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To help get context on this, I went back in time and looked at discussion about the initial iPad launch: - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1081505 http://n
by CGamesPlay 14y ago
To help get context on this, I went back in time and looked at discussion about the initial iPad launch:
- http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1081505 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1081505
- http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1081140 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1081140
The first poll is especially telling. Overwhelmingly, people said they wouldn't get this device (2/3 of the voters). The initial iPad was obviously very successful.
The complaints in the second thread are largely a mirror of the conversation in this thread, except for back then, nobody came up with counterarguments in favor of the iPad. Does that indicate that the market for this sort of thing is different these days?
- polshaw 14y ago1 in 3 people saying they want to get a new device is an extremely good result. IMO the ipad 1 wasn't that great either.
- zevyoura 14y agoIndeed, it seems like a stretch to compare that discussion to this one, where I haven't seen a single poster who seemed eager to by one.
- monochromatic 14y agoStill using mine. It's a bit laggy, but perfectly usable. I use it every day, and if it were inadequate in any way, I would go out and replace it tomorrow. Honestly, the only thing I really miss compared to my girlfriend's newer model is that her backlight gets dimmer than mine.
- sidcool 14y agoWell played sir.