Why spend the $100 if you don't need it? Why spend the extra $$$ for a 64GB iPod touch if you don't need the extra space? \
My music is on my iPhone and my iPhone is on me 24-7 -- I only have roughly 1GB of apps. I doubt that I'll have more than a few GBs of apps on my iPad.
I got the 64GB model as that is all the Apple Store had left at the time. (which may speak to what the most "popular" models were). If I had my choice, I would've gone for the 32. I can't imagine ever filling this thing up, though for long overseas trips it will be handy to have a large number of movies queued up. You can never really have too much storage, right?
I plan on having the ipad replace my Powerbook, which I only use these days for check emails and surfing the web. Any real computing I do on the desktop, due to the fact the is has a much larger display and full size keyboard and mouse.
The ipad is so much more portable and a laptop and if someone comes up with a way to tether it to my 3G mobile phone then I would be set.
I as long as I have a full size desktop an Ipad it all the need for everything else.
Okay..... maybe I'm missing something here.... and I'm a big fan of Apple products. If you have the iPad and dump your PC or MacBook how will you get updates for the iPad OS? And if you want to add music from one of your CD's how do you do that? If you want to rip one of your DVD's and add it to your iPad can you? If you want to have a 3rd party program can you download that and run it or are you limited to what Apple says you can have?
You are correct in saying that you can make it a stand alone if you wish but aren't you crippling your computing experience? I have a MacBook and an iPad 3g and can't see not having both to make the iPad experience what it should be.
Seems there is still a need to have both mac and an ipad rather than being a full replacement if you want your own music and video. I'll be interested though if people start ignoring their mac a bit during the week say and then use the macbook on the weekend to do a few CDs, DVDs and maybe some more extensive documents, but happily use the ipad for most other days.
It replaced my computer, using a 64gb WiFi here. Also, out of such a small sample, 6% replacing is a pretty good amount.
How do you deal with printing and file storage? It won't replace any computers in my house but it would be ideal for my mother in law. If she needs to keep her ageing laptop (XP) in order to sync with iTunes the project is a dead duck. Is is possible to own an iPad as the only computer? Pray tell.
Okay..... maybe I'm missing something here.... and I'm a big fan of Apple products. If you have the iPad and dump your PC or MacBook how will you get updates for the iPad OS? And if you want to add music from one of your CD's how do you do that? If you want to rip one of your DVD's and add it to your iPad can you? If you want to have a 3rd party program can you download that and run it or are you limited to what Apple says you can have?
You are correct in saying that you can make it a stand alone if you wish but aren't you crippling your computing experience? I have a MacBook and an iPad 3g and can't see not having both to make the iPad experience what it should be.
We're both on the same page, here. Once you activate it you can get your apps and music and movie and TV shows and whatnot from the iPad, albeit in a limited way. It's possible to do but, as I stated, it's not how Apple designed the device or how they want you to include it into your usage needs. For the full experience you need to have a Mac or PC available for updates and syncing with iTunes, as you say.
Technically, you could activate the iPad in the store, at on a friend or family member's computer. I certainly know iPhone and iPod users who haven't ever updated their iPhone OS because they never sync it to iTunes. This might be the ideal setup for some people but it won't be the norm for this satellite device.
I would like to see some figures on how many people return their iPad once they visit their favorite websites only to see broken links. How many will get the 3G version only to find out the exclusive AT&T coverage might not be so great where they live and work? How will they feel about the inability to tether? And the glossy screen? I don't think that's going to go over well on a sunny day in the park or at the beach.
Leaving flash aside, Safari doesn't work with all of the internet. In the blog world, I often see error messages regarding missing plug ins and slow running scripts. I don't know what they mean, I just know I open Firefox on my MacBook and I'm back in business.
Koolaid drinking Apple fans, of which I count myself amongst, might go along with this, but switchers who are used to "life without walls" might not.
Shareholders with dreams of Apple over $300 will need switchers to help make it happen. We shall see.
I have 25GB for about 4,000 photo´s and 47GB for a little over 8000 songs.
It takes a while to download all that to my iPod Classic with it´s 160 GB hard drive, luckily I don´t have to do the whole thing often, just adding more and changes of content as life goes on.
Now with the 64GB iPad or iPod Touch I´m going to have trouble juggling content, especially with apps, movies and such to leave room for on the go storage needs.
Lots of hooking and disconnecting to a computer, a wireless solution likely will appear with some sort of auto-updating to manage the juggling.
Fsck it! I´ll just take my MacBook Pro along with it´s 500GB hard drive.
Nothing annoys me more than saying ¨Hey let me show you my photos taken on X trip¨ or ¨Let me see if I go any songs by X artist¨ only to find I didn´t have them synced to my low storage device.
For what Apple is charging for these iPads, there should be a hard drive with more than 160GB in each of them.
We're both on the same page, here. Once you activate it you can get your apps and music and movie and TV shows and whatnot from the iPad, albeit in a limited way. It's possible to do but, as I stated, it's not how Apple designed the device or how they want you to include it into your usage needs. For the full experience you need to have a Mac or PC available for updates and syncing with iTunes, as you say.
Technically, you could activate the iPad in the store, at on a friend or family member's computer. I certainly know iPhone and iPod users who haven't ever updated their iPhone OS because they never sync it to iTunes. This might be the ideal setup for some people but it won't be the norm for this satellite device.
I hope Apple will make it easy to run as a lone device, including getting OS updates across wifi. People talk about the iPad cannibalizing MacBook sales but I am not sure that would happen. The opposite could be true, that as people find the iPad is not powerful enough they opt for a MB or iMac as a second computer. I am also sure that the iPad may replace a desktop or laptop in many households but in the form of multiple iPads. Instead of spending a grand on an iMac a family might buy several iPads.
For what Apple is charging for these iPads, there should be a hard drive with more than 160GB in each of them.
Yes. It is much better and smarter to have a hard drives with inner movable parts on a device that is designed to be shaken, tilted, and always moved around
Yes. It is much better and smarter to have a hard drives with inner movable parts on a device that is designed to be shaken, tilted, and always moved around
Good point, perhaps they should offer a hard drive iPad version that won´t accept games and other highly physical apps.
I would like to see some figures on how many people return their iPad once they visit their favorite websites only to see broken links. How many will get the 3G version only to find out the exclusive AT&T coverage might not be so great where they live and work? How will they feel about the inability to tether? And the glossy screen? I don't think that's going to go over well on a sunny day in the park or at the beach.
Leaving flash aside, Safari doesn't work with all of the internet. In the blog world, I often see error messages regarding missing plug ins and slow running scripts. I don't know what they mean, I just know I open Firefox on my MacBook and I'm back in business.
Koolaid drinking Apple fans, of which I count myself amongst, might go along with this, but switchers who are used to "life without walls" might not.
Shareholders with dreams of Apple over $300 will need switchers to help make it happen. We shall see.
What does buying an iPad have to do with switching from PC to mac? It's a complementary device, not a replacement, which is exactly what this article paints it as. Users aren't buying it with the expectation that it will replace their PC. As a result this need to show everything that your laptop does is largely a fictitious one.
Could you bring any more troll topics into your comment? You covered Flash, gloss, tethering and AT&T. Congrats.
I'm not sure we can glean much from this very limited sample, but it is interesting to hear what kind of iPad people in this area were planning on getting.
Personally, I got the 64GB Wi-Fi iPad and it's most definitely replaced my MacBook Air. I have an iMac as my main computer and even that I'm using a lot less now that I have iPad. If I want to go on the internet, I use iPad. If I want to read/compose email, 90% of the time I use iPad. View pictures? iPad. Update iCal? iPad. Check weather or contacts? iPad. The only time I really use my iMac these days is when I want to import pictures into iPhoto, encode video or write something lengthy.
The one thing I've been most impressed with is how personal iPad is. There is something about holding all that amazing content in your hands and curled up in an armchair. It's intimate.
How do you deal with printing and file storage? It won't replace any computers in my house but it would be ideal for my mother in law. If she needs to keep her ageing laptop (XP) in order to sync with iTunes the project is a dead duck. Is is possible to own an iPad as the only computer? Pray tell.
Personally, my printing is done by emailing to a gmail account I made specifically for this and print from my desktop. Others I know use one of the many available apps to print from their wireless printers. File storage I'm assuming means documents and photos, both of which are stored within my apps and are transferred by email, card reader, or Internet after the initial sync. It is possible to use as your only computer, but not completely practical for power users. Living at home with a desktop and at school with computer labs makes my need for owning another computer disappear. It definitely can negate the need for a laptop, if one has a desktop. Dependent on your mother-in-law's age, it could be her only computer. The only thing a separate computer is needed for is initial syncing and updates (which may come over the air for all we know). File storage would be the final reason for a separate computer. In conclusion, using an iPad instead of a laptop in a household that already has a desktop, is perfectly feasible. Using an iPad to replace all computers, a select group can do. My final advice would be to ask, will you regret your decision either way after a month? For me, that answer is absolutely not.
Yes. It is much better and smarter to have a hard drives with inner movable parts on a device that is designed to be shaken, tilted, and always moved around
I hard drive would work great for all the tilting and shaking I do while playing games...lol. I would last about a day.
However I do believe that 16gb is a bit small for storage and 32gb should have been base model.
I would also love for one of two things to happen. Apple and Adobe to kiss and make up and allow Flash or freaking speed up the adoption of HTML5. Just too many websites I use on a daily basis that are Flash driven. I am not a lover of Flash I just want to be able to use all the sites I uses on my MBP without have to go from one to the other.
Seems about right. I'm going to be buying the 16GB Wi-Fi model when me Best Buy gift cards get here (I'm cashed out $400 of rewards built up over a two-year period).
I'm getting the 16GB model because:
1) It's relatively cheap
2) I already have a 32GB 3GS, so my music needs are already served -- no need to devote a bunch of space for redundant music.
Hadn't thought about it that way, but yea I guess you really dont need a ton of space for it since it's not as portable as the phones and has no camera for recording video or pictures. I still don't want one as it's relatively useless, but i can see how people would want something to browse the web from the couch. I just cant understand why you'd pay 500$ to do that if you already have a laptop.
I hard drive would work great for all the tilting and shaking I do while playing games...lol. I would last about a day.
However I do believe that 16gb is a bit small for storage and 32gb should have been base model.
I would also love for one of two things to happen. Apple and Adobe to kiss and make up and allow Flash or freaking speed up the adoption of HTML5. Just too many websites I use on a daily basis that are Flash driven. I am not a lover of Flash I just want to be able to use all the sites I uses on my MBP without have to go from one to the other.
Nothing will speed up the adoption of HTML5. It's not a standard and we haven't even killed off IE6 yet. It will be a niche market for the next 5-10 years.
Hadn't thought about it that way, but yea I guess you really dont need a ton of space for it since it's not as portable as the phones and has no camera for recording video or pictures. I still don't want one as it's relatively useless, but i can see how people would want something to browse the web from the couch. I just cant understand why you'd pay 500$ to do that if you already have a laptop.
I don't know about you, but laying on the couch with my MBP isn't exactly as comfortable as laying down with a book or magazine -- an iPad is. My MBP also turns into a furnace within minutes of sitting on my lap.
But the main reason why I'm buying it is because I have a slew of CC rewards and couldn't think of anything else to use them on. The latest 13" MBP refresh was a dud IMHO and the rewards were originally gonna go towards that.
What does buying an iPad have to do with switching from PC to mac? It's a complementary device, not a replacement, which is exactly what this article paints it as. Users aren't buying it with the expectation that it will replace their PC. As a result this need to show everything that your laptop does is largely a fictitious one.
Could you bring any more troll topics into your comment? You covered Flash, gloss, tethering and AT&T. Congrats.
Someone with a PC might consider the iPad an inexpensive way to enter the Apple world and see what it is all about, as the iPod before it.
As far as your troll comment, these are issues that matter to normal people.
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Why spend the $100 if you don't need it? Why spend the extra $$$ for a 64GB iPod touch if you don't need the extra space?
My music is on my iPhone and my iPhone is on me 24-7 -- I only have roughly 1GB of apps. I doubt that I'll have more than a few GBs of apps on my iPad.
I got the 64GB model as that is all the Apple Store had left at the time. (which may speak to what the most "popular" models were). If I had my choice, I would've gone for the 32. I can't imagine ever filling this thing up, though for long overseas trips it will be handy to have a large number of movies queued up. You can never really have too much storage, right?
The ipad is so much more portable and a laptop and if someone comes up with a way to tether it to my 3G mobile phone then I would be set.
I as long as I have a full size desktop an Ipad it all the need for everything else.
Okay..... maybe I'm missing something here.... and I'm a big fan of Apple products. If you have the iPad and dump your PC or MacBook how will you get updates for the iPad OS? And if you want to add music from one of your CD's how do you do that? If you want to rip one of your DVD's and add it to your iPad can you? If you want to have a 3rd party program can you download that and run it or are you limited to what Apple says you can have?
You are correct in saying that you can make it a stand alone if you wish but aren't you crippling your computing experience? I have a MacBook and an iPad 3g and can't see not having both to make the iPad experience what it should be.
Seems there is still a need to have both mac and an ipad rather than being a full replacement if you want your own music and video. I'll be interested though if people start ignoring their mac a bit during the week say and then use the macbook on the weekend to do a few CDs, DVDs and maybe some more extensive documents, but happily use the ipad for most other days.
It replaced my computer, using a 64gb WiFi here. Also, out of such a small sample, 6% replacing is a pretty good amount.
How do you deal with printing and file storage? It won't replace any computers in my house but it would be ideal for my mother in law. If she needs to keep her ageing laptop (XP) in order to sync with iTunes the project is a dead duck. Is is possible to own an iPad as the only computer? Pray tell.
Okay..... maybe I'm missing something here.... and I'm a big fan of Apple products. If you have the iPad and dump your PC or MacBook how will you get updates for the iPad OS? And if you want to add music from one of your CD's how do you do that? If you want to rip one of your DVD's and add it to your iPad can you? If you want to have a 3rd party program can you download that and run it or are you limited to what Apple says you can have?
You are correct in saying that you can make it a stand alone if you wish but aren't you crippling your computing experience? I have a MacBook and an iPad 3g and can't see not having both to make the iPad experience what it should be.
We're both on the same page, here. Once you activate it you can get your apps and music and movie and TV shows and whatnot from the iPad, albeit in a limited way. It's possible to do but, as I stated, it's not how Apple designed the device or how they want you to include it into your usage needs. For the full experience you need to have a Mac or PC available for updates and syncing with iTunes, as you say.
Technically, you could activate the iPad in the store, at on a friend or family member's computer. I certainly know iPhone and iPod users who haven't ever updated their iPhone OS because they never sync it to iTunes. This might be the ideal setup for some people but it won't be the norm for this satellite device.
I would like to see some figures on how many people return their iPad once they visit their favorite websites only to see broken links. How many will get the 3G version only to find out the exclusive AT&T coverage might not be so great where they live and work? How will they feel about the inability to tether? And the glossy screen? I don't think that's going to go over well on a sunny day in the park or at the beach.
Leaving flash aside, Safari doesn't work with all of the internet. In the blog world, I often see error messages regarding missing plug ins and slow running scripts. I don't know what they mean, I just know I open Firefox on my MacBook and I'm back in business.
Koolaid drinking Apple fans, of which I count myself amongst, might go along with this, but switchers who are used to "life without walls" might not.
Shareholders with dreams of Apple over $300 will need switchers to help make it happen. We shall see.
It takes a while to download all that to my iPod Classic with it´s 160 GB hard drive, luckily I don´t have to do the whole thing often, just adding more and changes of content as life goes on.
Now with the 64GB iPad or iPod Touch I´m going to have trouble juggling content, especially with apps, movies and such to leave room for on the go storage needs.
Lots of hooking and disconnecting to a computer, a wireless solution likely will appear with some sort of auto-updating to manage the juggling.
Fsck it! I´ll just take my MacBook Pro along with it´s 500GB hard drive.
Nothing annoys me more than saying ¨Hey let me show you my photos taken on X trip¨ or ¨Let me see if I go any songs by X artist¨ only to find I didn´t have them synced to my low storage device.
For what Apple is charging for these iPads, there should be a hard drive with more than 160GB in each of them.
We're both on the same page, here. Once you activate it you can get your apps and music and movie and TV shows and whatnot from the iPad, albeit in a limited way. It's possible to do but, as I stated, it's not how Apple designed the device or how they want you to include it into your usage needs. For the full experience you need to have a Mac or PC available for updates and syncing with iTunes, as you say.
Technically, you could activate the iPad in the store, at on a friend or family member's computer. I certainly know iPhone and iPod users who haven't ever updated their iPhone OS because they never sync it to iTunes. This might be the ideal setup for some people but it won't be the norm for this satellite device.
I hope Apple will make it easy to run as a lone device, including getting OS updates across wifi. People talk about the iPad cannibalizing MacBook sales but I am not sure that would happen. The opposite could be true, that as people find the iPad is not powerful enough they opt for a MB or iMac as a second computer. I am also sure that the iPad may replace a desktop or laptop in many households but in the form of multiple iPads. Instead of spending a grand on an iMac a family might buy several iPads.
For what Apple is charging for these iPads, there should be a hard drive with more than 160GB in each of them.
Yes. It is much better and smarter to have a hard drives with inner movable parts on a device that is designed to be shaken, tilted, and always moved around
The ipad is so much more portable and a laptop and if someone comes up with a way to tether it to my 3G mobile phone then I would be set.
Jailbreak iPhone + MyWi = done
Yes. It is much better and smarter to have a hard drives with inner movable parts on a device that is designed to be shaken, tilted, and always moved around
Good point, perhaps they should offer a hard drive iPad version that won´t accept games and other highly physical apps.
I wonder how the iPad stacks up for PC switchers.
I would like to see some figures on how many people return their iPad once they visit their favorite websites only to see broken links. How many will get the 3G version only to find out the exclusive AT&T coverage might not be so great where they live and work? How will they feel about the inability to tether? And the glossy screen? I don't think that's going to go over well on a sunny day in the park or at the beach.
Leaving flash aside, Safari doesn't work with all of the internet. In the blog world, I often see error messages regarding missing plug ins and slow running scripts. I don't know what they mean, I just know I open Firefox on my MacBook and I'm back in business.
Koolaid drinking Apple fans, of which I count myself amongst, might go along with this, but switchers who are used to "life without walls" might not.
Shareholders with dreams of Apple over $300 will need switchers to help make it happen. We shall see.
What does buying an iPad have to do with switching from PC to mac? It's a complementary device, not a replacement, which is exactly what this article paints it as. Users aren't buying it with the expectation that it will replace their PC. As a result this need to show everything that your laptop does is largely a fictitious one.
Could you bring any more troll topics into your comment? You covered Flash, gloss, tethering and AT&T. Congrats.
Good point, perhaps they should offer a hard drive iPad version that won´t accept games and other highly physical apps.
Or they could just double the memory
Personally, I got the 64GB Wi-Fi iPad and it's most definitely replaced my MacBook Air. I have an iMac as my main computer and even that I'm using a lot less now that I have iPad. If I want to go on the internet, I use iPad. If I want to read/compose email, 90% of the time I use iPad. View pictures? iPad. Update iCal? iPad. Check weather or contacts? iPad. The only time I really use my iMac these days is when I want to import pictures into iPhoto, encode video or write something lengthy.
The one thing I've been most impressed with is how personal iPad is. There is something about holding all that amazing content in your hands and curled up in an armchair. It's intimate.
How do you deal with printing and file storage? It won't replace any computers in my house but it would be ideal for my mother in law. If she needs to keep her ageing laptop (XP) in order to sync with iTunes the project is a dead duck. Is is possible to own an iPad as the only computer? Pray tell.
Personally, my printing is done by emailing to a gmail account I made specifically for this and print from my desktop. Others I know use one of the many available apps to print from their wireless printers. File storage I'm assuming means documents and photos, both of which are stored within my apps and are transferred by email, card reader, or Internet after the initial sync. It is possible to use as your only computer, but not completely practical for power users. Living at home with a desktop and at school with computer labs makes my need for owning another computer disappear. It definitely can negate the need for a laptop, if one has a desktop. Dependent on your mother-in-law's age, it could be her only computer. The only thing a separate computer is needed for is initial syncing and updates (which may come over the air for all we know). File storage would be the final reason for a separate computer. In conclusion, using an iPad instead of a laptop in a household that already has a desktop, is perfectly feasible. Using an iPad to replace all computers, a select group can do. My final advice would be to ask, will you regret your decision either way after a month? For me, that answer is absolutely not.
Yes. It is much better and smarter to have a hard drives with inner movable parts on a device that is designed to be shaken, tilted, and always moved around
I hard drive would work great for all the tilting and shaking I do while playing games...lol. I would last about a day.
However I do believe that 16gb is a bit small for storage and 32gb should have been base model.
I would also love for one of two things to happen. Apple and Adobe to kiss and make up and allow Flash or freaking speed up the adoption of HTML5. Just too many websites I use on a daily basis that are Flash driven. I am not a lover of Flash I just want to be able to use all the sites I uses on my MBP without have to go from one to the other.
Seems about right. I'm going to be buying the 16GB Wi-Fi model when me Best Buy gift cards get here (I'm cashed out $400 of rewards built up over a two-year period).
I'm getting the 16GB model because:
1) It's relatively cheap
2) I already have a 32GB 3GS, so my music needs are already served -- no need to devote a bunch of space for redundant music.
Hadn't thought about it that way, but yea I guess you really dont need a ton of space for it since it's not as portable as the phones and has no camera for recording video or pictures. I still don't want one as it's relatively useless, but i can see how people would want something to browse the web from the couch. I just cant understand why you'd pay 500$ to do that if you already have a laptop.
I hard drive would work great for all the tilting and shaking I do while playing games...lol. I would last about a day.
However I do believe that 16gb is a bit small for storage and 32gb should have been base model.
I would also love for one of two things to happen. Apple and Adobe to kiss and make up and allow Flash or freaking speed up the adoption of HTML5. Just too many websites I use on a daily basis that are Flash driven. I am not a lover of Flash I just want to be able to use all the sites I uses on my MBP without have to go from one to the other.
Nothing will speed up the adoption of HTML5. It's not a standard and we haven't even killed off IE6 yet. It will be a niche market for the next 5-10 years.
Hadn't thought about it that way, but yea I guess you really dont need a ton of space for it since it's not as portable as the phones and has no camera for recording video or pictures. I still don't want one as it's relatively useless, but i can see how people would want something to browse the web from the couch. I just cant understand why you'd pay 500$ to do that if you already have a laptop.
I don't know about you, but laying on the couch with my MBP isn't exactly as comfortable as laying down with a book or magazine -- an iPad is. My MBP also turns into a furnace within minutes of sitting on my lap.
But the main reason why I'm buying it is because I have a slew of CC rewards and couldn't think of anything else to use them on. The latest 13" MBP refresh was a dud IMHO and the rewards were originally gonna go towards that.
What does buying an iPad have to do with switching from PC to mac? It's a complementary device, not a replacement, which is exactly what this article paints it as. Users aren't buying it with the expectation that it will replace their PC. As a result this need to show everything that your laptop does is largely a fictitious one.
Could you bring any more troll topics into your comment? You covered Flash, gloss, tethering and AT&T. Congrats.
Someone with a PC might consider the iPad an inexpensive way to enter the Apple world and see what it is all about, as the iPod before it.
As far as your troll comment, these are issues that matter to normal people.