I bought an ipad 1 used when the 2s came out. I sold it after 3 weeks, I couldn't standing paying that much plus I didn't care for the size.
I eventually bought a kindle fire waiting to see if an ipad mini would come out. Nothing is wrong with my fire, it suits my needs, but I'm pretty invested in apples ecosystem so I was happy when the mini was announced. I went ahead and preorderd one.
I own apple Tv, macbook pro, iphone 4s so the mini will play nice and complete the family.