Comments on: Smart iPad writing http://rc3.org/2010/01/30/smart-ipad-writing/ Rafe Colburn on software development (and other topics) Wed, 23 May 2012 22:44:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Sencer http://rc3.org/2010/01/30/smart-ipad-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-7908 Sencer Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:49:34 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=10712#comment-7908 <p>Old World/New world is a misnomer for the described phenomenon. It's basically simply the blowback to the "convergence" hype from about a decade ago.</p> <p>Back then everybody was talking about how all kinds of different devices are being integrated with each other and how we'll have fewer and fewer devices that will be capable of doing more and more. But neither did we end up with one appliance for everything, nor we will we end up with a world where we only have special purpose appliance and no general purpose computers.</p> <p>Also apple is hardly the company that started or popularized this or that trend, it's just that people like to philosophize more about the things apple does (however mundane they may or may not be). Look at the xbox(360) which took general purpose hard- and software (pc+win), locked it down and tailored it to gaming. The result was a very successful walled garden/closed platform, and while it (and the other consoles) certainly hurt gaming on the pc, it didn't hurt the general purpose pc itself. And the same will go for tablets/readers/pads etc.: they will certainly be responsible for certain activities moving away from the general purpose pc to that niche (like reading, casual short term online "surfing", etc.) but the general purpose pc will always be around, and it will always have a larger total user base than any special purpose device.</p> Old World/New world is a misnomer for the described phenomenon. It’s basically simply the blowback to the “convergence” hype from about a decade ago.

Back then everybody was talking about how all kinds of different devices are being integrated with each other and how we’ll have fewer and fewer devices that will be capable of doing more and more. But neither did we end up with one appliance for everything, nor we will we end up with a world where we only have special purpose appliance and no general purpose computers.

Also apple is hardly the company that started or popularized this or that trend, it’s just that people like to philosophize more about the things apple does (however mundane they may or may not be). Look at the xbox(360) which took general purpose hard- and software (pc+win), locked it down and tailored it to gaming. The result was a very successful walled garden/closed platform, and while it (and the other consoles) certainly hurt gaming on the pc, it didn’t hurt the general purpose pc itself. And the same will go for tablets/readers/pads etc.: they will certainly be responsible for certain activities moving away from the general purpose pc to that niche (like reading, casual short term online “surfing”, etc.) but the general purpose pc will always be around, and it will always have a larger total user base than any special purpose device.

]]> By: jim olson http://rc3.org/2010/01/30/smart-ipad-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-7871 jim olson Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:42:50 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=10712#comment-7871 <p>The iPad is just a new kind of peripheral. I seriously doubt that the iPad will ever replace a laptop.</p> The iPad is just a new kind of peripheral. I seriously doubt that the iPad will ever replace a laptop.

]]> By: acm http://rc3.org/2010/01/30/smart-ipad-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-7870 acm Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:58:59 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=10712#comment-7870 <p>heh, iPad makes me think of "iPod" and "ThinkPad"</p> <p>iTab makes me think... "People still drink Tab??"</p> heh, iPad makes me think of “iPod” and “ThinkPad”

iTab makes me think… “People still drink Tab??”

]]> By: Nathan L. Walls http://rc3.org/2010/01/30/smart-ipad-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-7868 Nathan L. Walls Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:10:06 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=10712#comment-7868 <p>In my mind, the iPad makes jumping to a 27-inch iMac feasible as a developer. There are still some needs filled only with a laptop, but they're fewer.</p> In my mind, the iPad makes jumping to a 27-inch iMac feasible as a developer. There are still some needs filled only with a laptop, but they’re fewer.

]]> By: Mike http://rc3.org/2010/01/30/smart-ipad-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-7861 Mike Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:18:24 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=10712#comment-7861 <p>It's inevitable that they go away -- large corporations will demand it, essentially -- but I am really, really going to miss general-purpose computers.</p> <p>It's only an anomaly that they exist at all, and now they are doomed, and much freedom and culture will be lost that way, and very little gained in return.</p> It’s inevitable that they go away — large corporations will demand it, essentially — but I am really, really going to miss general-purpose computers.

It’s only an anomaly that they exist at all, and now they are doomed, and much freedom and culture will be lost that way, and very little gained in return.

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