Best advice for those wanting iPad

On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:13:51 -0700, nospam wrote:

In article , ray
wrote:

Half a netbook for over twice the price - what's the point?

it's not a netbook, nor is it half one.

You're right, of course, it doesn't even have half the capability of a
netbook - though it does cost over twice as much.

In article , ray
wrote:

Half a netbook for over twice the price - what's the point?

it's not a netbook, nor is it half one.

You're right, of course, it doesn't even have half the capability of a
netbook - though it does cost over twice as much.

since it's not a netbook, how can it have half the capabilities of one?

In article , John A.
wrote:

Half a netbook for over twice the price - what's the point?

it's not a netbook, nor is it half one.

You're right, of course, it doesn't even have half the capability of a
netbook - though it does cost over twice as much.

since it's not a netbook, how can it have half the capabilities of one?

Huh?

A pickup isn't a dump truck, but it certainly has a certain fraction
of the capabilities of one.

bad analogy. they're both trucks.

the ipad is not a netbook, it's a tablet. it has a lot more in common
with a kindle than it does a netbook. it's in many ways, a kindle on an
awful lot of steroids.

On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:13:45 -0700, nospam wrote:

In article , ray
wrote:

Half a netbook for over twice the price - what's the point?

it's not a netbook, nor is it half one.

You're right, of course, it doesn't even have half the capability of a
netbook - though it does cost over twice as much.

since it's not a netbook, how can it have half the capabilities of one?

A laptop is not a netbook either - it has all the capabilities of one and
more - but in a larger form factor.

On 2010-04-09 19:57:54 -0700, ray said:

On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:13:45 -0700, nospam wrote:

In article , ray
wrote:

Half a netbook for over twice the price - what's the point?

it's not a netbook, nor is it half one.

You're right, of course, it doesn't even have half the capability of a
netbook - though it does cost over twice as much.

since it's not a netbook, how can it have half the capabilities of one?

A laptop is not a netbook either - it has all the capabilities of one and
more - but in a larger form factor.

Ah. So something that has neither the form factor nor the purpose of a
netbook can still be described as being some portion of a netbook. Why
I am I not following your line of reasoning here?

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Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

In article , John A.
wrote:

A pickup isn't a dump truck, but it certainly has a certain fraction
of the capabilities of one.

bad analogy. they're both trucks.

the ipad is not a netbook, it's a tablet. it has a lot more in common
with a kindle than it does a netbook. it's in many ways, a kindle on an
awful lot of steroids.

Not a bad analogy at all.

yes it is

They're both handheld devices that run
applications and communicate.

that's where it ends.

a cellphone is a handheld device that runs applications and
communicates, so by your metric, a cellphone is also a netbook.

And one's capabilities are largely a
subset of the other's.

actually, they're different with some overlap.

The book vs tablet difference is just the physical UI. To say they're
apples & oranges is like saying it's impossible to compare the
capabilities of a pen and a typewriter.

a pen is not a 'smaller typewriter' and an ipad is not a 'less capable
netbook.'

In article , ray
wrote:

You're right, of course, it doesn't even have half the capability of a
netbook - though it does cost over twice as much.

since it's not a netbook, how can it have half the capabilities of one?

A laptop is not a netbook either - it has all the capabilities of one and
more - but in a larger form factor.

and how is that relevant to an ipad?

On 4/9/2010 11:24 PM, nospam wrote:
In , John A.
wrote:

A pickup isn't a dump truck, but it certainly has a certain fraction
of the capabilities of one.

bad analogy. they're both trucks.

the ipad is not a netbook, it's a tablet. it has a lot more in common
with a kindle than it does a netbook. it's in many ways, a kindle on an
awful lot of steroids.

Not a bad analogy at all.

yes it is

They're both handheld devices that run
applications and communicate.

that's where it ends.

a cellphone is a handheld device that runs applications and
communicates, so by your metric, a cellphone is also a netbook.

And one's capabilities are largely a
subset of the other's.

actually, they're different with some overlap.

The book vs tablet difference is just the physical UI. To say they're
apples& oranges is like saying it's impossible to compare the
capabilities of a pen and a typewriter.

a pen is not a 'smaller typewriter' and an ipad is not a 'less capable
netbook.'

He didn't say that it was a netbook, he said that it was less capable
than a netbook? Is the problem that (a) you're not a native speaker of
English, (b) you failed reading comprehension, (c) you're stupid or (d)
you're just a jackass?

In article , J. Clarke
wrote:

He didn't say that it was a netbook,

so why compare it to one?

he said that it was less capable
than a netbook?

it's not less capable. it does *different* things, with some overlap.

Is the problem that (a) you're not a native speaker of
English, (b) you failed reading comprehension, (c) you're stupid or (d)
you're just a jackass?

e) none of the above, but it looks like they apply to you.

In article , John A.
wrote:

The fact that you work it with your fingers instead of a stylus or a
mouse & keyboard doesn't make it fundamentally different. It's just a
detail of the UI design.

it makes it very different.