[geeks] iPad - NOT a 'Miss' for me I'm afraid

[Mike Meredith]

On Tue, 2 Feb 2010 08:25:59 -0500 (EST), der Mouse wrote:
> > So lets be straight. People on the bus and train watch video on
> > their cell phones, iPhones, etc. all the time.  These hand-held
> 
> This...umm, disagrees with my experience.
> 
> I've taken two train rides a week for most of the last year.  My
> laptop (which _is_ a real laptop, not a dinky little "netbook" or
> some such) works fine.  And, watching the people around me, I would
> call laptop use "common" - it would surprise me if under 10% of the

My experience of train journeys is a mixture of both. Trains that are
likely to be used for chiefly small journeys (30m or less) will have a
very low usage rate; trains with a mixture of long (2h) and short will
have usage rates approaching 50%. Trains for longer distances (4h or
more) have usage rates getting up to 90% ... I've once felt 'odd' for
not having a laptop out !

Mind you much of the laptop use I see is for working on documents
rather than watching video. 

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