Originally Posted by ..::hagar::.. @ Johnny Look : TBH I can not see the use of tablet devices like the iPad. A netbook is a lot cheaper and allows me to do a lot more ( i.e. run windows or linux and any software I want to regardless of Apple's approval), with the added bonus of an input device with actual tactile feedback.
Perhaps I just have hands like a gorilla, but touchscreen keyboards generally irritate me. Seems to take me a lot longer to type on such devices...
And I do know people who have a iPhone (brought sim free), yet do not even have free internet on their contact, the same person also wants to buy a MacBook without ever having even tried one.. I think there is some followers (but the same goes for every product!).
Phone wise I personally prefer the Xperia play, it's pretty ideal for emulation
The ipad is pretty neat piece of hardware though personally I think it's a bit overpriced. I'd gladly buy one for 400$ or so, but as it is it's way too much for my pocket.
As for typing with a touch pad, it's mostly a matter of getting used to it. My phone has a touch pad and at first it took me some time to type a simple text message but after a while I wouldn't imagine myself typing with buttons anymore.
As for your friend, what do you mean by "he doesn't have free internet on his contact" ? Most people I know use wi-fi and at least where I live there are wifi spots almost everywhere in the city. And I do agree that some people are apple fans in the sense they will buy anything if there's the apple logo somewhere in it, though I don't think your friend needs to try out a macbook before buying one, it's a pretty standard mid to high range laptop except it's a mac, with all the pros and cons that come with that.
As for phones I played a bit with a sony ericsson that looks a lot like a psp and from what my friend, the owner of the phone, told me it's by far the best one for gaming. The only problem is it's android so it doesn't have a catalogue nearly as big as the iphone but there are some exclusive games for it.
edit: oh wait, we are talking about the same phone.
Originally Posted by ..::hagar::.. @ Johnny Look : TBH I can not see the use of tablet devices like the iPad. A netbook is a lot cheaper and allows me to do a lot more ( i.e. run windows or linux and any software I want to regardless of Apple's approval), with the added bonus of an input device with actual tactile feedback.
Perhaps I just have hands like a gorilla, but touchscreen keyboards generally irritate me. Seems to take me a lot longer to type on such devices...
And I do know people who have a iPhone (brought sim free), yet do not even have free internet on their contact, the same person also wants to buy a MacBook without ever having even tried one.. I think there is some followers (but the same goes for every product!).
Phone wise I personally prefer the Xperia play, it's pretty ideal for emulation
The ipad is pretty neat piece of hardware though personally I think it's a bit overpriced. I'd gladly buy one for 400$ or so, but as it is it's way too much for my pocket.
wow after reading that i had to look it up on amazon. i always thought it costs like 400 but that price is insane. id rather buy a good computer that that price. we have a shitload of ipads at work (mostly 2s now) and i just dont find it to be fancy at all. lets talk about tablet computers once they are indeed tablet computers and not just bigger iphones as in lets talk about this again once you can actually do stuff with those things.
Originally Posted by ..::hagar::.. @ Johnny Look : TBH I can not see the use of tablet devices like the iPad. A netbook is a lot cheaper and allows me to do a lot more ( i.e. run windows or linux and any software I want to regardless of Apple's approval), with the added bonus of an input device with actual tactile feedback.
Perhaps I just have hands like a gorilla, but touchscreen keyboards generally irritate me. Seems to take me a lot longer to type on such devices...
And I do know people who have a iPhone (brought sim free), yet do not even have free internet on their contact, the same person also wants to buy a MacBook without ever having even tried one.. I think there is some followers (but the same goes for every product!).
Phone wise I personally prefer the Xperia play, it's pretty ideal for emulation
The ipad is pretty neat piece of hardware though personally I think it's a bit overpriced. I'd gladly buy one for 400$ or so, but as it is it's way too much for my pocket.
As for typing with a touch pad, it's mostly a matter of getting used to it. My phone has a touch pad and at first it took me some time to type a simple text message but after a while I wouldn't imagine myself typing with buttons anymore.
As for your friend, what do you mean by "he doesn't have free internet on his contact" ? Most people I know use wi-fi and at least where I live there are wifi spots almost everywhere in the city. And I do agree that some people are apple fans in the sense they will buy anything if there's the apple logo somewhere in it, though I don't think your friend needs to try out a macbook before buying one, it's a pretty standard mid to high range laptop except it's a mac, with all the pros and cons that come with that.
As for phones I played a bit with a sony ericsson that looks a lot like a psp and from what my friend, the owner of the phone, told me it's by far the best one for gaming. The only problem is it's android so it doesn't have a catalogue nearly as big as the iphone but there are some exclusive games for it.
edit: oh wait, we are talking about the same phone.
That's the whole point with my gripe with Apple, without jail breaking I do not need the catalogue/market for my purposes. It's great for emulation - and I can install emulators without having to go through app store/market on android.
Also I class the iPad as a prime example of bad hardware design. Proprietary connectors (any piece of hardware using proprietary connectors I class as crap tbh! There are industry standards , lets use them!), internal battery (built in obsolescence), internal storage (built in obsolescence and SD cards can offer great speeds, and at least I can change them), single tasking and a huge piece of glass protecting the screen (built in calamity) ?
No thanks . I just have a problem understanding why anyone would buy a piece of hardware with control such that I can not decide what software I want to run, without the company vetting it first.
I'm all for standing up against Apple, anyone who knows me knows this. But this is a tribute thread to Steve Jobs. While I hated his company and most of his products... the man did more than just Apple. Look at Pixar. He might not have single handedly created the whole studio, but if it weren't for him, Pixar probably wouldn't be here right now. He believed in them, and helped co-founded the company.
That's kind of my thinking, I respect the guy and his achievements but I really hate Apple and it's policies.
That said the media is really annoying me, according to them he invented everything including the GUI we all know and love. That was invented by Xerox, not Apple, IBM or MS.
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. I just have a problem understanding why anyone would buy a piece of hardware with control such that I can not decide what software I want to run, without the company vetting it first.
