10-02-2017, 08:31 PM
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Re: iPads are not the bees knees.
Originally Posted by Mags
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I also disagree with Realist saying the ipad is "Heavy as a brick" .... that's rubbish as mine weighs 437g whereas his Asus eee PC weighs 1.33kg 
To make the iPad anywhere near a "proper" computer you will add as a minimum a Smart Keyboard which weighs in at 225g for the 9.7" iPad and 340g for the 12.9" iPad.
Then since the iPad is by nature a totally vulnerable open screen device like a Smart Phone, a case is a necessity and once a case is used, let's face it, it stays with the iPad all the time. A Smart Cover will weigh in at 110g/164g.
So all in all you're talking :
iPad 9.7" - 437g + 225g + 110g = 772g
iPad 12.9" - 713g + 340g + 164g = 1217g
So yes, the smaller 9.7" iPad is lighter than a 1200g Asus Netbook but still only half a computer, devoid of the most basic connection sockets and requiring internet access to do any kind of file management. I find it somewhat comical TBH. Imagine wanting to lend your friend, sitting in the same room as you, the paperback book you have just finished reading.
A sensible approach would be to simply hand the book over to the friend ! That's what a decent proper netbook/laptop would do, allowing you to copy say a PDF book onto a USB pen to give to your friend.
The iPad way is the equivalent of wrapping the book up, sticking a postage stamp on it and putting it into the Royal Mail system and posting it to your friends address.
It is patently ludicrous. But . . . clever advertising has resulted in Apple being able to sell millions of these sub-par units to the Sheeple ! Much the same as Murdock's Sky manages to sell millions of sub-par video recording devices (Sky Plus boxes) !
The killer cherry on the cake is that these people are paying circa £500 just for the basic iPad itself plust another £149 for a keyboard and god knows what else for the smart cover.
A much better and more versatile netbook will cost you just £150-£300.
There really is one born every minute !
10-02-2017, 10:02 PM
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Re: iPads are not the bees knees.
Originally Posted by Realist
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Yeah . . . a slightly silly argument TBH. Like saying we each have a car but yours is lighter because you've removed all 4 wheels plus the spare in the trunk, plus you've halved the size of the petrol tank and then removed the headlamps, windscreen wipers and front grill ! Do you still have a car there? No not really.To make the iPad anywhere near a "proper" computer you will add as a minimum a Smart Keyboard which weighs in at 225g for the 9.7" iPad and 340g for the 12.9" iPad.
Then since the iPad is by nature a totally vulnerable open screen device like a Smart Phone, a case is a necessity and once a case is used, let's face it, it stays with the iPad all the time. A Smart Cover will weigh in at 110g/164g.
So all in all you're talking :
iPad 9.7" - 437g + 225g + 110g = 772g
iPad 12.9" - 713g + 340g + 164g = 1217g
So yes, the smaller 9.7" iPad is lighter than a 1200g Asus Netbook but still only half a computer, devoid of the most basic connection sockets and requiring internet access to do any kind of file management. I find it somewhat comical TBH. Imagine wanting to lend your friend, sitting in the same room as you, the paperback book you have just finished reading.
A sensible approach would be to simply hand the book over to the friend ! That's what a decent proper netbook/laptop would do, allowing you to copy say a PDF book onto a USB pen to give to your friend.
The iPad way is the equivalent of wrapping the book up, sticking a postage stamp on it and putting it into the Royal Mail system and posting it to your friends address.
It is patently ludicrous. But . . . clever advertising has resulted in Apple being able to sell millions of these sub-par units to the Sheeple ! Much the same as Murdock's Sky manages to sell millions of sub-par video recording devices (Sky Plus boxes) !
The killer cherry on the cake is that these people are paying circa £500 just for the basic iPad itself plust another £149 for a keyboard and god knows what else for the smart cover.
A much better and more versatile netbook will cost you just £150-£300.
There really is one born every minute !
10-02-2017, 11:12 PM
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Re: iPads are not the bees knees.
Originally Posted by Realist
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Yeah . . . a slightly silly argument TBH. Like saying we each have a car but yours is lighter because you've removed all 4 wheels plus the spare in the trunk, plus you've halved the size of the petrol tank and then removed the headlamps, windscreen wipers and front grill ! Do you still have a car there? No not really.To make the iPad anywhere near a "proper" computer you will add as a minimum a Smart Keyboard which weighs in at 225g for the 9.7" iPad and 340g for the 12.9" iPad.
Then since the iPad is by nature a totally vulnerable open screen device like a Smart Phone, a case is a necessity and once a case is used, let's face it, it stays with the iPad all the time. A Smart Cover will weigh in at 110g/164g.
So all in all you're talking :
iPad 9.7" - 437g + 225g + 110g = 772g
iPad 12.9" - 713g + 340g + 164g = 1217g
So yes, the smaller 9.7" iPad is lighter than a 1200g Asus Netbook but still only half a computer, devoid of the most basic connection sockets and requiring internet access to do any kind of file management. I find it somewhat comical TBH. Imagine wanting to lend your friend, sitting in the same room as you, the paperback book you have just finished reading.
A sensible approach would be to simply hand the book over to the friend ! That's what a decent proper netbook/laptop would do, allowing you to copy say a PDF book onto a USB pen to give to your friend.
The iPad way is the equivalent of wrapping the book up, sticking a postage stamp on it and putting it into the Royal Mail system and posting it to your friends address.
It is patently ludicrous. But . . . clever advertising has resulted in Apple being able to sell millions of these sub-par units to the Sheeple ! Much the same as Murdock's Sky manages to sell millions of sub-par video recording devices (Sky Plus boxes) !
The killer cherry on the cake is that these people are paying circa £500 just for the basic iPad itself plust another £149 for a keyboard and god knows what else for the smart cover.
A much better and more versatile netbook will cost you just £150-£300.
There really is one born every minute !
My ipad is not a substitute for a computer, I have a perfectly good computer for that purpose as, I suspect, do the majority of other users.What on earth do cars have to do with it?
24-02-2017, 02:12 PM
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Re: iPads are not the bees knees.
I'm no Apple lover either tbh.I bought an Ipod touch when they first came out and downloaded a reasonable amount of music from Itunes to it.
When I got a new mp3 player it would not play the itunes music as it's protected. You had to go through the tedious task of burning a cd from the itunes tracks and then rip the cd back to mp3.
It's a damn cheek restricting what I could play the music on. I paid for it so it's mine to do with as I wish imo. You often had the same with video formats.
I find them too up themselves, too restrictive and way overpriced.
When it comes to tablets, I use a Nexus 7 which is great imo.
24-02-2017, 02:24 PM
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Re: iPads are not the bees knees.
I have to say I probably wouldn't have got one at full price, mine came to me when a friend of my husband decided he couldn't get on with it and my husband bought it off him for half the price they are new, it was only a couple of months old so a bargain.|
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