Seconded. My 85-year-old father has had an iPad literally from day 1. My brother was living with my parents when the iPad came out and he went to the nearby Apple store and got them both 1st gen iPads. My brother has since passed away and I updated his iPad to a 3rd gen model and got a matching model so I could help him out over the phone...something that has turned out to be almost unnecessary.
Yeah, it was a metric ton of money but thus far worth every penny. My mother is home-bound and my Dad is her primary caregiver. He greatly enjoys the iPad and has had no trouble using it. He has virtually abandoned his old Mac G5 tower. The iPad is a great social connection to his remaining college chums and keeps him in touch with the grandchildren on Facebook. He loves to play various word games like "Words with Friends."
To be fair, this could all be done with a modern Android-based tablet and I don't think my Dad would have any trouble with it but honestly I'm not going to change horses mid-stream. But the huge app base for iOS helps greatly plus a good deal of my brothers and sisters plus their children have iPads so things are just easier. I never thought I'd advocate for monoculture like this (or even appear to) but this has brought a great deal of joy into my Father's life as my Mother's health has gone downhill over the past few years. This alone has made the iPads worth every penny.
My advice: look at an iPad first but whatever you do don't cheap out.
the shutdown makes no difference in my life, other than having to listen to a bunch of unemployed gov employees. While I sympathize with them due to the stresses that unemployment can cause, I also believe that 1) If you have been a gov employee long enough, you know that this can happen and could have been prepared for it, and 2) BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! that's what you get for choosing to work for a bunch of inept morons who have no interest in your well-being nor a good firm grasp on reality....
How exactly is this different from private sector work? Please, I have time.
Having worked on both sides of the fence, neither appears to have a lock on inept morons.
Spring Comdex in Atlanta? Thanks for the t-shirt!
I remember that one since I followed Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer into the ballroom. At that time he did not have an entourage -- by Comdex 1995 he was surrounded by easily 75 folks and it was like watching a school of fish move about in a reef. I couldn't believe someone that wealthy had such a bad haircut.
I still have my "Blue Ninja" t-shirt somewhere and a couple of copies of Warp still in the shrink-wrap although I plan to have the 6'x3' OS/2 banner draped over my coffin.
My father (now 83) got the original iPad literally the day it came out. Yes, it was expensive but he's really loved it. He plays online games with my sister, nieces and nephews. We set him up to stay logged on to facebook to get the latest grandbaby pictures from my nephew's wife. My brother taught him to buy ebooks, too. He loves to read and is an inveterate insomniac so this alone was worth it. Now if he can't sleep and nobody is awake to play Scrabble, he can download a new book that catches his interest.
He has a computer (old G5 Mac tower) but rarely uses it now since the iPad can be used virtually anywhere in his home.
It's also reduced the number of "how to" and troubleshooting calls we get from him. For an 83-YO former pastor he does pretty good technically and recently figured out how to properly install the OS/X drivers on his G5 for a scanner/printer on his own.
Short answer: by all means get an iPad. It has the richest set of games and social media connections. My $.02.
It's not a "solution" so much as closure for a raw wound in American history. I'm not sure you can fully appreciate that aspect of this moment.
It's also about finishing a job that was started ten years ago. And finally it's about a very real projection of power to send a message to a section of the world that's full of leaders who grow their fan base on the notion of Western (not just American) weakness and moral corruption.
I'm sorry you're so worried about blowback on your soil. It's a legitimate concern. But respectfully let me remind you that OBL and his group has demonstrated time and again that there are no civilians in this war and that any reason, no matter how flimsy, seems to be good enough for to commit a terrorist act. Everyone is fair game and that includes our friends, allies and neighbors in addition to a very significant number of Muslims.
As callous as it sounds, I'm going to savor this moment. It is important. Tomorrow will have to take care of itself.
No money to be made on software, eh? Don't tell Steve Mills that. He's been working under the assumption that IBM is one of the world's largest software companies and that it's quite profitable, thank you.
I know this for a fact. And btw, when did you last check your figures? Take a look at IBM's 2007 annual statement and get back to me.
Since your thoughts are random, I'll assume you're using Microsoft's Random Number Generator.
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Yeah, it was a metric ton of money but thus far worth every penny. My mother is home-bound and my Dad is her primary caregiver. He greatly enjoys the iPad and has had no trouble using it. He has virtually abandoned his old Mac G5 tower. The iPad is a great social connection to his remaining college chums and keeps him in touch with the grandchildren on Facebook. He loves to play various word games like "Words with Friends."
To be fair, this could all be done with a modern Android-based tablet and I don't think my Dad would have any trouble with it but honestly I'm not going to change horses mid-stream. But the huge app base for iOS helps greatly plus a good deal of my brothers and sisters plus their children have iPads so things are just easier. I never thought I'd advocate for monoculture like this (or even appear to) but this has brought a great deal of joy into my Father's life as my Mother's health has gone downhill over the past few years. This alone has made the iPads worth every penny.
My advice: look at an iPad first but whatever you do don't cheap out.
the shutdown makes no difference in my life, other than having to listen to a bunch of unemployed gov employees. While I sympathize with them due to the stresses that unemployment can cause, I also believe that 1) If you have been a gov employee long enough, you know that this can happen and could have been prepared for it, and 2) BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! that's what you get for choosing to work for a bunch of inept morons who have no interest in your well-being nor a good firm grasp on reality. ...
How exactly is this different from private sector work? Please, I have time. Having worked on both sides of the fence, neither appears to have a lock on inept morons.
What again? Someone call Chet Heath!
Spring Comdex in Atlanta? Thanks for the t-shirt! I remember that one since I followed Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer into the ballroom. At that time he did not have an entourage -- by Comdex 1995 he was surrounded by easily 75 folks and it was like watching a school of fish move about in a reef. I couldn't believe someone that wealthy had such a bad haircut. I still have my "Blue Ninja" t-shirt somewhere and a couple of copies of Warp still in the shrink-wrap although I plan to have the 6'x3' OS/2 banner draped over my coffin.
He has a computer (old G5 Mac tower) but rarely uses it now since the iPad can be used virtually anywhere in his home.
It's also reduced the number of "how to" and troubleshooting calls we get from him. For an 83-YO former pastor he does pretty good technically and recently figured out how to properly install the OS/X drivers on his G5 for a scanner/printer on his own.
Short answer: by all means get an iPad. It has the richest set of games and social media connections. My $.02.
It's not a "solution" so much as closure for a raw wound in American history. I'm not sure you can fully appreciate that aspect of this moment. It's also about finishing a job that was started ten years ago. And finally it's about a very real projection of power to send a message to a section of the world that's full of leaders who grow their fan base on the notion of Western (not just American) weakness and moral corruption. I'm sorry you're so worried about blowback on your soil. It's a legitimate concern. But respectfully let me remind you that OBL and his group has demonstrated time and again that there are no civilians in this war and that any reason, no matter how flimsy, seems to be good enough for to commit a terrorist act. Everyone is fair game and that includes our friends, allies and neighbors in addition to a very significant number of Muslims. As callous as it sounds, I'm going to savor this moment. It is important. Tomorrow will have to take care of itself.
No money to be made on software, eh? Don't tell Steve Mills that. He's been working under the assumption that IBM is one of the world's largest software companies and that it's quite profitable, thank you.
I know this for a fact. And btw, when did you last check your figures? Take a look at IBM's 2007 annual statement and get back to me.
Since your thoughts are random, I'll assume you're using Microsoft's Random Number Generator.
Several billion in market cap and a way bigger corporate jet.