Poll: Are you getting an iPad? • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: Are you getting an iPad?

#81

Post by sinzone » Wed, Jan 27, 2010, 10:00 PM UTC

not now

Re: Poll: Are you getting an iPad?

#82

Post by sinzone » Wed, Jan 27, 2010, 10:01 PM UTC

not now

Re: Poll: Are you getting an iPad?

#83

Post by gwern » Wed, Jan 27, 2010, 10:02 PM UTC

No; I keep dreaming of a 'wearable' computer with a heads-up display that could replace my desktop - we get closer and closer, but never actually there.

Re: Poll: Are you getting an iPad?

#84

Post by Ionic_Walrus » Wed, Jan 27, 2010, 10:06 PM UTC

No

Re: Poll: Are you getting an iPad?

#85

Post by run4yourlives » Wed, Jan 27, 2010, 10:07 PM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #25

run4yourlives wrote: post #19

Where's the "I'm not stupid enough to buy the first version of anything" option?

The "No" option.

It's not the no option.

For example, if you asked me this question about the iPod (which I own) or the mac mini (which I own) clearly I'd be lying if I said I wasn't going to buy either of those pieces at all.

I probably will buy one of these. But I'll give it a year or two first.

Re: Poll: Are you getting an iPad?

#86

Post by pbz » Wed, Jan 27, 2010, 10:07 PM UTC

johnmw wrote: post #58

Snow Leopard works like a charm on my netbook with similar specs. Maybe I'll buy one when I can duel boot ;)

I'd like to see that fight.

Re: Poll: Are you getting an iPad?

#87

Post by kylec » Wed, Jan 27, 2010, 10:09 PM UTC

gcheong wrote: post #67

No camera, no "real" GPS. No.

The 3G unit has the same sort of GPS that the iPhone has. Whether or not that's "real" to you, it's good enough for me. I hope that someone produces a car dock because that would make it pretty much the best navigation unit available.

Re: Poll: Are you getting an iPad?

#88

Post by jsz0 » Wed, Jan 27, 2010, 10:09 PM UTC

Sure, why not? At only $499 I feel like it's worth having just to use in my house. I plan to dock it at my computer desk and use it in conjunction with my desktop for music playback, video, etc. I can undock it and go read a book or browse the internet. I certainly could use a laptop for that but this is smaller, cheaper, has a nicer display, and is going to have huge third party support. The iWork demo really shows the potential of doing desktop quality applications on the iPad. I'm sold. The low price tag actually makes me wonder if I should buy two. I wouldn't mind docking one of these into my car. (I was going to spend $400 on a nice in-dash player with good iPod integration anyway, what's another $99?)

Re: Poll: Are you getting an iPad?

#89

Post by onewland » Wed, Jan 27, 2010, 10:14 PM UTC

tfh wrote: post #50

aristus wrote: post #41

No camera. Less space than a ThinkPad. Lame.

http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/23/1816257&#3...

To be fair to CmdrTaco, I wouldn't have wanted a 1st-gen iPod either. Did you ever use the old ones? They really had a lot of kinks to work out and in my opinion were not the best mp3 players on the market.

Re: Poll: Are you getting an iPad?

#90

Post by lallysingh » Wed, Jan 27, 2010, 10:14 PM UTC

kylec wrote: post #87

gcheong wrote: post #67

No camera, no "real" GPS. No.

The 3G unit has the same sort of GPS that the iPhone has. Whether or not that's "real" to you, it's good enough for me. I hope that someone produces a car dock because that would make it pretty much the best navigation unit available.

The iPhone's got a real GPS unit, augmented with cell-tower data and some fast-almanac-acquire tricks. AGPS.