Thread: iPad

If you're talking Mac, Apple performed almost 0% hardware design, it's mostly a tarted up PC.

Originally Posted by hoadie72

If you're talking Mac, Apple performed almost 0% hardware design, it's mostly a tarted up PC.

What?? Yes, they use off the shelf CPU's, GPU's, Hard disks, and custom spec screens (manufactured by LG). There are no doubt many other off the shelf components.

However there is lots of work in designing custom boards, cases and all the other bits that make it work and fit into their unique form factor cases. So far as I'm aware there aren't too many others making milled aluminium cases.

It's just unrealistic to expect them to make all of these components themselves, and if not call them a PC. That's just bizzare. Can I buy the motherboard and fit it into a pc case? What brand is it?? LOL.

You know that they designed and produced the first Personal Computer on the market? And that they were the first company to sell GUI computers to the public? They have always used other peoples processors, and apart from the Disk II disk drive and the 720k 3.5 inch floppy I'm not aware that they have done much with storage.

Did you know that most cars are manufactured using components from other suppliers. For example the Falcon uses Borg Warner differentials, Gertrag gearboxes, brakes and stability controls and a miriad of other electronics from Bosch, instruments from VDO (I think), lighting systems from Hella...

Can I still call ford a car designer?

What??

As I remember from when they moved from Power to Intel architecture, the basic system design was Intel based, with the key difference being the lack of BIOS. The principle architecture of the board is Intel's design. How they physically implement this is where they show their design flare.

Btw, without getting all Wikipedia, wasn't the first PC an Altair?

Ipad almost as dumb as a, give me a second, ermm........
no wait, hang on .............. erm......


Against:
no multi tasking, so no music while you browse
no flash support
no camera
no video out, you do get audio out (tough to watch movies without that feature)
no USB
no Firewire
no Card reader
no IR
3G enabled but can you use it to make a call, ermmm no, but you can send an sms, sweet
no AVI support
mpeg4 resolution supported, up to 640x480, (LOL)

FOR:
It looks like an iphone and they are popular so it must be good?
Bluetooth, just like ermmm oh yer my mobile phone
A whoping 64GB storage twice that of the iphone, and its only twice the size, cool or what
Operating temperature: 0° to 35°C so thats most of Australia out the window

My current mobile does more stuff than this ipad thing and cost about $200 less

Originally Posted by hoadie72

What??

As I remember from when they moved from Power to Intel architecture, the basic system design was Intel based, with the key difference being the lack of BIOS. The principle architecture of the board is Intel's design. How they physically implement this is where they show their design flare.

Btw, without getting all Wikipedia, wasn't the first PC an Altair?

geniac something or other and another one something to do with paperclips?

PC was a term coined by IBM to market range of small computers
Like hoover for vacum or gerny for a jet wash, (or however thats spelt)
aw bugger im going to have to go and look at wikipedia now aren't I

It's simple...

No one is making you buy an iPad. If you don't like it, don't buy it but it's no reason to slag it or the company off. (Frankly it's also showing your ignorance for not understanding the target market and the consumer end of the technology market.)

Personally, I've been thinking about getting an iPod Touch for browsing in the living room while the missus is doing her thing. The only thing which has stopped me from doing that is the tiny screen. The iPad solves that 'issue' so I'll probably get one when they come out over here.

M

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

...it's very hard to do such a bad job as Microsoft.

Actually, Microsoft do a very good job. Their problem is that they pander to the legacy OS requirements too much, 3rd party software & hardware vendors and try to be all things to all people.

People criticise Apple for being a closed shop, narrow minded, blah, blah... but keeping that tight reign means that they can get the quality in the code required for a stable platform.

Apple are targeting the consumer market. Sure, you can get other bits of kit, which can do more, costs less, multi-tasks, etc... but frankly most people don't care... They're scared off by the techno babble and geeky-ness of it all. They just want something which is easy to use and looks pretty.

The Apple adverts sum it all up for me...

M

Originally Posted by Lightweight

"Basically it seems a means to sell apps and publications."

Why is this a problem?? Apple is after all a software and design company, that just happens to put others' funky hardware into an even better package running the best consumer OS in the market!

Umm what???

Boy you are soo wrong I don't know where to start. So I won't.

Alan