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07-09-2012, 07:38 PM | #16 | |
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07-09-2012, 07:45 PM | #17 |
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That's not what I said or meant. If a manufacturer can only afford to include 8 GB of RAM in order to sell a tablet at a given price, then instead of trying to put a greater amount of RAM which would drive up the price substantially they could add a relatively inexpensive SD slot. That way the tablet would still have only 8 GB but buyers could add more storage via cheap SD cards.
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07-10-2012, 03:07 AM | #21 | |
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The Kindle Fire needs an idiot proof syncing program like Apple has with iTunes. The vast majority of users are not tech literate enough to maximize the Fire beyond the current cloud system. The Amazon Cloud is not intuitive or efficient enough to drive content consumption the way iTunes does. How many new Kindle Fire users have plugged the USB cable in only to get a "Device Driver Not Found" and simply quit thinking something was wrong?
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07-10-2012, 08:38 AM | #24 | |
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Okay, I agree with you that memory and storage ARE different in that memory is a subset of storage. Memory stores information for immediate or long term use (including biological and computer memory). Storage can store information AND physical objects (you can store you car in a garage). This gets blurred when information is represented as physical objects, such as a storage box full of books that contain information. Technically, the books are the memory storage device, and the box containing them is the physical storage device in that case. The dividing line between memory and storage has always been rather blurred (such as magnetic core memory storage, and drum memory storage, both of which were used for CPU register storage and for archival storage). These words are often confused and misused in technical literature. Sorry about any previous confusion or disagreement, but fifty years of professional experience in computer hardware and software design tells me that I am right. P.S. I just bought a Nexus 7 after reading your other thread. Thanks for posting that information! Last edited by geekmaster; 07-10-2012 at 08:45 AM. |
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NO!!!!! strongly Disagree!! IMHO the biggest drawback of the Ipad is dependence on the latest version of itunes I have an OLD intel Macbook (2007) running an Old version of the OS (10.4) for logistical reasons I wont be up grading it But it recognizes my Kindle Fire as just another generic USB drive to which I can drag & Drop files for side loading. A special kindle fire "syncing program" from Amazon will have to keep up with all the Windows/Mac OS updates and will likely have some draconian ("Side loaded App not authorized") DRM Bull Crap...NO thanks!! I want to load what I want On my device without some middleware nanny app meddling in the process. |
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07-10-2012, 11:44 AM | #27 |
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How about saying "built-in or onboard storage" and SD card storage. You are absolutely correct about RAM not being onboard storage. I used the wrong term. My bad.
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07-10-2012, 12:07 PM | #28 | |
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All I am saying is that it is not safe to make an absolute statement that there is any clear distinction between memory/storage or onboard/external. They are just different implementations of the same thing (with the exception that storage can also contain physical objects that do not represent information). EDIT: Okay, fine. Be happy with your absolute belief in absolute definitions, despite a ton of technical literature that uses these words in very non-absolute and conflicting ways, and a lot of real hardware that also crosses any artificial boundaries you have defined. Last edited by geekmaster; 07-10-2012 at 12:27 PM. |
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07-10-2012, 01:22 PM | #29 |
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Semantics is the key term here. I really don't care what the internal storage capacity is called or what the technical term for SD card storage is called. All this technical jargon is a moot point. The point I was trying to make is SIMPLY this:
The average consumer sees the 8GB storage capacity of a tablet s/he is considering purchasing. S/he thinks that perhaps that is not enough for all those MP3s, videos, apps, etc. s/he owns. But wait, look here is an SD card slot. So now the consumer's perception is, "Okay I can now live with only 8GB of device storage if I can insert SD cards into it." So s/he buys the device. Is the consumer's perception correct? It really doesn't matter because s/he made the purchase. Are we using the correct terminology here? Who gives a crap as that has absolutely nothing to do with the point being made. It is a simple as that. A consumer who is on the fence teeter-tottering about whether to purchase a tablet with only 8GB of storage is probably more likely to purchase this tablet if it has an SD card slot because they perceive that as meaning more storage space. |
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