Ugh. How many times do I have to explain it? Ad hominem is a form of argument, not a form of speech. An ad hominem argument trys to prove a point by discrediting the speaker. I'd don't try to prove my point using attacks on you. I use the facts. I don't hate anything, I just think the ipad is a poor choice, a poor product. Hate is irrational, evaluation is objective.
You tell me. My guess is that you'll have to keep explaining it until you understand. Your "arguments" have not included any facts. They are simply comprised of you repeating that the iPad sucks and it isn't useful for anything. Those aren't facts. Those are your opinion. You then bolster your "arguments" with personal attacks on iPad owners. That is the exact definition that you keep posting. Your posts have been completely irrational and lacking in any objectivity. Just read further down and you will see that you're getting so heated that you are losing your ability to spell and write coherently.
You say I don't use facts but I use nothing but facts and specific examples, you're the one who uses wishy-washy arguments trying to prove that the ipad is the better choice. And now you make stupid claims like this instead of answering my points like how you think you can't use a full-blow spreadsheet on an ipad like you can on a laptop.
Please, list the specific examples that are actually based in fact and I will be happy to read them. You have not done this thus far. And you're proving my point in this very paragraph. First I have to sift through your typos and assume that you meant to say that I think I CAN use a FULL-BLOWN spreadsheet on an iPad like you can on a laptop. I can and DO access a full-blown spreadsheet. Just in the past month I've been using and working with spreadsheets with 700+ rows, multiple worksheets, etc. I have them on my iPad right now and I actually HAVE been working with them. This is a fact and not something that you can dispute in your ridiculously dismissive manner. You start to really emulate your forum name when you continually attempt to respond in a manner that is the equivalent of you holding your hands over your hears and yelling, "nah nah nah nah, I can't hear you!"
You saying that "it suits you" or "it's what you like" or "it does what I want" or the fact that you do it every day means nothing. You can say anything that is not objective like that to try to prove you point. Fine, you're someone who is willing to torture themselves to use the ipad for something other than internet browsing, most normal people won't and can't d that because it makes no sense. Someone reading this can take nothing from someone like you does. Try to say something that applies to more than one person: yourself.
Are you clinically insane or is nutjob just your nickname? The fact that it does what I want means EVERYTHING. Performing the tasks I use an iPad for are the furthest thing from torturous. In fact, in almost every situation (> 80%) that I currently use my iPad in I would not have carried my MBP to prior to owning my iPad. So just having the iPad there makes my job easier because now I don't have to think about whether or not I might need access to certain files, emails, etc. I just grab it and go. If I end up not needing it then the fact that it doesn't weigh much more than a notebook means that there was no downside to bringing it. But when I do need it... that is when it becomes eminently useful. And in my previous posts I've stated how there are about two dozen people where I work that received them also. Most of these people did not see the point of the iPad when they first received it, kind of like you. However, you couldn't pry it away from them now. In fact, I was talking to one of them the other day and this person happens to be potentially moving to another state and job and one of the first things they said was that they're going to have to buy their own iPad now because they can't imagine being without it. That statement alone says more about how useful the damn iPad is than anything else that has been posted but of course you will flat out ignore it and act like this person is crazy or call them some other names in your next ad hominem attack.
When you say an ipad and is not comparable in price you're right, you get much more for your money with an MBA 11.6. Do you think anyone is stupid enough to compare an $500 8GB ipad with a $1000 64GB MBA? Making dishonest comparisons doesn't help your cause.
You get much more in YOUR OPINION. Specs alone do not determine whether or not a device is useful. And even if that were the case one of the most touted specs for a MBA and the reason why most people would purchase one is the weight. In that case you get much more with the iPad because it has a far superior spec on the weight. It also has longer battery life, a touchscreen, the option for built-in 3G, GPS, an app notification framework that can alert you even when the device is in sleep mode, the ability to be located with MobileMe, a better book reading experience, an accelerometer that is API accessible, the ability to be used live with navigation apps, and on and on. These are ALL things that the MBA can not do and yet you cling to the idea that this comparison only goes in one direction. Are there things that the MBA can do that an iPad can not? Sure. The fact that the opposite is true means that you can't make a case that buying the MBA would solve every iPad use case plus more. It simply isn't true and just another example of how you do not use facts in your arguments.
As far as the storage. First, the $499 iPad has 16GB of storage. I currently have the 32GB model and have 13.1GB free. And that is with me having plenty of documents, hundreds of songs, 1500 photos, 27 videos (including 4 full length movies), and well over 100 apps. 16GB is a lot of storage especially with the widespread use of things like DropBox, which is what most people with multiple computers use to share their data anyway.
Again with the ad hominem argument: you know nothing about who I am and what I do yet you know I haven't used an ipad: WRONG, there are ipads where I work and where I live, I have used them for weeks on and off.
Why don't you read what I post? I have used Quickoffice and it doesn't cut it in any way shape or form compared to real Excel. That is my point, you can use a MBA to run these programs, the ipad can't it's a joke and hopeless pretty toy.
I know for a fact that you have not used an iPad other than in passing. I know this because of the things you have posted. If you had used an iPad for more than just a few minutes here and there then you would not say half of the things you have said. Also, the simple fact is that an iPad off the shelf is not any more useful than an email and web surfing device. It becomes useful when you, the user, add the applications and files that allow you to do the work that you need to do. That is what makes an iPad such a great device. It becomes whatever you need it to be through the apps. If I need to access a book I can use any of a number of applications and my iPad becomes a book, or better than a book (depending on the app). If I need to work on a spreadsheet or word processing document I use Pages, Numbers, or Quickoffice and my iPad transforms into an interface for working with those documents. If I need access my files while I'm away from my desk I can use the DropBox app. If I need to edit and work on them I can access my Dropbox through the Quickoffice app. If I need to take notes in a meeting I use Outliner. If I need to book a flight, track a flight, or check on my travel arrangements there are plenty of apps to do that. Email, task management, the best web surfing experience, games and movies for downtime, etc. The iPad is a great device for so many things but that list is different for every user. This is why you are unqualified to speak on this topic. You don't own an iPad so you have not explored which apps would help you to do your job. You lack the requisite knowledge and experience with the device to make a claim as to whether it is good or bad. But that doesn't stop you from yelling at the top of your lungs that it is a joke and a hopeless pretty toy.
Does everything else in the universe revolve around you too? Does everything in this world only serve a purpose if it is useful to you? You are so full of conceit on this topic that it is pouring out of you.
Don't tell me what the ipad is for, because you don't know and you have no right to say. It's what who ever bought is wants to use it for. My point is that you can't do much of anything with it, and for not much more money you can get something much more useful, so unless you buy it to look pretentious or fashionable, it's not useful for someone who does work for a living and actually has a job to so.
You are incredible. Don't tell you what the iPad is for but in the VERY NEXT sentence you proceed to tell me what it is for. Are you dense? I do work for a living. I use the iPad EVERY DAY. It is very useful. Period.
It being good for one app OmniFocus doesn't help everyone who needs to do something other than use OmniFocus. I Use OmniOutliner and I would basically get sacked if I tried to use OmniFocus on the ipad because it so slow for entering text and reorganising point. ipad by design is slow and clumsy. It's hopeless.
I never said that. I put forth OmniFocus as an example of an app that is available on three platforms (Mac, iPhone, and iPad) and the iPad has the best UI and is the easiest to use, so much so that the developers are going to incorporate elements from the iPad UI into the next Mac version. This completely dismantles your argument about the iPad not being useful. In fact, this particular app is not only useful on the iPad but it is more useful than the Mac version.
