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mk · 4663 days ago

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cgod · 4662 days ago · link ·

It bugs me because I like Jeff Atwood, have read him for several years, I don't want to reexamine my bias against tablets as appealing computing devices.

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mk · 4661 days ago · link ·

They fit a niche, for sure. I just wonder how well they will be able to overlap the niche that laptops currently fill so much that I might substitute one for the other.

Not yet.

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steve · 4663 days ago · link ·

I think his assessment of the original iPad being obsolete is a bit strong. I still actively use mine - now granted - I don't have some of the newest features, but obsolete is a bit strong.

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mk · 4663 days ago · link ·

Agreed. The diagram struck me, however. Simple, but true.

I can see the advantage of having the option to do some touch-screen actions on my laptop. I really dislike touchpads, and I think it would be nice to swipe an application away, scroll, or some similar gross gestures. However, I still enjoy the precision of my mouse for photoshop, and copy/paste. The iPad/iPhone copy/paste makes me angry at times. I really can't stand the MacBook copy/paste. It's either too sensitive, or not sensitive enough. I'm not a big fan of tablets as they stand. I don't use our iPad very much.