Re: iPad

[A little note for Google <vastats@gmail.com>]

On Mar 11, 4:38 am, Raymond Wiker <r...@RAWMBP-2.local> wrote:
> Sheldon Simms <wsspa...@gmail.com> writes:
> > On 2011-03-09 12:42:26 -0500, AMart79...@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.

Sheldon has it right.  The Disk ][ was almost $500 and that was for a
single one with a flakey OS.  The fact that the iPad is the same price
is simply amazing.  But I personally am still waiting for my Disk ]
[ Controller for the iPad :D