When earlier this year of grace 1985, the Macintosh arrived on the market, Apple's slogan was "the computer for the rest of us." Meant that Mac was no longer necessary to have specific computer skills, programming languages \u200b\u200bor commands to the operating system interface, to use a computer. Just in touch (via the mouse) graphical objects that served as a metaphor of real objects on a white screen like paper.
Perhaps over the years things got a little too complicated for the interface of the Mac if you felt the need to make your computer more "modern" and more intuitive to use: iPad. IPad
Not only does a quantum leap into the future by giving up the mediation of the mouse to touch objects directly instead of the screen, but also abolishes the perception of the presence of the operating system boot (with its time), the conventions of the software ( for example, file management) in order to provide even more immediate interface of a television with a series of simple touch buttons with your fingers to perform the tasks desired by the user. Which are then thoroughly tutti quelli per cui il 95% delle persone usa un personal computer: navigare per Internet (e FaceBook), leggere e scrivere mail, scrivere, archiviare, far di conto, giocare.
A cui è doveroso aggiungere: leggere libri e riviste, guardare film e foto, ascoltare musica. Praticamente restano fuori solo le necessità dei grafici, di chi monta film e dei programmatori.
Se fino ad oggi stanziando un budget di 499 euro per un computer bisognava accontentarsi di un piccolo catenaccio di notebook con Windows, oggi si ha a disposizione l'oggetto più bello e moderno del mercato.
Naturalmente come sempre nella vita reale c'è anche un rovescio della medaglia.
Il vantaggio di iPad sui PC è che si tratta di un oggetto much more beautiful and modern (so much so that when you return to the mouse has a way of returning to the past).
The disadvantage of an iPad replace the PC is ... you can not do: iPad in his capacity as current software is not yet an independent object. To activate it is absolutely necessary to connect to a computer, above all through a specific software that is iTunes. It is not intuitive to transfer data from one computer to an iPad, much less a iPad next. Certainly you can not do it through a USB (iMac was also criticized for the lack of a floppy disk). You can not manage an iPod from an iPad.
is a bit 'irritating that these limitations have been introduced deliberately for avoid overlap of the target iPad to that of laptops, with the risk of cannibalization of a lucrative market. But it is certain that when Steve Jobs said that the PC is dead, it means that in a short iPad will become a standalone computer.
With all that never fail to recommend to anyone buying an iPad, and I personally no longer use your Mac every time I do the same thing with iPad.
PS: software iPad somewhat reminiscent of the Apple II and the first PC. Each program had its data reluctantly shared with others. But this will be the subject of a future post.
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