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MacRumors Poll: Are You Buying an iPad?

I don't think I'll be buying one. It doesn't fit into my digital life.

The attraction of the iPhone is its true portability size and ability to keep me connected with all the information and content I need. It stays synced beautifully with iTunes, MobileMe manages my calendars, todo lists and email, and I can store all my favourite music and audiobooks on it. And the most important thing about the iPhone, it's always with me when I need it!

I'm not going to carry around an iPad (super-sized iPhone) any more often than the Windows netbook that almost always stayed home. Whenever I am presented with a decision to carry extra weight around with you, the extra weight invariably stays home.

When I'm home, I'm not going to want to watch a movie on this thing. When I want to check my email, I will still pull out my iPhone. I'm not going to want to type an iWork document or lengthy email on the iPad either.

The only thing that really attracts me to the iPad is the iBookstore. But since iBookstore content is unlikely to be available in the UK until the second hardware revision (if we are lucky), I won't be getting suckered in for a long time yet.
 
Wish there was a vote for Yes--Version 2

I am definitely getting an iPad but am definitely waiting for the second version. Of course, techno-lust exerts a powerful pull on the wallet. So I reserve the right to change my mind. Oh, hell, I'll probably have one before May 1st.
 
waiting for the camera

I want to get two, one for my mother and and one my father, but I'll wait until it has a camera so I can see them.

They are not computer savvy (they are in their early 80's) so I think the touch interface could be more intuitive for them.

I hope it comes in the G2.
 
aurichie said:
I don't think I'll be buying one. It doesn't fit into my digital life.

The attraction of the iPhone is its true portability size and ability to keep me connected with all the information and content I need. It stays synced beautifully with iTunes, MobileMe manages my calendars, todo lists and email, and I can store all my favourite music and audiobooks on it. And the most important thing about the iPhone, it's always with me when I need it!

I'm not going to carry around an iPad (super-sized iPhone) any more often than the Windows netbook that almost always stayed home. Whenever I am presented with a decision to carry extra weight around with you, the extra weight invariably stays home.

When I'm home, I'm not going to want to watch a movie on this thing. When I want to check my email, I will still pull out my iPhone. I'm not going to want to type an iWork document or lengthy email on the iPad either.

The only thing that really attracts me to the iPad is the iBookstore. But since iBookstore content is unlikely to be available in the UK until the second hardware revision (if we are lucky), I won't be getting suckered in for a long time yet.
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This is the problem that not many people see yet. Everyone is too caught up on the novelty the cool factor to realize that this device doesn't fit the hole that people think it will.

It will come down to creative people to make apps that are so much more amazing on the ipad than on a computer (not going to happen for work related things like typing and spreadsheets) that it naturally fits.

So far I haven't seen or heard of anything like that, so I think gen 2 ipad will be the one to get because it will give developers time to think up new ideas other than overblown ****** iphone apps. 99% of the apps in the app store are total garbage not worth a free download, and hopefully the higher prices for ipad apps will help to change that.
 
aurichie said:
I don't think I'll be buying one. It doesn't fit into my digital life.

The attraction of the iPhone is its true portability size and ability to keep me connected with all the information and content I need. It stays synced beautifully with iTunes, MobileMe manages my calendars, todo lists and email, and I can store all my favourite music and audiobooks on it. And the most important thing about the iPhone, it's always with me when I need it!

I'm not going to carry around an iPad (super-sized iPhone) any more often than the Windows netbook that almost always stayed home. Whenever I am presented with a decision to carry extra weight around with you, the extra weight invariably stays home.

When I'm home, I'm not going to want to watch a movie on this thing. When I want to check my email, I will still pull out my iPhone. I'm not going to want to type an iWork document or lengthy email on the iPad either.

The only thing that really attracts me to the iPad is the iBookstore. But since iBookstore content is unlikely to be available in the UK until the second hardware revision (if we are lucky), I won't be getting suckered in for a long time yet.
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Excellent points. I too am gonna pass on an iPad. I'll bank the $500 and get a new Macbook Pro in a year. There is just no comparison to a Mac Notebook.

I love to multitask and using my keyboard (silver key model FTW!) to type. I dont want my fingers blocking the view of my screen. Plus, the HD's are so tiny on the iPad. Why would I go down from 320 to 64. Forget that.

Hopefully the new MBP's will have IPS screens.
 
thesmoth said:
This is the problem that not many people see yet. Everyone is too caught up on the novelty the cool factor to realize that this device doesn't fit the hole that people think it will.

It will come down to creative people to make apps that are so much more amazing on the ipad than on a computer (not going to happen for work related things like typing and spreadsheets) that it naturally fits.

So far I haven't seen or heard of anything like that, so I think gen 2 ipad will be the one to get because it will give developers time to think up new ideas other than overblown ****** iphone apps. 99% of the apps in the app store are total garbage not worth a free download, and hopefully the higher prices for ipad apps will help to change that.
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Exactly, the iPad must offer enough to make me use it over my MBP. Its not even close right now.
 
Reliability

chreesto said:
This surprises me. In my private life I'm a Mac guy and have had much better reliability with their products (ibook, macbook, MBPs) compared to the Dells, Gateways, Panasonics and HPs that I use for work. I just sent off my 6 yr old 12" powerbook for a hard drive replacement. After 6 years that doesn't seem like too much of a problem considering it was operated in some very harsh environs (Iraq), dropped numerous times and molested by my kids. The laptops that I use for work would have long since faded into obsolescence if they hadn't completely died on me after about 2-3 years. I don't think I'll be buying an Ipad but I expect people who do will enjoy it. I also expect them to have better luck with reliability than other consumer electronics. Very curious to see if I'm in the minority here regarding apple reliability.
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I'm with you! Before we purchased our first Mac, a 17" iMac G5 a few years back, our house went through a Dell, a Gateway and a cheap eMachines desktop PC in four years. Motherboard failures, hard drive crashes, the works. That iMac, now over five years old, is still running as fast as the day we purchased it with zero problems. I do believe that Apple has had a few more issues since mainstreaming and going with Intel products, but their overall build quality far surpasses the cheap plastic that encompasses most PCs.
 
I really enjoyed the iPod Nano and the iPhone and thought of those devices as truly revolutionary. But the iPad is just a generic by-the-numbers device in my view. It's there because Apple fanatics expected something to be there, but it doesn't actually do anything all that great and certainly won't replace anything I already own. Not my phone. Not my laptop. Nothing. The iPad won't simplify my life, it will just suck up more of my income and add another device to a list of digital gadgetry that's already far too long. And that's before I realized that Apple was trying to turn their ecosystem into some kind of 1950's "Family Values" flashback where random unprovoked violence is fine but swimsuits are scandalous.
 
I saved giftcard and money from Christmas for this thing and then wasn't overwhelmed by it at first. But seeing what developers have done with the apps(Elements and was surprised by the Netflix app), i'm really interested now. I'm really trying to hold out for the 2nd revision but I might not make it. I don't care about a camera. I wanted a kindle type reader before and this is $10 more than the Kindle DX and is in color, has internet, apps etc...

If I decide I want to get one tomorrow will I even be able to?
 
I'm hoping my wife will surprise me with one for my birthday at the end of the month, a la Modern Family. I tried to laugh a bit too much during that episode, seeing if she'd catch the hint... Just call me Phil Dumphy.
 
"Magic" = Victorian-era keyboard ----- Not

No iPad for me.

I'd want to do real work on it - which I can't, since it has only the primitive, Victorian-era Qwerty layout. That's about as attractive as buying an iPad and running Windows on it.

Just because "most" people use it doesn't mean it should be the only choice - whether Qwerty or Windows.
 
No, not buying an iPad in the next couple months.

I think an iPad does fit into the types of devices we'd want, but we will at least wait for 4-8 months before buying to let the dust settle. We might wait for a second hardware revision.

I don't like adopting anything like this at launch, I hate apple's horrible history of buggy OSes at launch, but appreciate how solid they become with releases. I have not yet switched to 10.6, for instance, after being burned by awful transitions in the past. My rule for OSX is wait til the .4 version. I use OSX professionally and can't afford any downtime, which is sadly the norm if one switches immediately with their OS updates.

With their hardware, 2.0s are usually a big step up.

We have iPod touches, but not iPhones because we don't have the need for the expensive contracts. It would be nice if there were iPhone/iPod Touch contract options like those being advertised for the iPad.
 
None Such said:
I saved giftcard and money from Christmas for this thing and then wasn't overwhelmed by it at first. But seeing what developers have done with the apps(Elements and was surprised by the Netflix app)...
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The Elements app has you excited enough to have your wallet part with at least $499? Really? This is a prime example on why the iPad will be a success. People getting all excited and hyped by a shiny repackaging of something very old and bland.
 
kas23 said:
The Elements app has you excited enough to have your wallet part with at least $499? Really? This is a prime example on why the iPad will be a success. People getting all excited and hyped by a shiny repackaging of something very old and bland.
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No. Not really. Get a grip. Not it alone just giving one example. It and a lot of other apps and seeing what developers are capable of doing on it. I guess you just want to pick out the one little part I said and run with that. I've wanted a reading kindle type device for awhile...ah I'm not going to rehash it.
It's not old or bland.
 
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