Wow, guys. No need to get personal. I was just saying why the Ipad wasn’t for me.
AntiRepublicrat, I DIDN’T call myself a photographer. I said I owned cameras. Why the hostility? Of COURSE anyone can play that game, and they DO, or everyone would own Ipads! I simply pointed out why the Ipad wasn’t for me. I even said that Ipads are well engineered and entertaining. But in the end, capitalism is all about choosing the product that suits your needs. Are you saying I should quit “playing the game” and settle for what YOU want?
Swordmaker, I’m sorry you misunderstood what I was saying, but calling me a joke is uncalled for. I didn’t insult you, and there was NO need for you to insult me.
If you really want to make a point, you’ll have much better credibility if you can do it in a respectful manner.
Besides, you were late to the conversation...if you look, AntiRepublicrat already said there was an adapter, and I simply said I’d prefer the Ipad have them built in and I was uncomfortable with add-ons that I’d have to carry around with me to get those capabilities. And, BTW, on my netbook, EVERY browser (Chrome and Firefox) has Flash and I don’t have to switch to watch a video or play a game. And, maybe I’m missing something, but is there a “universal” media player like VLC for the Ipad? You didn’t specify this, so maybe if you have something in mind, I’ll see if I can put it on my Ipod Touch to try it out.
It doesn’t matter, though. I still like my netbook. I’m sorry that you guys are upset that I’m not happy with an Ipad, but I always assumed capitalism was about the consumer making choices about what they wanted to buy?
Apparently, neither of you read the last line of my previous post:
“I’m just one person, though. If others find the Ipad or Surface useful, and they’re willing to pay for either, that’s great. Capitalism is a wonderful thing.”
Was I wrong? And can we discuss it civilly?
"The Ipad should have either an SD or MicroSD port, standard. For the price, there’s no excuse."
That's a more absolute statement, not personal preference. Price wasn't the reason for the exclusion. Neither was negligence. It was a solid engineering and use-case decision.
I’d prefer the Ipad have them built in and I was uncomfortable with add-ons that I’d have to carry around with me to get those capabilities.
Yet you're comfortable with the add-on of a different type of SD card adapter.
And, BTW, on my netbook, EVERY browser (Chrome and Firefox) has Flash and I don’t have to switch to watch a video or play a game.
Did you know Windows 8's mobile Metro browser only allows Flash for a select group of whitelisted sites like Hulu to avoid most of Flash's problems (and of course killing Flash's strongest point, its nature as a ubiquitous platform)? Flash is dying in the mobile space, and rightfully so. One day it will be dead on the desktop too. And I say this as a former Flash developer. Its time has passed, stick a fork in it.
I’m sorry that you guys are upset that I’m not happy with an Ipad
I don't care if you're not happy, but far too often solid engineering and use-case decisions are derided as stupid deficiencies. Funny part is, then the industry follows Apple's lead and suddenly those things are no longer quite so bad, or even good. Sealed batteries were a totally stupid thing Apple did, until Nokia, HTC and others started doing that. Now it's considered a feature that just some users may not like. Same for the decision not to include an SD card slot, stupid for an iPhone, but just fine on a Nokia Lumia 900. Android users laughed at Apple's decision not to include Flash, until Flash on their platform started crashing their phones and sucking their batteries dry. Now Adobe has stopped development of Flash for Android, and Chrome for Android won't support Flash.
Re-read what I wrote, Flaming. I did not insult you or claim you were a joke. I said your complaints were the joke and it was on you. Not that you were personally were a joke. The fault lay in your accepting non-facts you heard from non-authoritative sources, iPad FUD spreaders, most of whom have not used one and have no experience with one, in forming your opinion of the capabilities of the device. You then speak on this forum as with a voice of authority repeating the erroneous "facts" that you have merely heard from those sources.