It appears that Apple simply cannot succeed in influencing schools and others that iPads are the future. Now that Chromebooks are gaining even more traction, Apple's smart to stop pushing iPads on the education sector.
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Apple Offers to Replace iPads With MacBooks in Maine State Classrooms
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I also think that if kids tend to use iPads/iPhones, Gadgets more, there will be less tech professionals in the future.
I remember when i was a kid (7-8y old), i was at home using my computer, and somehow i started to think "How do they all this?".
I opened my computer, looked inside, took parts out, found out what they were and does, etc. Not much later i started to open binaries with an text editor, and wtf: "Do they write this that way?" Between all that hieroglyphs i saw watson c++ normally written, and i started to research on this in the library. This was the start of my tech career. I began to build and upgrade my own computers and started to read books and code in c++.
Being able to unscrew and open my computer, woke up the tweaking tech instinct inside me, and i started to get deeper into all this. Being able to open binaries with an text editor, showed me, that program files are something different than what we usually see on screen, and they use something else to create this.
With iPads you can't do this at all.
Opening or taking apart = bricking
Disassembling software = not possible, because we are jailed on iPads
Coding needs a yearly fee and a credit card.
Even Apple Computers you can't open or replace parts anymore.
I loved to build and upgrade my computer when i was a kid.
Today, if you need more power, or a new computer part = buy a whole new Apple computer.
We will end with a lot of consumers, and run into serious problems in the future.
Problems like missing tech professionals.
I remember when i was a kid (7-8y old), i was at home using my computer, and somehow i started to think "How do they all this?".
I opened my computer, looked inside, took parts out, found out what they were and does, etc. Not much later i started to open binaries with an text editor, and wtf: "Do they write this that way?" Between all that hieroglyphs i saw watson c++ normally written, and i started to research on this in the library. This was the start of my tech career. I began to build and upgrade my own computers and started to read books and code in c++.
Being able to unscrew and open my computer, woke up the tweaking tech instinct inside me, and i started to get deeper into all this. Being able to open binaries with an text editor, showed me, that program files are something different than what we usually see on screen, and they use something else to create this.
With iPads you can't do this at all.
Opening or taking apart = bricking
Disassembling software = not possible, because we are jailed on iPads
Coding needs a yearly fee and a credit card.
Even Apple Computers you can't open or replace parts anymore.
I loved to build and upgrade my computer when i was a kid.
Today, if you need more power, or a new computer part = buy a whole new Apple computer.
We will end with a lot of consumers, and run into serious problems in the future.
Problems like missing tech professionals.
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POST-PC == POST-TRUCK ... but look at how well trucks still sell...
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When Jobs said, this is the post-PC era, he was deliberately referring back to the "post truck" era of the early to mid 20th century when more and more people were living in urban vs. farm areas.
In other words, as more people become consumers than producers, the need for a truck lessened, and people began buying more vehicles for commuting, fun and show.
The problem with this analogy, of course, is that even in the post-truck era, a truck has remained the single most popular selling vehicle model in the US.
Moreover, all over the world, people have found that combined fun/work vehicles (e.g. SUVs) are far more useful in the general case. This doesn't stop younger people from buying cheap cars, and it doesn't stop richer people from buying sports cars, but family vans and SUVs just make more practical sense.
So, taking the analogy to its logical conclusion, it would seem that an "SUV" approach to computers (perhaps like the Surface) will become common, even while "car" tablets remain popular as well.
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"I'm trying to think of a good analogy. When we were an agrarian nation, all cars were trucks. But as people moved more towards urban centers, people started to get into cars.
"I think PCs are going to be like trucks. Less people will need them. And this transformation is going to make some people uneasy... because the PC has taken us a long way. They were amazing. But it changes. Vested interests are going to change. And, I think we've embarked on that change.
"Is it the iPad? Who knows? Will it be next year or five years? ... We like to talk about the post-PC era, but when it really starts to happen, it's uncomfortable." - Steve Jobs, 2010
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When Jobs said, this is the post-PC era, he was deliberately referring back to the "post truck" era of the early to mid 20th century when more and more people were living in urban vs. farm areas.
In other words, as more people become consumers than producers, the need for a truck lessened, and people began buying more vehicles for commuting, fun and show.
The problem with this analogy, of course, is that even in the post-truck era, a truck has remained the single most popular selling vehicle model in the US.
Moreover, all over the world, people have found that combined fun/work vehicles (e.g. SUVs) are far more useful in the general case. This doesn't stop younger people from buying cheap cars, and it doesn't stop richer people from buying sports cars, but family vans and SUVs just make more practical sense.
So, taking the analogy to its logical conclusion, it would seem that an "SUV" approach to computers (perhaps like the Surface) will become common, even while "car" tablets remain popular as well.
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"I'm trying to think of a good analogy. When we were an agrarian nation, all cars were trucks. But as people moved more towards urban centers, people started to get into cars.
"I think PCs are going to be like trucks. Less people will need them. And this transformation is going to make some people uneasy... because the PC has taken us a long way. They were amazing. But it changes. Vested interests are going to change. And, I think we've embarked on that change.
"Is it the iPad? Who knows? Will it be next year or five years? ... We like to talk about the post-PC era, but when it really starts to happen, it's uncomfortable." - Steve Jobs, 2010
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That's true when considering a single model. In fact... the Top 3 single models in the US happen to be pickup trucks.
But non-trucks vastly outsell trucks in the US.
In other words... more people aren't buying trucks than those who are.
Cars still remain the most popular in the US... SUVs and crossovers are a close 2nd... but trucks are a distant 3rd.
It sounded like you were saying "in the post-truck United States... look at how many trucks are sold!"
Well... it's not as many as you think
Interesting local school district tidbit came out in the news on Friday. Local technical Charter HS was allowed to use both an iPad and a Chromebook. Textbooks were loaded onto the iPads. As the end of the school year approaches, the students and teachers were asked about the experience. over 85% of the students said the iPad was great as a textbook and for games. Actual work was done on the Chromebook. Over 95% of the teachers said the iPad was great as a textbook but overall a distraction in class. Why they didn't lock out games? No idea.
Looks like Chromebooks next year.
Looks like Chromebooks next year.
One big reason why I'm looking into a Chromebook because it's a focused product that does specific things rather than a robust OS and online store that acts as a distraction.
The App Store should have locked out the games for educational iPads that were registered in the system to prevent students from gaming. I think Apple failed in anticipating the problems by opening a Pandora's Box without realizing the App Store would be counter productive.
They'll need to redesign special versions of the iPad for the academic field.
Right, which is EXACTLY WHY I carefully said: "a truck has remained the single most popular selling vehicle model in the US."
I wouldn't separate them that way.
Light trucks and hatchbacks and SUVs and crossovers and vans are all vehicles that include truck-like capabilities, and they're the majority of types sold in the US... over 70%.
In other words, many people still have a desire for practicality; for more bang for the buck. Especially if they only have one. I think that could be true for personal computers in general, as well.
Right, which is EXACTLY WHY I carefully said: "a truck has remained the single most popular selling vehicle model in the US."
And I agreed with that. It's true.
But "a truck" isn't the same as "trucks"
The Ford F-150 is absolutely the best-selling vehicle in the US.
However... that doesn't make "trucks" the best selling category in the US
Well that's how Bloomberg separated them.
You can't start the conversation with the best-selling Ford F-150... and then switch to "truck-like" vehicles
I actually live in Maine, and before I graduated 3 years ago our education system has ALWAYS used Macbooks for classroom use. Lol I don't know why people outside Maine believe that iPad's are in use by more schools here, there are only a few but the majority use Macbooks. And how would an iPad be good for education?