That awkward moment when Apple mocked good hardware and poor people

Re:That awkward moment when Apple mocked good hardware and p... by kybernetikos on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @12:14PM (#11345756)

Not sure what your point is. My point was that the original iPad was nearly unusable in less than 3 years. This is not an anecdote, it's a simple matter of fact.

The original iPad was launched in mid 2010. In September 2012 Apple released iOS 6, which didn't run on the original iPad. Shortly afterward, the apps we used all required a forced update to their iOS6 version (which of course didn't work) and it became a doorstop. YouTube lasted a little longer than most, but eventually it stopped working too.

It's quite possible that the iPad 2 you mention has had a longer life than the original iPad, but this in no way diminishes the fact that the original iPad, a not inexpensive piece of hardware was useless for most purposes after a little more than 2 years (assuming you bought it on release, which I did not).

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Re:That awkward moment when Apple mocked good hardware and p... by khedoros on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @01:01PM (#11346227)

That reminds me of my iPod Touch, bought in 2008 to help me decide whether I wanted to try a smartphone. The hardware's fine. Runs as well as it ever has. It's a paperweight because of the lack of software and the discontinuation of support for its hardware's video codecs (Youtube, Netflix, et al).

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Re:That awkward moment when Apple mocked good hardware and p... by mthoms on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @01:18PM (#11346391)

The first generation of any entirely new category of hardware is always a bit of a gamble.

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