Douglas Rushkoff Quotes

In my view the tablet and the PC are different. You can do things with the tablet if you are not encumbered by the legacy of the PC.

The iPad - contrary to the way most people thought about it - is not a tablet computer running the Apple operating system. It's more like a very big iPhone, running the iPhone operating system.

The iPad is far and away the most successful product in its category.

I really like the iPad. I think that's pretty cool.

The iPad is a superior consumption device for material on the Web.

When I first reviewed the iPad, I wrote that, to succeed, 'It will have to prove that it really can replace the laptop or netbook for enough common tasks, enough of the time, to make it a viable alternative.'

I believe that tablets - and especially the iPad - are extremely versatile and productive tools for consumers, schools and businesses and are better for many tasks than the PC or the smartphone.

Dell Computers announced they're releasing a competitor for the iPad. Now it is, in fact, a great alternative for people who already have an iPad, but are fed up with it working all the time.

The seven-inch tablets are tweeners: too big to compete with a smartphone, and too small to compete with an iPad.

I think there are going to be a bunch of tablet-like devices. It's really a different product category.

The iPad changed my life!

There's no doubt: The iPad is a beautiful, extremely well-designed device.

I use the iPhone and iPad every day, and I no longer touch PCs at all.

The iPad! What is better designed than that? I read magazines on it, I play Scrabble. I use it for everything.

The iPad - is that a phone or a computer? If I put it on my wall is it a TV?

The Nexus 7 is about the same size as a Moleskine notebook, and it just 'feels' like the right form factor for doing all those things you want to do on a smart phone, but can't quite do in the right way. It's not too big, and not too small - just right.

The job of the iPad should be to be so powerful and capable that you never need a notebook.

I think that some people will never buy a computer because I think now we're at the point where the iPad does what some people want to do with their PCs.

I think that I do about 85% of what I used to do on my computer now on my iPad.

How you feel about the modern, multitouch tablet depends a lot on what you think Steve Jobs and company set out to do with the iPad back in 2010. If you believe he was out to make a bigger smartphone or to entirely replace the Mac and PC, you're wrong.

I use my iPad many times a day, and it has cut my use of my laptop by more than half.

I wrote a lot about the need for an information appliance. I think we've pretty much arrived at one: the iPad. A child could figure out how to use it quickly. Compare it to a DOS computer or even an Apple II; it's no longer nearly as much of a hassle or a mystery.

I love my paper and ink, but I see the benefits of the iPad and Apple Pencil.

I love my iPad Pro and my Apple pencil. They have changed the way I work in really cool ways.

The laptop computer is a workhorse. The tablet is just a display.