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[RANT]Why do the current tablets SUCK?

I'm shopping around for a new tablet, well I should preface with this. I have lusted after convertible tablets and slate tablets since I was 14, and luckily in 2008, I got the dell xt followed by the dell xt2. And now I am in the helm to shop for a new tablet. And then I settled on this pretty piece of machinery for my next purchase - the lenovo x220t. And it looks great...
So, happy ending. Seems like a great buy right? NO! I buy this and I am issued with the same crap I've been getting for years. An actual tablet OS. Oh yes someone chimed in - install android on it, you will love it. Er, no I don't. If I wanted a phone OS, I would get a phone OS. I hate the fact that if tablets are discussed, some brain dead ignoramus talks about oh get the ipad, or get the samsung galaxy or the motorola xoom.
And granted the xoom, by the hardware is mediocre at best that is further limited by a less than stellar android honeycomb in which the developers have done some of the stupidest things in terms of creating a lack of UX/UI Standard. Yes, the fricking "stage" looks nice, but in simple tasks like opening or closing the browser tabs, deleting email, programs, it totally and completely SUCKS. Yeah, the iOS for ipad is further refined in several instances, but if I wanted to buy a phone OS, I would get a phone. I can at least say, android is taking a step in a better direction by dividing the two OSes to make different developmental gains.
But what about the current crop of OSes now? Ubuntu, while fast, sucks, even with that pathetic god forsaken unity bull on it. Mac OSX, don't get me started! Windows 7, while fast, also sucks. And if you customize it for finger friendly operations, you get the ugliest pieces of crap I have personally ever seen. Maybe I should try the overlays. Yes been there tried that. It's like putting makeup on a pig. It doesn't hide the fact that it's still a pig and it surely don't make it pretty!
So at the end of this rant, what is a person to do who doesn't want god awful honeycomb or the laughable iOS or the pee poor big game changers. Wait, no really. That's the mythical answer. Wait. And that answer ticks me off! It's almost been 10 years since convertibles came around to be affordable and even more since the tablet actually began. In all that time, not one single OS can fit for a tablet paradigm? That mixes support for desktop applications that is stylish?
Who in the holy hell can save us from this tablet dominated trite that we have been exposed to for years!?

I'll add some gasoline to this fire. Wait for a good tablet or learn to bend your tastes a bit. Nothing is perfect.
-If ignorance is bliss why aren't you smiling?-

twitch153 said:
I'll add some gasoline to this fire. Wait for a good tablet or learn to bend your tastes a bit. Nothing is perfect.
-If ignorance is bliss why aren't you smiling?-
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don't ya think a 10 year wait is long enough? I surely do!
I mean for once I can say well at least specs and processors are catching up to notebooks (I mean god back in the day tablets were far worse).
Bend my tastes? By trying everything under the sun and every iteration of what is considered tablet what taste am I supposed to bend to? Oh the one when I eat crap and say it tastes like gold nay I say nay!

Haha! XD Well personally I don't like tablets all like that. That's why I have my phone, and a Laptop.
And I know this is a little off topic but have you ever watched Big O?
-If ignorance is bliss why aren't you smiling?-

twitch153 said:
Haha! XD Well personally I don't like tablets all like that. That's why I have my phone, and a Laptop.
And I know this is a little off topic but have you ever watched Big O?
-If ignorance is bliss why aren't you smiling?-
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yessir!
ugh 10 characters pos

I thought so. That's where you got your user from I assume? They still air it on Adult Swim!
But back on topic, if you know all the tablets don't suit you then why buy them? That's like buying an iphone when you are clearly an apple user haha
-If ignorance is bliss why aren't you smiling?-

clinical psychology student
we write a lot of notes
transcribing them from notepad to typing them digitally would take too long. One note cuts the time in half. Plus paperless medium, it gives me some options

So why not just use a laptop? What advantages do you have using a tablet that a laptop won't give you?
-If ignorance is bliss why aren't you smiling?-

twitch153 said:
So why not just use a laptop? What advantages do you have using a tablet that a laptop won't give you?
-If ignorance is bliss why aren't you smiling?-
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clinical psychology student
we write a lot of notes
transcribing them from notepad to typing them digitally would take too long. One note cuts the time in half. Plus paperless medium, it gives me some options
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That's why

I guess But you're making a sacrifice either way so that's the choice you chose to make when you chose to chose a tablet
-If ignorance is bliss why aren't you smiling?-

oh the tablet I like its everything else and lack of options. Give me something...more i guess

Lol. I love how its just the OP and the Banana posting in this thread of randomness. Lol Lol Lol Lol

Purple Drama Llama said:
Lol. I love how its just the OP and the Banana posting in this thread of randomness. Lol Lol Lol Lol
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adding to the random banana drama llama
ugh that didn't rhyme...

Purple Drama Llama said:
Lol. I love how its just the OP and the Banana posting in this thread of randomness. Lol Lol Lol Lol
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Oh em eff gosh! You're alive!
-If ignorance is bliss why aren't you smiling?-

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@OP: when you do find a good tablet for that use, let me know. My sister is going onto her clinical studies in about a year and her netbook is just too bulky (!)
I suppose an iPad would be good, but I don't wanna let her fall into the trap of Apple so soon in her life.

sakai4eva said:
@OP: when you do find a good tablet for that use, let me know. My sister is going onto her clinical studies in about a year and her netbook is just too bulky (!)
I suppose an iPad would be good, but I don't wanna let her fall into the trap of Apple so soon in her life.
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Well get a smaller netbook ...
What does she need it for ?
Pretty much Tablets have 0 data input value , and even less without win 7 , its a useless form factor to begin with

souljaboy said:
Well get a smaller netbook ...
What does she need it for ?
Pretty much Tablets have 0 data input value , and even less without win 7 , its a useless form factor to begin with
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zero data input value?
er...I just not only tutored a calc student with my tablet but just synced my 20 pages of notes via onenote that has easily converted it to text. I record my lectures on my tablet and save from the lack of a good ui/ux, this has been extremely reliable data input. And that's been there since windows xp...
In fact, spoke with a friend of mine whose an acupuncturist who lives on his tablet. Patient records, signatures, everything is on that hd and stored in some digital format.
@sakai4eva
as far as which to get, if she is doing something medical, skyscape is an indispensable block of programs that truly do help. Often I read the psychiatric information just for jokes and giggles. But for an MD student, it is fantastic. For anything else, the ipad is a joke and it's a waste of time for functional. Same can be said for the awful galaxy.
In terms of tablet pcs, what many have been crying for (myself included) is a better gpu. I am hoping the x220t sandies i7 processors will provide a better integrated gpu chip. However I will be stuck with n trig...the starting price for the x220t is 1100 USD (rumored) but probably for my specs it can easily become 2k.
Also, feel sorry for us. We can't "work" while doing this. Some schools offer assistanceships mine doesn't...damn santa barbara...

souljaboy said:
Well get a smaller netbook ...
What does she need it for ?
Pretty much Tablets have 0 data input value , and even less without win 7 , its a useless form factor to begin with
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Hope you understand some of this:
1. She has to keep running around the hospital for the entire shift.
2. She needs to write down notes for the patient's illness and the teaching doctor's explanation
3. She needs to re-read all this when she gets back and compare with her textbooks
While a netbook could have filled her needs, it is very impractical to carry it around AND type while balancing drugs, stethoscope, patient's charts, etc. A tablet would work like a notepad with the ability to write immediately on the surface (as well as sketching) without using the keyboard for data entry.
Lightweight, easy to carry, long(ish) battery life, ease of use will be key factors here. I would have bought an iPad if she started now, or possibly a PlayBook when/if it comes out right.
domineus said:
zero data input value?
er...I just not only tutored a calc student with my tablet but just synced my 20 pages of notes via onenote that has easily converted it to text. I record my lectures on my tablet and save from the lack of a good ui/ux, this has been extremely reliable data input. And that's been there since windows xp...
In fact, spoke with a friend of mine whose an acupuncturist who lives on his tablet. Patient records, signatures, everything is on that hd and stored in some digital format.
@sakai4eva
as far as which to get, if she is doing something medical, skyscape is an indispensable block of programs that truly do help. Often I read the psychiatric information just for jokes and giggles. But for an MD student, it is fantastic. For anything else, the ipad is a joke and it's a waste of time for functional. Same can be said for the awful galaxy.
In terms of tablet pcs, what many have been crying for (myself included) is a better gpu. I am hoping the x220t sandies i7 processors will provide a better integrated gpu chip. However I will be stuck with n trig...the starting price for the x220t is 1100 USD (rumored) but probably for my specs it can easily become 2k.
Also, feel sorry for us. We can't "work" while doing this. Some schools offer assistanceships mine doesn't...damn santa barbara...
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Thanks for the tip on skyscape. If/when she gets her smartphone (no sponsorship here), I'll make sure she gets it.
I don't think she will need a unit with a "powerful" GPU per se, so I'm pretty much settled on the iPad unless the PlayBook turns out to be soooo much better.
As for the tablet, it'll be paid by myself or my father. She's gonna owe me big time for this

playbook may not have skyscape support
and for writing anything the ipad SUCKS
onenote has a much better system especially with cloud integration. Not to toot windows horn, but onenote is genius. That is bar none one of the best note taking programs out there. With acrobat pro, the combinations are endless. I can totally say that.
If form factor is an issue, ipad is definitely smaller than any tablet I am referring to, but not nearly as robust. The dell xt2 is about 2.5 lbs, with the hp 2740p about 3 pounds. If it is just for notes, I would go for the xt2 and you can catch one on ebay for around the same price as an ipad.

Apple vs. Google

Sheesh! Google has a history that is completely obscure to the general public. Apple says Android's Rubin worked for them in the '90s. APIs are a product of Apple, according to what they are saying.
http://gizmodo.com/5837045/apple-claims-android-started-with-them

Possibly more smoke from Apple. Why bring this up now? Hopefully the judge is knowledgeable enough to sift thru what is real or not. Judge is a judge and not an engineer, so I doubt he's written code before. I myself don't know enough about APIs in question to comment this.
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Another thing. The CEO of Google held a seat on Apple Board of Directors for a long time.
So, I drink Pepsi and Coke. Off brands sometimes too.

Lol whats next? They really want to shut android down
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Apple seems really desperate at this point to try to put a road block on Androids success.
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rooting for apple as it will just open up the market for wp7

wendellc said:
Possibly more smoke from Apple. Why bring this up now?
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Apple is desperate. Their attempts to litigate Android products from the market are not working. So even if it probably really is just smoke and PR maneuvers with nothing substantial behind it, in their desperation Apple will do anything.
vetvito said:
Another thing. The CEO of Google held a seat on Apple Board of Directors for a long time.
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Yeah, and? Are you accusing him of corporate espionage?

z33dev33l said:
rooting for apple as it will just open up the market for wp7
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Nice try on stirring up the pot. WP7 is nothing, will never be anything. Look at how terrible it is doing in this market. Apple and Google will continue to claw it out in phone sales while Microsoft sits on the sidelines. None of the general public goes into a best buy or at&t looking for a WP7, nor will they walk out with one. They want a cool looking OS and phone and some variety to choose from. Not some bleak tiles invented by a first grade class.
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Gusar321 said:
Yeah, and? Are you accusing him of corporate espionage?
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You didn't quote my whole statement.
Its obviously desperate times at Apple. Especially if there really is no iPhone 5. OR especially if there is a iPhone 5 but it looks like a GSII.

Apple must be really going down hill.
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why apple always sue every they competitor?? they're can't make more innovation ??

This happens with Steve Jobs .
Tim Cook never made a difference .
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Google! wins ya

Remember Skynet? Google's eating the world, a little bit at a time.
I think Apple will burn out and fade away, because Android's main target is us: the open-sourced, geeky, "I NEED TO MODIFY AND LIBERATE MY SMARTPHONE" community. Now, dish that out versus the aesthetically perfect society over at Apple. Yes, they have a lot of apps. So do we. I can see it on the breaking news:
"Google buys Apple's R&D mobile department"
"WhatsApp, Inc. starts negotiations with search giant Google"
"Nokia is taken aboard by Google"
When that happens, (without going off-topic and trying to prove my point), Google will dominate and Android will be everything we'll see.
But, anything might happen, who I am to know?
PS: Ironically, Android's builds are named after desserts.

AlterJack said:
PS: Ironically, Android's builds are named after desserts.
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Wich is the main reason I use it.. Who doesnt love dessert?
Apple is trying to buy them self some time, they have wasted alot of hours making lawsuits against every other competitor... Wich leaves them behind
And I would like to see an iPhone with android, Google join in to say, U mad bro?

AlterJack said:
Remember Skynet? Google's eating the world, a little bit at a time.
I think Apple will burn out and fade away, because Android's main target is us: the open-sourced, geeky, "I NEED TO MODIFY AND LIBERATE MY SMARTPHONE" community. Now, dish that out versus the aesthetically perfect society over at Apple. Yes, they have a lot of apps. So do we. I can see it on the breaking news:
"Google buys Apple's R&D mobile department"
"WhatsApp, Inc. starts negotiations with search giant Google"
"Nokia is taken aboard by Google"
When that happens, (without going off-topic and trying to prove my point), Google will dominate and Android will be everything we'll see.
But, anything might happen, who I am to know?
PS: Ironically, Android's builds are named after desserts.
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Skynet actually exists though, it's currently under British military control.

-i7- said:
Wich is the main reason I use it.. Who doesnt love dessert?
Apple is trying to buy them self some time, they have wasted alot of hours making lawsuits against every other competitor... Wich leaves them behind
And I would like to see an iPhone with android, Google join in to say, U mad bro?
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Now that would be sweet! A fantastic thing, for sure. The goodness of Android mixed with the superior hardware and build quality of Apple.
Even more than that, let Apple adopt Android and finesse and smooth it out to their higher standards. What an overwhelming affair.

Sorry, but what superior hardware and quality? Don't drink the kool aid.

wendellc said:
Possibly more smoke from Apple. Why bring this up now?
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Bring it up now after Google bought Motorolla so now they have their own phone brand with nothing useful to put on it. Just a thought.

google all day!!!!!!!!!!!

Apple's most successful(and irritating) product: meet the iSmug

Hi all,
i have been using this forum for some months after I got my amazing android phone. I am happy there is finally competition for good phones that are not iphones. I do not like apple's way of doing business and definitely the smugness of most people who get an iphone and think their coolness has gone off charts.
You know what I mean? People who have a need to show off their iproducts in public? I am so happy i have an android. Android people are so much fun to talk to and cool to discuss wasy to improve their phone.
Apple's best product has been the ismug What do you think? do you know what i am talking about?
Message to the moderator: i hope this is the right forum(if not please move it)

that is so true! i personally appreciate the quality of apple products, however i believe that apple products are incredibly overpriced, and their biggest advantage is their biggest downfall: Apples iron grip on their software

Lemme tell you a short story.
I am on a trip to Athens the other day and,as everyone in a large city,I used the subway to go to my destination.Entering the train,I found a seat next to a guy who looked like being 20-25 years old.He didn't seem geeky at all in fact.I sat next to him,but then he did something he shouldn't have.He pulled an iPhone 4 out of his pocket!Oh sh!t.There was also a girl sitting right in front of us,in a seat looking towards us.She told him "Nice phone you have there"(She had an old Sony Ericsson btw).He found a chance to show off then.And then,after I had lost my temper,I pulled my Galaxy S 2 out of my pocket and started playing with it.He looks at it,his eyes go wider than usual and awe was obvious in his expression.The girl(a beauty in fact) turns to my side and says "Your phone is nicer than the iPhone".Then I started to show off.The games,the screen,the effects,everything was better.That iSmug next to me turned white and got off at the next stop.The girl and I had a...nice time after that btw.
And what's the moral of the story?Android ftw!

Tolis that is an amazing story.
i think the only way to strike back at the apple cult is to make fun of their smugness
ps hi from thessaloniki
ps 2 Galaxy S ii is great

Most of the people think iProducts are COOL. It has now become a factor of an individual's "coolness".
Then someone pulls out their android phone and they're like, "Is that samsung?", "Bleh".

I am bored of listening: you have a Samsung? It looks like an iclone...;

Haha, Tht was funny and intersting at the same time

Moved
Why ppl not understand all fruit company topics will must go to off topic
This is not an apple forum

I think I'm booking a ticket to Greece if the girls are THAT easy. lol

tolis626 said:
Lemme tell you a short story.
I am on a trip to Athens the other day and,as everyone in a large city,I used the subway to go to my destination.Entering the train,I found a seat next to a guy who looked like being 20-25 years old.He didn't seem geeky at all in fact.I sat next to him,but then he did something he shouldn't have.He pulled an iPhone 4 out of his pocket!Oh sh!t.There was also a girl sitting right in front of us,in a seat looking towards us.She told him "Nice phone you have there"(She had an old Sony Ericsson btw).He found a chance to show off then.And then,after I had lost my temper,I pulled my Galaxy S 2 out of my pocket and started playing with it.He looks at it,his eyes go wider than usual and awe was obvious in his expression.The girl(a beauty in fact) turns to my side and says "Your phone is nicer than the iPhone".Then I started to show off.The games,the screen,the effects,everything was better.That iSmug next to me turned white and got off at the next stop.The girl and I had a...nice time after that btw.
And what's the moral of the story?Android ftw!
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Lmao,for real?
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Pigs or it didn't happen........
That's right I said pigs.
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I love my Galaxy S 2 as well. I use it as my main phone now. My Captivate is semi retired.

jaszek said:
I think I'm booking a ticket to Greece if the girls are THAT easy. lol
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Well,she did have that slutty look on her but anyway.
Generally no,girls here are NOT easy.And the worst part comes after the first two months of the relationship.But if that's the price for having sex daily,whatever.
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MacaronyMax said:
Lmao,for real?
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Well,she didn't just turn towards me and talk to me.I was using my phone in a way that it was quite obvious that I wanted to draw her attention.Conclusion was that she liked it big.Don't ask me if I mean the phone.
Anyway yes,for real.
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Doesn't work here in the NYC metro. I whipped my G2 out playing some game and blasting my music so everyone could hear, but then I look around and everyone has an iPhone out. Only a few android devices. And crap, I was gonna flash a new rom tonight.

I'm a Mac user, but I LOVE Android, and Linux ... I'll go into Apple stores, and show off my G2x.
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I admit I have been into the apple store and left a iPad on adobes flash not avalible page and once on the fsf anti iPad page.
I do always try (and manage) to replicate antennagate though
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sygeek said:
Most of the people think iProducts are COOL. It has now become a factor of an individual's "coolness".
Then someone pulls out their android phone and they're like, "Is that samsung?", "Bleh".
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Have u ever tried convinceing a ismug that a HTC is better (or a blackberry user)
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This douchebag in my boy scout troop once compared his 80 gigabyte iPod to my 2 gigabyte Samsung YP-T9. Another person pulled out his 8 gig Nano and harassed me about mine being inferior. Got into a fight and quit scouting for good. Mine had an FM radio and Bluetooth.

Is that an iPad? Oh so you must be good with computers

For one, I don't like Apple products. Although I have a friend (A+ certified) who was given an ipad for Christmas. While in school another student (female) asked him "is that an iPad? oh you must be good with computers then). He was speechless, as yes he is, but most people who own Apple products are morons. I have an old iBook I use as a coaster, but other than that my household has only PCs.
Does anyone have practical uses for Crapple products?

nateleduc said:
For one, I don't like Apple products. Although I have a friend (A+ certified) who was given an ipad for Christmas. While in school another student (female) asked him "is that an iPad? oh you must be good with computers then). He was speechless, as yes he is, but most people who own Apple products are morons. I have an old iBook I use as a coaster, but other than that my household has only PCs.
Does anyone have practical uses for Crapple products?
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Other than as a target practise? No.
Although I feel the pain.
I have a new trolling method now: Buy a crApple product, and pretend to be $#[email protected][email protected]$$ dumb and tell'em that it's so magical.
Then go back to Android and work like a geek.

Before I retired my I book to a coaster I tried installing gentoo on, failed miserably. I like your idea. Maybe I'll buy an ipad

Don't suppose you can use a bic lighter to melt them into ashtrays like a mate of mine used to do with those free AoL/Compuserve CDs?

Well in fairness it's a matter of opinion. While I hate the iOS for being such a closed OS, some people would want a simple to use and good looking product(in their opinion) and iOS is just that: simple, idiot-proof. Android, on the other hand, pwned iOS upside down with it's flexibility and customisation options, even without root. So ya, it's a matter of what the end user prefers. Personally, Android is my choice
While I do hate the iPhone, I feel that the only issue with Macs is their price tag. Macs are fine seriously it's iOS that the issue here. I use a Mac(and like it). Flame me, I don't care. I'm not against Apple, just iOS.

I have an iPhone 2g. Jailbroke. Ubuntu installed. Being used as a low power basic web server
Couldn't think of anything else to do wit it besides target practice, my own episode of will it blend, or seeing how it reacts to being microwaved. Hmmmm..... I know what I'm doing this weekend

tvall said:
I have an iPhone 2g. Jailbroke. Ubuntu installed. Being used as a low power basic web server
Couldn't think of anything else to do wit it besides target practice, my own episode of will it blend, or seeing how it reacts to being microwaved. Hmmmm..... I know what I'm doing this weekend
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Pics or it didn't happen. Lol
I'm proud to say I don't own any working apple products

Dead iPod Minis and their larger brethren make great paperweights. Plus there are free magnets inside the hard drives.

tlkh said:
Well in fairness it's a matter of opinion. While I hate the iOS for being such a closed OS, some people would want a simple to use and good looking product(in their opinion) and iOS is just that: simple, idiot-proof. Android, on the other hand, pwned iOS upside down with it's flexibility and customisation options, even without root. So ya, it's a matter of what the end user prefers. Personally, Android is my choice
While I do hate the iPhone, I feel that the only issue with Macs is their price tag. Macs are fine seriously it's iOS that the issue here. I use a Mac(and like it). Flame me, I don't care. I'm not against Apple, just iOS.
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Can't remember who said it, but, "...make something idiot proof and only an idiot will use it..."

nateleduc said:
...is that an iPad? oh you must be good with computers then...
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Let me just run that through Google Translate...
From: Female
To: English
...is that an ipad? Oh, i've been looking for a mug to fix my computer....
Sounds about right, no?

DirkGently1 said:
Let me just run that through Google Translate...
From: Female
To: English
...is that an ipad? Oh, i've been looking for a mug to fix my computer....
Sounds about right, no?
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EXACTLY!!! No I will not fix your crap for free

I recently purchased a iMac G3 for old mac games.
And yes! Mac games do exist!
£24.00 well spent.

Not all apple products are crap. My Ipod fleet served me well. *doesn't include the touch ones*.

MikuSE610 said:
Not all apple products are crap. My Ipod fleet served me well. *doesn't include the touch ones*.
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I like I pods, don't get me wrong, anything further than that is useless. I used to have an iPod, then I got an Android phone.... from then on my eyes were open

Well, I still use my MacBook, and I love it. I just wish Apple products were cheaper! I would NEVER use an iOS device though... It's just not my thing.
But I do enjoy Apple computers. (There are 4 PCs, and 1 Mac in my house.)
Maybe when I get a job, I can purchase a MacBook PRO, and wait until it gets outdated again.

hmm i will let you know when i come up with a good use for an apple product.

DirkGently1 said:
Let me just run that through Google Translate...
From: Female
To: English
...is that an ipad? Oh, i've been looking for a mug to fix my computer....
Sounds about right, no?
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WRONG!!!!
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nateleduc said:
For one, I don't like Apple products. Although I have a friend (A+ certified) who was given an ipad for Christmas. While in school another student (female) asked him "is that an iPad? oh you must be good with computers then). He was speechless, as yes he is, but most people who own Apple products are morons. I have an old iBook I use as a coaster, but other than that my household has only PCs.
Does anyone have practical uses for Crapple products?
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I agree. I myself am A+ too. It's amazing how people correlate own an apple product with being a smart computer person. My wife has and iBook which she touts with a condescending attitude sometimes. I've had to rescue her from her iBook a couple of times. I guess that makes me smart with computers lol

Babydoll25 said:
WRONG!!!!
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I thought you would learn by now that you're not like most girls in that sense.
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I don't like apple products too, but.. I must admit that an Ipod nano (version with round schroller) will be a good choice, but for mac and bigger OS things changed.
they are a bit "closed" or "locked". I don't like that because they keep theyr own standards.. well the new macs with the i7 sucks, the sistem is a bit unstable...
and theyr product that have lower raw power cost a lot more.
as an example the old iPhone 3 that was packing a 2mp camera with no video capabilities, or 3gs is the same, 3mp and a 600mhz core probably from motorola while there was the n97 with a lot more camera but it was a completely crap with simbian.
If i'm gonna to buy a tablet or a pc i'm going to buy an economic tablet with amd cpu for delete windows and install linux, and the pieces for build up a dextop pc, but I done that last year so maybe is better a big laptop for designing on the train instead listening music.
and BTW I don't mind if a girl think that i'm not a pro pc user if I go around with an IBM pc. (actually lennovo)

What do you believe to be a good reason to get a tattoo?

I was arguing this with my professor. I cannot find a good reason to get a tattoo! I did jokingly say you could get one to cover up an embarrassing tatto lol. What do you guys think?
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UncivilSavage said:
I was arguing this with my professor. I cannot find a good reason to get a tattoo! I did jokingly say you could get one to cover up an embarrassing tatto lol. What do you guys think?
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The best reason that I can give you is that you want something that you can carry with you for the rest of your life!

UncivilSavage said:
I was arguing this with my professor. I cannot find a good reason to get a tattoo! I did jokingly say you could get one to cover up an embarrassing tatto lol. What do you guys think?
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A good reason? Okay. An evil villain has taken over the world and is destroying everything and killing everyone. An old tattooist does tattoos that give the person super powers. You get the tattoo and save humanity. Plus the tattoo is sick and you get tons of b***hes.
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veeman said:
A good reason? Okay. An evil villain has taken over the world and is destroying everything and killing everyone. An old tattooist does tattoos that give the person super powers. You get the tattoo and save humanity. Plus the tattoo is sick and you get tons of b***hes.
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That was a really cr4p reason until the final sentence

Military pride is a legit reason. To this day, if I see an older man with a wrinkly Military based tattoo, he gets much respect.

Good reason? You're really drunk on a Saturday night, and it seems like a really good idea at the time.
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I designed and drew all of mine. Full sleeve on one arm and randoms on the other. I thought it would be the best way to show my work.
Good thing too, because all the original drawings were destroyed in a fire a few years ago. I'm glad I went through with getting them tattooed.
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SimonTS said:
The best reason that I can give you is that you want something that you can carry with you for the rest of your life!
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That's behind every tat on me. It's gotta mean something and you've got to believe it will always mean something,

Good and bad are not quantifiable things. You can't measure goodness. There is no such thing as a "good" reason. There are only reasons. So anybody who has a reason has a "good" reason. It's not done for you to agree with it.

I don't see a good reason. When I see people with tattoos, I don't think of them in a good way. It just looks stupid. That's just me though.
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You were drunk!!!
errrr... Wait! That's an excuse, not a reason!!

Archer said:
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That's behind every tat on me. It's gotta mean something and you've got to believe it will always mean something,
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+1 I got a few, but they each mean something deep personally.
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My humble opinion...
There's no real answer. My first tattoo was a giant 8-bit pixelated Mega Man on my leg. I got it because when I was a kid, my pops lost his business in Boston and we were stuck moving down to Florida where my grandparents lived. We moved into their 2-bedroom "manufactured" home in the middle of a retirement community. My folks saw that my brother and I had no kids in the neighborhood to play with, so they got us an NES and a copy of Mega Man 2 for Christmas that year. I played that game for months on end, well past the point where my parents were obviously annoyed with the music in the game. For that first few months until my family got back on its collective feet, Mega Man was my best friend. Fast forward almost 20 years later, I decided I wanted to get a tattoo, and the Blue Bomber was my choice. I was actually a little afraid that when I went back to visit my mom, she was going to freak out about me getting inked. But instead, she immediately recognized it and even thought it was a great tattoo to get.
The moral of this story? The only reason that matters is the one you rationalize yourself. To most people, a Mega Man tattoo is a silly and nerdy thing to do. To me, it's a silly and nerdy thing to do that reminds me of how much my parents cared about my happiness as a child, no matter what. I'm happy with it, and I couldn't care less if the rest of the world doesn't see or know the reason for it. Every tattoo I have means something to me, and I'm the only one who needs to know it.

I personally cannot think of a reason I'd get one. Other than the military pride that was mentioned because of the whole brotherhood the army gives you. I just don't see myself getting one, but I've heard quite a good amount of reasons for others.
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I think there is no good reason simply because it's hard to remove a tattoo if you don't like this tattoo any more.

t0lik said:
I think there is no good reason simply because it's hard to remove a tattoo if you don't like this tattoo any more.
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anyway, well one good reason to get a tattoo would be because you are extremely compassionate about art.
well that's my reason.. i'm planning to get an awesome tat on my nape as soon as i turn 18 or something, but that tat has to have a significant meaning to my life of course

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I think there is no good reason simply because it's hard to remove a tattoo if you don't like this tattoo any more.
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Twenty years on and i hate my tattoos now. Given the choice i would still have tattoos in the same places, but they would be different tattoos. Therein lies the problem though. Your tastes change from year to year as you yourself change, but tattoos are permanent.

I agree with Card83 and a few others that have said, it's should mean something to you, not just something that is cool at the time like a barb wire arm band because you will come to hate it.
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Well ive always said i would only have my kids names on me.
And when my son was born I had his name tattooed onto my chest. And if i have any more kids then i will be putting there names on my chest aswell.
But apart from that i will not be having any other tattoo on me as anything else wont mean anything to me apart from "looking nice"

A friend of mine got the name of his best friend tattooed inside his wrist when said best friend took his own life two years ago. As a way to remember, and a reminder. They were very close.
And there are always more practical reasons for tattoos. You just don't always consider them. There are a lot of soldiers who get their data tattooed on various bodyparts, just in case. IED's really don't care if you want to keep you bodyparts attached, and thus the tattoos makes IDing easier.
Personally I don't have any. I'm not on good terms with needles.