iPad - Buy or Not?
With the announcement of Apple - iPad, many Apple fans are either disappointed or excited by it. Me as one of the Apple fans doesn’t really take much interest in iPad. While the price is considered as cheap for Apple products, it may gouge out my wallet to purchase one.
I’ve been very active on Twitter lately and have seen several response why they want or don’t want to buy iPad. Some of them really make sense. This won’t be an in-depth review. It is only my personal insight about this iPad.
It can only run one application
Many people complain how bad this iPad is for not being able to run multiple applications. While I’m not really bothered by it because it is a feature (in my case). It’s better to focus on one thing in one time rather than playing around without a certain goal. Sure, it is pleasant to chat while listening to music. But for once in a while, try to listen to a song with your mind focused.
Remember to only do one thing at one time, let’s keep it minimal.
Preview, Presentation, and Portable
Won’t it be nice to be able to do presentation to your client by carrying this 9.7 inch tablet to meet your client and do eye to tablet presentation? Unlike using laptop, you can easily just flip it around to show your client your portfolio or presentation slide. Browsing and viewing photo won’t be just self-excitement again. Don’t forget that while you’re traveling, it is very troublesome to take out your laptop just to browse website to kill times.
Not for savvy user
iPad doesn’t work with the refined Mac OS X, instead it use the iPhone alike OS to run the applications. For some savvy user, the lack of ability to customize like most of the normal OS X is insufficient. Truthfully, the iPad is created to target the audience who is incapable to perform our daily hobbies like installing, downloading, syncing application across platform.
Conclusion
Apple has taken another approach that no one are foreseeing. Manufacturer always try to make a super-computer or mobile-phone with countless of *trash ability. My thought on this iPad is a nice and simple device for user who do simple task daily. If you don’t need laptop and only requires a simple device to manage your to-do task, browsing experience, grocery list, etc. iPad can be a suitable choice. So let’s not frown over the lack of multi-tasking in iPad.
Minimal to Me
Some of the people wish to have a minimal lifestyle. Of course it is not a bad idea to have minimal lifestyle. But let’s get it clear, minimal lifestyle is not equal to lazy lifestyle. Minimal lifestyle is to omit the unnecessary and only focus on the one that bring benefits.
There are tendency people relate minimal lifestyle with laziness. The real minimal lifestyle is when you realize what you want to do and achieve, focusing on it and don’t let other stuff interrupt it. So instead of trying to lead minimal lifestyle, I think it’s better for us to have a goal, therefore we can arrange a schedule or time to do it.
At least, your life is considered as minimal when you want to pursue something at one time. Or maybe only who think that way…
Facehooked, Amused, Dumbfounded 2010
Ask any of your friend, did they not post any status on New Year Greeting? If you find some, lucky them for not being Facehooked. I don’t mind they post any status, it is technology that bring us closer, at least that is what it is supposed to be.
But sometimes I find that by sticking with these social media, especially Facebook where not many people understand how to control their privacy. It brings problem to themselves and I don’t find it bring people closer. In fact, I have seen many cases where people seems close online can’t interact as well as they are in real life. Call it phobia or disability, I’d rather be able to speak with you face to face rather than getting know you via these media.
Instead of building these relationship online, I decided to focus in the people around me, getting know them and listen to them. Sometimes you just need to listen closely what they want.
If you’re computer savvy, you’ll realize that most of your time are spent online, gathering information, amusing yourself while laughing how stupid other people for not using a tool properly. While a computer savvy have their own strong point, it is also the one who make them dumb. =)
So let’s do something to get rid these bad habits of Computer Savvy of mine this year. There is an interesting post about defragmenting yourself. But I have my own guidelines.
- No watching video on Youtube for entertainment
- No visiting of any entertainment or gossip sites.
- No amusing to yourself on other people mistakes
By the way, the first and second paragraph shows how I amuse myself for my friend online status. Sorry, but if 60 people are posting the same status, I’ll find it uninteresting and boring.
