I've had the ipad 2 for 5 plus days now. It's a wonderful little device. Does what it's intended for.
But I may have just gotten into the Apple hype machine and went out and brought a product I really didn't need.
I have all the Apple toys (imac, mba, iphone 4, atv2 etc). I sold my ipad 1 in December in anticipation of ipad 2.
I think with the combination of my MacBook Air ( I had originally intended to buy this computer 2 months ago for my wife because she wanted a long battery life computer but didn't like the trackpad to play her farmville/cityville stupid facebook game...yes I know she wanted a $1400 plus computer to play facebook game; fortunately we have a lot of disposable income.
But I think a combo of the MBA, along with my 27 inch iMac and my iPhone4, I just don't have a need for the iPad in my life.
I tried to justified my purchased because I had about $400 in Best Buy gift cards sitting around for more than 12 months so the ipad 2 "didn't cost me much more money."
I'll probably end up asking my brother if he wants the ipad and I will just give it to him (he's got a 3 year old who would love the ipad because she loves playing on his iphone 4). My brother and I are tight with each other even though our wives hate each other. He's given me stuff like a $1000 Canon L lens in the past so I don't mind gifting it to him. He didn't order the ipad and now there's a long 4-5 week wait. If he doesn't want it, I'll end up returning it and get a refund because Best Buy doesn't charge a restocking fee anymore. I guess they will just reissue me another $400 gift card and credit me back the rest.
But I may have just gotten into the Apple hype machine and went out and brought a product I really didn't need.
I have all the Apple toys (imac, mba, iphone 4, atv2 etc). I sold my ipad 1 in December in anticipation of ipad 2.
I think with the combination of my MacBook Air ( I had originally intended to buy this computer 2 months ago for my wife because she wanted a long battery life computer but didn't like the trackpad to play her farmville/cityville stupid facebook game...yes I know she wanted a $1400 plus computer to play facebook game; fortunately we have a lot of disposable income.
But I think a combo of the MBA, along with my 27 inch iMac and my iPhone4, I just don't have a need for the iPad in my life.
I tried to justified my purchased because I had about $400 in Best Buy gift cards sitting around for more than 12 months so the ipad 2 "didn't cost me much more money."
I'll probably end up asking my brother if he wants the ipad and I will just give it to him (he's got a 3 year old who would love the ipad because she loves playing on his iphone 4). My brother and I are tight with each other even though our wives hate each other. He's given me stuff like a $1000 Canon L lens in the past so I don't mind gifting it to him. He didn't order the ipad and now there's a long 4-5 week wait. If he doesn't want it, I'll end up returning it and get a refund because Best Buy doesn't charge a restocking fee anymore. I guess they will just reissue me another $400 gift card and credit me back the rest.
