Tuesday
Jul052011
Could Apple retake top spot among portable computer makers in 2012?
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at 11:35PM
As far as I'm concerned, the iPad is a computer. Perhaps a different class of computer, but still a computer. It should be accounted for and give Apple the correct positioning amongst computer manufacturers.
"It's a difficult question for some analysts to answer. Is the iPad a new class of device or is it a version of an ultra-portable notebook? How you group the iPad makes a huge difference to those professionals trying to assess the impact of the iPad on the notebook computer market."
Reader Comments (2)
It's a computer, of course. The same as my 6502 I built in 1978, with 1K RAM, was a computer. The only folks who would not count it, are those interested in their own version of statistics.
Of course, are iPhones computers too? Or Android phones?
What do analysts want to see the iPad do to understand that it's a computer?