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Originally Posted by Satchmo
For those who have been waiting to see if this tablet would be an alternative to buying a MB/MBP, has today's iPad convinced you one way or the other?
I mean it's essentially half the price of the MacBook. Does it do more than 50% of what a laptop could do? Debatable, but it boils down to what your usage.
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And it always does. That's why some of the freaking-out and blanket statements going on (here and elsewhere) don't really hold much water. One man's simple media/communication tablet is another's tricked-out 17" MacBook Pro.
Different strokes, people.
This thing stands to be quite a hit, especially when viewed through the eyes of the non-tech/non-geek crowd. Which, naturally, isn't all that represented at a site like this. All the things many here dislike about it won't even register on the radar of so many others. So while we tend to get into the weeds about various specs, numbers, OS limitations, etc., the fact is, it's everything tons of consumers could ever want, or need, in such a product.
Those who are the most genuinely, deeply disappointed and bothered
probably had iffy, unreasonable expectations to begin with (this was never going to be a keyboard-less MacBook Pro, running full OS X). But I'd rather this device come spec'd as-is and cost what it does, than to try to appeal to the more hardcore type and wind up costing a grand or so. Because if someone's looking to spend $999 or more, Apple has many fine offerings for that kind of money (that do so much more than this tablet ever could).
*shrug*