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No matter how good the iPad may be or is, it doesn't replace my laptop! Good try though.

by eam 17y ago

Zak 17y ago
I think that's the point. Apple wants you to buy a Macbook and an iPad. The advantage of the iPad that most of these alternatives lack is that it's light enough to hold in one hand while reading or viewing content.
- eam 17y ago
  I think the MacBook Pro 15" is pretty light already, I'm already content with it. If I were to get an iPad, it would be like a downgrade, at least that's how I would feel about it.
  - stcredzero 17y ago
    However a MacBook Pro with an iPad is a very sweet and flexible combination. Look at what happened to the iPhone in 2 or 3 releases. For heaven's sake, Apple was able to establish a game changing ecosystem my then. Extrapolate that for the iPad. There's a good chance that the 3rd generation iPad will be able to subsume 90% of laptop use for almost 90% of the population. If you want to evaluate the challenge and potential windfall facing Apple with the iPad, then don't compare it to the iPhone. Compare that to the establishment of the App Store.
  - snom370 17y ago
    I would never be able to replace my laptop with an iPad, simply because I'm a software developer. But I'd certainly buy it as a portable mail, web browsing, movie and ebook device, which just happens to fill all of my parents computing needs. So while it's not going to be my main device, I certainly see it as being a competitor to the traditional laptop for a MOST people. Most of all, I think Apple has managed to get the "magic" right once again. I never told my parents that they should buy iPhones, but they did after trying mine, and they are very happy (I'd never thought that my mother would start browsing the web and sending emails, but it's happened thanks to the iPhone).
- omaranto 17y ago
  Right, it's not meant to replace a laptop. I currently own both an iPod Touch and a Sony eBook reader. An iPad could easily replace both of them and its price is actually pretty much just the sum of the prices of the two.

No matter how good the iPad may be or is, it doesn't replace my laptop! Good try though.

by eam 17y ago

No matter how good the iPad may be or is, it doesn't replace my laptop! Good try though.

Zak 17y ago

I think that's the point. Apple wants you to buy a Macbook and an iPad. The advantage of the iPad that most of these alternatives lack is that it's light enough to hold in one hand while reading or viewing content.

eam 17y ago
I think the MacBook Pro 15" is pretty light already, I'm already content with it. If I were to get an iPad, it would be like a downgrade, at least that's how I would feel about it.
- stcredzero 17y ago
  However a MacBook Pro with an iPad is a very sweet and flexible combination. Look at what happened to the iPhone in 2 or 3 releases. For heaven's sake, Apple was able to establish a game changing ecosystem my then. Extrapolate that for the iPad. There's a good chance that the 3rd generation iPad will be able to subsume 90% of laptop use for almost 90% of the population. If you want to evaluate the challenge and potential windfall facing Apple with the iPad, then don't compare it to the iPhone. Compare that to the establishment of the App Store.
- snom370 17y ago
  I would never be able to replace my laptop with an iPad, simply because I'm a software developer. But I'd certainly buy it as a portable mail, web browsing, movie and ebook device, which just happens to fill all of my parents computing needs. So while it's not going to be my main device, I certainly see it as being a competitor to the traditional laptop for a MOST people. Most of all, I think Apple has managed to get the "magic" right once again. I never told my parents that they should buy iPhones, but they did after trying mine, and they are very happy (I'd never thought that my mother would start browsing the web and sending emails, but it's happened thanks to the iPhone).
omaranto 17y ago
Right, it's not meant to replace a laptop. I currently own both an iPod Touch and a Sony eBook reader. An iPad could easily replace both of them and its price is actually pretty much just the sum of the prices of the two.