iPad vs. notebook

Let's see, a notebook is $300 and this new giant iTouch is $500-1000.

No multitasking
No Flash support
Same old iPhone OS
No front facing camera
No MicroSDHC slot.
No slide out keyboard.
No WiMax modem.
No USB Slot.
No user replaceable battery.

I guess Apple occasionally lays an egg.

 

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It's $500, isn't it? That's what I read.

 

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I got my info from Digg, but I guess I was wrong: (corrected it in the first post)

"But the price is going to be another big selling point: the iPad will come in six configurations ranging from around $500 to $1000 in Australia."

$829 for the 64gb with wifi and 3g.

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Looks nice, just like the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

 

I won't be buying one. . . yet.

Version 1.0 always blows.

When this device turns out to be a boon, I'll remember this link and give you a good wag of the finger.

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Syzygys,
Care to list all the pros of the iPad so we can all make a legit comparison? Thanks.

 

I don't think there is a positive thing about it...

No handwriting recognition!!!!!!!
No multi-tasking!!
No 3g!!
No native pdf support
No flash support
No removable storage support
LCD Screen!!!

 

Supposedly, even the HP Slate is a supperior product:

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Apple should heed Darth Vader: "Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy [Kindle] is insignificant next to the power of the Force."

 

you guys should check out the nvidia/verizon/motorola one that will be coming out, THAT will be epic.

Nvidia is putting inside the tegra2 board, it is the first board of that size to have a dual core processer and eight additional high end graphics processers and it drains juice like a cell phone.

It displays in full 1080p hd blu-ray, and it drains batteries with 16 hours of hd video playback time. and near a hundred hours of various other applications.

It can run three different OS's including windows apps.

Has 4g from verizon. up to 10 inch touch screen, and has 2 HDMI ports so you can plug it into a projector or television.

And it is the ONLY tablet to display in HD and will probably be the ONLY tablet to display in HD for quite a while.

Apple, HP, all of those companies do not have the techno know how to build effective graphics cards especially ones small enough to enter the tablet.

And since ATI has been caught off guard by this new market and is up the creek without a paddle, Nvidia is the only company that can give that sort of power to the tablet, and I doubt they would really share with apple and other companies unless they were payed a grand sum of money.

They even signed contracts with various car companies to put tegra2 in their cars.

And the new fabrication process makes the tablet even cheaper.

 

you wont drop it in the crack between your car seat and you arm rest

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It wont fall under the couch and never be found again.

 

Looks stupid. The name is stupid. The design sucks. I've been making fun of it all day long.
Pound for pound, netbooks are far superior to the iPad.

 

Six of one, half dozen of the other. Probably just boils down to a matter of preference.

 

You apple marketing fodder will buy anything.

 

Well, how much does it cost? If all you said is true, it should be over $1000...

 

Apple have always been on the dark side. My ex wanted an apple lap top. I said get PC instead, cheaper, faster. She said only if its white so I got her a white laptop with windows. Dont even know if she knew is was not an apple... (blood sucking bitch opps should not type aloud)

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Its all manufactured on a single computer board, that means that production is simplified a hell of a lot, apple makes all of the parts at different factories, ships em to one, than has that factory glue all the pieces together.

The Tegra 2 is all made on one board, that is why it has an unbelievably long life span, a lot of power is lost communicating through cables to different components.

 

nice fail their niet, next time read what people are saying you moron before you spit another piece of cr*p out of your mouth.

 

I just picked up a Acer notebook Aspire.

Acer Aspire Timeline AS5810T-8952 NoteBook Intel Core 2 Solo SU3500(1.40GHz) 15.6" Wide XGA 4GB Memory DDR3 1066 500GB HDD DVD Super Multi Intel GMA 4500MHD

Width 14.9 in Depth 10.2 in Height 1.2 in Weight 5.3 lbs

Battery Technology 6-cell Lithium ion Installed Qty 1 Mfr estimated battery life 8 hour(s)

Expansion Slots Total (Free) 2 ( 0 ) x Memory - SO DIMM 204-pin Interfaces 4 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A, 1 x Audio / video - HDMI - 19 pin HDMI Type A, 1 x Display / video - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15), 1 x Audio - SPDIF output/headphones/line-out - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm, 1 x Microphone - Input - Mini-phone 3.5 mm, 1 x Network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - RJ-45

Optical Storage Type DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM - Integrated CD / DVD read speed 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD±R) / 6x (DVD±R DL) CD / DVD write speed 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD±R) / 4x (DVD±R DL) CD / DVD rewrite speed 16x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 5x (DVD-RAM)

All for under $400.00.

Has a 1 year warranty and am upgrading to Windows 7 for free.

This has more features that I need that the IPad has shown for less money as well.