Poor little blueballed DUmmy stevenumbers starts a thread about the iPad, but like a lot of other DUmbasses, he just doesn't realize that it's not about iPad - it's all about nadin:
Mon May 6, 2013, 07:00 PM
steve2470 (14,652 posts)
Bill Gates: iPad Users 'Frustrated'
http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/handheld/bill-gates-ipad-users-frustrated/240154235?google_editors_picks=true
Bill Gates took to CNBC today to pitch Microsoft's line of Surface tablets, and he had some choice words for Apple's iPad and similar tablets. "A lot of those users are frustrated," said Gates. "They can't type, they can't create documents, they don't have Office there."
Gates pegged current tablets' lack of physical keyboards as their biggest detractor. There's no arguing that it's easier, quicker, and more accurate to pound out text with a physical keyboard. Today's mobile professionals grew up using typewriters, word processors, desktops and laptops -- all of which include real keyboards. There's something to be said for the muscle memory that comes from beating on keys for a decade or two.
The iPad and other tablets use virtual keyboards that appear on the display and come and go as needed when you need to enter text. They work, but they don't offer the same tactile response that comes with a real keyboard.
Gates then pointed out that the Surface RT and Surface Pro, Microsoft's two tablets, have keyboard options that make them more productive. Further, the Surface Pro runs a full version of Windows, which includes Microsoft Office, Outlook, and tons of productivity apps. The Surface, said Gates, offers the "portability of the tablet, but the richness of a PC."
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Yes, Bill, you are a very fair, objective and impartial observer.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022806930Response to steve2470 (Original post)
Mon May 6, 2013, 07:03 PM
nadinbrzezinski (119,565 posts)
1. Hey Bill I create documents
On the IPad...and content and shit...and I have an office suite, a couple actually.
You know what is frustrating though? How many fracking versions of docx do we need? And how much HTML crap do you need to add?
I know, I know...too much inside baseball
Oh and I forgot. Can you say blue tooth keyboard? Jaysus...when I need it, I got it
I don't know about documents and content, but she does create shit.
Response to steve2470 (Original post)
Mon May 6, 2013, 07:07 PM
mike_c (31,476 posts)
2. truthfully though, I have not seen a tablet yet that meets my needs....
I need my computers to compute things, not entertain me. I use computers to enter and analyze data. Modeling. Image processing. Writing documents and presentations. Visualizing data. Mind mapping and curriculum design. I don't use computers to view movies, play games, or -- mostly-- for reading books.
I'd love a tablet form factor computer that runs all my usual productivity software. Surface looks good, but it's freaking expensive. I'll just keep waiting until a real computer comes out in a tablet form factor.
I challenge anyone to translate this next bowl of nadinese word salad into comprehensible English:
Response to mike_c (Reply #2)
Mon May 6, 2013, 07:19 PM
nadinbrzezinski (119,565 posts)
3. Extensive data analysis I can see it
But I use mine for pretty much all. It really depends on the aps. I even have image manipulation on it, and yes...research dbases.
These are not the aps you see on adds though.
Maybe this century scrivener will go t the Ipad. If you got no idea go to literature and late and take a look...makes research that much easier and comes in Win and Mac flavors. For the momemt using Ilaro on the Ipad...and finally tamed those notes.
Response to steve2470 (Original post)
Mon May 6, 2013, 07:37 PM
Wait Wut (6,047 posts)
5. "...they don't have Office there."
As a graphic artist I can say that this is probably the biggest selling point for Apple.
The lack of a physical keyboard does bother me. But, I'm 48 years old and stubborn. I see 'kids' in their 20s not having any problems with the lack of an 'antiquated' physical keyboard and fly over the virtual keys of an iPad.
Or, like I told my husband a few days ago, "Saying you beat Zelda does not make you a gamer in the 21st century."
Response to Wait Wut (Reply #5)
Mon May 6, 2013, 07:56 PM
nadinbrzezinski (119,565 posts)
7. What is Zelda?
(I kid, I kid)
I don't know what is sadder, that I know it, or that I never got interested in it.
As to the keyboard...I am three years younger than you...I mostly not use the physical one.
Response to steve2470 (Original post)
Mon May 6, 2013, 08:51 PM
geek tragedy (25,052 posts)
19. If only there were a mobile computing device with a keyboard
and word processing and spreadsheet software. It would still fit on someone's lap, you could even call it ...
Apple built a special heavy duty iPad just for the crazy bald dwarf:
Response to Moonwalk (Reply #37)
Mon May 6, 2013, 11:19 PM
nadinbrzezinski (119,565 posts)
39. Mine is heavy duty
This sucker goes with me to fires.
