Just be patient, Samsung and the iPad competitors will be back soon with better products.
Lets say they do match the hardware and OS experience -- where are the Android equivalents of Garageband and iMovie? iPhoto and similar apps are a big selling point for Macs in my experience. With Apple also focusing on developing their own killer apps for iOS, other manufacturers are going to have to do better than just match the iPad's out-of-the-box experience.
Also, innovation attracts innovation, and iOS is always going to be a big draw for developers for that reason alone. Not all developers spend their time worrying if their app will not get approved -- innovative developers will have the confidence that their product is so great that approval should be no problem.
We still don't have something that can replace a notepad and a mechanical pencil when it comes to ease and unobtrusiveness of taking notes(keyboards are faster for straight text, and produce better final copy; but are a bit clicky for class and, unless you are a LaTeX god, slower for equations, diagrams, and similar).
That's simply a software problem. You can get a stylus for the iPad. The iPad has enough grunt for text/graphic recognition. All it needs is for some developer to write a dedicated app for a specific task, such as writing down equations. The end result will be something that is better than either a laptop or pencil and paper.
But those people don't only do rendering. That's just one stage of a job. For other stages, they may apply a filter that requires a lot of CPU power followed by a long period of much less CPU intensive work. Reviewing and editing in the field is probably of more value to them than rendering in the field.
I've got HDDs that are over 10 years old which still work fine. I have a couple from my old iBook that I still use, too. Those would be over 5 years old, although, I haven't used them much in the last couple of years.
Can't say the same for laptop optical drives, though. They all seem like crap.
I'm a "power user". I much prefer LaunchPad to current solutions. I don't get the idea that advanced users don't want or appreciate GUIs that make things more elegant and easier to use.
If disk performance is important to you, then get the 7200rpm option or use an SSD. Otherwise, why waste the battery life if you don't need the I/O performance?
You know, just because someone can make use of such performance, doesn't mean they're going to be pegging the CPU for the entire time they're using it.
I use the desktop as a dumping ground for anything that needs processing/reviewing/sorting which I don't want to do right away, or for temporary items. The horrible clutter is good, because it draws attention to the fact that I'd been neglecting the task for too long. I don't keep shortcuts or drives on it.
If Windows has versioning and autosave built into the OS, then they haven't made it easy to use, because it's the first I've heard about it. And since when does your average user run VMS? Program manager is not that different to shortcuts in a folder, IIRC. LauchPad has a very different GUI, and it's the details that matter here. And what about the other features?
Apple does the only real innovation that average users actually notice and appreciate.
I'm pretty sure the full-screen mode is not compulsory. Use windows when it makes sense and use full-screen mode when it makes sense. I'm glade Apple is making more use of full-screen mode as it used to be more the domain of pro apps.
What do you mean by "advanced"? I suspect that if you're getting into that territory, then you're also advanced enough to know that you shouldn't be relying only on Time Machine as a backup solution. Time Machine is an out-of-the-box solution for out-of-the-box setups.
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"Seriously, instead of chasing iPad, is it really impossible for Samsung to maybe ask some prospective customers who haven't already bought iPads what features they want and "compete" based on that?"
Just be patient, Samsung and the iPad competitors will be back soon with better products.
Lets say they do match the hardware and OS experience -- where are the Android equivalents of Garageband and iMovie? iPhoto and similar apps are a big selling point for Macs in my experience. With Apple also focusing on developing their own killer apps for iOS, other manufacturers are going to have to do better than just match the iPad's out-of-the-box experience.
Also, innovation attracts innovation, and iOS is always going to be a big draw for developers for that reason alone. Not all developers spend their time worrying if their app will not get approved -- innovative developers will have the confidence that their product is so great that approval should be no problem.
"Most expensive"? That must be a joke, right?
"Most likely the least functional"? What makes you not sure?
Why would publishers only publish through Apple's app store?
We still don't have something that can replace a notepad and a mechanical pencil when it comes to ease and unobtrusiveness of taking notes(keyboards are faster for straight text, and produce better final copy; but are a bit clicky for class and, unless you are a LaTeX god, slower for equations, diagrams, and similar).
That's simply a software problem. You can get a stylus for the iPad. The iPad has enough grunt for text/graphic recognition. All it needs is for some developer to write a dedicated app for a specific task, such as writing down equations. The end result will be something that is better than either a laptop or pencil and paper.
The main problem with the iPad educationally is the fact that the content is not there.
The iPad is too new for all the content to be there. Of course, once more colleges start to use them, the content will follow.
Yeah, sure seems that way.
I'm just surprised it comes in leather.
But those people don't only do rendering. That's just one stage of a job. For other stages, they may apply a filter that requires a lot of CPU power followed by a long period of much less CPU intensive work. Reviewing and editing in the field is probably of more value to them than rendering in the field.
The other good thing about Macs is the higher resell value. Handy when you want to sell your old computer to help pay for the new one.
I've got HDDs that are over 10 years old which still work fine. I have a couple from my old iBook that I still use, too. Those would be over 5 years old, although, I haven't used them much in the last couple of years.
Can't say the same for laptop optical drives, though. They all seem like crap.
I'm a "power user". I much prefer LaunchPad to current solutions. I don't get the idea that advanced users don't want or appreciate GUIs that make things more elegant and easier to use.
If disk performance is important to you, then get the 7200rpm option or use an SSD. Otherwise, why waste the battery life if you don't need the I/O performance?
You know, just because someone can make use of such performance, doesn't mean they're going to be pegging the CPU for the entire time they're using it.
I use the desktop as a dumping ground for anything that needs processing/reviewing/sorting which I don't want to do right away, or for temporary items. The horrible clutter is good, because it draws attention to the fact that I'd been neglecting the task for too long. I don't keep shortcuts or drives on it.
If Windows has versioning and autosave built into the OS, then they haven't made it easy to use, because it's the first I've heard about it. And since when does your average user run VMS? Program manager is not that different to shortcuts in a folder, IIRC. LauchPad has a very different GUI, and it's the details that matter here. And what about the other features?
Apple does the only real innovation that average users actually notice and appreciate.
While MS have been mucking about with concepts, Apple have actually added real and useful features to their next OS upgrade.
That does seem like an oversight. Do you know why that is the case? Does TM not back up certain system files or something?
How are they defective by design?
IIRC, Program Manager behaved quite differently to LaunchPad. What makes you think they're so similar?
I use USB Overdrive. Many people seem happy with the default options.
I'm pretty sure the full-screen mode is not compulsory. Use windows when it makes sense and use full-screen mode when it makes sense. I'm glade Apple is making more use of full-screen mode as it used to be more the domain of pro apps.
Maybe you've found a bug, because the behavior seems consistent in my experience.
You say that as if it's a critical issue for most people.
What do you mean by "advanced"? I suspect that if you're getting into that territory, then you're also advanced enough to know that you shouldn't be relying only on Time Machine as a backup solution. Time Machine is an out-of-the-box solution for out-of-the-box setups.
I have two back-up methods: Time Machine and SuperDuper. If you're talking enterprise, you should have more than one back-up method, right?