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Originally Posted by Freeshadow
this has been given up long ago (unfortunately) instead there are more and more devices with less options made, just to assure that people can use them without really learning anything (or as you call it "without getting technical")
just imagine a world where real cars start to vanish being replaced with ahm things, which: - have no gears and brakes but one pedal: you step on it: you drive; you release it; it brakes,
- just to be sure they make max. 20 km/h
well I admit they would not be as efficient as real cars, but nobody would really need again to learn for a drivers license and get technical with all those boring traffic rules, braking times, etc. pp wouldn't it be just great? |
Cars are actually a pretty good analogy. If you bought a car in 1910, you had to be a skilled mechanic, given that they would frequently break down and there were no "rescue services" to help you out. Today, you can buy a car and need know nothing other than how to drive it - you needn't concern yourself about how it works.
Computers are now equally at the "you just need to know how to drive it and not how it works" stage. That's a sign of maturity, and the iPad is a pretty good example of such a computer. It's a good thing because it opens up the world of computers to people who have no interest in knowing how it works - they just want a device that they can switch on and it works.