Mac & the iPad, History Repeats Itself

Interesting article:

http://www.asktog.com/columns/082iPad&Mac.html#

 

I don't think it works that way this time around ...

 

Please enlighten us with your reasons for thinking so rather than just foaming at the mouth.

The article was well written, and draws on many similarities. People really don't realize how the iPad is going to change the whole computing landscape. A year from now, the demand will be even higher, and a new model (or two) will have been released. Once the developers start to unlock the full potential of the iPad, it can only go up from here!

 

Or down... It will be a niche product, I don't see it revolutionizing anything as so many perceive. But then again I can be wrong. We will see how things play out...

 

Tablets will never replace Laptops unless you can magically use a holographic keyboard that you can actually feel and you are not locked down to a dumb style OS.

 

interesting read! Thanks!

 

"the iPad is going to change the whole computing landscape" haha. I hope your joking. Like the article said, the iPhone and iPod brought smartphones and gadgets into the mainstream. And tech "newbies" today are only going to be experts later on. Sooner or later people are going to realize that the close nature of the iPhone OS allows Apple to charge them money for what used to be free (News/Media/Web Apps). If Apple and Google get HTML 5 widely accepted, or if Flash for Android is a success, I can see website based apps far surpassing the features of any app store based application. The App store is apple's main competitive advantage over other mobile platforms. Once that goes, they won't be able to keep up with the fast progressing Android OS, or HTC and other manufacture's hardware. Similar thing with Mac and PC back in the 80s, except the stakes are bigger (in the sense that Apple has much more to lose). Which is why their lack of attention to Macs really worries me.

What Apple needs to do is open up, give developers more freedom, and aggressively update the iPhone hardware and keep up with the competition. The iPad OS needs to be totally redesigned to be more fictional.

 

really? not sure how that would help.

 

Too funny. The iPad does what it was designed for quite well. iPhone os 4 is only going to improve things. Some people will never be happy with it, their loss.

 

You hope my joking what?

Webapps were the original big thing when the iPhone first came out. As soon as the App Store came about with specialized apps, those webapps were forgotten like a red-headed step-child.

Exactly, and no one has been able to even come close to competing with it.

How many "iPhone Killer's" have been touted, only to fall by the wayside?

"fast progressing Android OS" - Are you serious? Most don't even come with the most recent version of Android because each company forks it so much, they all become incompatible with eachother.

I'm sure Steve Jobs will be banging down your door for more pristine advice such as this because obviously, he has no idea how to run the company!

 

In a few years we will see. Who is wrong here. I'm taking bets.

I'm not a big fan of the iPad but so far Apple's closed system worked for them on their Apps store so why should they change it? Maybe it will kick them in the nuts someday or it will help them take over the world, does it matter? I would complain if there is no competition or choice but apparently there will be.

 

I'm not even exactly sure what that article's focus is. Upon rereading it, it seems to just hail acolades on Jobs and his team. That aside, the major success Apple has had is the iPhone and iPod ... Not exactly sure why "Mac" is being referenced in the article.

The iPad as neat as a concept it is, will not be replacing regular computing devices such as our desktops and laptops.

It has yet to define itself really ... I mean, we all knew from the minute it was announced what the iPhone was ... A smartphone, and a darn good one at that.

Don't get me wrong, I love technology ... And I applaud Apple for trying to lead, but really ... What exactly is the iPad? What new things is it bringing to the table? Who is it for? What need is it fulfilling that isn't already being fulfilled?

These aren't easy questions to answer when you think about it.

 

Apple answered all your questions quite accurately during the keynote. They never intended it to replace a notebook or desktop, people just like to scream "fail" because it can't do something it wasn't designed for.

 

I think part of Apple's (ok Steve's) strength is that it ignores the masses' wants. By doing so, Apple can build products without constraints and hence at a faster pace, since it's never possible to satisfy everyone (just look at US politics). All Apple needs to achieve is to show how the world can be, it doesn't have to make the world so. And if people decide they like Apple's vision, then other companies will copy the idea and make it happen.

In a sense, Apple is like the research department every large company should have. It definitely has a place in the overall technological roadmap, and I hope Apple continues ignoring us consumers

 

You need to give credit where credit is due. Granted my next phone will probably be an Android, but the iPhone has changed the mobile space drastically. Before the iPhone, there was NOTHING out there that offered an app ecosystem and look where we are now. Developers are making a killing off of apps now.

Android is doing great and all, but the iPhone and its app store is literally trampling the competition. What year is it now? 2010? Wasn't the iPhone released in 2007? Only now have the competition have put up a decent fight and its now 3 years later. Not only that Windows 7 Mobile is no where to be seen until almost 2011.

Now comes the iPad and I don't think its all that useful, but it has penetrated the tablet market where others have failed. Now other PC manufacturers are scrambling to get their own tablet out...and guess what....they're late again. There have been tablets before the iPad, but they all failed miserably.

Unfortunately I believe Apple has another runaway success with their iPad, somewhat similar to the iPod/iPhone. No competition to the iPad anywhere and the closest competitor, HP Slate, is no where to be seen and demos of it have pegged it as "mediocre".