Bradley, if this weren't your forum, I'd be checking to see if you worked for Apple! Ha ha. I'll buy an iPad once it's miniaturized to the molecular level and they can insert one into my brain. Borg-dom here I come! I wonder what that would do to my driving skills.
I have two powerful Thinkpad that I never use because I don't like the interface, albeit Ubuntu is nicer than Windows and somewhat similiar to OS X.
I've thought about installing ubuntu on one of my machines but just having gotten around to it. I live in a world where I have to use Office products though, so I'm guessing using it on a daily basis is not an option. Plus I love the durability of the unibody mbp. I've dropped it several times, on hard surfaces, including a metal car jack, without any major damage.
Where do I sign??? Haha
Seriously though, I will probably try installing it on an old pc over the summer and see how it goes. I've actually got an old machine running some Linux distro on it, but it's setup strictly as a Asterisk server. I switched over to Google Voice so I don't use it anymore.
I'm not an Apple fan and don't believe the hype, or maybe its that I generally avoid companies that try to tell me what I should like and all the negativity they express towards their competitors.
So far this is the best use I've seen for an iPad:
YouTube- Will It Blend? - iPad
Bring on the hate mail
Secretly though, it looks like a nice unit - if only they could give it more power and open up the hardware/software for all you geeks out there.
Like someone else said, I am struggling to find a use for the iPad, so probably will not get one. Once the novely wears off I am sure some people will stop using them as much.
Bradley, hope you are not one of the early adopters that had their email and SIM card ID exposed.
I have an iPhone and will be getting the iPhone 4 when it comes out, which is a lot more mobile than an iPad, and if I need anything bigger I just use my laptop, which is not restricted like the iPad.
Despite being a convert to the Mac, the thing that puts me off the iPad (and iPhone) is the way all the "apps" are sandboxed. This results in it being impossible for there to be any integration between functions. OK there are some Apple utilities to allow "apps" to e.g. access photos stores - but there are poor and have very limited functionality and make the "app" using them useless (which is why they don't).
I can appreciate the benefits of the sandbox but it is severely limiting what can be done on the device (at least what useful things can be done).
Apple will either have to open it up or bring out versions with a proper OS (e.g. OS X). before I get interested. Which is a shame as I could really use a computer in iPad format.
Ian
is it a computer or a female product? haha i love apple, but they should just make the iPhone a little bigger.