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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5612842" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>I assume the people in the apple store in the mall are there to look at the stuff, or get their tech problem looked at. The kind of people who are being somewhere to be seen, already have an iPhone with the bigger G.B.s and are probably at a place that serves martinis or something. Like New York city.</p><p></p><p>I don't pay close attention to Apple's ads, though the mac v. PC ones were funny. I assume that if they're using words like "magical" that they are talking to your mom. yes. Your mom. The one who isn't a technical mastermind. Who a decade ago, couldn't program the VCR.</p><p></p><p>is the iPad magical? Beats me. While I was giddy that my employers gave me one as a present, I wasn't wholly sure of what to use it for. I have an iPhone. I have laptops (all my computers are laptops and I store everything on a NAS). The iPad sort of sits in that middle niche of do I need to bring it if I have a laptop and an iPhone.</p><p></p><p>Generally, I leave my iPad at home when I go out. My iPhone fits in my pocket (because nobody makes a bloody belt case for a properly armored iphone4). So I'm covered for looking stuff up and wasting time.</p><p></p><p>But when I'm at home, I'll use my iPad instead of my iPhone on the couch. It is lighter, yet bigger. Couple an iPad with a keyboard, and I wonder if a kid needs a computer to do their homework.</p><p></p><p>Now one of my other friends, while he teased me about my iPad and love of iThings (despite him being a Mac user and me a PC), went absolutely apeshit over his iPad. He docks it in his car, etc.</p><p></p><p>Something else one of the F dudes implied, was that they would consider switching from iThing to Android, or vice versa. Do people really treat their platform investments that way?</p><p></p><p>I invested in ithing when the iPod Touch G1 for my wife. We been iThing ever since. We got buttloads of apps and music from the iTunes store. Switching means abandoning that investment, and the investment I've made in technology to manage iTunes over network, etc.</p><p></p><p>I could go into NerdRage about the little things Apple didn't do right on the iThing, but I suspect I'll have the comparable complaints about Android. I just don't see how folks who are on one platform can just hop to another based on some impulse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 5612842, member: 8835"] I assume the people in the apple store in the mall are there to look at the stuff, or get their tech problem looked at. The kind of people who are being somewhere to be seen, already have an iPhone with the bigger G.B.s and are probably at a place that serves martinis or something. Like New York city. I don't pay close attention to Apple's ads, though the mac v. PC ones were funny. I assume that if they're using words like "magical" that they are talking to your mom. yes. Your mom. The one who isn't a technical mastermind. Who a decade ago, couldn't program the VCR. is the iPad magical? Beats me. While I was giddy that my employers gave me one as a present, I wasn't wholly sure of what to use it for. I have an iPhone. I have laptops (all my computers are laptops and I store everything on a NAS). The iPad sort of sits in that middle niche of do I need to bring it if I have a laptop and an iPhone. Generally, I leave my iPad at home when I go out. My iPhone fits in my pocket (because nobody makes a bloody belt case for a properly armored iphone4). So I'm covered for looking stuff up and wasting time. But when I'm at home, I'll use my iPad instead of my iPhone on the couch. It is lighter, yet bigger. Couple an iPad with a keyboard, and I wonder if a kid needs a computer to do their homework. Now one of my other friends, while he teased me about my iPad and love of iThings (despite him being a Mac user and me a PC), went absolutely apeshit over his iPad. He docks it in his car, etc. Something else one of the F dudes implied, was that they would consider switching from iThing to Android, or vice versa. Do people really treat their platform investments that way? I invested in ithing when the iPod Touch G1 for my wife. We been iThing ever since. We got buttloads of apps and music from the iTunes store. Switching means abandoning that investment, and the investment I've made in technology to manage iTunes over network, etc. I could go into NerdRage about the little things Apple didn't do right on the iThing, but I suspect I'll have the comparable complaints about Android. I just don't see how folks who are on one platform can just hop to another based on some impulse. [/QUOTE]
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