A Magazine Is an iPad That Does Not Work

[ktlight]

"Technology codes our minds, changes our OS. Apple products have done this extensively. The video shows how magazines are now useless and impossible to understand, for digital natives. It shows real life clip of a 1-year old, growing among touch screens and print. And how the latter becomes irrelevant. Medium is message. Humble tribute to Steve Jobs, by the most important person : a baby."

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[math330]

Cool clip.
An ipad is an iphone that can't make calls. Overpriced shiny gimmicks, let's not forget the huge profit margin, the suicides of factory workers and the fact that *pple products have a tendency to break just after the warranty expires.

[vibrations]

Cool clip.
An ipad is an iphone that can't make calls. Overpriced shiny gimmicks, let's not forget the huge profit margin, the suicides of factory workers and the fact that *pple products have a tendency to break just after the warranty expires.

After 23 years using Apple, only Apple and sometimes something called PC (to accelerate digestion), I would say that this computers does not break so easy. Having over this time around 15 different Apple computers, only one had a mistake, I've always change them because they were old. And the iPad is not just bigger iPhone with no calls, it really helps to do my job, to have a lot of fun and no games on it. Check it out properly before you talk please.

[KiwiElf]

My first Mac was a 1986 SE - the classic little box that smiled - and it STILL goes (WOW 20 mb HD and 2 mb of RAM LOL) - many Macs since then. One of my old G4's is 11 years old and it still goes (and I went through 4 x PC's that all died badly in the same period). But you can have the best of both with the newer ones - am running Windows 7 on the Bootcamp Partition of a MacBook Pro. The Mac partition doesn't need virus protection or updates to the OS... so far so good ;)

[Humble Janitor]

Cool clip.
An ipad is an iphone that can't make calls. Overpriced shiny gimmicks, let's not forget the huge profit margin, the suicides of factory workers and the fact that *pple products have a tendency to break just after the warranty expires.

My iPod is still going after almost a year. It's the only "overpriced shiny gimmick" that I need at this point.

[PixieDust]

this is really sad.

i hope the parents teach their daughter how to use books magazines and other items of "the past". If i had an iPad i wouldnt let my kids play with it mostly cause they'd break it or reprogram it to japanese or something lol.

I see parents handing their kids their iPhones to play games or watch a cartoon or movie to keep them entertained and quiet. those kids dont know how to entertain themselves or have the abillity to sit quietly and wait. its sad to me that a lot of kids these days need a constant influx of noise and technology. whatever happened to making mud pies or having a stick as your favorite toy??

[RMorgan]

Well, the iPad is actually useful in a couple of situations. For musicians, for example, it´s a nice interface for software that previously needed to be controlled with the keyboard and mouse; Now a musician can twist the knobs like in the real thing. Instead of buying dozens expensive hardware equipment, a musician can have them all within a single interface, which is good, IMHO.

However, I think the iPad is really limited in terms of functions. You know, if it could be plugged into the computer and used as an interface, it would be awesome.

You know, we are sensitive beings. IMHO, nothing could substitute a real book, with real paper texture, real nice cover art, real book smell. We have already lost so much when we moved from the LP to the CD, and then to Mp3. Remember those huge art covers and booklets in old Lps? It was awesome...It´s just not the same thing anymore.

The beauty of a LP collection, or a book library can never be replaced by a bunch of 0s and 1s.

I don´t like the way we´re heading making everything digital....

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After 23 years using Apple, only Apple and sometimes something called PC (to accelerate digestion), I would say that this computers does not break so easy. Having over this time around 15 different Apple computers, only one had a mistake, I've always change them because they were old. And the iPad is not just bigger iPhone with no calls, it really helps to do my job, to have a lot of fun and no games on it. Check it out properly before you talk please.

Been using Macs since the LC2, mate. Maybe I'm unlucky in that I've had to replace batteries, adaptors and superdrives left right and centre. I'll talk about what I like with or without anybody's permission.
Fact remains that the profit margin is enormous and the working conditions are completely unacceptable for you to have something shiny, and which is made relatively obsolete after a while.

[noprophet]

This is not digital vs traditional - its evolution of usability and communication.

Teach the child to write with a pencil then try to make them write holding that pencil with tongs. Of course they'll think you're crazy. Why use a more complicated system than what you already have access to?

This is not apple nor Steve jobs however. This has been going on since we first learned you could attach wood to stone and have a handle.

[KiwiElf]

Been using Macs since the LC2, mate. Maybe I'm unlucky in that I've had to replace batteries, adaptors and superdrives left right and centre. I'll talk about what I like with or without anybody's permission.
Fact remains that the profit margin is enormous and the working conditions are completely unacceptable for you to have something shiny, and which is made relatively obsolete after a while.

Ahhh Ok, batteries are standard items that need replacement in ANY electrical device and all computers along with powerpacks and yes, I've had a few CD/DVD drives go bang too but remember these are not made by Apple.

Nor is Apple responsible for Chinese working conditions (if you meant China) and that would apply to anyone who has moved their manufacturing to China, or Thailand etc - again not Apple's doing.

"Built in obsolesence" is part of marketing and consumerism. The manufacturers - if they want to survive - are largely answering their customer's wants and needs. That's what Marketing is all about: "Find out what your customers need or want and give it to them".

That is the principle of good marketing in a nutshell. And most people today want everything newer, cheaper, faster and better. Well they got it. Doesn't mean you have to throw the old one away if it still works. But as with many things, it becomes uneconomic to keep old technology running because spare parts become fewer or none at all, or it becomes incompatible with newer stuff. The profit margin will be competitive with any other similar product. Is a bottle of aftershave (alcohol with "flavouring" and a fancy bottle) worth $100? A $1,000? Some buyers think so :)

Ask anyone who has tried to keep an old car going or wanted to restore it. Would you still want to be driving around in a Model T Ford today - even a brand new one - as your vehicle of choice? I don't think so. ;)
Same argument could be applied to the original VW Beetle vs the New Beetle. Ask anyone who owned one, the German assembled Beetles were the best. The New Beetle is made in Mexico and most Germans think they're crap compared to the original classic. (And Mexican working conditions are pretty bad too).