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To be honest, as much as I love the iPad (well, as much love as is possible without ever actually having used one), it is even getting a little overdone for me.

To be honest, as much as I love the iPad (well, as much love as is possible without ever actually having used one), it is even getting a little overdone for me. :) Still, it's not going to go away for awhile so you better just accept it (or spend the next 6 months annoyed). That said, I do believe it's a revolution in computing - but, perhaps ironically, it might be one that hardcore geeks/power-users will not participate as much in. The industry is changing.

papachito 17y ago
> perhaps ironically, it might be one that hardcore geeks/power-users will not participate as much in. I'm also getting tired of that strawman, most geek articles I've read said they actually loved the iPad. And yet, everytime I read an article from mainstream media, they say geeks hate the iPad. What's with that? iPad definitly sucks for hacking (it simply can't be done), but you don't need to be a genius to see that it's a good format for couch computing. Can you find me articles from geeks that actually deny that? I'm starting to think the iPad is advertized as something the elite hate but real people love, this is simply not true from all the articles (from geeks) that I've read here on HN and elsewhere.
- potatolicious 17y ago
  Geeks aren't just the hacker demographic. In fact, most techie blogs I've seen are at the very least cautiously optimistic about the iPad. If you only look at bloggers and hackers, yeah, we don't have a gigantic hate-on for the iPad. But take a look at the comments section on Digg, Reddit, Engadget, Gizmodo, etc. The iPad hate there is at a fever pitch right now - these are the "geeks" the mainstream media is talking about.
- shib71 17y ago
  When you put it like that it's even more of a marketing coup for Apple. Being known to be hated by the "elite" is a huge draw for consumer product, whether it actually is or not.

papachito 17y ago

> perhaps ironically, it might be one that hardcore geeks/power-users will not participate as much in. I'm also getting tired of that strawman, most geek articles I've read said they actually loved the iPad. And yet, everytime I read an article from mainstream media, they say geeks hate the iPad. What's with that? iPad definitly sucks for hacking (it simply can't be done), but you don't need to be a genius to see that it's a good format for couch computing. Can you find me articles from geeks that actually deny that? I'm starting to think the iPad is advertized as something the elite hate but real people love, this is simply not true from all the articles (from geeks) that I've read here on HN and elsewhere.

potatolicious 17y ago
Geeks aren't just the hacker demographic. In fact, most techie blogs I've seen are at the very least cautiously optimistic about the iPad. If you only look at bloggers and hackers, yeah, we don't have a gigantic hate-on for the iPad. But take a look at the comments section on Digg, Reddit, Engadget, Gizmodo, etc. The iPad hate there is at a fever pitch right now - these are the "geeks" the mainstream media is talking about.
shib71 17y ago
When you put it like that it's even more of a marketing coup for Apple. Being known to be hated by the "elite" is a huge draw for consumer product, whether it actually is or not.