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My thoughts on the iPad
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<blockquote data-quote="MacBirder" data-source="post: 989976" data-attributes="member: 118736"><p>OK, it looks fantastic. Remember when you first saw the Air or the iPhone? Yep, that oooh feeling. We all love how it looks and we all love how it looks like its gonna perform, jadda, jadda . . . . all taken as read. You wanna buy it just on looks alone. Who wouldnt?</p><p></p><p>But will I buy one? Answer, not yet.</p><p></p><p>I only recently switched to Mac last summer (bough a MacBook) and since then have been slowly adding all things Apple to my life. The iPhone was next and then the real change, the 24" cinema display to hook my MacBook up to. Now that did it. I work from home so during the day the MacBook lived upstairs earning its keep. Come the evening it would be carried downstairs and I'd surf, do some emails, etc whilst watching TV or whilst the Mrs was reading a mag, etc. Then came the display. No longer did I want to uncouple the MacBook (hey, its more cables to disconnect, the screen is set up for the cine display, etc, excuses, etc). I wanted to stay upstairs in the office and enjoy the cinema screen experience some more! So I switched to using my iPhone for surfing and emailing etc whilst downstairs. I know thats what loads of folk do, but for me, surfing and emailing on the iPhone is for when I'm mobile and have no other option.</p><p></p><p>So for me the iPad would fill a niche. It would provide a more than satisfactory experience for 'downtime' use in the home. It would also be used mobile, in particular when traveling and when abroad and weight is an issue (especially on a long trip when these airlines continue to squeeze you for luggage allowance) and I'm counting every gram that goes in both my hold and hand luggage.</p><p></p><p>But, and hears the rub right now. It doesn't do enough yet that warrants the spend. 2nd or 3rd gen models, with increased storage, multi-tasking, stripped down office features - make it more into a 'minor' portable office for the business or pro user and not just focus on the media element for the home user, gamer, etc, and then we'll be talking. And I can then ditch the MacBook altogether and get myself a nice new iMac for the office instead.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacBirder, post: 989976, member: 118736"] OK, it looks fantastic. Remember when you first saw the Air or the iPhone? Yep, that oooh feeling. We all love how it looks and we all love how it looks like its gonna perform, jadda, jadda . . . . all taken as read. You wanna buy it just on looks alone. Who wouldnt? But will I buy one? Answer, not yet. I only recently switched to Mac last summer (bough a MacBook) and since then have been slowly adding all things Apple to my life. The iPhone was next and then the real change, the 24" cinema display to hook my MacBook up to. Now that did it. I work from home so during the day the MacBook lived upstairs earning its keep. Come the evening it would be carried downstairs and I'd surf, do some emails, etc whilst watching TV or whilst the Mrs was reading a mag, etc. Then came the display. No longer did I want to uncouple the MacBook (hey, its more cables to disconnect, the screen is set up for the cine display, etc, excuses, etc). I wanted to stay upstairs in the office and enjoy the cinema screen experience some more! So I switched to using my iPhone for surfing and emailing etc whilst downstairs. I know thats what loads of folk do, but for me, surfing and emailing on the iPhone is for when I'm mobile and have no other option. So for me the iPad would fill a niche. It would provide a more than satisfactory experience for 'downtime' use in the home. It would also be used mobile, in particular when traveling and when abroad and weight is an issue (especially on a long trip when these airlines continue to squeeze you for luggage allowance) and I'm counting every gram that goes in both my hold and hand luggage. But, and hears the rub right now. It doesn't do enough yet that warrants the spend. 2nd or 3rd gen models, with increased storage, multi-tasking, stripped down office features - make it more into a 'minor' portable office for the business or pro user and not just focus on the media element for the home user, gamer, etc, and then we'll be talking. And I can then ditch the MacBook altogether and get myself a nice new iMac for the office instead. [/QUOTE]
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