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Re: iPad
« Reply #60 on: February 02, 2010, 02:02:29 am »
Also X-box360.
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Re: iPad
« Reply #61 on: February 02, 2010, 02:36:37 am »
Quote from: Choop on February 02, 2010, 01:16:57 am
no dude i don't have one i'm just presenting an example of hardware a la microsoft

so im not allowed to brag?
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Re: iPad
« Reply #62 on: February 02, 2010, 02:38:58 am »
I guess when it comes to hardware, it's maybe okay for an iphone to crap out after a few months of usage since this is normal for pretty much all cell phones.  Has more serious business-person stuff like the blackberry tended to last longer?  I don't know.  But if it has that doesn't matter since the iphone's main customer base is the clueless consumer.  

As for computers, historically on average Apple computers have had useful lifetimes much much greater than PCs.

Currently, the Average Mac desktop and laptop costs $1000 more than the average PC desktop and laptop, but consumers on average replace PCs so much more often that it's kind of a wash.

Windows XP pro seems to work okay in my experience... It's pretty crappy overall, but at least it's kind of a consistent and stable sort of crappy.  *evidence of criminal activity removed on the advice of my lawyer* What the hell am I supposed to do with those? And what do I do when I run out of space to bury the bodies that I already have collected in barrels?  I've never used Vista, but I understand that it was total crap, compared to XP.
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Re: iPad
« Reply #63 on: February 02, 2010, 02:56:25 am »
Ain't a thing my girlfriend can't figure out how to break, this is a good point.

I just don't like how Macs condescend to me, I guess is what it comes down to.
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Re: iPad
« Reply #64 on: February 02, 2010, 03:55:36 am »
Quote from: greenkoolayd on February 02, 2010, 02:36:37 am
so im not allowed to brag?

not about a zune
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Re: iPad
« Reply #65 on: February 02, 2010, 03:58:04 am »
Thank you, Choop, for the biggest chuckle I've had in a week.
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Re: iPad
« Reply #66 on: February 02, 2010, 02:50:29 pm »
Quote from: greenkoolayd on February 02, 2010, 01:09:28 am
amen.  ive had mine for 11 months and im still trying to fill the rest of the 80g up.
Well, wouldn't that be the case for any high capacity player?
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Re: iPad
« Reply #67 on: February 02, 2010, 06:19:16 pm »
and how about automobiles, huh.  What is up with them?
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Re: iPad
« Reply #68 on: February 02, 2010, 06:30:28 pm »
i know right they should work even when they're not put together
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Re: iPad
« Reply #69 on: February 02, 2010, 10:46:37 pm »
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Re: iPad
« Reply #70 on: February 03, 2010, 03:48:11 am »
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Well, wouldn't that be the case for any high capacity player?
yeah, I was kind of thinking... I've had my 80gb iPod for a few years, and it's been full since the day I bought it! (?....!....?...?)
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« Reply #71 on: February 07, 2010, 04:08:49 am »
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Re: iPad
« Reply #72 on: February 07, 2010, 04:38:56 am »
I have to admit the idea of this thing is kind of growing on me. I've been considering getting a netbook for uni for a while, mainly for reading pdf notes and so on and this would actually work pretty well for that. I'd like to see more of the input (or any really, I haven't seen any of it) to see how easy it would be to use for short note taking.
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Re: iPad
« Reply #73 on: February 07, 2010, 05:34:35 am »
Quote from: Doc on February 07, 2010, 04:38:56 am
I have to admit the idea of this thing is kind of growing on me. I've been considering getting a netbook for uni for a while, mainly for reading pdf notes and so on and this would actually work pretty well for that. I'd like to see more of the input (or any really, I haven't seen any of it) to see how easy it would be to use for short note taking.
Doc, as a friend I have to warn you against this machine. Every single product launch of apple has resulted with a second version that is cheaper and more functional. (I was an apple dude until I bought a PC for intensive modeling which is amazingly fast for like 1/3 the price of the mac I wanted.
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Re: iPad
« Reply #74 on: February 07, 2010, 05:42:55 am »
Yeah, even if you are into the Apple thing, being an early adopter of Apple's current Next Big Thing is an invitation to the blues.

Because they sell the cache of their name and the newness of their premises, they get to sell their first models at prices way above what outside competition would bring their prices eventually down because... no one has had the time to figure out how to make the dang ol' thing in a cheaper more-efficient less-douchey way yet.
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