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Can NetBooks & Tablets Co-Exist?
bsk_cw writes "According to Computerworld's Serdar Yegulalp, there has been a lot of talk about whether the iPad will take the place of the netbook — or, in fact, whether it will eat into the market share for more mainstream desktop and laptop computers. But, he continues, the iPad has a long way to go before it becomes a netbook killer — if only because it has created a space all its own."
"The reason why the Ipad sold well is that people are willing to spend extra money to get an Apple. Partly due to fashion (they are 'cooler') and partly due to anti-virus fears, and partly due to a hatred of Windows."
I was willing to give the iPad a try because it was from Apple. Not for fashion, not for virus fears, not because I hate MS. Because the iPod touch, a pmp, was the best damn pda I had run across yet. I've gone through PalmOS and WinCE in various iterations trying to find a pda that was usable. The old PalmOS devices held the title of usable until their limitations caught up with them and the market for programs for them dried up. The WinCE devices were little better than novelties. The Touch, not even marketed as a pda, was the best of all of them.
Was the iPad going to be a scaled up iPod Touch? I hoped so. I was not disappointed.