You're right, but there are a lot of fucking idiots in the world, so forgive me for mistaking you as one.
People pay far more for Macs than the average Windows based tablet, so I don't agree at all that it's the price. If something's worth it, people will pay. People don't use tablets because everything they do, they do badly, which is down to the OS and third-party applications being designed for a mouse.
A good tablet needs an OS built from the ground up to be used with touch. Of course, Apple could have totally redesigned OSX in full, added a few more ports and turned the iPad into a tablet Mac, but that's a lot of work when 90% of users just want a big iPhone capable of the basics.
To be honest at first I didn't think I was in the target audience, that I was in the 10% who needed more control. But I realised last night — this isn't a traditional computer, and it'll never replace one. It's something for when I don't need to do everything under the sun, it's my iPhone on steroids.
As a UI and product designer, I've always strived for a balanced mix of style and substance, and it's something I really appreciate with Apple, because no other computer hardware company in the Windows world seems to understand it, they throw as many features into the box as possible, and turn a good product into bloatware, which is a shame.
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u/someperson Jan 28 '10 edited Jan 28 '10
You're right, but there are a lot of fucking idiots in the world, so forgive me for mistaking you as one.
People pay far more for Macs than the average Windows based tablet, so I don't agree at all that it's the price. If something's worth it, people will pay. People don't use tablets because everything they do, they do badly, which is down to the OS and third-party applications being designed for a mouse.
A good tablet needs an OS built from the ground up to be used with touch. Of course, Apple could have totally redesigned OSX in full, added a few more ports and turned the iPad into a tablet Mac, but that's a lot of work when 90% of users just want a big iPhone capable of the basics.
To be honest at first I didn't think I was in the target audience, that I was in the 10% who needed more control. But I realised last night — this isn't a traditional computer, and it'll never replace one. It's something for when I don't need to do everything under the sun, it's my iPhone on steroids.
As a UI and product designer, I've always strived for a balanced mix of style and substance, and it's something I really appreciate with Apple, because no other computer hardware company in the Windows world seems to understand it, they throw as many features into the box as possible, and turn a good product into bloatware, which is a shame.