New iPad Commercial

Cool new iPad commercial:

YouTube - New iPad commercial

Actually that ad is really good. It shows some of the potential of the ipad.

I can't wait to get one of these!

I think that the iPad is much cooler than some people think. I know that a lot of people are trying to use logic to help make a purchase decision...but I think once you get this thing in your own two hands, sit on the couch, and play with it...you'll love it!

- Nick

I have already made room on my desk for the dock !

Clay

jt0628 said:

Cool new iPad commercial:

YouTube - New iPad commercial

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I like the commercial but it looks like they recycled some of the iPad video that is on the Apple web site and I don't mean the Keynote address. Hopefully as the release date approaches we'll have more and different commercials

pigoo3 said:

I think that the iPad is much cooler than some people think. I know that a lot of people are trying to use logic to help make a purchase decision...but I think once you get this thing in your own two hands, sit on the couch, and play with it...you'll love it!

- Nick

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Absolutely. That is how I ended up with an iPhone - one of my coworkers had one and let me fiddle with it for a few moments, and I was lost. ;D

Potential ? Sorry but... don't we already know all about its "potential" ? We know what it can and can not do. And we also know that it does not much else that an iPhone can't already do. I fail to see how this ad displays anything more than what we've already seen ? All I see is a big iPod Touch. Bigger calender, bigger gps map, bigger video and browsing screen.

What I don't see is .. well, you know.

Doug

It's pretty different.

cuhnool said:

It's pretty different.

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It is different. Its $300 more, it doesn't have a camera, and it'll feature iWork. Am I missing anything?

Closerframe said:

It is different. Its $300 more, it doesn't have a camera, and it'll feature iWork. Am I missing anything?

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yeah, it's going to allow me to NOT carry my $1000 MacBook to and from school EVERY day. I already do that now for high school, and I hate it. But I have to bring it. So why not buy a device that is half as expensive, smaller, lighter, AND capable; with an iWork suite optimized especially for the iPad?

Yeah, I'm going with the iPad. I could care less about the camera, I hardly ever use the iSight on my MacBook, why would I need one on a device that wasn't even meant to replace the laptop in the first place?

cuhnool said:

yeah, it's going to allow me to NOT carry my $1000 MacBook to and from school EVERY day. I already do that now for high school, and I hate it. But I have to bring it. So why not buy a device that is half as expensive, smaller, lighter, AND capable; with an iWork suite optimized especially for the iPad?

Yeah, I'm going with the iPad. I could care less about the camera, I hardly ever use the iSight on my MacBook, why would I need one on a device that wasn't even meant to replace the laptop in the first place?

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Well when you get to college you'll realize a lot of classes aren't Mac compatible.

I think he may also realize (yet to be seen) that when he or anybody else needs to transfer his iWork data or any other data to another machine that the plans of keeping a small physical foot print are kind of out the window. Having to carry around a dock, a USB dongle of sorts and god knows what else is going to be more of a hassle than carrying a MacBook I think.

But we shall see.

Doug

Closerframe said:

Well when you get to college you'll realize a lot of classes aren't Mac compatible.

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I don't find that to be particularly true. If you use it to write paper and stuff then just use Open Office, iWorks, MS Office. They all do the same thing and can open the same documents.

The only classes where you might run into trouble is if you need to run a Windows Program. There is always Bootcamp, or some kind of OS emulation like Parallel, VmWare Fusion, and Virtual box.

It also depends on your major and department. Our Art/Design department uses Mac exclusively, and there are Mac Labs scatter around our campus.

Doug b said:

I think he may also realize (yet to be seen) that when he or anybody else needs to transfer his iWork data or any other data to another machine that the plans of keeping a small physical foot print are kind of out the window. Having to carry around a dock, a USB dongle of sorts and god knows what else is going to be more of a hassle than carrying a MacBook I think.

But we shall see.

Doug

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So very true. Wireless transfer feature maybe...not sure how that would work with a non Mac Machine though?

Email has been my primary source for that this year, as I have sent more papers to myself than there are words in War and Peace, so sharing data isn't going to be an issue. That is if I use the iPad to actually type papers. I was primarily going to use the iPad for note taking. If you have heard of an AlphaSmart, it is basically a note-taking device that allows you to type your notes instead of writing them. I really want to eliminate paper, because I don't like spending money on notebooks that seem to last hardly 2 months before coming ripped up, losing pages and looking unpresentable. I am a relatively fast typer, and my hands don't get tired after a lot of it, so I have no problem typing up any notes given. Yeah, it's on a 10" touchscreen, but that's the least of my concerns.

Doug b said:

I think he may also realize (yet to be seen) that when he or anybody else needs to transfer his iWork data or any other data to another machine that the plans of keeping a small physical foot print are kind of out the window. Having to carry around a dock, a USB dongle of sorts and god knows what else is going to be more of a hassle than carrying a MacBook I think.

But we shall see.

Doug

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Doug:

Respectfully -- have you never heard of the cloud? Of automatic sync?

This is much, much less of an issue that you may think.

CrimsonRequiem said:

I don't find that to be particularly true. If you use it to write paper and stuff then just use Open Office, iWorks, MS Office. They all do the same thing and can open the same documents.

The only classes where you might run into trouble is if you need to run a Windows Program. There is always Bootcamp, or some kind of OS emulation like Parallel, VmWare Fusion, and Virtual box.

It also depends on your major and department. Our Art/Design department uses Mac exclusively, and there are Mac Labs scatter around our campus.



So very true. Wireless transfer feature maybe...not sure how that would work with a non Mac Machine though?

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Well in both my Geography, Political Science, and all my Psychology classes, the teacher had made it an option to bring our labtops to class, but if we had Macs we could only use a pencil and paper because Macs aren't supported.

Closerframe said:

Well in both my Geography, Political Science, and all my Psychology classes, the teacher had made it an option to bring our labtops to class, but if we had Macs we could only use a pencil and paper because Macs aren't supported.

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were there certain programs that were Windows-only?