Re: iPad

[Raymond Wiker <raw@RAWMBP-2.local>]

Sheldon Simms <wsspammy@gmail.com> writes:

> On 2011-03-09 12:42:26 -0500, AMart79196@gmail.com said:
>
>>>
>>> sell it now as I have permission to start a MBP fund. (The iPad's
>>> capabilities continue to amaze me.)
>>
>>
>> The iPad's incapabilities still amaze me and keeps me woundering why
>> anyone would buy it!  It's the usual Steve Jobs way of making you buy
>> version 2, 3, and 4 because it lacks certain features that all of the
>> competitors versions already have at a more decent price.
>>
>> Hey, any word on flash in Safari??
>
> True if you require flash then an iPad is not for you.
> Personally I don't know what I'm supposed to need flash for.
>
> I use my iPad mainly as an ebook reader. My wife loads her lecture
> notes on it when she goes to class and my kids use educational
> software and draw on it.
>
> Considering it's at the same price point as a Disk II, only in 2011
> dollars instead of 1978 dollars, I think it's quite reasonably priced.

	I'd say that the lack of Flash is a feature, not a
shortcoming... it saves me from having to install a flash blocker, which
is what I do on everything else.