iPad discussion thread

**Derfel** · February 4th, 2010, 06:28 PM

I was just about to say that I remember seeing netbook sales were still strong... maybe the Apple kool-aid (both flavour and manufacturer) is sinking in a bit too deeply?

**cujo** · February 4th, 2010, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by MoeB

What are you talking about...

My baaaaaaad. :P

But my point still stands that netbooks failed to reach the market they set out to conquer, and the iPad is a product that I could see being successful in that segment.

**MoeB** · February 4th, 2010, 07:03 PM

I'm going to reserve my judgement until I personally try one out (use its keyboard). However, I doubt that the iPad, in its current form factor, will be a threat to netbooks. The reason why people buy netbooks is because they find that laptops are either too big, heavy or expensive for their specific needs. Those users still want laptop like features such as a physical keyboard. I don't see the primary netbook user (students) jumping on it, at least not for school use. Also, you can't play free flash games on it, something that a lot of students like to do during lectures. You can't install programs other than the ones offered through iTunes. Are they going to allow you to run MSN or AIM on this device? It's too locked up. There are too many unknowns at the moment. It will have its own small market share. Much like Apple TV does.

**Pharmacy** · February 4th, 2010, 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by Rukks

...but now that most would agree that win7 is the same if not better than snow leopard then how can they ...

Lol. Nice premise there.

**MoeB** · February 4th, 2010, 07:47 PM

Originally Posted by Pharmacy

Lol. Nice premise there.

Win7 runs tf2. It's better.

**cujo** · February 4th, 2010, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by MoeB

Win7 runs tf2. It's better.

Snow Leopard can run tf2 as well >_> the only issue I have with it is that Macs use a different acceleration curve

**MoeB** · February 4th, 2010, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by cujo

Snow Leopard can run tf2 as well >_> the only issue I have with it is that Macs use a different acceleration curve

You would have to pay for something like CrossOver to be able to run tf2. tf2 doesn't natively run in Snow Leopard. Hardly a out of the box experience.

**cujo** · February 4th, 2010, 08:25 PM

Originally Posted by MoeB

You would have to pay for something like CrossOver to be able to run tf2. tf2 doesn't natively run in Snow Leopard. Hardly a out of the box experience.

I "found" a copy of CrossOver Games and TF2 ran with the exact same FPS and performance that I experience on the W7 side of my MacBook. The only reason I didn't remove my windows partition was because the acceleration curves threw me off. Does it matter if its an "out of the box" experience when it delivers the same performance?

**MoeB** · February 4th, 2010, 08:40 PM

Apple likes to think so. All of their devices are said to be great out of the box experiences :P

**cujo** · February 4th, 2010, 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by MoeB

Apple likes to think so. All of their devices are said to be great out of the box experiences :P

Generally speaking they are, but that doesn't mean you can't improve them. The MacBooks run beautifully right from the first time you power them on, but you can add all kinds of programs to get a more customized experience (such as Quicksilver, GeekTools, Fan Control, LittleSnitch, among others).