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I think the tablet has plenty of uses, but it's the flaws that hold it back. We actually have a tablet at home and it was very useful on the couch and in vari
by zmimon 17y ago
I think the tablet has plenty of uses, but it's the flaws that hold it back. We actually have a tablet at home and it was very useful on the couch and in various other roles. However there are a couple of features that are a must for such a device that I can't see being able to be provided easily:
1. I must be able to drop it from 6ft onto a hard surface and do zero damage
2. I must be able to pour a whole cup of coffee on it with zero ill effect
3. It must be able to be stolen with a cost to me of less than $50
These are the killer problems for me that make it an unsuitable thing for 'casual' use. If I have to treat it with kid gloves, watch it like a hawk whenever I put it down in public, assume a posture of paranoia about food and drink while I'm around it .... then it's just a failure at its main purpose.
- GHFigs 17y agoHow do you reconcile those being "musts" with the wild success of products that don't have them? Not even paper satisfies all of those supposed necessities.
- zmimon 17y agoPoint taken. I would say that satisfying point 3 relieves the need to satisfy point 2 (if I can replace it for less than $50 then I can handle the possibility of coffee getting poured on it). So paper works.