I covered the reasons that I think the iPad and other such devices are the future in computing, but not the present. In that post I discussed how HTML 5 and other technologies will allow rich internet applications to make a thin computer just as useful as a thick client. I’m not going to rehash that here. Here, I want to make a different point: the Ipad is purely a novelty. I’ll give you 8 reasons why.
- I’m not going to carry a device that big if I STILL have to carry my computer.
- The Ipad will not give you a reliable way to edit word documents and visio diagrams. To most people in IT (I’m assuming many of my readers are) this is essential. I simply can’t leave home without a computer where I can do that.
- I want to see what a Chrome OS tablet looks like before I buy anything.
- I like keyboards and having to carry around a USB one takes away from the whole point.
- There are a lot of other options for tablets.
- If it does prove useless, I’ll have a two year ATT contract. I hate ATT.
- No flash = No Hulu (and other internet video). What am I going to do in my hotel room when I’m traveling.
- Apple will make it better, you know they will and you’ll wish you hadn’t bought one.
