heck, I want both,iPad and MBA (NEW ONE)
I am right there with you. It's not about iPad or MBA, these products are complements to each other not replacements for each other. And the biggest factor in the equation isn't the MBA confusing the placement of the iPad, it's the iPhone HD!
In truth, I feel a new iPhone HD and a new MBA is my favorite combo if I had to keep it to two Apple tech products. But with a .2 lb or less iPhone HD, 1.5 lb iPad, and 3 lb. MBA, all in my bag, I can still be happy and not feel any more bogged down than just a MB.
For someone who needs to carry a bag, the iPad fits fine. For a student the iPad can replace several books/textbooks. At home the iPad is perfect to lounge on the couch or in bed, or on the porch, to do the right media/entertainment focused job. But for anyone else, that's on the go, the iPad is just too big for the pocket and the iPhone fits just right. I will always have an iPad, as over time I figure it will find its own little niche in my tech portfolio... right now it's good for reading and personal viewing of TV (love ABC's app - once all four networks have this will be perfect) and movies.
As much as I want to love the iPad, it's just not the "perfect" product, and will not be until I can fold it up and put it in my pocket! The iPhone HD will fit perfect and perfect further communications and Internet on the go.
I really did not give a rats behind if iPad supports flash or not...until I went to demo an iPad and figured out how many websites I want to access with the iPad use Flash or Silverlight. I do not play games but would love to have an internet TV to watch sports.
Until Big Pond and ESPN3 have an iPad compatible streaming video format I will not buy one.
My hope is the next MBA comes with the same 3G chipset and data plan you can get with an iPad. I will definitely buy one of those.
I am right there with you on the Flash bit. The problem is it's a GIGANTIC PROBLEM to the end user which Apple and Jobs leave out of the issue when they talk about just abandoning Flash.
Forget about the fight between Adobe and Apple for a minute. It's easy for Apple fans to say it's just a few advertisements, but it's problematic when the web is FULL of websites using Flash for far more than advertisements. I travel to NYC quite often for work, and a lot of restaurant websites I know of I cannot access from my iPhone because there's no Flash (I know, unfortunately, from lots of experience with it - and the ability to make a reservation on the go is a must). When I used an iPad for the first time, the first site I went to was Masters.org, and I couldn't even see the golf leaderboard. Flash isn't just ads. It's all over from animation of websites, to navigation of websites, to videos I want to see, and lastly to ads made by those wanting flashy ads not necessarily excellent coding. The problem with Flash isn't the code, it's the programmers who don't do the job right. There has even been research that showed html5 and h.264 isn't any better than Flash and h.264 enabled.
The biggest problem with no Flash on the iPad/iPod Touch/iPhone is that Apple is giving its users NO WAY TO VIEW VALID FLASH CONTENT! Apple has no alternative in place, so the user is stuck without web access.
I own an iPad, and I am buying two more iPad 3Gs for my kids this Summer, but it really disappoints me that Apple doesn't have Flash figured out... nor does the iPad have a forward-facing camera for video chat which is obviously just Apple waiting for the next update to force those of us who want a camera to upgrade. It's an obvious should have for this product right now, and it would have cost Apple $4. Instead we all have to pay $750 again next year to get the added $4 camera.
Scottsdale, while your enthusiasm, knowledge and commitment to the MBA is passionate and has no doubt been a great help to others, myself included. Your blow-up about the email to Steve Jobs by another member coupled with your following post where you basically came out and said "I'm a provocateur first and macrumors poster second" not only bummed me out, it made me think that you have somehow come to the conclusion, consciously or not, that you OWN or should have the last definitive word on every post in this particular forum. Seriously, take a breath. You appropriate the rules when it suits you but you have posted the same type of post a hundred times regarding the MBA. I don't think I am alone on this one, whether anybody else posts or not.
I have started less than 20 threads EVER on Mac Rumors. I don't know how I could be making so many duplicate threads when over two plus years I have less than 20 threads to my making.
I try to comment on everything if I feel like it warrants a comment. There is no rule about not commenting on very many threads.
At the same time, while I understand you are saying you don't think I should be posting as much or as frequently, at least you weren't a complete ass about it as others have been to me. I understand that not everyone is going to get along. I also understand when some people think someone who speaks out often must think he's a know it all or he's better than the rest of them, but that's not the case. I am bored, and this site gets my mind off of my miserable existence right now while I cannot work. And lately, I have been spending far less time here, because I am writing for another project.
When people add more I respond, I am not trying to get the last word... I am communicating further. I don't add nothing like a lot of people here either. Usually there's a thought or position behind every post I make. I love debating, and I use it here all of the time and it's meant as a DEBATE NOT THAT I WANT PEOPLE TO FIGHT nor call me names.
And I don't call people names or get into the trash talk of others. I do not sit and let people attack because they don't like me, but I am not calling people names like people have called me over and over again with no moderator action.
Lastly, I didn't mean to say that I want to provoke anything unless it's debate. I DO want to provoke debate, and I do that passionately, but I am not fabricating positions or feelings... I just like to debate and perhaps that doesn't settle well with everyone as some people DON'T like debate and just are reading to read. Believe me, if I could get debate without HATE, I would love to do it. A lot of people reply with hate because they don't like someone attacking their positions in debate form. A lot of people cannot accept that it's different than calling people names and attacking who they are as a person, as that's NEVER been my goal or aim.
For anyone that I have offended, I apologize, but it's never been my goal or reason for posting... all I try to do is enjoy debate not try to attack people or make them feel badly.
