I don't care that you posted, I was just asking aloud why we would really care what he thinks, as if that's going to convince a bunch of people not to buy the new iPads!!!
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iPad Steve Wozniak doesn't want the new iPad.
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I don't care that you posted, I was just asking aloud why we would really care what he thinks, as if that's going to convince a bunch of people not to buy the new iPads!!!
Because that can plow through your data plan easily. Its actually cheaper to get the local storage than pay for increased data use over the life of the device.
Being the millionaire he is, I am sure there is a way he could order a customized iPad with 256 GB memory. What's he complaining about?
C'mon Woz! Don't be a whiner!
I thought Woz was always more forward thinking than this.
He should be talking about how he wants a future iPad with no local storage at all, thats insanely thin and cloud driven.
Thats what Job's talked about back in 1999, and what I think Apple is working towards, computers without local storage, everything in cloud.
It's a shame that someone as clever as Woz can miss the point so much, and give such an outdated, backwards thinking, point of view.
Obvioulsy he is a computer genius, and his achievements are vast, but he's starting to sound like my dad.
When I got the iPad first gen, my dad said it would flop because he couldn't attach his USB external harddrive and it didn't play Flash, and I remember then thinking "this is the future and he just doesn't get it."
3 years later, he loves his iPad.
He should be talking about how he wants a future iPad with no local storage at all, thats insanely thin and cloud driven.
Thats what Job's talked about back in 1999, and what I think Apple is working towards, computers without local storage, everything in cloud.
It's a shame that someone as clever as Woz can miss the point so much, and give such an outdated, backwards thinking, point of view.
Obvioulsy he is a computer genius, and his achievements are vast, but he's starting to sound like my dad.
When I got the iPad first gen, my dad said it would flop because he couldn't attach his USB external harddrive and it didn't play Flash, and I remember then thinking "this is the future and he just doesn't get it."
3 years later, he loves his iPad.
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But it's enough to get him the "Chief Scientist" position at Fusion IO. LOL. Once I learned of that, I knew that company's management was complete derp.
Is it really that surprising that someone may choose to live somewhere were high speed internet is not available?
Well, don't be. There is life beyond the internet, and there are folks who make their living arrangement without regard to internet access. May sound strange to some here, but it's called "real life".
Certainly he could get some random engineer at Apple, either through a favor for for a chunk of cash to put a 256GB chip in there. Or even pay somebody to reverse engineer it and upgrade it for him. Not sure if they make a 512GB package that is small enough.
BTW, how much money does Woz have? For some reason it doesn't seem like it would be really high, like billions. Didn't he cash out pretty early or does he still hold a lot of stock? Not that hundreds of millions isn't anything to sneeze at.
BTW, how much money does Woz have? For some reason it doesn't seem like it would be really high, like billions. Didn't he cash out pretty early or does he still hold a lot of stock? Not that hundreds of millions isn't anything to sneeze at.
How can the press overanalyze minutiae, but somehow miss what's important?
Take this scenario: Woz is in a restaurant. His water glass is half empty. The waiter asks if he'd like it refilled. Woz says, "No thanks - I'm good."
Next morning the press is screaming: "Woz doesn't like water!!!"
Take this scenario: Woz is in a restaurant. His water glass is half empty. The waiter asks if he'd like it refilled. Woz says, "No thanks - I'm good."
Next morning the press is screaming: "Woz doesn't like water!!!
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Why does Woz's opinion matter about the iPad again?
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there is wifi available when your above land though.
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there is wifi available when your above land though.
Oh, 128GB wasn't enough space for you to manage some entertainment options for 5 hours? That's your problem then.
I think it points out the dilemma with storage. Apple rakes you over the coals for higher storage using the same rates that were used 3 years ago and not taking into account decreased component costs. Thus, going from 16 GB to 64 GB is still an extra $200 expenditure for a $20 upgrade. Apple can, of course, charge whatever they want. However, that does not mean that I, as a consumer, have to be happy with it.
In my day-to-day life, 16 GB is more than adequate because I have wifi, the cloud, etc. However, when I'd want more storage is for travel, which generally makes the cloud moot (hard to find or slow wifi, planes, etc). I also tend to use a lot of space while traveling with photos I load from my DSLR. Then the question becomes, do I stick with 16 GB because it is good for 90% of my usage, or do I pay through the nose for that 10%?
The point I think you are missing is that he is constantly traveling. Why is everything so limited on what you can do mobile wise? They give you an iPad with cellular data but you have major caps on the usage. They give you an iPad with storage and capped on the amount of space. Why can't they do BTO like they do on the laptops and have it as an option if someone wants to pay $1,000 for extra storage so what?
When we live in what's about to be 2014 and we have storage space on a tablet that has cellular LTE data, but yet you can barely use it and barely store anything on it? The future is not broadband at your house. The future is full cellular data everywhere all the time. He's got a good point. If i was traveling all the time why have broadband at home if you are only there once or twice a month?
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maybe it's available and he chooses not to have it.
Except it's often not just 5 hours; it's 5 hours there, 5 hours back. And then the 1-2 weeks in between the outbound and return flight where you don't want to pay the roaming rates to stream videos from the cloud.
Yup. Fusion IO is going down the crapper.
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He is mega wealthy and can afford unlimited LTE data if he wants it. Even if his bill is $10,000 a month he has the money to pay it easily without dipping into the piggy bank. If data is that important, then the money isn't a problem.
I just looked him up and it looks like he has around $100 million, which means even if he gets a measly 2% interest he gets $2 million a year or $166,000 per month to spend from just interest without dipping into the actual funds.
(People at those levels tend to do better than 2% though since they get better options not available to the general public).
Also, there is no need to travel with so many gadgets and devices. He travels with like a dozen phones, laptops, game consoles, etc. I remember an article once about his travels and I found it completely ridiculous. There's noway he has enough time to spend 10 minutes with every gadget on the road much less actually "NEED" them.
And since he already travels with suitcases full of crap, I don't see why he can't get one of those wireless flash drive devices or some other storage solutions and use that.
BTW, Apple doesn't do BTO because of technical limitations. I am sure if it was easy to make a BTO tablet one of the Android competitors would have done it. BTO only works if the process for building them was engineered from the ground up to allow for it or some heavy modifications are put in place that could disrupt production lines or cost a ton of money (probably both).
Plus, why do BTO to satisfy the 5% of people who may want custom options (a majority of which still buy the stock options anyway) when 95% of people are happy with the choices?
You don't hear much about BTO computers these days anymore either. Back in the day it was the hip thing to do. Build your computer any way you want! Dell commercials used to emphasize you can get exactly what you want when you "build a computer on dell.com" and stuff. Now a days, while those things are still around, you hardly hear much about them.
The reason is that most people don't care, and the differences aren't super huge between components anymore. Just about every computer can do everything people normally want to do with no discernible difference to someone who isn't a pro.
Same with the iPad, the only things really to customize would be storage, and they have a 128GB option already. The demand for a 256GB iPad is probably not large enough to justify creating, marketing, stocking it, etc.
I can see only very limited use cases where someone would need to have literally EVERYTHING with them ALL the time.
Unless the cloud can offer the same speeds as a local harddrive, has full coverage any where in the world and data was unlimited, it will never beat local storage.