iPad alternative/rival list.

[Bytor65]

3) OS X - it goes with point number 1. although iPhone OS is great it is not the best. Its locked and you are only allowed to install apps from the apps store - I would much rather prefer full OS X 10.6. that would allow me to put whatever I want

Shame they didn't do it. I was so excited.

Lets hope for better future and better revised product

That is pure fantasy. The Full OSX tablet is a non starter. It would be essentially a macbook air: 5 hour battery life/3lbs/$1500.

Think about that triple the price, half the battery life, and nearly double the weight. 95% of the potential market would disappear immediately because of pricing. This isn't a better product. It is a dead one repeating the mistakes of the windows tablet market.

OTOH iPad has the makings of a successful product because it is delivering the core functions that average users need in a compelling lightweight package with long battery life for a cost that will get it into millions of customers hands.

 

[Gloor]

That is pure fantasy. The Full OSX tablet is a non starter. It would be essentially a macbook air: 5 hour battery life/3lbs/$1500.

Think about that triple the price, half the battery life, and nearly double the weight. 95% of the potential market would disappear immediately because of pricing. This isn't a better product. It is a dead one repeating the mistakes of the windows tablet market.

OTOH iPad has the makings of a successful product because it is delivering the core functions that average users need in a compelling lightweight package with long battery life for a cost that will get it into millions of customers hands.

Well, I don't think that putting OS X on it would cause 3x the price and half the battery time. Well, what they could do is to have OS X lite version that would allow you to install application and would be more versatile than it is now.
Anyway, all I would like is the stylus and the freedom to put Maya, Zbrush and some other programs. I think the iPad looks powerful enough to handle these application (seen the games?). Otherwise there is really nothing iPhone can't do and the minimum that can't do is not worth carrying around such a huge device.

Thanks but no. Although I agree with you that the public will like it unless they have specific needs that would stop them from buying

 

[Bytor65]

Anyway, all I would like is the stylus and the freedom to put Maya, Zbrush and some other programs. I think the iPad looks powerful enough to handle these application (seen the games?).

Is that all?

Seriously? Having Maya means having full OSX and some decent hardware to back it up. No way in heck does an iPad have the hardware to run it. Even a macbook air will probably struggle.

Full OSX and the muscle to run desktop apps means everything I said before, much worse: price/weight/battery life.

 

[4DThinker]

That is pure fantasy. The Full OSX tablet is a non starter. It would be essentially a macbook air: 5 hour battery life/3lbs/$1500.

No fantasy. All you need is the experience of having watched the computer industry over the last 20 years or so. Windows Ultimate can run on several netbooks. OS X can run on a few. Apple, more than anyone else, has the capability of making a tablet with OSX, 8 hours life or more, and an under 1k price. Will they? That's already been hashed over. Only time will tell.

 

[Gloor]

Is that all?

Seriously? Having Maya means having full OSX and some decent hardware to back it up. No way in heck does an iPad have the hardware to run it. Even a macbook air will probably struggle.

Full OSX and the muscle to run desktop apps means everything I said before, much worse: price/weight/battery life.

you are not correct. few months ago someone made a hackintosh out of a netbook that was on atom. it is highly possible for Apple to do it but they are probably not going to. Well, no tablet for me as I don't see the point yet

 

[Michaelgtrusa]

How about a clone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqW0ickoJIo&feature=sub:mad:

 

[Bytor65]

you are not correct. few months ago someone made a hackintosh out of a netbook that was on atom. it is highly possible for Apple to do it but they are probably not going to. Well, no tablet for me as I don't see the point yet

I never said you couldn't build a hackintosh out of a netbook.

Go back to the first post listing the alternatives. Several of them are atom/netbook based tablets. The links are also there where you can see how they run. If you are too lazy to click the links. They have abysmal performance.

You keep saying you want to run Maya. You clearly have no idea of the hardware required to do it. First you think you can run it on an iPads hardware. Next you think a netbook will do it. It won't.

If you want to create a full OSX tablet that would be painful to use,(and wouldn't run Maya BTW) you could use netbook HW, but Apple isn't going this route because it would suck, just like windows based Atom tablets do.

 

[Bytor65]

For Fans of Entourage Edge:

Wired has a review up:
http://www.wired.com/reviews/product/pr_ereader_entourage

 

[MythicFrost]

Well, I don't think that putting OS X on it would cause 3x the price and half the battery time. Well, what they could do is to have OS X lite version that would allow you to install application and would be more versatile than it is now.
Anyway, all I would like is the stylus and the freedom to put Maya, Zbrush and some other programs. I think the iPad looks powerful enough to handle these application (seen the games?). Otherwise there is really nothing iPhone can't do and the minimum that can't do is not worth carrying around such a huge device.

Having the hardware to run OSX snappily would cause the price to go up significantly, it would become heavier and suffer a massive impact to its battery life.
Think about it, it'd have to be dual-core at least, multi-tasking, have a faster Intel processor and better graphics hardware, thats all going to cost more and drain the battery more.

And those applications you mentioned, could be ported to the iPad.

 

[puppyflightclub]

the courier is not really my cup of tea.