iPad

[Deckard]

Rather a good article and a good read from Mr Gruber http://daringfireball.net/2010/01/ipad_big_picture and the next one as well.

[Deckard]

I see it's on the UK store now http://www.apple.com/uk/ipad/ and release end of March.

[VNVObit]

There's already enough on the iPad to make it worth it for me, extrapolating to what it's likely to become I'm really looking forward to it.

I made a prediction on IRC that you'd have one within two months from it being available. I bet HGFB is preparing his tent and sleeping bag right now

only if the tent had wifi, power supply and a MMO room

otherwise it'd be home delivery Only

[tufty]

There's already enough on the iPad to make it worth it for me, extrapolating to what it's likely to become I'm really looking forward to it.

I made a prediction on IRC that you'd have one within two months from it being available. I bet HGFB is preparing his tent and sleeping bag right now ;)

only if the tent had wifi, power supply and a MMO room ;)

This *is* HGFB we're talking about. That's all a given.

[VNVObit]

Yes I know. Wonder where he he gets his tents from though

[RiK]

Yes I know. Wonder where he he gets his tents from though

He makes his own trouser-tent every time a new bit of shiny tech is released.

[Anders]

Stephen is moderatly excited about the iPad.

Like the first iPhone, iPad 1.0 is a John the Baptist preparing the way of what is to come...

[Deckard]

After reading their blurb http://www.macvideo.tv/editing/news/ind ... llchandate this seems a pretty good guestimate

[WiteWulf]

KRCS in Notts are taking pre-orders at the following prices:

Apparently KRCS have backed out of this and will only be selling at whatever Apple charge now, interesting....

[Cloudane]

I have this sinking feeling that we're going to be shafted to some degree! Else surely they'd have announced the pricing by now.

[Deckard]

Blasphemy

http://www.9to5mac.com/iPad-windows-7-citrix-3425354

[Cloudane]

Suddenly interest in the device soars

My iMac has been repaired, yayyyyyy! The duration was somewhat lengthy (18 days) but within acceptable limits. 21+ and I'd have started thinking twice about future purchases though. (Which is twice more than I normally think about it). Let's see how they do with my MBP fans, but so far they might have rescued an iPad sale...

[Darkflame]

Or you could get something that actually runs windows7 for the same price?

Or, OSX for a bit more;

http://www.axiotron.com/index.php?id=techspecs

(I'm guessing that links been posted before)

[Misfit]

Or you could get something that actually runs windows7 for the same price?

Or, OSX for a bit more;

http://www.axiotron.com/index.php?id=techspecs

(I'm guessing that links been posted before)

Neither will be as thin and light with that kind of battery life though.

UMPCs have been trying it for a while and really aren't that good at it yet.

Recently announced are two very iPad looking Win7 tablets...

http://www.umpcportal.com/2010/02/two-8 ... opc-nav-9/

[Cloudane]

BTW I meant the general public's interest (or Windowsphiles at least) not mine. I prefer Apple's idea of tailoring the OS and apps to the device rather than running desktop stuff on it. YMMV as it's 2 ways of thinking, much like designing websites to cope well with mobiles vs. making mobiles better at showing sites that are designed for a desktop. A good argument in favour of the full OSX or Windows if we are making this comparison is how well Safari has helped the iPhone so it's not one sided at all. But personally I like the way they've gone with the iPad and think it could trigger some great ideas.