Wozniak: Tablet is the PC for 'normal people'

[benpatient]

I'd say that's also the primary design flaw of the PC, although it wasn't very hard to overcome. Every normal person DOES tend to have a tech friend/relative just to keep their PC working/updated. I'm that tech friend/relative in most of my social circles, and if you're posting here, you're sure to be one too.

what?

that's not the same thing at all. If your mom calls you on the phone and says "i can't run this new app because it says i need to update" you can walk her through it from 2000 miles away. If she's got an ipad and the next version of Angry Birds requires a new iOS version, and she doesn't have a computer, you can't talk her through that. unless you think this would work:

"OK, Mom, what you need to do is go to Best Buy, and go to one of the macs, and then open iTunes, and sync your ipad with it, and then do software update on it, and then erase your account info from the best buy mac, and that's all you have to do!"

right.

 

[carlgo]

If by normal people he means peopleofwalmart.com then yes.

They need a laptop cuz they need a lid to close fast when others enter the room...

 

[Rustus Maximus]

MR readers are not the target audience for the iPad...We are NOT normal --

We're...not...normal?

WHY THE HELL AREN'T I NOTIFIED ABOUT THESE THINGS?!?

 

[AndroidfoLife]

Apple Ipad Replaces Computer... Computer required

 

[kamil97]

I'm not buying a tablet until there is one that runs mac OS X (the modbook is too expensive)
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[NebulaClash]

We're...not...normal?

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WHY THE HELL AREN'T I NOTIFIED ABOUT THESE THINGS?!?

No, we are not normal. The average person does not read message boards about electronic devices and the companies that build them. So, no, we are not normal. We are gadget geeks.

And I like being not normal in this way. Remember, it is never the normal people who change the world

 

[ezekielrage_99]

I'm not buying a tablet until there is one that runs mac OS X (the modbook is too expensive)
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I'm still a firm believer tablet computers need to come with the following to be considered "standard":
1) Soliataire
2) Minesweaper
3) Disk Defrag
4) A CD Burner

Other than that I do think Woz's comments were right on the money.

 

[MattInOz]

I'm still a firm believer tablet computers need to come with the following to be considered "standard":
1) Soliataire
2) Minesweaper
3) Disk Defrag
4) A CD Burner

Other than that I do think Woz's comments were right on the money.

Sounds just like a modbook.

Doesn't Woz owner a good share of the Modbook company?

 

[tmoerel]

1) Soliataire
2) Minesweaper
3) Disk Defrag
4) A CD Burner

5) Spelling Checker!!!! (see 1 & 2)

 

[mikerr]

the iPad will be for normal people when you don't have the sync it.

all this syncing ********* needs to stop.

I shouldn't need another computer to use my iPad.

Makes no sense at all.

True

But do you really need to sync it though?

The apple store will activate it apparently if asked,
and I can't see people having much problem yet if they haven't synced from day 1.

So its possible to own an ipad without a computer.

Only becomes a problem when too many apps require a later OS version
- but is that a problem if the user doesn't download apps every day ?

 

[steadysignal]

Normal people disappoint me.

as well they should.

the most interesting are the abnormal.

 

[barkmonster]

This is the primary design flaw with the iPad. This tablet can't be the normal person's computer unless every normal person has a tech friend/relative to keep the tablet working/updated. So while Woz is correct that the tablet will be the normal person's computer, Apple's iPad is not yet that tablet.

Same for all the iGadgets with an iTunes account attached. Why apple doesn't make the default behaviour "charge" not "sync" and then simply verify that it's not the same iTunes account and "do nothing" instead of the hassle of it hiding all your music if you plug an iDevice into a PC and you're mate decides to click eject for you if your charging off it.

I can understand the need to only offer syncing on a device that isn't internet and wifi enabled because the only way of adding stuff to it is to sync to a computer but for all the other devices, it would be good if it was 100% self-contained.

I'd have no issues getting a used Mac Mini then turning it into a media centre through an LCD TV at a later date because I eventually know a Mac Pro would be my best choice for running Pro Tools 9. Someone who just wants to listen to and buy music or video, send emails, view youTube clips and keep in touch on social networking sites doesn't necessarily need a computer when the iPad does it all. Apple could even offer a way of interfacing their external DVD from the Macbook Air with the iDevices so you can rip your own music to the device itself without even needing a computer.

 

[mizzytheboy]

iPad please mr.Wozniak

I would like to become an ordinary man ... Can I get an iPad as a gift?

 

[paintblock]

what?

that's not the same thing at all. If your mom calls you on the phone and says "i can't run this new app because it says i need to update" you can walk her through it from 2000 miles away. If she's got an ipad and the next version of Angry Birds requires a new iOS version, and she doesn't have a computer, you can't talk her through that. unless you think this would work:

"OK, Mom, what you need to do is go to Best Buy, and go to one of the macs, and then open iTunes, and sync your ipad with it, and then do software update on it, and then erase your account info from the best buy mac, and that's all you have to do!"

right.

OH MY GOD THERE ARE NO OVER THE AIR UPDATES FOR iOS? WHY WOULD ANYONE BUY SUCH A DEVICE?

I never realized this, guess I'm just too used to my G2

 

[TenderBranson]

there really does need to be a more elegant solution for updating ios