Comments on: Another apple release, another lovers vs haters battle.

By: Bastard Sheep

Bastard Sheep — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:54:31 +0000

Yeah, out of all the ebook readers now available it’s the one I like the most. I’d like to know how the screen holds up under various light conditions though and what kind of DRM restrictions will be put on the ebooks.

There’s also other things I’d prefer to get first, like a decent camera and a new laptop so well over a year away. Having trouble even keeping up with podcasts atm anyway so no rush.

By: Riayn

Riayn — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:08:40 +0000

I was accused of being a very negative person by one of my co-workers because I wasn’t excited about the iPad. I want to see what it does with my own eyes, how it works in the real world and how it differs from the iPod Touch and the Netbook before I declare it the best thing ever.

Good to know that wanting to do more investigation before I decide if I like a product makes me a bad person.

I do know however, that I hate the name. Who at Apple honestly thought it was a good name?

By: Tsuken

Tsuken — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:20:37 +0000

Excellent post. The mac/windoze thing is just as foolish as any of those rivalries, like Holden/ford. While I’m definitely an Apple fanboi, I think I’m a reasonably critical one – f’rinstance it took me a long time (and mms, natch) to get an iPhone. While as a fanboi I am naturally overcome with iLust for the awfully-named iPad, I will let that dissipate entirely, before making any sort of decision about actually getting one.

… And I might wait for 2.0 as well

By: Skelliot

Skelliot — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:47:11 +0000

I have to agree with you there. While I’m probably more a Mac guy now than I am a Winbowz guy, I still like to look at things critically.

For example, I work on a Mac as I find it easier to get around the interface than it is to get around Winbows (I used to be a strictly windows guy). If I want to play games, I boot up my desktop pc with XP on it and pwn noobs there.

Everything has its place. That being said, if Apple and Microsoft grew up a bit and made all software fully compatible I would most definitely move over to strictly Mac.

I can’t really comment much on Linux because I don’t use it much at all. From what I have used it seems good.

In regards to the iPad, I think it will be fantastic for sitting on the couch/bed/bath/mechanical fuck machine and watching a movie or reading a book. iPad friggin fails hard in the ass when it comes to enhancing my work. Why they chose to go with the idea of an amped up iPod Touch I do not know.

Meh that’s my rant done.