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(And when people say iTunes they mean “connect it to a computer with the white USB cable”) Of course this assumes that Apple wants to make the iPad capable of operating without a connection to iTunes. So if Apple really wanted to make the iPad a device capable of being someone’s only computer they would have to fix this. The big obstacle to this is the fact you have to sync the iPad to iTunes once to activate it and get your content on it. The iPad doesn’t do everything a MacBook can because of its very design, but it hits the sweet spot of the things people want to do the most on a computer. The thing about the iPad (and if we’re being charitable “other devices”) is that they will replace the PC for a good number of people who only need to do a few key tasks. The iPad and other devices are not here to displace the PC (by which I mean all personal computers, whether they’re Macs or PCs running Windows). Here’s the article John Gruber quoted in his “Cutting That Cord” article: Note: I’ve moved the rest of “The Mac Pundit” articles over to a new site:
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