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Slow Death of an iPad
#47875 02/07/18 05:29 PM
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What I Learned from Watching My iPad’s Slow Death

Nothing reveals the curious disposability of consumer technology more than this feeble, aging device.

Re: Slow Death of an iPad
grelber #47877 02/07/18 06:46 PM
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… and how is that different from a 2017/2018 iMac or MacBook/Air/Pro? Like the iPad they are not practically upgradable and in six years they will seem slow, lack most of 2024's must have and only a few of the nice to have features. Heck they probably won't even run iOS apps
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(yes iOS apps are coming to the Mac and in the not too distant future)
It was the same with my Ohio Scientific computer with MOS Technology 6502, Intel 8080, and Motorola 6800 processors that could be selected in software at runtime, a whopping 8MB of RAM a pair of 5¼" floppy disk drives, and a rewired IBM Selectric printer back in the 1975 — 1980 time frame. It was totally eclipsed by my first IBM PC in 1981 (the third one sold in Dallas, Texas). and so on through a variety of computers, PDAs, smart phones, and tablets up until February 7, 2018. That is just the nature of the beast we call technology.


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