Timeline for Should Tablet Computer questions be allowed on Super User?
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| Aug 26, 2011 at 17:31 | comment | added | Nifle | @Cody - Again you are not quite there. My MacBook Air comes with it's recovery media on a memory stick, no cd/dvd drive needed. A tablet or a smart phone needs another computer to be fully utilized. Sure you can use them with out one, but nobody really expects you to. I grow weary of this discussion, this is my last post on this subject. State your opinion in an answer of your own if you have anything more to say on the subject. | |
| Aug 26, 2011 at 16:36 | comment | added | Cody Gray | A MacBook Air doesn't come with a built-in media drive. In order to (re-)load the OS, you have to hook it up to another computer and share the optical drive. Seems similar. And yes, your example about your computer requiring you to sync with Google to get actual work done is also apropos. Syncing is not a unique, disqualifying "feature" of the iPad. | |
| Aug 26, 2011 at 9:31 | comment | added | Nifle | @Cody - I think you are picking nits here. By your logic, my stationary computer isn't an real computer either because I have to sync it to Googls servers to get any real work done. An anyway, an iPad needs to be synced with a computer at least once. I had to "activate" my iPad first time I started it, same for my iPhone 3Gs. | |
| Aug 25, 2011 at 22:33 | comment | added | Cody Gray | Only if you want to sync... With your logic, my notebook isn't a "real" computer either, because it requires a "proper" computer to sync to in order for me to get any actual work done. You're missing some logic here. iPads can be used entirely without a computer and without syncing them with anything at all. | |
| Aug 23, 2011 at 14:02 | history | answered | Nifle | CC BY-SA 3.0 |