| What does one look for in buying a laptop computer? | | | | amount of time to learn what is different. When |
| Ever since they have been introduced on the market, | | | | younger technical minded people go home for |
| they have made an huge impact on our society. No | | | | Thanksgiving, mom and dad never ask them to help |
| longer are we tethered to a desk to accomplish | | | | them with their car but often they do ask their smart |
| computer work. Our society has learned to take their | | | | young children to fix their computer while they are |
| computer with them wherever they go. You can find | | | | visiting. The difficulty of using a computer is what is so |
| people using laptops at home on the sofa, at a coffee | | | | frustrating for non technical people. Often, they see the |
| shop, in a school library, at the airport, on a park bench, | | | | power and wealth of information a computer can give |
| and many, many other places. College students today | | | | them but they just are not able to bridge the gap and |
| are expected to have laptops. Today's professional | | | | learn what it takes to effectively use a computer. |
| world requires portability of many in the work force. | | | | Now, Apple has introduced the iPad which will change |
| So, primarily, the portable laptop computer has been | | | | everything. There is tremendous power and simplicity |
| viewed as a working tool. | | | | in this device. This device bridges the gap allowing the |
| For non technical people, laptops and computers in | | | | non technical to experience what the rest of the world |
| generally have been difficult to use because of their | | | | gets. Many technical minded people look down on the |
| complexity. Most computer systems have their quarks | | | | iPad because they do not see the value of the device |
| and pitfalls that often leave the technical naive asking | | | | in accomplishing normal computer work. They are |
| for help when they get stuck while using their | | | | missing the point because this is not the purpose of |
| computer. For many people, learning how to use a | | | | Apple's new product. The iPad is primarily a |
| computer can be more challenging than learning how | | | | consumption device. This is what the non technical |
| to drive. Drivers almost never have a problem driving a | | | | masses want. These people do not need computers |
| new car because the essential operations are the | | | | to get their work done. They just need a device to |
| same. Pretty much anyone can switch from a Chevy | | | | keep pulse with the world around them. This is what |
| to a Toyota, and then to a BMW without studying | | | | the iPad does and that is why it will drastically open up |
| anything. Switching between software operating | | | | a new computer laptop market. |
| systems on a computer generally requires a good | | | | |