@TPQ you are missing the point one is a phone and the other is a tablet the ipad has an OS that is easy to use and works really well that well... anyone can pick up and use. What people need to realize is that a netbook is with a full blown OS and a crappy CPU is not the best way to go portable. A custom OS for mainly browsing(with flash please) music/videos/some gaming is the best for that target market. Apple has done just that.
@TPQ Allow me to sit in my recliner on Sunday morning with a cup of coffee and browse news sites and comics...comfortably. That is, not squiniting and scrolling.
> What people need to realize is that a netbook is with a full blown > OS and a crappy CPU is not the best way to go portable.
What are you complaining about exactly? Netbooks or iPads?
'cause iPads take the prize for "going portable with a crappy CPU".
The platform is just restricted so much that it's hard to notice. The lack of Flash being an obvious benefit here. The browser is so limited that you need special apps for stuff like this very website.
It's easy to make the machine seem snappy when you limit it in some ways to what you could do 10 years ago. That matches up with the 10 year old hardware spec.
The iPad is very much an Apple netbook. They were just careful to make it less obvious. There's a real OS underneath, it's just hidden and limited.
@jedi You're missing the point. Netbooks run a desktop OS on crappy CPU, so they tend to be sluggish. iPhone OS, while a mobile varient of OSX, is still built to run on low CPU. That's what makes it a true mobile device. The hardware specs become irrelevant here; the custom built mobile OS is what makes the iPad a great device, especially as iPhone OS 3.2 was built specifically to run on an A4 processor. And when it comes to Flash... after using Froyo for a week, Flash belongs nowhere on a mobile device. Way to much of a headache.
Strangely enough though Flash needed far less CPU and ram, and no hardware acceleration 10 years ago to do exactly the same thing it does today.
Based on your assessment the iPad is perfectly powered, but what happened to Flash?
The only things that are faster today than 10 years ago are video editing, rendering, transcoding and other like tasks. None of which anyone should expect a netbook or an ipad to be doing. Anything net has only sped up because of faster internet connections.
The rest was waiting for our fat fingers 10 years ago and is still wAiting for them now.
10 years ago was p3450 and 200mmx. Both totally acceptable in a general computing experience, even today.
The Chromebooks are here, starting with Samsung's Series 5, a cute little number that promises instant-on access, 3G connectivity, and long enough battery life to web surf with the best of 'em.
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Name one thing that iPad can do that iPhone can't
iPad mehhhhhh
@TPQ
It's not a competition, kid. Most people probably own both. You know, cos we have jobs and stuff and money to spend.
@suicidebob
span a 9 inch gap
@TPQ
you are missing the point
one is a phone and the other is a tablet
the ipad has an OS that is easy to use and works really well that well... anyone can pick up and use.
What people need to realize is that a netbook is with a full blown OS and a crappy CPU is not the best way to go portable. A custom OS for mainly browsing(with flash please) music/videos/some gaming is the best for that target market. Apple has done just that.
@TPQ Allow me to sit in my recliner on Sunday morning with a cup of coffee and browse news sites and comics...comfortably. That is, not squiniting and scrolling.
@tehslax
lets a) agree to disagree on that
and
b) agree not to feed the troll anymore
:)
@tehslax
> What people need to realize is that a netbook is with a full blown
> OS and a crappy CPU is not the best way to go portable.
What are you complaining about exactly? Netbooks or iPads?
'cause iPads take the prize for "going portable with a crappy CPU".
The platform is just restricted so much that it's hard to notice. The lack of Flash being an obvious benefit here. The browser is so limited that you need special apps for stuff like this very website.
It's easy to make the machine seem snappy when you limit it in some ways to what you could do 10 years ago. That matches up with the 10 year old hardware spec.
The iPad is very much an Apple netbook. They were just careful to make it less obvious. There's a real OS underneath, it's just hidden and limited.
@jedi
You're missing the point. Netbooks run a desktop OS on crappy CPU, so they tend to be sluggish. iPhone OS, while a mobile varient of OSX, is still built to run on low CPU. That's what makes it a true mobile device. The hardware specs become irrelevant here; the custom built mobile OS is what makes the iPad a great device, especially as iPhone OS 3.2 was built specifically to run on an A4 processor. And when it comes to Flash... after using Froyo for a week, Flash belongs nowhere on a mobile device. Way to much of a headache.
@jedi
Strangely enough though Flash needed far less CPU and ram, and no hardware acceleration 10 years ago to do exactly the same thing it does today.
Based on your assessment the iPad is perfectly powered, but what happened to Flash?
The only things that are faster today than 10 years ago are video editing, rendering, transcoding and other like tasks. None of which anyone should expect a netbook or an ipad to be doing. Anything net has only sped up because of faster internet connections.
The rest was waiting for our fat fingers 10 years ago and is still wAiting for them now.
10 years ago was p3450 and 200mmx. Both totally acceptable in a general computing experience, even today.