Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions Anybody else interested in the new iPad?

I really don't think you can cite any of the i-devices as overpriced at this point (maybe the iPods, but who uses those any more?) Tablet competitors are all in the same ballpark or more expensive than the iPad, even if you're going down the line on specs. Same with phone competitors.

You can say the same thing for the Ultrabook-Macbook Air comparison. Mac Pros are long in the tooth now (maybe new ones now that Sandy Bridge-EP is out), but back when they were modern, they were price competitive with workstations from other companies (namely Dell, who makes some sweet workstations).

I figure to be in the laptop/tablet market in the next year or so and will be pondering my choices. I do like a keyboard and a mouse, but I like my iPhone as well.

Joyce just got a Kindle Fire last week, and all of a sudden I'm enamored with tablets. The "instant on", and simplicity is engaging.

The truth is, unless is synced well with Outlook, I'd probably do nothing more than use it for these forums, Facebook, streaming Amazon Prime and playing Angry Birds.

Seeing Tom use his last year, I was intrigued but unsure of how to actually use it in my life. Maybe I should be looking for a product that fills a need, rather than trying to find a need for a product just because it's kinda cool!

I'll have to look into the "Outlook" compatibility. If a tablet WERE capable, I could see myself keeping it in a folio to bring along to appts for scheduling, email and notes.

I really haven't researched them much, but seem to like the Samsung and Toshibas.

I can't live without a tablet anymore. The only upgrade I am looking for right now is device support for Ice Cream Sandwich which should come out in a few months.

There is an announcement today regarding the release of Angry Birds Space.

http://www.t3.com/news/angry-birds-space-release

No problems with the iPad and Exchange. You have to use Apple's apps for it, but they work pretty well.

Ken, I don't think Mark is running Exchange; probably just Outlook for the desktop.

I like my iPad. I use it every day. I also use a desktop PC and an Android phone every day. The portability is what makes it so great for me.

Mark, keep in mind, this all that a large portion of the population uses a laptop/desk top for in a home environment. in my family/extended family, of about 8 members.. there are really only 2 of us that use our computer for anything other than what you have stated... Me and my uncle are into photography, so we do photo editing.. I am in school right now as well, so i do a decent amount of writing, but that "could" be done on an ipad... windows is working on office for the ipad. Apple already has pages and all of their other office software on the ipad, i prefer word over pages.. Even though pages is a much more eloquent design... So, as long as the Ipad will allow people to be entertained and "waist time" people will buy it in droves.... I think the only way that i would buy one, is if i got a job that required a significant amount of travel.. But then again, i could just buy a Mac book pro 13", and have a "real" computer.... So, i dont know...

So the iPad-HD teardown.

-1GB of RAM. Two 512MB Elpida LP DDR2 packages are soldered on the logic board underneath the A5X processor

-Broadcom 802.11n-compatible Wi-Fi chip with Bluetooth 4.0 support as well as an FM transceiver, an Apple-branded power management IC, Toshiba-made NAND flash, and a Qualcomm MDM9600 baseband

-Samsung display "Retina" screen

- 42.5Whr battery (the iPad2 battery is 24.8Whr). This is needed to keep the same 10hr charge.

It's amazing how much tech you can cram into such a thin space these days.

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2012/03/ipad-3-teardown-my-god-its-full-of-lithium-ions.ars

I figured Ray would be over here gloating already. Must've taken a nap instead.

Or he was on his way and got lost.

Shiny object and all.