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Am I the only one losing the magic?
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Just sold my iPad 2 and picked up MBA ult. To be the companion to my iMac yesterday. No regrets.
Just sold my iPad 2 and picked up MBA ult. To be the companion to my iMac yesterday. No regrets.
is this impulsive buying? because you got the same thing, a Mac OS X device.
by the time the iPad 3 out, you will be selling the MBA to get the iPad 3, and by the time the new next MBA out, you will be selling the iPad 3 to get one of those shiny new mba again, and repeat.
i do this all the time.
I use my ipad 1 now mostly for games. oddly enough there is quite alot of RPG's on the ipad. maybe even more then psp. which has a suitcase full. anyway there are so many cool RPGs i just cant give it up.
I never thought my ipad would end up a gaming device but it has.
I never thought my ipad would end up a gaming device but it has.
Yeah its you I might not buy an iPad 3 just because my iPad 2 is still doing so much for me, I never met a true convergence device but the iPad is the closest I had, it lets me browse the net, get email, watch vids, read comics and magazines, play games, geez what more do you want it to do. I still love mine
World of Warcraft is a ''real'' program. So is AutoCAD. So is Adobe PS.
As you might have realized, I'm not even mentioning programs/games that are on Windows platform, there are zillion game titles or programs in Windows that will never make their way to iPad (or any iOS device).
These days in computer world, ''mobile and smaller size'' sadly means ''less powered''. Plus, theres Apple's business point of view to limit iOS devices so that they don't lose ease of use and simplicity. So until smallest devices run the most demanding programs, and touch screens become so natural that makes you think keyboards are obsolete; you will still have the ''left in the middle'' feeling of a tablet device.
I actually did do my research and was certain it was right for me and didn't buy it for the hype. I thought I would use it for mail, video, music. I didn't buy the iPad 1. I love tech and it seemed like a good revamp to the iPad 1 so was a good time to buy. The fact is it's never going to replace my MBP with design suites, it's limited with power to achieve any intensive multi-tasking. It doesn't bother me that I bought it because I still love it for it's convenience although at the same time I wish I could do a lot more with it.
In terms of losing its 'magic', I can empathise with that.
I think you lose it because the iPad is so easy to use, you almost forget about it.
I was thinking recently, that while I don't feel that spark everytime I pick up the iPad like I used to, i'm using it more than ever.
Everyday, I come home from work, and my girlfriend is usually watching Jeremy Kyle (for Americans, think Maury, with balls, and even worse), so i pick up the ipad, I check my RSS, save all the stuff I want to read later to Instapaper, watch any new youtube subscription videos that take my interest, check/update facebook and twitter with Flipboard.... and this is all before tea time!
In less than half an hour ive consumed so much information, its all effortless, so effortless infact that i'm not thinking, "Holy crap! I'm doing this on an iPad!".... I just do it, and then put it down, leaving me more time to do important stuff....
....decorate the house, look after the new kitten, watch a film with the girlfriend....
Then I get to bed, she usually reads a book, and I put my headphones in, watch any new youtube sub videos/ read the stuff of instapaper/ watch something on iPlayer. etc.
Thats what i've found anyway.
I think you lose it because the iPad is so easy to use, you almost forget about it.
I was thinking recently, that while I don't feel that spark everytime I pick up the iPad like I used to, i'm using it more than ever.
Everyday, I come home from work, and my girlfriend is usually watching Jeremy Kyle (for Americans, think Maury, with balls, and even worse), so i pick up the ipad, I check my RSS, save all the stuff I want to read later to Instapaper, watch any new youtube subscription videos that take my interest, check/update facebook and twitter with Flipboard.... and this is all before tea time!
In less than half an hour ive consumed so much information, its all effortless, so effortless infact that i'm not thinking, "Holy crap! I'm doing this on an iPad!".... I just do it, and then put it down, leaving me more time to do important stuff....
....decorate the house, look after the new kitten, watch a film with the girlfriend....
Then I get to bed, she usually reads a book, and I put my headphones in, watch any new youtube sub videos/ read the stuff of instapaper/ watch something on iPlayer. etc.
Thats what i've found anyway.
A 'real' program is anything that does what the user needs it to do. Creating artificial demarkations in order to make a meaningless a point simply obscures the fact that no computing device is suited to every task or every user.
Given the needs of running for as long as possible on finite battery capacity, that's both inevitable and understandable - and always has been, not just in the world of computing but in everything else. The trick is looking at what people actually need a portable device to do, and making optimal compromises on design and performance criteria in order to best meet those needs. In the end, there is nothing at all wrong with 'less powered' if the needs of users are being sufficiently met.
You will certainly have a 'left in the middle' feeling if your expectation of a mobile device is that it should be nothing less than a portable equivalent of a full-sized, full powered non-portable one. However, that's not a reasonable expectation to begin with. Nor would it make any sense for any manufacturer to create a $500 device, whether portable or not, that competes with it's own $2000 devices. That would be an amazingly efficient way to put themselves out of business. Instead, it's important to recognise the fact that there are different markets which are served by different devices, and that just as (in this example) an iPad can hardly compete with a Mac Pro for someone who needs AutoCad, so a Mac Pro can hardly compete with an iPad for someone who needs HBO Go on their lap in a hotel room.
The 'magic' may be deserting some iPad users, but that doesn't have any impact on what the iPad itself can and can't do.
I guess I just don't understand the point.
When I bought my iPad, I knew that I was buying a device that would serve as a great way to browse the web while on the couch or in bed...a great way to read the newspaper and magazines. A nice portable gaming device if I want it to be that...a great photo viewer with loads of useful apps...a large iPod for my music if I so desire, and a way to get some business done on the go.
Never once did I believe that it could replace my iMac or Macbook Pro...it wasn't intended to be that.
So in the respect of what I have stated above, the iPad has exceeded my expectations and then some.
Somebody said earlier..."different strokes for different folks"...that's all it is. I don't think that you've "lost the magic" as you say...apparently, it just looks like you don't have a great use for the iPad in your daily life. This is no crime on your part or Apple.
I bought a 1-16W, sold it and got a 1-16G because I sorely missed the 3G. If the 2 ever becomes a 3 with a Retina level (or at least near-Retina level) display I may get another iPad.
Ended up selling those because it was ALMOST a laptop. It turns out I really do use every function available in a laptop.
Remote desktopping was helpful but still not ideal.
Plus my wrists hurt after a while with just regular typing and browsing motions.
Is there a Macbook of any type with built-in 3G option?
Ended up selling those because it was ALMOST a laptop. It turns out I really do use every function available in a laptop.
Remote desktopping was helpful but still not ideal.
Plus my wrists hurt after a while with just regular typing and browsing motions.
Is there a Macbook of any type with built-in 3G option?
I am happy with my iPad, iPod Touch, and iMac. I use my iPad all the time, like I would a MacBook.
Of course I've never owned a MacBook, so perhaps I don't have a true feeling to compare the iPad with.
I still love it.
Of course I've never owned a MacBook, so perhaps I don't have a true feeling to compare the iPad with.
I still love it.