The problem with Macs is their price. It has been for years now. They’re not worth the price. Neither are the iPod, iPhone, or the iPad. The iPod Touch is a glorified MP3 player that costs about $150 more than it should. The iPhone… Well, I shouldn’t even have to explain why it’s a rip-off. It’s $100-$200, sure. That’s deceiving, though, because the service charges to do everything it advertises is outrageous. Plus, your stuck with AT&T’s horrible service.

When it comes to the iPad, I don’t care. For $200, I’m expecting multi-tasking, I’m expecting a full web experience, I’m expecting connectivity to other devices, to list a few things. These are not unfair expectations for a mobile device. I know you’re going to say, “It’s not a computer,” but, Chris, let’s talk for a minute. People have been comparing this to a tablet computer since it was announced. People will buy this device thinking it’s a portable computing device when it isn’t. For the price, it should be. Since it isn’t, it’s a rip-off. That’s the reality.

Now, this iPad thing: how strangely excited you got over a mediocre device proved something to me and a lot of your followers. You’ve become a truly ridiculous Apple fanboy. You’re willing to pay insane prices for sub-par products just because it has Apple’s logo on it.

You have an iMac, and another Mac RIGHT NEXT TO IT. You have your Mac Book in its hideous glory sitting right on your desk too. You have THREE Macs within three feet of each other at all times. Why? Why do you need so many Macs? One is plenty. You’ve spent at the very least $6000 on all that equipment, when the equipment itself is maybe worth $2000.

All I can say, Chris, is that you really need to take a hard look at yourself. You still say that you’re neutral between the Mac and Windows, but your purchases say different. Your attitude says even more. Only a fanboy would get this excited about a product that doesn’t have a market niche. It isn’t a tablet computing device, it isn’t very mobile either, and it’s too big to be an iPod Touch. What does it bring to the table? Nothing. It’s simply another abomination from Steve Jobs.

Try telling the (tens of?) millions of users that their Farmville game (or just about anything else they use on Facebook, etc.) won’t work on it, and Apple will lose BILLIONS ;);)

And I’ve owned touchscreen monitors, five years ago.

Of course, I’m hardly the target market for this. And I already have a Tablet PC. That’s four years old.

This is just Apple’s netbook to replace the Air.

It’s an appliance for someone that wants new recipes from Food Network, check email and watch reruns of Desperate Housewives (or House) from their Laz-Y-Boy.

iPad is too little, too late, and too much

I’d rather buy a Dell Latitude D620 from Tiger Direct. OR perhaps a touchscreen Panasonic Toughbook for under 400 when they are in stock.

So now what…. you miss punching monkeys??
flash is quite 90s. leave it there please.

I’m an Apple, ya know what I mean….