[X4U] One must be an American

[William Scammell]

Zane:

you're forgetting about the neato-factor of the touch screen.

remember, it's a media device, NOT a laptop replacement. both have  
their place, but it depends on the enduser.

now, if they put the touch screen on an update to the powerbook  
line ... i would so buy that!!!

-bill


On Apr 6, 2010, at 7:59 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote:

>
> I'm taking a wait and see attitude.  Someone needs to show me a really
> compelling reason to buy one.  Even in the US they're very  
> expensive, for
> the price I could buy a cheap Windows laptop and a copy of  
> Lightroom 3 if I
> was careful and was willing to wait for a good deal.  That would  
> get me
> basically everything I'd one from an iPad.
>
> Besides until Apple releases a new Mac Pro, I'm still running a G5  
> 2x2 with
> 10.4.11, so unless I'm mistaken I can't even use an iPad on my  
> computer at
> the moment.  Yeah, requires 10.5.8 or newer, BUT it will work with  
> my PC
> running WinXP.  Way to support your customer base Apple.  Actually  
> that
> doesn't make sense, I can run iTunes 9.1, so why can't I connect an  
> iPad?
>
> Zane
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, 6 Apr 2010, Paul Moortgat wrote:
>
>> Here in the newspapers is written that the sale of the iPad isn't  
>> that spectacular because the 300.000 are the pre-orders and few  
>> now will buy one.
>> And then there are these who wait for updated versions.  One with  
>> a camera for instance.
>>
>> Paul Moortgat
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