Re:Microsoft UI has officially entered the realm of self-parody
by encoderer on Monday August 29, 2011 @05:14PM
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My wife and I split the cost of an iPad last month, and we absolutely love it. There are a few things that really make me shake my head in frustration, but whatever, no product is perfect.
And last week I managed to score 2 32gb touchpads at the $150 price -- with the thought that we'll play with one for a week or so and see if it fits in our family. If not, we'll give both away at Christmas.
The touchpad just made me love my iPad2 more. It's nice enough, and will be a great gift for my mom and her dad, but it doesn't hold-up to the iPad2.
All that being said -- I sorta think of my primary computer as an oven to my iPads toaster-oven. The iPad can do a lot of the same things, and several things it can do far better than my oven and far easier.
And apple doesn't even want me to replace my oven -- they're producing toaster ovens by design.
What that means to me is that there's a lot of design decisions that work on a toaster oven that just don't make sense on an oven.
And last week I managed to score 2 32gb touchpads at the $150 price -- with the thought that we'll play with one for a week or so and see if it fits in our family. If not, we'll give both away at Christmas.
The touchpad just made me love my iPad2 more. It's nice enough, and will be a great gift for my mom and her dad, but it doesn't hold-up to the iPad2.
All that being said -- I sorta think of my primary computer as an oven to my iPads toaster-oven. The iPad can do a lot of the same things, and several things it can do far better than my oven and far easier.
And apple doesn't even want me to replace my oven -- they're producing toaster ovens by design.
What that means to me is that there's a lot of design decisions that work on a toaster oven that just don't make sense on an oven.
:) Now please forgive a somewhat clunky analogy.