Need vs. Want

[Crosbie]

Sigh.

Perhaps the OP could have titled the thread:

"Does iPad One fall short of your usage requirements, so that it will not do what you bought it for sufficiently well, whereas iPad 2 looks like it will fulfill those requirements, thus significantly enabling it to be used in a way in which you had originally intended?

vs.

My present iPad is fully sufficient for my particular use cases and so iPad 2 will not especially extend the capabilities I require, but I nonetheless desire iPad 2 since it is likely to offer niceties I will appreciate or extended abilities I will find a use for, although they are not strictly mandatory to my daily usage patterns."

I don't think it would have fitted.

 

[btrav13]

I WAS really excited thinking that the 2nd Gen iPad was going to be coming out with all sorts of upgrades to the 1st Gen model that I own. Of course, we don't know for sure yet, but it seems as though it's not really going to be some massive overhaul with tons of cool new features, so personally I'm going to hang tight and wait on the 3rd Gen to spend my hard earned cash. That's just me though.

 

[urkel]

I WAS really excited thinking that the 2nd Gen iPad was going to be coming out with all sorts of upgrades to the 1st Gen model that I own. Of course, we don't know for sure yet, but it seems as though it's not really going to be some massive overhaul with tons of cool new features, so personally I'm going to hang tight and wait on the 3rd Gen to spend my hard earned cash. That's just me though.

I'm kinda excited to see what Apple will reveal. The competition has really put on the pressure so if it's only a faster iPad with a camera then it's going to be pretty disappointing. (Disappointment wont keep me from buying one, but I'm really hoping for a secret feature so I can use that front-facing camera to take a pic of my mind being blown)

 

[sigamy]

I definetly do not need an iPad. But I do want one, and I struggle with the decision to purchase.

Money is very tight these days and I am trying to find ways to maximize value and ROI for everything we have/use in our life. I have a White C2D iMac for my iMovie, iPhoto, etc work. I have an iPhone and I really try to fully utilize it for scheduling, tasks, web research, general reading and entertainment (audiobooks, podcasts, music).

In years past, I would have almost every new Apple gadget as soon as it was released, or I'd buy the previous gen as a refurb. These days with a huge mortgage, two kids and limited time I find that I really don't need 3 differnent computing devices.

That being said, there are tons of use cases where I can justify the value of an iPad--research for kids homework, family schedule, entertainment, it will get me back into reading, etc.

It's a tough call.

 

[Sydde]

For someone who develops and/or maintains apps, making something of a living at it, we could imagine an iPad as being a real need.

 

[nixiemaiden]

If it can maintain a wifi signal without dropping every 5 minutes it would be a major want.

Also more ram so my programs don't just close out while I am in the middle of doing things with no warning.

 

[4DThinker]

@4DThinker: You never used an old key-hammer typewriter, have you?

Sorry, but I've still got one that works. It's the assorted dot-matrix, laser, and ink jet printers I've had since that all eventually found the junkyard. Just like last year's iPads (and this year's) will. No one needs one, and they'll all be "old tech" in a year. I want the one that is a roll-up slate you can write on with a stick. It comes with a 10 year battery, and self destructs into safe lawn fertilizer exactly 10 years from the first time you turn it on. It'll warn you of course, including providing an easy way to one-tap order a replacement the day before.