iBong.

uDon't care?  You posted a blog about something you don't care about?  Weird.  Seems like a lot of trouble to me.

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Next post sucks!

Show me a similar product for $250.  I'll wait.

I certainly don't blame Apple for the over-hype. They are typically about as close-lipped as you can get when new products are to be announced.

I was following some of the pre-release fanboy hype and was hoping that even a fraction of what was rumored turned out to be true. It wasn't but then, that's what hype is.

I'm an Apple user, and I'm not sure what the thing is even for. It's single-tasking, meaning it can run only one program at a time. It's incompatible with flash, meaning you can't watch Hulu or most other streaming video on it. It doesn't even have a USB port. All software you run on it has to be acquired through the iTunes App Store.

So basically it's a big iPod Touch. I don't know why getting rid of the keyboard and limiting its capabilities will improve your laptop. 

They say its killer function is that you can read books and magazines on it. Wow. Because books and magazines themselves aren't very portable. Listen: If you weren't going to read an actual book, you aren't going to read the same thing on a $500 device. It's like that treadmill/coatrack in your basement. Change your life through purchasing? It doesn't work.

Hard to believe they will make current iphone users pay another 30/month for 3g access. Can att's network handle mobile based video on its already stressed network? Does Duluth even have full 3g with att? 

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I have only had excellent luck with Apple products (sorry Barrett.) I am still sporting my G4 12" Powerbook and every Apple product I have purchased is still kicking (hello Brian and Monroe.) I was waiting for this announcement to decide whether to get a MacBook Pro or whatever Tablet they released. When it comes down to it I don't really need a new laptop, the iPad will serve nearly all my needs and the apps that will be made for this device are gonna rawk.

iFire.

Note on Apple:

- In the words of my former boss, "God help Steve Jobs' soul and the empire that he helped creat."  But then he's an MS guy.

- Way back when, BeOS came out and had to use hardware specific computers ("beboxes") because apple was tight-lipped about its mac hardware.  Well I suppose part of it was that the Be creator used to be a major player at Apple.  Unfortunately Apple and then afterwards Palm Inc. ruined and effectively dissolved a perfectly fast, good operating system.  (Sorta, there are clones out there).

- Now, one thing fascinating about apple hardware is the monitor and how far advanced it was in comparison to intel-based desktops and the monitors they came with.  But then, after seeing a SGI system throwing around 3D renders of small model cars bouncing off each other in bubbles complete with shadows, lighting, and reflections on a screen saver back in '90, I became less impressed with mac.  I'm talking about the monitor clarity not the software.

- Apple overprices stuff, duh, everyone knows that.

- Once your with apple, you're stuck with apple.  Most software guys I know own a few systems with other OS's for that reason.  OS X wasn't that bad for many, but had severe compilation problems for some.

Rant on apple over.

Note on the future of having an electric note pad:

- As Alton Brown says, avoid single purpose utensils at all cost.  Of course, he's talking about the kitchen, but I think the analogy applies.

- I want to be able to take a bath while reading a book without accidentally dropping my expensive electro-pad in the tub :^)

Note on Flash in general:

- It's not that great (what really chaps my ass is Macromedia)

I love Jobs' take on education. Brilliant in his assessment. Break the ed unions, and we'll start competing with the rest of the world. Education unions do nothing for our kids other than protect shitty teachers and prevent competition. I also love his opinion on Hussein's chance for re-election.

"You're headed for a one-term presidency," he told Obama at the start of their meeting, insisting that the administration needed to be more business-friendly. Jobs also criticized America's education system, saying it was "crippled by union work rules," noted Isaacson. "Until the teachers' unions were broken, there was almost no hope for education reform." Jobs proposed allowing principals to hire and fire teachers based on merit, that schools stay open until 6 p.m. and that they be open 11 months a year.