Huge disappointment.

Whoever buys it is just an Apple fanboy try to impress others with his shinny new gadget. ahaha

The good thing about the iPad is that it'll be super easy to spot the idiot apple fanboys.

Apple tv all over again

wait for like a day before someone cracks the screen cause they put it in their bag and then gets squished.

they gonna sell like macbook air's... like 100 of them.

+1, although I'm mildly glad that they didn't, otherwise I would have to go through the big hassle of exchanging my 4-day old MBP hahah

Also,

"Steve Jobs, imma let you finish, but Moses had the greatest tablet announcement of all time. OF ALL TIME." (via Twitter)

The MBA was a product for a very niche market IMO. The iPad is no different. Most consumers like us won't find a need for it.

Did you get it through educational discount or at the store?

true, the MBA would have sold like hotcakes if it wasn't 1799!

No, I'm not a student. Got it in-store.

It may seem perfect at first, but when you think about it, it would be terrible for porn. Can you imaine how awkward it would be?

You can't hold up the iPad, manipulate the time slider so it replays the money shot over and over again, AND stroke off at the same time.

FAIL. Or at least requires a masturbation accessory stand or something.

they do have a keyboard with built in stand to stand up the pad on a desktop.

That's better at least.

MacBook Air actually sold pretty well, there are a lot of ppl with money out there unlike u

Go to a starbucks in a wealthier place like New York or Beverly Hills, there are a lot of ppl with Macbook Air

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It's true. Lots of business execs have it too. Mind you, I still think it's a lousy deal, as the unibody MacBook Pros aren't that thick either!

rofl i wonder how many morons are going to buy this thing

wtf?? no flash?? why would they leave out flash if it were meant to be a surfing machine?

I am actually surprised by the $500 price point tho, that seems quite reasonable compare to the rest of the apple's product like the iphone ($700+) and the macbook($1200+)

It would be sweet if I could turn it into a universal remote control :D

bleh..
ipad...
give me my i7 or i5 mbp please
i didnt buy my new mac cuz i kno they will come out wiht it...ughhh

theres one group of people that may be very excited with an announcement like this: doctors and physicians.

i think this fits a lot of retail and business use.... it would be an awesome tool for some interactive presentation to the client

but I just cant figure out why I would buy one for personal use.

wait... i figured out whats the best use for the ipad... its the best companion when u are taking a dump

personal use? you can surf the net while taking a shit.

yea but you can already do that with your laptop and your phone, or you could setup a pc in your washroom with keyboard mouse bigger screen for around the same price.


sounds like it would only be useful for business use BUT it will require completely reprogramming for it to be apply to individual situation, i doubt app store would come out with actually commercial business app. so much money and work need to make it fit into systems business have already mind as well get the hp slate and it already comes with an OS that is compatible with the company existing softwares.

HP slate would actually be a better platform for business app programming.... but I don't think they will even sell it for $499 and it wont be out until the end of the year


but i dont think the ipad/iphone OS even support printing... so that would be a big minus