

Canalys is including iPad sales in its estimates




Apple iPad 2




Apple MacBook Air



Source: Canalys

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RE: Hmmm...
By MrBlastman on 11/21/2011 10:59:50 PM , Rating: 2
Can you run a high end flight simulator on an iPad where:

You export instruments and devices in-sim to multiple PC's to distribute the load and then display/control those devices on those respective machines in a full-blown homebuilt cockpit--i.e. MFD's, HUD, Gauges?

You plug in multiple--I mean a LOT of external I/O devices into the iPad such as a homebuilt cockpit with multiple panels each containing many switches/buttons/levers/throttles/sticks/pedals/spe akers/microphones/head tracking devices etc.?

Load these homebrewed/modified/modded simulators onto the iPad without an app store--completely outside the control of a parent body?

Develop applications on it using the standard input devices designed for it? (i.e. in the iPad's case, just the glass based keyboard)


You can't do any of the above. The iPad completely fails at being a PC. It isn't one.

RE: Hmmm...
By Urbanmech on 11/21/2011 11:36:00 PM , Rating: 2
See, you are the minority here.

My mom for example, has no interest in any of that, email and internet is what she wants, and tablets do everything that she needs.

Yes, a dedicated PC is wonderful for those who really want to take advantage of the possibilities, but we are a small number compared to those who just want a basic internet machine. They use a computer all day at work, and have very little interest in spending their home time on one.

RE: Hmmm...
By bupkus on 11/22/2011 3:37:18 AM , Rating: 2
Tablets: PC's for people who never really needed PC's in the first place...
See previous post.

RE: Hmmm...
By Reclaimer77 on 11/22/2011 11:54:06 AM , Rating: 1
See, you are the minority here.

No YOU are. The majority of people are NOT exclusively using iPad's for everything and calling it a PC.


A $200 eMachines from Wal-Mart can do email and internet and MORE than an iPad while still costing less. So I'm not sure what you're on about here. Love the "mom" example though lmao. Like that's relevant.


So the iPad isn't a PC! Ah ha, you just said it right here in this quote. When they come home from a long day of using a "computer", they want to use something that isn't one.

