Which is why now I have a time machine drive for myself, and one for my wife's macbooks and then another drive in between that's big enough to store the contents of the two in the event that it all goes kaput....except that drive was a seagate 1.5TB and is now headed back after the click of death started. At the very least though, we both still have our backups and we're being extra careful in the meantime.
This will get cracked and once again the Pirates will enjoy a game unencumbered while those that legitimately pay for it have to deal with the inconveniences.
OH well, won't be buying this game, my game PC runs windows and I don't allow it to connect to the Internet so I don't have to worry about that nasty virus threat that happens when you network computers...
Funny, 1 and a half years and no drops (at least none that couldn't be explained by the cell phone black hole of the building I work in that affects every provider) and I think I've rebooted it maybe a half dozen times.
You don't need a mac to sync the device, it works with any PC that runs iTunes and if you really push you can buy all of your music and apps directly on the device from iTunes Store.
Further THERE IS NO AT&T contract.
Flash on a netbook is overrated as it chews needlessly through your battery power and I don't need a camera, in fact the only group of people that need a camera are such a niche group of people I'd argue it to be a waste if they put one in. I'm sure an external one will come about eventually as a dock port addon or through bluetooth. Or did you all forget last years push on the new iPhone OS support to external devices via the dockport or BT support, it's in the APIs?
You've clearly never ran flash on a netbook. My HP Mini chokes on flash. I'd rather flash go away than let it continue to chew battery power needlessly.
Funny, my netbook sucks at doing all of those things too. Maybe it's because none of those are software technologies designed with portability in mind.
Only the OS... apps, music, movies can all be updated over itunes services on the Internet. Pictures could be added by the memory card dock adapter add-on.
It's a much more closed device. Thus it is more secure by default. Similar software isn't the same.
Installation of new apps and updating them is consistent and basic.
The one downside, you do need another system though for OS updates and they will likely be required over time. You also need a whole computer to back it up as well. Of course you could easily do this with a 200$ nettop that sits in a corner next to the router. I wouldn't be too surprised if Apple eventually upgrades MobileMe to allow you to sync your entire device with a web resource (hell it may already do that, but I doubt they cover 64GB storage at this point) for backup.
Personally the "I don't trust Microsoft based OS" is more of a reason why I own my Apple products.
The difference summed up very recently between the easy time I had rebuilding a hard drive from Time Machine on my Mac and trying to get a System Image backup in Win7 from restoring to new drives. OS X worked, Win7 wouldn't rebuild. Fortunately the only thing on that machine is the OS and games I can't play elsewhere. All of my real data (pictures, video, music, financial data and documents) live on my macbook. I'm happy to gloat that I know my data is well protected with my Mac.
Then there's that little issue that you can't easily and legally run OS X on non-OS hardware. Sorry if my willingness to pay more for quality upsets you.
"Another thing that would help would be a camera and a $100 discount, but hey Magic is cool too, provided they have enough mana. "
Wow, we get the device priced in at about $300-500 cheaper than we expected, with even the top end iPad below the $1000 potential price tag people thought it would and people are still complaining about price.
And no, it does not need a camera. Stop asking for one. My netbook has a camera, I've used it 0 times. My macbook has a camera, I've used it 0 times in 3 years. Business is still driven by the cell phone, and it reasonably can pull off that functionality with a bluetooth headset, 3G and Skype.
Go away, you're complaints only fuel a fire of stupid arguments.
This is just another attempt to trash the iPad. This is irresponsible journalism, this is a "here's what Apple didn't say, so it doesn't do it" article. That type of argument is a fallacy.
I'm also tired of the iPad thrashing. People said the same thing about the iPhone and suddenly it was the developers of the apps that showed us why we need this, not Apple. That just needs to happen again. I will say that Apple's press conference may have left us very high and dry in terms of system specs and what it can do, but the problem is it is just a platform and what these journalists don't understand is that it's built on the same fundamentals as the iPhone or iPod touch. What you can do there, you can do here, and maybe better given the power and size of the screen on this devices. I've already heard of case worker proposals, medical field proposals, management applications. The problem is really in the perception that this device needs to be the replacement for the iPhone or the laptop and it doesn't. I want one and plan to upgrade to one when I decide to purchase my MacBook upgrade later this year, I also don't suspect I'll be giving up my iPhone anytime soon either (though I may trash the Data plan on it).
I'm sorry, if you can't see why the world can benefit from this device, I can't help that you're unimaginative. The number of applications where this device WOULD be beneficial is outstanding, the problem is that the world still hasn't grasped as a whole. The world still hasn't grasped what we can do with the additions that were part of the last keynote and iPhoneOS 3.1. There are still applications and device integrations that haven't happened, simply because no one is trying or shown the world that killer application, but that doesn't mean it isn't there.
Worrying about exchange support is silly, of course it will be there, Snow Leopard supports it and iPhoneOS supports it. There's no reason to expect it to not be supported. Worrying about file transfer in a traditional manner is silly at best as well. We've already seen that it can be done and worrying about
What I would worry about is why the device doesn't sync wirelessly through WLAN or Bluetooth (even if only to a Mac). But if you want to know why Apple isn't saying anything, it's more than likely they are not binding themselves to anything because the device isn't done yet, whether it be an incomplete OS or hardware. So stop trying to kill this before it takes off because you don't want one.
Those iPhone stylii (styluses?) suck. They rubber tip bends awkwardly and require too much pressure to write. They're good for poking at the screen, not writing.
The context of that statement was the list of capabilities that it needs to be good at.
The iPad will not replace a laptop which has fully feature command line environment, fully flexible software environment, productivity, etc. And it will not replace a device designed to fit in your pocket, plays music well (interestingly plays video only moderately well) and receives phone calls.
The problem I think is that Apple Marketing failed this time. They failed with the name (iPad sounds like a feminine hygiene product) and they failed to produce an event that shows us why we need this.
They showed us some nifty little gadgets and apps for it, but the reality is the applications are going to have to sell this. I don't think enough time was spent on iWork for this. I don't think they spend nearly enough time with productivity applications in relation to
If this thing ran ALL of OpenOffice.org or Microsoft Office on day one, it would probably start to sell huge.
And don't get me wrong, there are a number of hardware changes that need to occur as well. For one, it should have a magnetic dock charger (the fact that they came out with a 6 foot extension cord for the usb wall charger is laughable). The keyboard dock is a fail, they need to advertise this is as a micro workstation with a BLUETOOTH keyboard and possibly mouse.
Now you combine hardware and software such as a good remote desktop app and you have a good setup that you can pick up and walk away with even easier than a laptop. I can't wait to see what RealVNC, LogMeIn and the open source community can roll out on this. And best of all, it's a sync device remoting into another system on a (potentially) 802.11n network.
A photographer in the family is frothing at this, assuming apple can get the hardware act together quickly enough so his cameras can communicate easily with this. This is a great viewing device for field work (stuff like class photos and "Santa at the Mall" shoots) according to him as long as the software catches up too.
And that's why Apple failed with marketting yesterday. This should have been introduced at a Developer's conference so that they could pitch to developers what will now be available and then have the hands on sessions. But then again, this gives developers 4 or 5 months till the WWDC.
The iPad EASILY has the potential to become part of a greater home hub.
My only question, why are these wireless devices still syncing over dock connector only? AppleTV has proven it can be done over the network.
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Which is why now I have a time machine drive for myself, and one for my wife's macbooks and then another drive in between that's big enough to store the contents of the two in the event that it all goes kaput. ...except that drive was a seagate 1.5TB and is now headed back after the click of death started. At the very least though, we both still have our backups and we're being extra careful in the meantime.
This will get cracked and once again the Pirates will enjoy a game unencumbered while those that legitimately pay for it have to deal with the inconveniences.
OH well, won't be buying this game, my game PC runs windows and I don't allow it to connect to the Internet so I don't have to worry about that nasty virus threat that happens when you network computers...
Funny, 1 and a half years and no drops (at least none that couldn't be explained by the cell phone black hole of the building I work in that affects every provider) and I think I've rebooted it maybe a half dozen times.
epaper is overrated. From my experience it was terrible to read, maybe in your opinion its good, in mine I'll stick to LCD.
You fail miserably.
The stripped down iPad is not $600 it's $500.
You don't need a mac to sync the device, it works with any PC that runs iTunes and if you really push you can buy all of your music and apps directly on the device from iTunes Store.
Further THERE IS NO AT&T contract.
Flash on a netbook is overrated as it chews needlessly through your battery power and I don't need a camera, in fact the only group of people that need a camera are such a niche group of people I'd argue it to be a waste if they put one in. I'm sure an external one will come about eventually as a dock port addon or through bluetooth. Or did you all forget last years push on the new iPhone OS support to external devices via the dockport or BT support, it's in the APIs?
You've clearly never ran flash on a netbook. My HP Mini chokes on flash. I'd rather flash go away than let it continue to chew battery power needlessly.
Funny, my netbook sucks at doing all of those things too. Maybe it's because none of those are software technologies designed with portability in mind.
Flash is dead horse. Stop using it as an argument.
It chews up CPU power and battery life and has no business on a portable device or on the web in general.
It's a proprietary attempt to own the web and I'll be glad when it's dead.
Please take the ssh off the list. I already do this with my iPhone and it comes in quite handily for work.
Only the OS... apps, music, movies can all be updated over itunes services on the Internet. Pictures could be added by the memory card dock adapter add-on.
What really amazes me are the number of smart people here who don't see the potential of the device for power users as well...
Who says there won't be a dock port camera or a bluetooth based camera in the future?
Needless component adding too much to the base device.
Enough with the camera arguments, folks, the average person doesn't care.
It's a much more closed device. Thus it is more secure by default. Similar software isn't the same.
Installation of new apps and updating them is consistent and basic.
The one downside, you do need another system though for OS updates and they will likely be required over time. You also need a whole computer to back it up as well. Of course you could easily do this with a 200$ nettop that sits in a corner next to the router. I wouldn't be too surprised if Apple eventually upgrades MobileMe to allow you to sync your entire device with a web resource (hell it may already do that, but I doubt they cover 64GB storage at this point) for backup.
Personally the "I don't trust Microsoft based OS" is more of a reason why I own my Apple products.
The difference summed up very recently between the easy time I had rebuilding a hard drive from Time Machine on my Mac and trying to get a System Image backup in Win7 from restoring to new drives. OS X worked, Win7 wouldn't rebuild. Fortunately the only thing on that machine is the OS and games I can't play elsewhere. All of my real data (pictures, video, music, financial data and documents) live on my macbook. I'm happy to gloat that I know my data is well protected with my Mac.
Then there's that little issue that you can't easily and legally run OS X on non-OS hardware. Sorry if my willingness to pay more for quality upsets you.
"Another thing that would help would be a camera and a $100 discount, but hey Magic is cool too, provided they have enough mana. "
Wow, we get the device priced in at about $300-500 cheaper than we expected, with even the top end iPad below the $1000 potential price tag people thought it would and people are still complaining about price.
And no, it does not need a camera. Stop asking for one. My netbook has a camera, I've used it 0 times. My macbook has a camera, I've used it 0 times in 3 years. Business is still driven by the cell phone, and it reasonably can pull off that functionality with a bluetooth headset, 3G and Skype.
Go away, you're complaints only fuel a fire of stupid arguments.
I think he was going for sarcasm....
120? What rock are you under, those new 240's are where it's at these days.
This is just another attempt to trash the iPad. This is irresponsible journalism, this is a "here's what Apple didn't say, so it doesn't do it" article. That type of argument is a fallacy.
I'm also tired of the iPad thrashing. People said the same thing about the iPhone and suddenly it was the developers of the apps that showed us why we need this, not Apple. That just needs to happen again. I will say that Apple's press conference may have left us very high and dry in terms of system specs and what it can do, but the problem is it is just a platform and what these journalists don't understand is that it's built on the same fundamentals as the iPhone or iPod touch. What you can do there, you can do here, and maybe better given the power and size of the screen on this devices. I've already heard of case worker proposals, medical field proposals, management applications. The problem is really in the perception that this device needs to be the replacement for the iPhone or the laptop and it doesn't. I want one and plan to upgrade to one when I decide to purchase my MacBook upgrade later this year, I also don't suspect I'll be giving up my iPhone anytime soon either (though I may trash the Data plan on it).
I'm sorry, if you can't see why the world can benefit from this device, I can't help that you're unimaginative. The number of applications where this device WOULD be beneficial is outstanding, the problem is that the world still hasn't grasped as a whole. The world still hasn't grasped what we can do with the additions that were part of the last keynote and iPhoneOS 3.1. There are still applications and device integrations that haven't happened, simply because no one is trying or shown the world that killer application, but that doesn't mean it isn't there.
Worrying about exchange support is silly, of course it will be there, Snow Leopard supports it and iPhoneOS supports it. There's no reason to expect it to not be supported. Worrying about file transfer in a traditional manner is silly at best as well. We've already seen that it can be done and worrying about
What I would worry about is why the device doesn't sync wirelessly through WLAN or Bluetooth (even if only to a Mac). But if you want to know why Apple isn't saying anything, it's more than likely they are not binding themselves to anything because the device isn't done yet, whether it be an incomplete OS or hardware. So stop trying to kill this before it takes off because you don't want one.
Those iPhone stylii (styluses?) suck. They rubber tip bends awkwardly and require too much pressure to write. They're good for poking at the screen, not writing.
The red light from the audio port is the fiber optic, so unless your audio was showing as broken in device manager, it was actually working.
You do know you can adjust the brightness right?
Why should it? It's already does a multitude of things for $499. This is a bonus.
This is why it's a fun product. Apple didn't show half, or a quarter or even 10% of the potential on Wednesday of this device.
The context of that statement was the list of capabilities that it needs to be good at.
The iPad will not replace a laptop which has fully feature command line environment, fully flexible software environment, productivity, etc. And it will not replace a device designed to fit in your pocket, plays music well (interestingly plays video only moderately well) and receives phone calls.
The problem I think is that Apple Marketing failed this time. They failed with the name (iPad sounds like a feminine hygiene product) and they failed to produce an event that shows us why we need this.
They showed us some nifty little gadgets and apps for it, but the reality is the applications are going to have to sell this. I don't think enough time was spent on iWork for this. I don't think they spend nearly enough time with productivity applications in relation to
If this thing ran ALL of OpenOffice.org or Microsoft Office on day one, it would probably start to sell huge.
And don't get me wrong, there are a number of hardware changes that need to occur as well. For one, it should have a magnetic dock charger (the fact that they came out with a 6 foot extension cord for the usb wall charger is laughable). The keyboard dock is a fail, they need to advertise this is as a micro workstation with a BLUETOOTH keyboard and possibly mouse.
Now you combine hardware and software such as a good remote desktop app and you have a good setup that you can pick up and walk away with even easier than a laptop. I can't wait to see what RealVNC, LogMeIn and the open source community can roll out on this. And best of all, it's a sync device remoting into another system on a (potentially) 802.11n network.
A photographer in the family is frothing at this, assuming apple can get the hardware act together quickly enough so his cameras can communicate easily with this. This is a great viewing device for field work (stuff like class photos and "Santa at the Mall" shoots) according to him as long as the software catches up too.
And that's why Apple failed with marketting yesterday. This should have been introduced at a Developer's conference so that they could pitch to developers what will now be available and then have the hands on sessions. But then again, this gives developers 4 or 5 months till the WWDC.
The iPad EASILY has the potential to become part of a greater home hub.
My only question, why are these wireless devices still syncing over dock connector only? AppleTV has proven it can be done over the network.