OK so I'm a goddamn sellout

[brotherdoobie]

You know I thought I was safe in the HW section. I guess not. Is that your latest scam Doobs?

We're everywhere, man.

Anyhoo, I recall you mentioning that your son enjoys Disney Car shorts and such. Have you tried Vimeo?

http://vimeo.com/


-doobs

[Diablo]

Chicas, Champagne, but no flash

[Detale]

Na never watched the Vimeo but I'll check it out thanks

[Polarbear]

It sold over one million pieces only in the U.S. The afore mentioned HP Slate and the Microsoft one (can't even remember the name) are both discontinued. Apparently they were afraid that their supposedly technical better devices couldn't compete with the iPad.

Netbook sales have decreased. Although the iPad was never meant to be a netbook replacement it cannbalises the netbook market. Even Nintendo spoke of a serious new competitor when it comes to portable gaming.

The sales outside the U.S. haven't even started. Despite all the critics I predicted that the iPad is going to be a huge success shortly after the first details came out. Turns out that I was right.

So how do you respectively your wife like the iPad, Detale? Are all who bought one stupid or is it cool?
I'm thinking about getting one for my mum. She could use it everywhere in the house. She's 64 and knows nothing about computers. Windows on the laptop is too much for her. I think with the iPad she will be able to write emails or surf the net. My father takes a lot of pics that she could carry around and show to her friends. She wouldn't do that with a netbook. I've heard of 4yo children that can handle an iPad. That's exactly what I need. An easy way for her to do all the things that we would do with a laptop.

[Solstice]

Apple could shit in a paper bag, sell it for $200 and the fork for $50, and people would still eat it up.

They've done a very good job at catering to the computer-idiot market, which as it turns out, is most people. Whodathunk you could sell computers to people who can't operate computers?

Doesn't change much though. I'll still respect them for their success... and hate them for their overpriced, low functionality products and downright scary market influence.

[Polarbear]

I'll still respect them for their success... and hate them for their overpriced, low functionality products and downright scary market influence.

Why do hundreds of millions of people (the iPod alone sold more than 230 million times) do not consider Apple products overpriced and low functionality? If they did they wouldn't buy them, right?

If the iPhone is a piece of crap, why do people buy it and stick with it?

Tell the shareholders that Apple is the most valuable and successful technology company right now because all Apple customers are computer idiots who don't know better. All you'll get is a smile.

[clocker]

Whodathunk you could sell computers to people who can't operate computers?

Michael Dell?

[Detale]

Ted Waitt

[CitiTechno]

well, ur only human after all

& we all know that job uses black magic to make us buy apple products

so its not really ur fault

congrats though

[Solstice]

Why do hundreds of millions of people (the iPod alone sold more than 230 million times) do not consider Apple products overpriced and low functionality? If they did they wouldn't buy them, right?

If the iPhone is a piece of crap, why do people buy it and stick with it?

Tell the shareholders that Apple is the most valuable and successful technology company right now because all Apple customers are computer idiots who don't know better. All you'll get is a smile.

Most people have NO clue what they're actually buying when it comes to electronics. They have no clue what 1080p or 802.11n or OLED is. When my girlfriend went to pick out a new phone, do you know what her #1 wish was? Pink. That was the first thing she cared about. Not touchscreens, full qwerty pads, battery life, camera quality, or anything remotely technical. She wanted a pink phone (which is exactly why I was there to help). That was about as far ahead as she had thought, because electronics are scary and confusing and people just want something that looks good and works.

So why do people buy iProducts? Because they're expertly marketed and have appealing designs. In other words, they look good and they work. That's all they have to do to be a success. Mix in Apple's hint of cachet, and suddenly everyone wants one, technical aspects be damned.

Those of us who refuse to be overtaken by hype, and care to research the technical aspects of a purchase, see Apple products for what they really are: Reliable and easy to use, but generally overpriced possessing limited functionality. Me, I like functionality and my money, and I don't mind tweaking and hacking things. That's why I own a Cowon S9 and not an iPod, an Aspire One (netbook) and not an iPad, and a SE T715a ('dumb'phone) and not an iPhone.

But I am not most people. They can have their iStuff, and i'm quite sure most of them don't care if geeks like me look down on their purchases. C'est la vie.