Comments on: iPad Vs Geeks http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/ipad-vs-geeks/ Excel(lent) Stuff Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:35:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Susan S. http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/ipad-vs-geeks/comment-page-1/#comment-210656 Susan S. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:26:11 +0000 http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/?p=405#comment-210656 I want to embrace this i-phenomenon and for some reason I'm too geeky to do so. I have been so imprinted with Microsoft logic that I have trouble understanding the simple interface that Apple represents. Each time someone has made the evangelical pitch that I must try the latest i-Something, I still don't feel compelled to convert. That being said- the appeal for my clients is unmistakable as so aptly described by Joe so I'll likely add it on to my list of planned purchases for the year. I want to embrace this i-phenomenon and for some reason I’m too geeky to do so. I have been so imprinted with Microsoft logic that I have trouble understanding the simple interface that Apple represents. Each time someone has made the evangelical pitch that I must try the latest i-Something, I still don’t feel compelled to convert.
That being said- the appeal for my clients is unmistakable as so aptly described by Joe so I’ll likely add it on to my list of planned purchases for the year.

]]> By: Joe http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/ipad-vs-geeks/comment-page-1/#comment-210654 Joe Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:52:27 +0000 http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/?p=405#comment-210654 I am of the same opinion as Chris Garrett. All the geeks who are grousing that iPad doesn't have the same feature set as a laptop have missed the point -- again. The iPad is POST-GEEK. iPad heralds the next era of tech. The reason Apple uses the term "magical" is because of this transparency of use. Think about this. A geek (me for example) wants to send pictures and email to Mom in Florida. It hasn't happened yet and likely wouldn't happen without the iPad. Computers are still too obtuse for a good half of the world's population. Suddenly a huge barrier to entry has dropped. People who are or have been tech adverse -- you know, the folks who could never set the time on their VCRs -- can be handed a device that doesn't need a mouse or a stylus -- or much of anything in the way of instruction -- and be using it comfortably in minutes. This is a device to take into bed for reading. This is the device that people will "curl up" on the sofa with. This is a "sit back and relax" device not a "sit forward and multitask" device. And that market has been seriously under-served by computing devices as we know them. The iPad may truly be the mobile device "For The Rest Of Us". Now THAT'S "magical." That's brilliant! And that's why geek opinion doesn't matter. The iPad will open up an entirely new market, because Apple has listened to addressed the NEEDS of people rather than the WANTS of techies. I am of the same opinion as Chris Garrett. All the geeks who are grousing that iPad doesn’t have the same feature set as a laptop have missed the point — again.

The iPad is POST-GEEK. iPad heralds the next era of tech. The reason Apple uses the term “magical” is because of this transparency of use.

Think about this. A geek (me for example) wants to send pictures and email to Mom in Florida. It hasn’t happened yet and likely wouldn’t happen without the iPad. Computers are still too obtuse for a good half of the world’s population.

Suddenly a huge barrier to entry has dropped. People who are or have been tech adverse — you know, the folks who could never set the time on their VCRs — can be handed a device that doesn’t need a mouse or a stylus — or much of anything in the way of instruction — and be using it comfortably in minutes.

This is a device to take into bed for reading. This is the device that people will “curl up” on the sofa with. This is a “sit back and relax” device not a “sit forward and multitask” device. And that market has been seriously under-served by computing devices as we know them.

The iPad may truly be the mobile device “For The Rest Of Us”. Now THAT’S “magical.” That’s brilliant! And that’s why geek opinion doesn’t matter. The iPad will open up an entirely new market, because Apple has listened to addressed the NEEDS of people rather than the WANTS of techies.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/ipad-vs-geeks/comment-page-1/#comment-210651 Andrew Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:29:57 +0000 http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/?p=405#comment-210651 Well said. I was criticised a lot when I made the same point recently. Well said. I was criticised a lot when I made the same point recently.

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