I like apple and all but not sure what sort of market Steve Jobs is trying to fill with this one. It's just a bigger screen iphone without all the functionalities. If you already own the phone and a macbook, I don't see the advantage. Unless of course you just want something new, cool & hip and you got the money to waste.
I've always thought of Apple products as creative and innovative rather than as markers of status and class.
The consumer masses with pockets deep enough see the Apple tablet as a work of creative genius and way ahead of the game bec Apple's succesfully designed and marketed it's product as such.
Brilliant brand marketing that has the masses line up to purchase every new product whether they need it or even can afford it or not. You wouldn't know there was a deep recession if just walking by an apple store. I think for a second there I forgot where I lived. I'm sure they will sell like crazy.
I'm practical with my shit and that's foolishness in my opinion. Looking past all the hype and hysteria, I can't see too many who actually need this. But like I said if you got the money and you've just got to have the next cool thing, hey why the hell not.
"Nah, that dude in the link misses the point. I've always thought of Apple products as creative and innovative rather than as markers of status and class."
Kaaaaaay Duuuuuub ...
I'm wit ya on this one.
I thought the piece wasn't just poorly written ... it was an ol' punk ass hater, conformist, "Everybody should have the same", "2,000 Watt Per Day", Jealous, Compulsory Peasant meme.
I don't trust cats worried about what other people have.
Any notions of "class" associated with Apple are clearly projections.
Apple is money. Money is not class. Clearly.
Apple is aesthetically pleasing. Anything you are going to use and interact with for hours on end, be it a computer, a pistol or a woman ... should be aesthetically pleasing.
Apple is bone china. PC's are styrofoam cups. They both hold coffee. One costs more than the other, yet the value transcends function.
I've been on Mac since 1988.
I've actually never used a PC.
Not even sure how to turn them on. (Start / file / dos / fx / C Drive / bullshit).
I like the way Macs look. Handsome. That stainless steel case and those sharp lines feel good in my hands. Remind me of my car. My Glock. My Omega watch.
All together I must own 7 or 8 Macs, 2 or 3 iPhones and countless iPods which I never really got into except on airplanes.
As a matter of fact I'm about to order an iMac for my Pops. He's been writing lately and his old iBook has seen better days.
iPad? I don't really need it. Looks fragile. It wouldn't last long around my sons, who would find some reason to sit on it.
Between my wife and me, there are always about a dozen books strewn around the bed. Little dog eared pages and kids bookmarks sticking out of them. Couple of iPads on the night stand? Clear up some clutter.
Who knows? Maybe the book, is old technology, like 8 tracks, and electronic tablets will make 420 page paper novels impractical.
Choosing between the Kindle and the iPad wouldn't be very difficult.
Apple is aesthetically pleasing. Anything you are going to use and interact with for hours on end, be it a computer, a pistol or a woman ... should be aesthetically pleasing.
I like apple and all but not sure what sort of market Steve Jobs is trying to fill with this one. It's just a bigger screen iphone without all the functionalities. If you already own the phone and a macbook, I don't see the advantage. Unless of course you just want something new, cool & hip and you got the money to waste.
ReplyDeleteYou missed the point NEA.
ReplyDeleteHere is the point:
ReplyDeletehttp://lhote.blogspot.com/2010/01/apple-advantage-is-class-signalling-and.html
Nah, that dude in the link misses the point.
ReplyDeleteI've always thought of Apple products as creative and innovative rather than as markers of status and class.
The consumer masses with pockets deep enough see the Apple tablet as a work of creative genius and way ahead of the game bec Apple's succesfully designed and marketed it's product as such.
Anon, what is the point?
ReplyDeleteBrilliant brand marketing that has the masses line up to purchase every new product whether they need it or even can afford it or not. You wouldn't know there was a deep recession if just walking by an apple store. I think for a second there I forgot where I lived. I'm sure they will sell like crazy.
I'm practical with my shit and that's foolishness in my opinion. Looking past all the hype and hysteria, I can't see too many who actually need this. But like I said if you got the money and you've just got to have the next cool thing, hey why the hell not.
Actually, the dude in the link makes one hell of a point. Not sure if that's the point Vesey wanted to make.
ReplyDeleteI'll take a guess...mmm... How much thinner can computers get?
Not so far until we use the internet with our own minds.
Too sci-fi?
Close Denmark Vesey?
Big Man - was that link talking about the iPad or was it talking about our friend Denmark Vesey?
ReplyDelete{is this post even about the iPad or is it instead about our host's essential ouevre?}
^^
ReplyDeleteLips Poked Out
Lips Poked Out
Lookin' Like A Fool With Your Lips Poked Out!
lol,
ReplyDeletetake it easy greasy...,
I was giving you the benefit of the doubt.
KonWomyn said...
ReplyDelete"Nah, that dude in the link misses the point. I've always thought of Apple products as creative and innovative rather than as markers of status and class."
Kaaaaaay Duuuuuub ...
I'm wit ya on this one.
I thought the piece wasn't just poorly written ... it was an ol' punk ass hater, conformist, "Everybody should have the same", "2,000 Watt Per Day", Jealous, Compulsory Peasant meme.
I don't trust cats worried about what other people have.
Any notions of "class" associated with Apple are clearly projections.
Apple is money. Money is not class. Clearly.
Apple is aesthetically pleasing. Anything you are going to use and interact with for hours on end, be it a computer, a pistol or a woman ... should be aesthetically pleasing.
Apple is bone china. PC's are styrofoam cups. They both hold coffee. One costs more than the other, yet the value transcends function.
I've been on Mac since 1988.
I've actually never used a PC.
Not even sure how to turn them on. (Start / file / dos / fx / C Drive / bullshit).
I like the way Macs look. Handsome. That stainless steel case and those sharp lines feel good in my hands. Remind me of my car. My Glock. My Omega watch.
All together I must own 7 or 8 Macs, 2 or 3 iPhones and countless iPods which I never really got into except on airplanes.
As a matter of fact I'm about to order an iMac for my Pops. He's been writing lately and his old iBook has seen better days.
iPad? I don't really need it. Looks fragile. It wouldn't last long around my sons, who would find some reason to sit on it.
Between my wife and me, there are always about a dozen books strewn around the bed. Little dog eared pages and kids bookmarks sticking out of them. Couple of iPads on the night stand? Clear up some clutter.
Who knows? Maybe the book, is old technology, like 8 tracks, and electronic tablets will make 420 page paper novels impractical.
Choosing between the Kindle and the iPad wouldn't be very difficult.
rotflmbao
ReplyDelete357 words worth of Big Man bulls-eye?
really?!?!?!
you.may.be.tryin.too.hard
Hello I'm a Mack
ReplyDelete& I'm A Sci-Ferd Nerd
lol
Calm down CNu.
You only about 120 watts left for the day.
Apple is aesthetically pleasing. Anything you are going to use and interact with for hours on end, be it a computer, a pistol or a woman ... should be aesthetically pleasing.
ReplyDeletedv you are a trip!
Apple strikes again!
ReplyDelete"Choosing between the Kindle and the iPad wouldn't be very difficult."
ReplyDeleteI agree.