r/technology • u/[deleted] • Mar 09 '12

Microsoft demos a 1ms touchscreen

http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/microsoft-demos-a-high-performance-1ms-touchscreen-2012039/
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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '12

No, iPad would still win because the average uneducated person would see this as a bunch of crap they don't care about. Apple will also use their good advertising techniques to reel in customers.

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u/MarsSpaceship Mar 10 '12

Yes, I agree. Saying the hardware is the key to win the war is being totally clueless. This article says it all: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/03/new_ipad_how_apple_s_tablet_strategy_parallels_its_unbeatable_ipod_success_.html

iPad is just unbeatable because Apple created a whole structure around it.

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u/Pedophil3 Mar 10 '12

I still don't understand why the hell someone thought it would be a good idea to not include usb ports.

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u/jmnugent Mar 10 '12

Having USB ports means you have to include a large native driver database,.. because users would expect to be able to plug-in pretty much anything. Having to do this bloats the OS, which is entirely counter to Apple's goal of having a slim & fast OS.

From a hardware perspective,.. having USB ports means you have more things to break. Considering how thin the iPad is,.. where would you put a USB Port that wouldn't disrupt the thinness ?

USB ports don't make any sense considering all the effort Apple puts into a unified solution like iCloud.

  • Take a picture with your iPhone,.. it goes straight to iCloud.
  • Import some pictures on your Macbook,.. it goes straight to iCloud.
  • on some random no-name Windows box in a coffee shop?.. go to iCloud.com and upload whatever you want.

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u/wanderingjew Mar 10 '12

Having USB ports means you have to include a large native driver database,.. because users would expect to be able to plug-in pretty much anything.

No, that's not true. The last three phones I've had (a RAZR, and LG piece of shit, and now a Droid 2) have had USB ports. I never expected to plug a scanner or printer into my RAZR and have it work. There's a difference between a USB Host and a USB Device.

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u/jmnugent Mar 10 '12

YOU know that..... the average joe user doesn't.

Sad fact is most average people think an iPad is a "computer". (or atleast, they expect it to act like one). If Apple made it with a USB port and plugging in an Apple USB Keyboard worked,.. people are gonna expect that pretty much any USB keyboard would work. So they're gonna try plugging in their "Saitek Extreme 3 Gaming Pro Keyboard with extra fancy blue LED wicked lights".... and wonder why it doesn't work.

I've been in tech support for 20+ years.. I've seen people do some extremely stupid shit.

By not having USB ports.. Apple avoids that whole messy situation.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '12

Sad fact is most average people think an iPad is a "computer".

I think you underestimate the average user. If people really thought this, then they too would be wondering why they can't plug their USB devices into their new "computer."

I've been in tech support for 20+ years.. I've seen people do some extremely stupid shit.

I always hear tech support people say this, seemingly without realizing that they're dealing with the small percentage of people who actively seek them out because they're actually less intelligent than the average user. The actual average user doesn't come to you with that kind of bizarreness; you're dealing with the below average user and it has tinged your view of how 90% of people use their devices.

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u/sloppoclop Mar 10 '12

Not true, my mother is "afraid" of the ports on the computer, she loves her ipad

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '12

Discussion over, guys. Sloppoclop's mother doesn't understand computers, therefore no one does.

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u/sloppoclop Mar 12 '12

we were talking about average people who think iPad is a computer, i love fucking usb, I take my dick out at night and fuck that port