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So the wife gave me permission to buy an iPad ...

sapporobaby said:
Do you realize how sad that sounds? My wife gave me permission to do something. Weak dude. It's one thing to say that money is tight and we have to be frugal as a family with our purchases, but to say that you have to get permission from your wife to make a purchase sounds truly sad and emasculating.

Being that you have "permission", buy it before she changes your mind.
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YOu must be young or singel, anyone who is married will know exactly what the OP was talking about. And believe me it have nothing to do with being "emasculating", the fact the he share the decision with his partner about a $500+ purchase says a lot about himself and about his relationship :cool:
 
Watch out it's a trap! :D

If the wife gave you the ok to go out and buy a iPad and you actually do it then watch out. She will use this against you in the next argument for sure! :(
 
TraceyS/FL said:
It appears to be on a annual cycle.

I'd say not before next march.

We own 2, and I'd buy another today if I could...

Enjoy it!!!
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Alaerian said:
How do you figure an annual cycle? What's your source? With only a singular release, you have no data to make a determination on cycle times.
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I said, it APPEARS to be on an annual cycle, i didn't state it as fact.

Annual, like the iPods and iPhone are.... It doesn't take a genius to figure out we probably won't see a new one this holiday season.

But hey, keep on thinking what you want.... The OP asked for opinions and i offered. Feel free to counter on your own!

I also felt it was important to say that I'd buy another today if could, and not be waiting for the upgrade. It does what we need so that makes it worth buying now.

Anyway, Steve is the only one that really knows..... Try asking him!
 
sapporobaby said:
It could also be that I make a lot of money.
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This. I know what you mean. You can get to a point where you make enough money to take care of expenses and savings and still have some over for "luxuries"... the interesting thing is that when you get to that point you end up not buying everything in sight... simply because you know that you can. :)
 
sracer said:
This. I know what you mean. You can get to a point where you make enough money to take care of expenses and savings and still have some over for "luxuries"... the interesting thing is that when you get to that point you end up not buying everything in sight... simply because you know that you can. :)
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Exactly but the other point I was trying to make was that the OP should not have to have permission to live. A marriage, relationship is a two-way street. If it works for him so much the better, but as an adult in a relationship that is supposed to be founded 50-50, I think the OP should know well enough if purchasing an iPad is feasible or not. This without the need to ask permission. Personally I could not and would not live this way.

As for my purchasing habits, even though I make a very good salary I tend to be very frugal. My daughter had a gen 1 iPod. Gen 1. About 3 or so years old, and her phone also tanked a few days ago, so to save money I got her a new iPhone 4. Living in Finland, the phone costs and data costs are very inexpensive.
 
They really have to step it up for me to buy a new iPad, like a better screen, cameras, sd card slot, better processor, better ram, I wold need at least 3 of thoes.
 
sapporobaby said:
Exactly but the other point I was trying to make was that the OP should not have to have permission to live. A marriage, relationship is a two-way street. If it works for him so much the better, but as an adult in a relationship that is supposed to be founded 50-50, I think the OP should know well enough if purchasing an iPad is feasible or not. This without the need to ask permission. Personally I could not and would not live this way.

As for my purchasing habits, even though I make a very good salary I tend to be very frugal. My daughter had a gen 1 iPod. Gen 1. About 3 or so years old, and her phone also tanked a few days ago, so to save money I got her a new iPhone 4. Living in Finland, the phone costs and data costs are very inexpensive.
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that's why you're not married to his wife. i, myself, could not live that way either. there's nothing wrong with his relationship, it's just the way it is. i know of some guys that have to ask permission to pee, so it's not all that bad in this case. :D
 
sapporobaby said:
Exactly but the other point I was trying to make was that the OP should not have to have permission to live. A marriage, relationship is a two-way street. If it works for him so much the better, but as an adult in a relationship that is supposed to be founded 50-50, I think the OP should know well enough if purchasing an iPad is feasible or not. This without the need to ask permission. Personally I could not and would not live this way.

As for my purchasing habits, even though I make a very good salary I tend to be very frugal. My daughter had a gen 1 iPod. Gen 1. About 3 or so years old, and her phone also tanked a few days ago, so to save money I got her a new iPhone 4. Living in Finland, the phone costs and data costs are very inexpensive.
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Every relationship is different. My wife and I live on a strict budget in which everything is budgeted the month before and we set aside a set amount of cash for groceries and dining out. We do have the ability to buy things that are less than $50 that are necessities (i.e. clothes for my son if she finds good deals on them or a pair of jeans for herself if she needs a new pair of jeans) but usually anything above that has to be cleared with both parties and the budget would have to be altered.

We don't do this because we don't trust each other but because we trust each other. An iPad purchase certainly would have to be approved by both parties and there would be some fact-finding, testing of products, and discussion before the purchase was made (just like we did when we purchased the one we currently have). We do make a pretty good income but our number one goal right now is to finish paying off our student loans and by being strict with our budget and accountable to each other it helps us stay on track.

With that said, I'm sure one day when we don't have any debt and our income has increased we will allow each to buy more expensive items without the others' approval. But hopefully you could see how a couple making $50,000 a year together (just throwing that out as an example) might have an issue if one decided to go buy a $500 iPad without asking the other's permission first.
 
I really only want one thing from the next iPad release:

An honest-to-god stylus-friendly OS. Its obvious people want to use the thing as a writing/drawing surface. Give us software that allows the end-user to configure intentional 'dead spaces' to rest our wrist comfortably, with an Apple-engineered handwriting input (not a big fan of handwriting recognition actually) mechanism that takes the best approaches offered by the umpteen "notepad" apps out there already. Make it part of the core OS. While you are at it, give me the ability to tether a REAL stylus to the thing so I don't have to use these goofy sponge-tipped sticks with the thing. I don't care how they accomplish this, but let me choose to use my fat stubby finger or a stylus.

Camera's, smaller form factor, better screen, more memory, etc.....I could care less. I just hate that I bought something that would be PERFECT to use in one way and I have to find a bunch of workarounds or settle for less-than-perfect UI restrictions because it wasn't built for that purpose, so sayeth the Jobseth.
 
ReallyBigFeet said:
Give us software that allows the end-user to configure intentional 'dead spaces' to rest our wrist comfortably
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It just occured to me that all you need is some kind of pad under your wrist that doesn't conduct electricity. Maybe if you made a wearable one like those wrist-bands tennis players have around their wrists? Oh, how about a fingerless glove? Anyone care to try and see if it works? :D
 
Mine was an early wedding present from my wife-to-be.

Was stoked when she told me to just buy it already!!

I bought her a MacBook last week, she is in love with it!
 
I regret buying my ipad

I love this iPad and think it's the best thing ever but when the iPhone 4 came out it kind of hurt. Because it made me think a lot about what the next iPad would be like. It's going to be a lot better than this one so just wait till next year, it won't be that long, trust me.
 
barkomatic said:
I disagree. I think the experience of engineering the first iPad will make Apple better prepared for the second one. Besides, I don't recall any major problems I had with my unit--and the iPad is a totally new product category.

After the release of the new model, I don't see any need to wait. If one has a problem, there is always the genius bar. In the unlikely event that the problem is a no-go, then one can always return it.

The only "problem" I see is that it may take awhile for apps to catch up to whatever the new screen resolution it is--*if* Apple updates it. This wasn't a big deal for the iPhone 4 however, and I don't expect it will be for the iPad when this change is made.
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Everything, iPads, cell phones, software, hardware, games -- they all have something wrong at the start. Doesn't me you won't be jazzed about the new toy but don't kid yourself, there will be quirks.
 
saberahul said:
My wife didn't give me permission but I sneaked out and bought it. :)
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This. I got sick of not being able to spend my own money, so I got mine without permission :D

iHeartapple2 said:
Watch out it's a trap! :D

If the wife gave you the ok to go out and buy a iPad and you actually do it then watch out. She will use this against you in the next argument for sure! :(
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LOL, I remember a post like this a few months back when the iPad first launched. It's still pretty much the truest response to date ;)
 
Buy now dude

For the rest of the current product life cycle until the next gen comes in the next Spring, There's plenty of time you can enjoy it. I bet you spend some time arguing or kneeing down your wife to buy it. If you you don't buy it now meaning your expectation for the gen2 is higher as you might heard from different source about its specs and you will feel more and more wanting to buy the gen2. I've discussed with my wife whether it will fit our life style (one kid family). We agree to get one but have been waiting for couple of months for it to come Thailand (ignore grey market) but seems no good news. So we decided to wait for the next gen in the next half a year, that fine for us. I expect these specs as heard from many sources :
1. Retina display
2. More ram
3. Faster speed with dual core (at least equal as major rival, PlayBook from BB)
4. Dual cameras
5. Ligther (from LiquidMetal technology)

Share us after you buy it (tomorrow right) ;)
 
theelex said:
For the rest of the current product life cycle until the next gen comes in the next Spring, There's plenty of time you can enjoy it. I bet you spend some time arguing or kneeing down your wife to buy it. If you you don't buy it now meaning your expectation for the gen2 is higher as you might heard from different source about its specs and you will feel more and more wanting to buy the gen2. I've discussed with my wife whether it will fit our life style (one kid family). We agree to get one but have been waiting for couple of months for it to come Thailand (ignore grey market) but seems no good news. So we decided to wait for the next gen in the next half a year, that fine for us. I expect these specs as heard from many sources :
1. Retina display
2. More ram
3. Faster speed with dual core (at least equal as major rival, PlayBook from BB)
4. Dual cameras
5. Ligther (from LiquidMetal technology)

Share us after you buy it (tomorrow right) ;)
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Quote your reputable sources please regarding points:

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5.

Because they are not true and are out and out FUD....
 
Mitchrapp said:
You're kidding, right? Your money is her money, it's a marriage not a one night stand.
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It has nothing to do with being a one night stand. It is about respect. If he wants to live by his wife's opinion and whims then so be it. My wife has her money and I have mine, and we have our, but if I want to buy an iPad, I can be damn sure I will not ask her opinion. As long as I meet my financial obligations she has nothing to say about what I buy and the same goes for her.
 
sapporobaby said:
It has nothing to do with being a one night stand. It is about respect. If he wants to live by his wife's opinion and whims then so be it. My wife has her money and I have mine, and we have our, but if I want to buy an iPad, I can be damn sure I will not ask her opinion. As long as I meet my financial obligations she has nothing to say about what I buy and the same goes for her.
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I agree, I think you misinterpreted what I wrote in reply to the guy before me.

But you'll find that most couple at least talk about big purchases. "I'll buy my iPad, as long as I pay the mortgage - its fine" usually doesn't fly. But not every marriage is the same.
 
I don't know why people are so concerned about "when to buy" Apple products. Apple's resell value is exponentially greater than their nearest competitors. Buy it when you want it. Sell it when the new generation comes out. The upgrade cost won't be excruciating.

And every relationship is different guys. If it makes you feel good about yourself to get on here and proclaim yourself master of the universe because you have the money and independence to buy whatever and whenever you wish, by all means, go for it. All of us are not in that situation. I discuss purchases with my gf all the time, and we aren't even married. But we do live in a combined income household, so it is her right to be included in those decisions.
 
Alaerian said:
How do you figure an annual cycle? What's your source? With only a singular release, you have no data to make a determination on cycle times.
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LOL...Who are you to say that its not an annual cycle? What's the basis for your commentary? You don't know either, so your opinion and comments are just as invalid as the rest.
 
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