I am the Only Person who likes the iPad

[shaleari]

So, a few days ago, I watched in amazement of the iPad. It's a beautiful device, that.. to me, felt, futureistic. It was fun, it was functional, and it was sexy. As a game designer, I saw some awesome potential from such a powerful device. Bottom line, I loved it

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[androgynism]

Let's just take movie watching as an example: A laptop will have an optical drive to watch DVD/BR from, much higher resolution, USB connections and/or card readers to load movies from external sources and lastly, a more correct and comfortable viewing angle without having to hold it in your hands.

In my head, there's still absolutely no reason for me to fill the nonexistent gap between my HTC HD2 and my Alienware laptop.

I'm sure the iPad will be great when the 3rd iteration comes out, but this one is simply too crippled. Save for the e-reader part, my phone does the same and in some respects outperforms the iPad.

And I know you shouldn't base your own opinion on what others think, but every single tech blog I've read are either incredibly disappointed or indfifferent at best towards it.

[shaleari]

Alright I'll take your example. Say I'm laying in bed, So my choices are stare at a tine.. in your case 4.3 inch screen, or have a big 10 lb Computer sitting on my chest, or have me in some odd angle to watch that movie. While the laptop is blowing hot air, from the GPU/CPU showing this movie, and the possible disc drive spinning

[androgynism]

I've never had those problems with my laptop... And I have one of the biggest and heaviest laptops on the market.

And I wouldn't compare tech blogs to the people of Wal-Mart. Most of them make a living off of gadgets such as this, so they know what they're talking about.

[shaleari]

What kind of problems?

And as far as tech bloggers, And even many of us, We are the minority, Some tech bloggers even admit that with all the little gadgets they see, They can be disconnected from what the general public will like.

[androgynism]

Apparently odd viewing angles, noise and heat.
Maybe it's just because my laptop is pretty brutal that something like watching a movie doesn't cause the fans to kick into high gear, and besides, I use headphones anyway :P

But yeah, maybe the tech pundits are disconnected from what Joe Average wants - I however think that Joe Average would never buy an iPad, because it's a geeky niche product. Joe Average is probably very satisfied with his laptop, and it's certainly not Joe Average who buys Apple products (save for phones and mp3 players).
That leaves the geeks... most of whom don't like it.

[artyskox]

Why is it either a 4 inch screen or 10lb computer?
My netbook's got a 12" screen, weigh 3 lbs and has a 5 hour battery. How are you gonna position a flat screen in bed anyway?

[shaleari]

I got the 10 lbs from the fact that most gaming laptops weigh about as much.

Now, I will concede that I may see more use in the device due to my limited vision. The form factor gives me more control over where I have it. I can lay the thing on my pillow and prop nyself over it. I can lay on my back holding It above me, or prop it up lazily while I lay on my side.

My netbook only had a 8.9 inch screen but even on the 12.1 inch convertible, I still find myself hunched over it uncomfortably to use it.