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elfxmilhouse

macrumors 6502a
Oct 15, 2008
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Northeast USA
The air is there for people who need a full computer with netbook dimensions.. the iPad is just not trying to be the air..

i agree. the ipad was not meant to be a mba but I feel that some people were expecting a more powerful device closer to that of a macbook air with the same OS.
 

GeekGirl*

macrumors 65816
Feb 26, 2009
1,215
0
Buffalo, NY
Don't forget a real keyboard and touchpad, flash, multi-tasking, running OSX, USB port, mini-display port, the ability to hook up an optical drive, ability to run windows, built-in isight camera ;)
Or Overheat,have lines on the screens or have core shutdown like the MBA:cool:

i agree. the ipad was not meant to be a mba but I feel that some people were expecting a more powerful device closer to that of a macbook air with the same OS.

we can pray
 

EssentialParado

macrumors 65816
Feb 17, 2005
1,162
48
Kind of off topic but it's weird that the iPad doesn't have a magnetic charger. Say you put it on a counter and someone trips over the cord. Gonna be a lot of dead iPads...

That's a pretty good point. Why couldn't they have a magnetic dock connector?

Maybe the expectation is you'll have the unit docked.
 
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