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iPad Progress Report
Now that the 300,000 early adopters have had a few days to play and work with their iPads, we're moving beyond the "first impressions" articles (but here's a video of a 2-1/2-year-old's first encounter with the device). The detailed reviews aren't out yet. The largest source of early complaints is a complex of problems with Wi-Fi reception. Apple has posted a technical support note implicitly acknowledging the problems and suggesting some work-arounds — specifically, changing SSIDs or encryption methods on base stations that offer both 2.4-GHz and 5.8-GHz signals. Finally, here's a detailed look at the gratuitous pain Apple imposes on those desiring to get iWork files transferred from and to the iPad.
Maintenance? What "maintenance"?
If not for the fact that my Macs like to restart for system updates, I would never need to know they happen.
A proper OS doesn't need constant babying. The same principles that apply to the iphones in this regard also apply to any general purpose machine.
Another case of: "must denigrate the mac in order to elevate the ipad".
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
If you have two devices, one of which is perfect, and a problem, obviously the device that is not perfect is the problem.
Not so simple, I'm afraid. What if, say, both devices can link to a wireless router, but the wireless router can only communicate to the first one that connects. That would be the fault of the router's design, not the second device that can't connect.