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Angel of Ioren said:
Specs are pretty much meaningless now, unless you're looking for a gaming PC.
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Depends on what specs you're talking about. If your specifications include the number and type of USB ports and/or card readers and/or wireless adapters and/or processors, and/or operating systems, then you're talking about some key specifications that make a huge difference to what you can and cannot do that have nothing to do with gaming.
 
ufology said:
Depends on what specs you're talking about. If your specifications include the number and type of USB ports and/or card readers and/or wireless adapters and/or processors, and/or operating systems, then you're talking about some key specifications that make a huge difference to what you can and cannot do that have nothing to do with gaming.
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I think what he meant is that for the general user, who is going to use his or her computer for things like email, spreadsheets, surfing the internet, etc, that specs are pretty much meaningless and he has a point imo. If you're going to buy any new computer, either PC or Mac, it's going to be able to handle general usage. Now if you're going to specialize in gaming or video editing or anything that requires hardware to run graphically intensive software then you should be much more concerned about specs than your average, everyday user should be. I think the Ipad is a great device and I think he made a wise choice as far as tablets go. The only thing I would argue in this thread is that when it comes to gaming, there is absolutely no comparison between PC and Mac, PC wins hands down 100% of the time in that specific category.
 
Yeah, I meant specs like RAM and Processor speed. The other stuff is pretty much standard on Macs, and you can choose whatever you want on a PC.
In the tablet and mobile area, specs are pretty much meaningless now.
 
Muadib said:
I think what he meant is that for the general user, who is going to use his or her computer for things like email, spreadsheets, surfing the internet, etc, that specs are pretty much meaningless and he has a point imo. If you're going to buy any new computer, either PC or Mac, it's going to be able to handle general usage. Now if you're going to specialize in gaming or video editing or anything that requires hardware to run graphically intensive software then you should be much more concerned about specs than your average, everyday user should be. I think the Ipad is a great device and I think he made a wise choice as far as tablets go. The only thing I would argue in this thread is that when it comes to gaming, there is absolutely no comparison between PC and Mac, PC wins hands down 100% of the time in that specific category.
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Valid points, but a little too general. Most of what is done on computers when it's not gaming is office work and MS Office remains the standard. Sure, they've ported MS Office for use on the Windows Surface and Mac, and they're working on other OSs too, but that doesn't help if you buy a version of MS Home Office which is good for 3 PCs but no good for your tablet or whatever ( unless it's the new MS Surface because it comes with a version of Office on it already ). And even if you could load it onto an iPad, there is still the data transfer issue. No USB port on the iPad for normal flash drive file transfers is inexcusable.
 
Dude, I've never felt the need to transfer a file with a flash drive, especially a Word or Excel file. I just use Dropbox or email. It's not inexcusable, if it was, no one would have an iPad and everyone would be rocking a Surface. Instead, well, you know...
 
I've also never been bothered by the lack of USB on the Ipad, there's no denying that it's the most popular tablet solution out there right now, so obviously many others feel the same. In the end it all depends on what you want to do, but there are viable workarounds for the lack of USB support, some of which Angel described in his post. I can't remember the last time I used a flash drive for anything but transferring things between my Xbox 360 and my laptop, and that's simply because I don't want to bother hooking them up to each other.
 
I am loving iPad so far! Siri rocks!

I don't game but my son writes video games.....go figure. I'm the one who got him hooked on those things. There was a time I spent hours at it. Now I guess it's a time issue and I started other interests.

I still use the USB stick on a regular basis. I loaded Fedora/Ubuntu onto a stick to load up older computers. I sometimes run portable software from USB on work terminals. I find myself using one weekly to write PowerPoint shows to transfer to another computer. They are big enough now that you can replace the old CD or DVD.......so I don't think USB is going the way of the dinosaur just yet. Recently on one laptop I repaired, the only way to load an OS was USB stick.

I agree that syncing to the cloud or using Dropbox is better if the other computers you share with are connected. Even so,having a physical copy in my possession feels better if it's an important file.

It seems like the idea behind devices like iPad is to use the cloud.Who would have thought we would be able to edit and print documents wirelessly from our cell phones , transfer files through wifi, show the stewardess our tickets on our phones or all of those other cool things we can do?
 
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