Apple's iPad Disruptive Product of the Year

By Brooke Crothers

I'll avoid the dicey proposition of naming what I think is the best product of the year. But I can say with certainty that Apple's iPad was the most disruptive.

Beyond the iPad's well-chronicled popularity, impressive shipment numbers, and reported theft of Netbook market share, the disruption for me was very personal: it played havoc with my own computing habits and with people around me who bought the iPad.

As I've written before, initially, I could do little more than paw at the screen in a vain effort to figure out how I was actually going to use the device. But that changed fairly quickly. Within a few weeks, I found myself taking it everywhere (I have the 3G version) and using it instead of my laptop at airports, on planes, and in the car. Not to mention using it at home when relaxing on the sofa.

So, here's why it's disruptive: I always thought that my MacBook Air was the ultimate portable computer and I would never need anything else. Wrong. It turns out that a laptop--because of its relative weight and keyboard-centric clamshell design--is not always the ultimate machine when traveling or when there is a need to some quick home computing. The iPad showed me that there is a better form factor and interface (touch) for a surprising number of tasks.

And that seemingly trivial feature known as instant-on (and almost-instant 3G connections) combined with its 1.5-pound weight makes all the difference in the world.
In short, when I go from using my laptop most of the time to only about half of the time, that's disruptive. Moreover, I think, it's safe to say that I'm not alone.

Finally, I'm anticipating the next iPad (thinner, lighter, dual-core processor?) like I would previously anticipate a new laptop. And can't wait to see what first-tier companies like Motorola and RIM have to offer.
May 2011 be the year of the tablet.

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Technically speaking, a normal iMac user never knows of the backend architecture of his or her computer. All he/she knows is the fact that “oh boy, I bought an expensive iMac and its super-fast”. So what does it mean? What does the iCore 7 processing chip mean to a user, who’s constantly hogging YouTube, playing games, running multiple applications and etc.? Let’s take a look…

Primarily, the iCore series consists of the quad core, dual core and even six core chips for desktops and laptops. Currently, I have a quad core processor with 45nm architecture. For those of you, who don’t know about this thing, just know the fact that Intel recently upgraded the architecture to 32nm size. A smaller size touts out maximum performance and runs faster without consuming more power.

What does an iMac user need?

With the availability of the iCore 3, 5 and 7 processors, a user with resource hungry needs, is more likely to go for an iCore 7. With this processor, he can run heavy set applications, multiple windows of different movies, lot of browser windows with videos being buffered simultaneously and much more. a medium level business person, with documents and files to deal with, is likely to go for an iCore 3 processor.

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