Peter Brawley
peter.brawley at earthlink.net
Wed Jun 19 15:07:09 CDT 2013
On 2013-06-19 2:12 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi Arthur: > > I was not suggesting that a developer should not have a tablet but I did > point out the obvious limitation to the tablet products. > > If you are a craftsman, you need more than one tool or a tool with more > features and functionality. To my way of thinking, a well built laptop can > do both. Also a laptop can actually store your music, movies, books and > games locally and you do not need network access to enjoy them. That is > another of a tablets limitations is their lack of local storage capacity. As > soon as a tablet has 2 to 3 TB capacity I will become very interested. Well, Jim, these days I have four working desktops and a working laptop, but in the year or so since I bought a little 7" Android 4 tablet, I mostly prefer that device for reading books & articles & watching online videos. Why? Size. Pocketability actually. Simplicity. Convenience. The pleasant intimacy of the experience. Quick response. Also it has a cute app that runs the set-top box that plays music from our server. A tablet that can hold all my terabytes of music & film might be even more appealing, but this wee device with 8G inside and 32G on a card has already cut several hours a day from my time in front of any of the "real" computers in the house, and it's made that reading & viewing a whole lot more fun in the process. Tablet sales numbers suggest that might be a fairly general sentiment. PB ----- > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller > Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 11:36 AM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Tablet Shift > > I agree with everything that you wrote, but I suggest that the ratio of > developers to users is about 1 to 99. Further, there are excellent reasons > for developers to own a tablet, if nothing other than its ability to house > 100 books (90 or so on programming and 10 fiction or whatever) in one > ten-inch space. IMO, this is why so many people are grabbing tablets: > dozens of movies, thousands of books, games and web access, all in one tiny > package. > > A. > > > On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote: > >> Hi Arthur: >> >> IMHO, tablets are perfect for consumers; movies, games, pictures, reading >> books, listening to music, communications, using Facebook etc but kind of >> useless for developers and for anyone doing any comprehensive system >> support. >> >> Another downside is that you always have to be tethered to Wi-Fi or have >> Cell coverage. >> >> Aside: I personally dislike feeling that my computer is just a >> dumb-terminal >> especially in the days when we are being continually monitored by both >> private businesses and government agencies. >> >> One day I may even have such a computer but I have to accept the >> limitations >> and exposure. >> >> I guess it boils down to, deciding what functionality you need and then >> picking your product. >> >> Jim >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller >> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 6:24 AM >> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >> Subject: [dba-Tech] Tablet Shift >> >> If you see tablets everywhere, you're right. According to a story on > ZDNet, >> one third of adult Americans now own a tablet, and more and more are > buying >> them every day. >> >> -- >> Arthur >> Cell: 647.710.1314 >> >> Prediction is difficult, especially of the future. >> -- Niels Bohr >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > >