The iPad bashing
by bruno
has started in full swing (gizmodo)!
And yes, some of these things are true. Also true is that we don’t have to buy it. Developers can make apps for other systems, that are more open (Believe me, it’s all going to be about what apps will make it a must have). That is all great if you believe that linux is a great system and you can simply quickly download an app for any linux distribution out there without any trouble. That you can just use linux right out of the box, etc.
Yes, Apple is getting more closed over time, somewhat too greedy. Yes, I think the iPad will need to be more open. Eventually, it will be, one way or the other: Jail-brake or Apple will offer a more advanced model with more options. I mean, they must have seen what has just happened to the Kindle.
That said, people can buy non-mac hardware and run OS X on it, but the numbers have shown people don’t care about it: They’d just rather buy it off Apple and not worry about it. And this is the crux of the issue: people want to buy and not worry about it. It’s a freakin’ computer, a tool, it’s not a project.
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Realisticamente não podes pôr OS X noutro computador. É instável e tremes cada vez que sai um update.
Ter que ir à App Store cada vez que queres uma aplicação é, realmente desagradável. Mas a verdade é que eles não fizeram um tablet computer (pending o que os developers fizerem…)