Re: An electronista article *with* the article...

Until flash ram is greater than 64gigs I think harddrives are a safe bet.

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Ronald Hatton
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 10:35 AM
To: DADL (off topic)
Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] An electronista article *with* the article...

I just thought his use of "returning to their senses" was a bit out of touch. I
am typing this on my iPad right now. I know it will never replace my computer as
it is right now, but it *has* replaced my laptop. I can do documents,
spreadsheets as well as use my Filemaker databases wherever I am. Even in my
home/office, I can be wherever in the house and access e-mail and the web
without being tied to my office chair. Of course, my desktop machine is the
center of all I can do, including running my router by which I am connected to
the internet right now, and as things stand in 2010, I could never be rid of the
desktop, but the tablet concept has to be the way of the future. Or will we be
tied to laptops, hard drives, etc., forever?

Sent from my iPad

On Oct 20, 2010, at 1:22 PM, Karl <[email protected]> wrote:

> I just had a computer die, and bought a replacement pc from an unnamed big box
> store.
>
> I could have replaced it with an iPad I suppose, but that would make my World
of
> Warcraft gaming a bit difficult.
>
> On a side (and oddly more relevant) note, Verizon is advertising that they are
> getting the iPad in a few weeks.  They are not cheap, $629.99 for the 16gig up
> to 829.99 for the 64gb
>
> I am honestly wondering....why do I want one?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> Of Ronald Hatton
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 10:16 AM
> To: DADL (off topic)
> Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] An electronista article *with* the article...
>
> Acer: people will 'return to their senses' and drop iPad
> updated 10:45 am EDT, Wed October 20, 2010Acer chairman insists iPad has no
> serious impact
>
> Acer chairman JT Wang chipped into the chorus of fellow executives downplaying
> the iPad in a speech at a recent Taiwan-area summit. He saw tablets becoming a
> more mainstream part of computing but insisted that Apple CEO Steve Jobs' view
> of tablets replacing computers over time couldn't be true. People would
'return
> to their senses' after the heat of the iPad launch and at least outside of the
> US would go back to traditional computers Digitimes heard.
> Wang believed the iPad's early sales were the result of the typical initial
rush
> for a new device. Since the iPad has the interest of the technology industry,
> many are only willing to see the positives of the design and not its setbacks,
> he said. He claimed that most iPad users were still switching to a regular
> computer to write text documents or spreadsheets and thus that it couldn't
> replace a desktop or notebook in every traditional area. No mention was made
of
> apps like Documents To Go or iWork apps that have seen modest uptake for
> productivity use.
>
> The chairman maintained that Acer's drop in computer market share wasn't at
all
> sparked by the iPad and instead blamed it on other computer makers, who he
said
> were willing to cut prices where Acer wasn't. His company lost share but
stayed
> profitable where others were willing to shed some profit margin. No attempt
was
> made to explain Acer's poor performance in the US, however, where Apple may
pass
> Acer even though Apple's notebooks cost much more than many of Acer's
> budget-focused notebooks and netbooks.
>
> Accordingly, Wang also dismissed the importance of delays for Acer's own
tablet.
> Parts of the technology have 'not yet matured,' he explained. The company thus
> wasn't in any rush to put out a tablet since it wanted to ship when the design
> was right. Acer had originally promised a seven-inch Android tablet for the
end
> of the year but has given no signs that it's close to release.
>
>
> Read more:
>
http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/10/20/acer.chairman.insists.ipad.has.no.
> serious.impact/#comment_frame#ixzz12v7T01bD
> On Oct 20, 2010, at 1:15 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>
>>
>> Fr. Ron Hatton ([email protected]) has sent you an article from electronista:
>> The Macintosh News Network.
>> Acer: people will
>>
>
http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/10/20/acer.chairman.insists.ipad.has.no.
> serious.impact/
>>
>> To view the full article, please follow the link above:
>>
>> Fr. Ron Hatton wrote:
>>
>> And television and the automobile are passing fads as well. I guess there
will
> always be people "in the know" whom reality will just pass by. It reminds me
of
> a Bob & Ray skit where a "guest" complains that the sale of buggy whips have
> fallen off, and says his business has suffered as a result of the invention of
> the automobile!
>>
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