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Stupid me. Now it sound like a unoriginal copy-paste action. This week discussing with some collegues about the iPad I made the remark that this would me great for a specific user group: well, perhaps more, sleek designers or account managers, but I meant another group. Just now somebody pointed me to an article at TechCrunch. It is exactly the same as we were talking about.

The Internet is a funny place. After Apple announced its new iPad, I cringed at the hate being directed its way on sites such as Slashdot and Digg. Even the guys at Penny Arcade, whom I normally agree with, said “that iPad presentation had to be the worst thing I’ve even seen on on the Apple stage” and that Apple had failed to make a case for the device.

If you believe them, the iPad is going to be a massive flop.

Well, the unwashed masses on the Internet also predicted that the iPod would be a failure. They were wrong then, and they are wrong now.

The iPad is a computer for people who don’t like computers. People who don’t like the idea of upgrading their 3D drivers, or adjusting their screen resolution, or installing new memory. Who don’t understand why their computer gets slower and slower the longer they own it, who have 25 icons in their system tray and have to wait ten minutes for their system to boot up every day.

For what most of these people need a computer for, the iPad is perfect. It doesn’t do as many things as a “real” computer does, but the things it does do it does in a way even non-tech-savvy people can figure out, and there are far fewer ways to screw it up. So if you have managed to convince yourself that the iPad is a useless, locked-up DRM-laden failure of a ‘computer’ before even touching one, I have two words for you:

My mom.

(original article from: Techcrunch)

From my site of view: this is not a joke. Think of it: this is great. In my cicle of friends and family people know how to find me if their Windows computer crashes again. Or, when some update anoying questions are passing by. Or, if the internet connection is lost. Or……the list goes on and on….. The iPad would be great. Specially because I have some friends and family members who cannot stop clicking around in Windows configuration just ‘because they wonder what would happen and what is the meaning of this button’. Well, total crashes are the result and I have to pay a visit to them to fix the computer. Thanks for helping….and yet another weekend-day is gone!

Mom, get ready…you are getting one of these. And by the way: this is the last iPad story, we are done with it…or writing about it.

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