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TheRealMafoo on 14 September 2010
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Kzoellner said:
TheRealMafoo said:

 


I guess in a nutshell, why I think the Exo will fail, is once you find all the reasons you would want it over an iPad, you will realize what you really need, is a netbook/laptop.

The iPad is successful for the same reason most people don't understand it's success. It is just a huge iPod Touch with 3G. And while that's a joke to many, it's an extremely good thing in practice.

You have a great background history and it is higly respectable. Amazing hardware set and OSs you own too.  I cannot justify with how you describes the reason to say I would really need a Netbook/laptop.

Until the final build of the Exopc we will truely not know how fast it boots.  I have a Dell 2 gigs of ram running Windows 7 Enterprise that wakes form sleep in less then two seconds.  The UI layover would be and excellant example of simple ease and as you put "A window into something".  Half of my life is in Amazon's cloud.

I work with major players in the SaaS world. Yes, I too know the .Net frame work.  I have worked with all types of the flavors of Linux and Unix.  I have been a DBA and DA in most database software thatmake enterprise size companies go round.  Trust me I never assume people never know anything on this sight.  It harder to push a point through words.  So sorry if that came off insaulting. 

I see this tablet being used in Hospitals, Factories, Police and so on.  This can work for a small size business.  In reality until the the world is "plugged in" to the internet there will be a business need for a tablet/slate.  Honestly just knowing I have a simple interface to use as a fuax Ipad when I want then a real OS when I need it suites me well.

Yes I agree the hardware batter life could be better and maybe a quick boot. I like the idea of having a slate I use as my note pad walking around then coming to my desk to set it in a keyboard with duel monitor and switching to Windows 7 OS.  Granted the Ipad has downloads of RDP programs to servers out there so can do the same in a sense. But If I need to change a word file on the fly and email I know that I can.  I need to make some editing to my coding I can on the fly.  But if I had an Ipad I have to buy an expansive keyboard and the apple way.  This is why android is catching up in the phone market.

Thats my view. you maybe right this may fail. But hey it is a product that serves my needs.


I am glad it fits your needs, and I hope it's a success. Any company making a product people want, and thus both being successful is always good. I wish them all the best.

But to go over a few things that matter, that are different. One is the iPad is not sleeping. Someone emails me, and the device makes a sound. If I have push notification on for Apps (I use it to get weather updates, sports scores, an IM from my MSN Messenger app, etc), I get them right away. The Windows machine will be asleep until you use it.

Touch screen for tasks that you need to type a lot on, sucks. It just does. I do have an RDP client on my iPad, and I connect to my Windows machine from time to time. I could develop on it in a pinch, but I never do. It would be absolute hell to try and develop on anything that small.

Yes, you can install Photoshop and .Net on the Exo, but really? I mean your going to use that little screen and that CPU/memory combo to do anything like that?

When I ever think I might even have the remote chance that I need to type a line of code in .Net, I take my laptop.

To me, I see the Exo as the computer I can imagine using for so many things, and then once I own it, it just sits in a drawer and never gets used. When it comes time to reach for it, I own better solutions for whatever I am looking at technology to solve. The iPad I use, because for the things I use it for, it's the best option.

But, everyone is different, so to others, this might be the perfect piece of equipment.