I have been supplying Apple solutions since 1983 and since I sold my Apple solutions reseller business (VAR) 3 years ago I have been employed by a major electrical reseller in Australia in Tech zone selling Win 7 computers plus Apple's iOS products
I agree with the above post and what amazes me is that a lot of users believe on Pc or Apple Laptop that they need 4 mb of ram to access face book, get email surf the web, Internet banking etc. Every day I have users saying that is what they need to operate Win 7 laptops is 4gb of ram as it is what they are told by friends , so call IT nerds and others. The real funny part is 80% of the PC's we sell under $800 have only 2 gbs of ram why because cost of memory 3 months ago was expensive and that is when our orders were placed. The manufactures removed the extra ram so they could hit an affordable price point for the entry level user. These computers run fine for the average user.
The other part that is interesting no one and I mean no one ever asks how much ram the iPods or iPads have because no one has said you need da da da more ram for it to work. One other compelling reason is many users are already using iPhones and iPods that have apps installed so why would they even think that the iPad would not have adequate memory to do what they need to do on a day to day basis.
It is all about software and iOS apps are so small it is not funny compared to say Office student or any applications like paint program etc. Most of these applications are so bloated and overloaded with extra features that most users never use. I remember the day when office Mac was on 20 floppies now you need a DVD to load it. Power users for example Architects, graphic designers, Video production companies, prepress companies and publishing companies not to forget digital photographers Oh I almost forgot On line gamers need as much ram and the fastest drives and the fastest computers with dedicated video cards they can get regardless of platform.
I have 100 plus apps on my iPad version 1 and not once have i had issues where my iPad locked up or would not work. I have had apps that were as one would say slow to open or crash but in every case it was an issue with the App not the iPad.and it's 256mb internal memory. I just deleted the App sent an email to the developer and waited for the upgrade. The bottom line is Apple is making products that are memory efficient and can quite happily operate in the 512mb bucket on the new iPad 2.
I personally believe that give it one year max and you will see a big drop in retail sales of the average PC that the so call general public or home users are using. That market will be replace by IPads and similar competing products.
I agree with the above post and what amazes me is that a lot of users believe on Pc or Apple Laptop that they need 4 mb of ram to access face book, get email surf the web, Internet banking etc. Every day I have users saying that is what they need to operate Win 7 laptops is 4gb of ram as it is what they are told by friends , so call IT nerds and others. The real funny part is 80% of the PC's we sell under $800 have only 2 gbs of ram why because cost of memory 3 months ago was expensive and that is when our orders were placed. The manufactures removed the extra ram so they could hit an affordable price point for the entry level user. These computers run fine for the average user.
The other part that is interesting no one and I mean no one ever asks how much ram the iPods or iPads have because no one has said you need da da da more ram for it to work. One other compelling reason is many users are already using iPhones and iPods that have apps installed so why would they even think that the iPad would not have adequate memory to do what they need to do on a day to day basis.
It is all about software and iOS apps are so small it is not funny compared to say Office student or any applications like paint program etc. Most of these applications are so bloated and overloaded with extra features that most users never use. I remember the day when office Mac was on 20 floppies now you need a DVD to load it. Power users for example Architects, graphic designers, Video production companies, prepress companies and publishing companies not to forget digital photographers Oh I almost forgot On line gamers need as much ram and the fastest drives and the fastest computers with dedicated video cards they can get regardless of platform.
I have 100 plus apps on my iPad version 1 and not once have i had issues where my iPad locked up or would not work. I have had apps that were as one would say slow to open or crash but in every case it was an issue with the App not the iPad.and it's 256mb internal memory. I just deleted the App sent an email to the developer and waited for the upgrade. The bottom line is Apple is making products that are memory efficient and can quite happily operate in the 512mb bucket on the new iPad 2.
I personally believe that give it one year max and you will see a big drop in retail sales of the average PC that the so call general public or home users are using. That market will be replace by IPads and similar competing products.
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