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Originally Posted by scottjl
oh god. the whole "it's not a real OS" argument again. i suggest you take a look under the hood of the iOS and see that it's a unix kernel running under there. non-technical people mistakenly think the SpringBoard (the home screen) is all of the OS.
"thinner devices, modern, more usable ones".. isn't that better than what they are making today, you know the devices that are "generally thicker, and have worse battery life"?
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Alright, alright, excuse my OS comment, thank you. Unfortunately, I'm still not comfortable calling it a full-fledged OS being how closed off it is. Having to hack it in order to use it to it's actual capabilities is a bit depressing. I didn't say it's not real. But it is just an upscaled iPhone OS. To me, I feel like that would be like if Asus had had the eee-pc come with Windows Mobile.
And yes, that (thinner, modern, usable) is better. In terms of battery life, and form factor.
In terms of processor speed, RAM, etc, etc... Not as much.
The iPad has its own advantages. I prefer other things... But I'm not going to say that the iPad is bad. I did that immediately upon release, but after trying it out, recanted. I like it. Just not as much as I like my netbook and my dedicated e-reader. :P