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You Should be Able to do That on an iPad
So I’m buying a car today when I struck up idle conversation with the dealer about Macs and iPads and software.
“Every computer I have is a Mac,” he said. “At home I’ve got an iMac, a Macbook, and my wife has an iPad.” He said his wife owns an interior design business and she runs it with several iMacs.
He was telling me all this while we were both staring at his work computer, a Dell. He was slogging his way through the dealership’s DOS-based billing software. Like a lot of businesses, they likely purchased it a couple decades ago, when switching from paper to computer systems was seen as both novel and necessary. Also like a lot of businesses, they haven’t bothered to upgrade to newer software since then.
“I bet you hate having to use that software,” I said.
I told him about how I specifically ignored Centennial Hospital when interviewing for my first nursing job, for no other reason than that their DOS-based software is so old you can’t use a mouse. I tell him that although my hospital’s software is much better, I am still frustrated by its UI experience.
“I wish I could use an iPad at work,” I said, making iPad gestures in the air. “Wouldn’t that be so cool?”
“You should be able to do that,” he replied. “I don’t know why you can’t.”
