Reply to: ipad poll

[DimPrawn]

FTF 2012

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8486378.stm

Microsoft has reported a 60% jump in profit, thanks largely to "exceptional demand" for Windows 7.

Net profit came in at $6.66bn (£4.13bn) for the three months to 31 December 2009, up from the $4.18bn it made in the same period a year earlier.

It also reported record revenues of $19.2bn, which comfortably beat analysts' forecasts.

[PAH]

"AND IT DO TELLY!"

Freeview?

[Bagpuss]

Says it all really

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/b...-201001282420/


Nikki, a girl who has had 27 birthdays and works in a big building, say: "Oooooooooh. It do telly. I will see telly on it and make it help me buy nice hats.

"And look! It fit in bag where I have keys and little talkie box and red goo I put on face."

Tom, all grown-up man from busy place, say: "I very busy man who need see telly on big metal tube that take me to busy job.

"But look! It also play game! I play noisy game on metal tube and be happy."

And Bill, really, really old man who sits in chair all day, say: "It make words happen by pointing at it. Oooooooooh.

"I will make it help me say clever words to newspaper about gypsies and Pakistan.

"AND IT DO TELLY!"

[Moscow Mule]

As a self-confessed gadgetophile, I keep looking at tablets now (and there are a couple of competing products already) and thinking "oooh, shiny, must buy..." and MrsF keeps saying "BUT WHY?!?!?"

Yourco is buying it for research into a potential product expansion.

[Churchill]

That does seem to be one common criticism out there - the iPhone and iPod actually fulfilled a need, whereas the iTampon doesn't.

As a self-confessed gadgetophile, I keep looking at tablets now (and there are a couple of competing products already) and thinking "oooh, shiny, must buy..." and MrsF keeps saying "BUT WHY?!?!?"

The only answer I can give is that it's been a while since I bought a gadget, and now that I have the prospect of some work, I want to buy something to celebrate.

It costs about the same as a decent Push-Chair...

[TheFaQQer]

It doesn't replace anything, it just creates a need where there wasn't one in the first place.

That does seem to be one common criticism out there - the iPhone and iPod actually fulfilled a need, whereas the iTampon doesn't.

As a self-confessed gadgetophile, I keep looking at tablets now (and there are a couple of competing products already) and thinking "oooh, shiny, must buy..." and MrsF keeps saying "BUT WHY?!?!?"

The only answer I can give is that it's been a while since I bought a gadget, and now that I have the prospect of some work, I want to buy something to celebrate.

[Board Game Geek]

ISTM that it doesn't replace anything. Not your PC, not your phone, not your iPod, not your camera, not your books.

Oh right, I see !

It doesn't replace anything, it just creates a need where there wasn't one in the first place.

You've got to give it to Apple, their marketing department must have access to some seriously mind-bending drugs.

But hey, so long as it's shiny, has the Apple logo on it, people will think I'm cool if I buy one.

Which kind of reinforces my view, that Apple don't sell products, they sell "Lifestyle and Cool Immortality".

Obviously works for them, I guess. And people like it as well.

So everyone's happy :-)

[PAH]

Microsoft get 80% of their revenue from Office and selling their desktop OS, they couldn't really give a flying **** about some gay tablet thing.

I'm amazed they're still managing to flog whichever iteration of Office they're onto these days. From what I can see it was feature complete about 10 years ago.

Certainly seen nothing to tempt me to upgrade from Office XP, apart from Open Office.

[TheFaQQer]

I installed firefox a few weeks ago... only used it once, didn't seem any faster compared to IE8 so I stopped bothering

I tried IE8 once - didn't seem to do anything that Chrome or Firefox does, so stopped bothering.

[Tarquin Farquhar]

Is it 1980 again? In my experience the exec ******* are all sporting a jaunty quiff these days...

Contract rates would suggest so

[Tarquin Farquhar]

Does it come with Windows 7 ?

Can it seamlessly replace my PC and all my Apps, with exactly the same ones I use on my PC ?

No ?

Pointless then.

ISTM that it doesn't replace anything. Not your PC, not your phone, not your iPod, not your camera, not your books.

[Tarquin Farquhar]

iPad pricing

At http://www.apple.com/uk/ipad I see

iPad
Our most advanced technology
in a magical and revolutionary device
at an unbelievable price

...
UK pricing to be announced.

Unbelievable?

[NickFitz]

Microsoft used to get 80% of their revenue from Office and selling their desktop OS, they couldn't really work out how to sell a tablet thing even though Bill Gates said they were the future in 2001 because Microsoft simply couldn't grasp that they should focus on the user rather than the computer, and that's why Microsoft are no longer a significant force in the market.

FTF 2012

[Spacecadet]

Plus Noscript and other add-ons updating themselves.

It's intensely annoying when you just want to look up a bit of info before you go out, and what should be a quick lookup turns into an update and restart.

To be honest it's days on my system are looking numbered. It's just been too much hassle recently.

I installed firefox a few weeks ago... only used it once, didn't seem any faster compared to IE8 so I stopped bothering

[Sysman]

It's like Firefox not being able to open a new tab with your homepage without downloading an add-on not to mention the fact it seems to update itself and tell me about it once a week.

Plus Noscript and other add-ons updating themselves.

It's intensely annoying when you just want to look up a bit of info before you go out, and what should be a quick lookup turns into an update and restart.

To be honest it's days on my system are looking numbered. It's just been too much hassle recently.