is clunky vs just using a laptop.
So they'll have to solve the text entry problem for tablets to replace laptops and netbooks as people's home internet appliances.
For now, something like the iPad I'd use for light browsing, but still have my laptop nearby for e-mail, forum posting etc.