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Originally Posted by Vexx
I find the "doesn't multi-task" a serious show stopper. I assume that means I can't have a browser, email client, and IM up at the same time... hell, even some of the smartphones multi-task.
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Some smartphones also crash. I think people are really overlooking the fact that Jobs wasn't trying to create a tablet or a PC. He was trying to create an "appliance", a reliable media consumption device for the mainstream. A device that your grandmother could pick up and use without thinking, "this is a computer". In this scenario, multitasking isn't necessary, and Apple is able to make the device more reliable and predictable without it. Same goes for flash content.
Don't get me wrong, thats the same reason I would
not need or want one. But I, or other PC enthusiasts, am not the market for this new device.