Ok. You want to refer to a 9.7" tablet as "immersive", knock yourself out. I'll go immerse myself into something a little bit bigger....
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Ok. You want to refer to a 9.7" tablet as "immersive", knock yourself out. I'll go immerse myself into something a little bit bigger....
Ok. You want to refer to a 9.7" tablet as "immersive", knock yourself out. I'll go immerse myself into something a little bit bigger....
Im saying the term immersive is relative to what is being compared.
I will let something a lot bigger get immersed inside of me.
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I have to disagree as well. Those extra 2 inches actually do a great difference to me when your talking about holding a device mere inches away from your face. We own both the current Air and retina mini, and I've owned all previous generation iPads except for the fourth, plus I've had the 1st gen mini for a year and indeed I can tell you I have always found using the 9.7" form factor more "immersive" than the mini.
Regarding your TV comparison, touting mass inches doesn't necessarily call for the end all quest for the most immersive experience. What if you were to watch your 75" TV in a much larger living room, sitting farther way from the couch than the one you have now? Because I know I made the mistake of buying a 55" LED screen when I should have gotten a 65" for the size of living room we have. It's just too small for the space, and right now, I actually find watching games or playing movies on my 27" iMac up close more immersive than our TV.
It's relative in terms of size vs space, so when we're talking about a tablet that's being used in hand, every inch matters way more, rather than measuring dozens of inches on humongous screen sitting several feet away in the living room.
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Ok, so we are taking the word "immersive" and wanting to apply it to a tablet. Got it.
Here's another word. Hyperbole. It gets old around here when talking about the iPad, either for or against it.
You might be joking, in which case
But if you're serious, just take a well-intentioned correction with a smile - to do otherwise would be anti-intellectual.
I'd rather appear intelligent any day, than go through life misspelling words and appearing less intelligent. No?
If the spelling was that important to me on a macrumors message board i'd simply google the spelling. Intelligence is also having the ability to know when a spelling and grammar lesson is appropriate and when it is not appropriate. Im sure there are other places for that on the internet.You might be joking, in which case
But if you're serious, just take a well-intentioned correction with a smile - to do otherwise would be anti-intellectual.
I'd rather appear intelligent any day, than go through life misspelling words and appearing less intelligent. No?
You might be joking, in which case
But if you're serious, just take a well-intentioned correction with a smile - to do otherwise would be anti-intellectual.
I'd rather appear intelligent any day, than go through life misspelling words and appearing less intelligent. No?
Internet forums are typically not the place to be giving spelling lessons.
That is, of course, if it's a spelling and grammar forum...
You might be joking, in which case
But if you're serious, just take a well-intentioned correction with a smile - to do otherwise would be anti-intellectual.
I'd rather appear intelligent any day, than go through life misspelling words and appearing less intelligent. No?
Appearances be darned - I'd rather BE intelligent than nitpick uselessly on an internet forum.
Appearances be darned - I'd rather BE intelligent than nitpick uselessly on an internet forum.
Then you are not as compulsive as I am
I wasn't trying to police anything, or to be a jerk. The problem is that complement and compliment are two different words with two different meanings. So it wasn't a question of writing "thier" when you meant to write "their." That would be a spelling mistake or a typo.
It was a question of using a different word than the one intended. And I only brought it up because all over tech writing and talk today you constantly see the word "compliment" used when it should be complement. 4 or 5 people used it in this thread.
It was a question of using a different word than the one intended. And I only brought it up because all over tech writing and talk today you constantly see the word "compliment" used when it should be complement. 4 or 5 people used it in this thread.