Why I won't buy an iPad (and think you shouldn't, either)

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SaruDa

I know that a whole week is like enough time for a civilization to rise and fall and all, but this old article really got me thinking.
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/02/why-i-wont-buy-an-ipad-and-think-you-shouldnt-either.html

Posted 5 years ago #
Twintail Tsundere

It's just an oversized and overpriced ipod touch.

Posted 5 years ago #
SaruDa

Palmtop Tiger said:
It's just an oversized and overpriced ipod touch.

There's no reason the article wouldn't apply to ipod touches as well.

Posted 5 years ago #
Azure Sky

I wouldn't even Subconsciously think of buying That piece of shit! XD

Posted 5 years ago #
Bass

I had seen a demonstration of what it can do, and it was kinda cool, until I found out that you can't adapt portable memories in it.

Posted 5 years ago #
churn

I've read this before and I followed one of the articles.

http://diveintomark.org/archives/2010/01/29/tinkerers-sunset

It really touches me because I can relate to many of the experiences (although I wasn't alive in the 80's, I had my own generation of electronics to take apart).

I think the ipad represents something lost and something gained.

It should be noted that layers of abstraction are necessary for the advancement of technology though. It's kinda like programming languages. First there was machine language, then assembly, then C, then Java, then Python. With each new generation of languages, we abstracted further. Many programmers who started in newer generations, although having knowledge of lower levels, will never be as knowledgeable and experienced as people who lived in the era. High level programming languages, though, let us develop much more complex and advanced programs.

I'm definitely not going to buy an ipad; I hate apple.

I do, however, think, it's another necessary step where our lives are further integrated with machines.

I don't think the ipad will make any money for Apple, but future generations of ipad-like devices will one day play an integral part of human society.

Posted 5 years ago #
SaruDa

Note that while higher level programming languages enable us to do more interesting and complex things than we could have dreamed of as little as 20 years ago, it still cuts down on program efficiency. However, I felt the article dealt more with proprietary everything, and less with abstraction of technology.

Posted 5 years ago #
churn

SaruDa said:
Note that while higher level programming languages enable us to do more interesting and complex things than we could have dreamed of as little as 20 years ago, it still cuts down on program efficiency.

Actually, I would say that it's almost impossible for a human to write efficient code for a modern day processor at the rawest level, when you consider things like compilers, out-of-order multiple issue processors, and memory management.

Posted 5 years ago #
SaruDa

churn said:

Actually, I would say that it's almost impossible for a human to write efficient code for a modern day processor at the rawest level, when you consider things like compilers, out-of-order multiple issue processors, and memory management.

I suppose that might be true. All I know is what I've read, truth be told.

Posted 5 years ago #
Nin

Wait, are you dissing one of Apple's creations? You know perfectly well that whatever Apple makes is absolutely-great-even-though-I-don't-even-know-what-the-hell-it-is!

Posted 5 years ago #
soup

SaruDa said:
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/02/why-i-wont-buy-an-ipad-and-think-you-shouldnt-either.html

tl;dr can someone summarise onegai?

Posted 5 years ago #
Nin

MelancholyMomo said:

tl;dr can someone summarise onegai?

Apple is overrated.

Posted 5 years ago #
soup

Ninsheart said:
Apple is overrated.

ah I see. they are marketing geniuses/lucky bastards though, and that's all that counts in a consumeristic culture.

also they're already planning on releasing a smaller version next year..

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/7568102/Apple-planning-smaller-iPad.html

Posted 5 years ago #
Syvere

I already have a DS Lite, Gaming PC, PS3, 360, Macbook Pro and Nokia N900 (phone/tablet) so I fail to see what use I would even have for an iPad. I mean it doesn't even support flash while even my phone does that.

MelancholyMomo said:
also they're already planning on releasing a smaller version next year..

Isn't that called iPhone or iPod Touch? :P

Posted 5 years ago #
Dark Mage

Lets see it's over priced ,not expandable,cannot multitask ,does not have an SD slot, no USB port, and is locked down with DRM.

Posted 5 years ago #
Frederica Bernkastel

SaruDa said:
I know that a whole week is like enough time for a civilization to rise and fall and all, but this old article really got me thinking.
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/02/why-i-wont-buy-an-ipad-and-think-you-shouldnt-either.html

"So what does Marvel do to "enhance" its comics? They take away the right to give, sell or loan your comics. What an improvement. Way to take the joyous, marvellous sharing and bonding experience of comic reading and turn it into a passive, lonely undertaking that isolates, rather than unites."

lol Its about the same as using computer, but here, its the opposite isn't it? Lots of people buy mangas even though they normally read online don't they? And also mangaka(or whoever controls the mangas) make money out of mangas and figurines cosplay etc. Cory Doctorow (Marvel comics might be learning/learnt from them at the very moment!) really should learn from them how they could make money out of comics other than just the comics itself.

Posted 5 years ago #
SaruDa

Char said:
Lets see it's over priced ,not expandable,cannot multitask ,does not have an SD slot, no USB port, and is locked down with DRM.

Probably a better summary of the article than "apple is overrated"

Posted 5 years ago #
arie~

Oh my god... These tl;dr are so interesting~

This is inspiring me to try to learn how to program ^~^

i spent an hour just reading them... (2 times if nessesary~)

I didn't know the world was heading in the direction where modifying was considered evil...

keep uploading articles...

Posted 5 years ago #
HyperKnuckles99

Ninsheart said:
Wait, are you dissing one of Apple's creations? You know perfectly well that whatever Apple makes is absolutely-great-even-though-I-don't-even-know-what-the-hell-it-is!

I love when the guy in the video says "i'll buy almost anything if it's shiny and made by apple". It's so true in what many people think and do.

I myself don't see the point in the ipad, it's just more useless shit.

Posted 5 years ago #
Sukunai

I only need to say 'HP Slate'

Yeah it's not like the iPad will have no competition.

By the end of the year you will likely be seeing quite the turf war over hand held book thingies.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100406/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc1480

And that's just one option.

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