Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Dad wants to hook up a photo printer, to get pictures out of the digital 
>> camera, because you can't buy film cameras any more.  iPad? Sorry, you're 
>> screwed.
> 
>> Mom wants to print out the cross-stitch pattern that her online subscription 
>> to the cross-stitch club provides. iPad? Sorry, you're screwed.
> 
>> (These are both real examples with *my* parents, btw.)
> 
>   Arguing that a device cannot do something it was never even designed to
> do in the first place is rather silly. 

I'm not. I'm simply arguing the old chestnut that "all the old folks want is 
something to read email and surf the web."  (Not even adding the snark of it 
not supporting Flash anyway.)

I was answering the

 >> If Apple *does* keep the iPad as a relatively 'simple' way of
 >> doing everyday tasks,

comment, pointing out that it *isn't* capable of doing everyday tasks, any 
more than your TV or your PS3 is.

>   The iPad is not a laptop. Don't expect it to work like a laptop.

I'm not. I'm simply pointing out that I think it's too limited to do what 
people without a computer want to do with computers.  It's not a laptop, it 
doesn't work like a laptop, therefore it's not a suitable substitute to give 
to your grandparents in place of a laptop.

>> I'll tell you the machine that Just Works - video game consoles.
> 
>   You don't expect consoles to work like laptops. Why do you expect the iPad
> to work like a laptop?

Of course not. Are you suggesting that people too old to easily deal with 
the complexity of a laptop will be content with using a video game console 
because it's easier to use?

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Yes, we're traveling together,
   but to different destinations.

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