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Originally Posted by Nesti
Getting 4-5 of them.
I feel the market will swing to two types of computers;
1. Tower type PCs for static use.
2. Tablet (iPad) type PCs for mobile use.
Laptops will slowly disappear as the younger generations are into more simplistic usability. For mobility, you really don't need to have massive amounts of HDD space...it just has to do a good job while away, while on a plane or in a car. Tower type PCs need to have the grunt, and always will.
The iPad's use of a large screen for both display and keyboard minimises PC size.
I think the market pretty much made the future direction clear in regards to iPhone sales.
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Very well put.
I will be waiting for the 2nd Gen. ipad when most kinks will be worked out and hopefully a bit cheaper. From what I've seen and heard from friends who have one it's such a versatile do-hickey. I think some people look at things like this and say "Why would I want one of them?"
Then they get to use one just for a try and they wonder how they ever do without one.
I want one mainly as a reader for comic books.(The iPad is a huge kick in the pants for the comic industry. The push for digital comics to become more widespread - and therefore cheaper comics - has been a real gradual, painful path. Until the release of the iPad. Marvel have released their comics app the same time the iPad was released. Others were already there but now that Marvel has entered the digital arena on the iPad, the flood gates are opening. Im a comic geek
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I get all giddy when I think about being able to carry my whole comic book collection around on one small piece of technology wherever I go. As well as being able to browse the internet, download and read any book (well not any, but thousands and thousans to choose from), music, podcasts all on a device about the size of a hardcover book
Just think about some of the best Astronomy apps on the iPad. More mobility than a laptop as well.
Can't wait.
And don't think other features or uses won't be found/included in the future that make it an even more useful device.