Sorry man, but that's just a random collection of FUD there. The AppStore won't be the only way to install apps on the Mac, it will be - as you correctly pointed out - the most convenient for the average user.
Concering your argument on fragmentation and different devices. My grandfather, now 75 years old, just started using the Internet thanks to the iPad. You can read about it here: http://blog.dispatched.ch/2010/07/18/my-grandfathers-ipad/
And you know what? He loves it so much, that he got himself a 16Mbit connection after three months. To make something like that happen, that's a major feat. He's on the net regularly now, sending mails, checking news - and couldn't be happier about his machine.
I won't use the iPad as my primary computer, of course - but a lot of people just can't operate a developers OS. And they shouldn't have to.
As for the price tag - that argument is as lame as it is old. Start comparing other high-end vendors and models and you'll have your epiphany. For starters search for competition on the Macbook Air 11" or at the other end of the spectrum the iMac 27". Then come back and write another blog post.
Concering your argument on fragmentation and different devices. My grandfather, now 75 years old, just started using the Internet thanks to the iPad. You can read about it here: http://blog.dispatched.ch/2010/07/18/my-grandfathers-ipad/
And you know what? He loves it so much, that he got himself a 16Mbit connection after three months. To make something like that happen, that's a major feat. He's on the net regularly now, sending mails, checking news - and couldn't be happier about his machine.
I won't use the iPad as my primary computer, of course - but a lot of people just can't operate a developers OS. And they shouldn't have to.
As for the price tag - that argument is as lame as it is old. Start comparing other high-end vendors and models and you'll have your epiphany. For starters search for competition on the Macbook Air 11" or at the other end of the spectrum the iMac 27". Then come back and write another blog post.
One last thing: your comments system is broken. I got cookies and JS enabled, but still get this: http://dispatched.ch/bilder/Broken_Blog-20101021-235606.jpg