2iPad or not 2iPad that is the question

...or even...2Q or not 2Q

Hmm, not sure.  I have iPad1 32gb wifi.  On paper it should be a no brainer to stick as the iPad does everything I want, but the new one is sooooo fast and slick I know it will wear me down eventually.  

I think when the new apps start leveraging that mammoth gpu you will kick yourself for not spending 25% extra.

I don't want one if it makes you write funny like that...

They're 'past it' in what way? The cheap and massive storage? The CD/DVD drive? The ability to go on the road with it and plug it into a full blown desk system with keyboad, mouse and screen? The ability to do proper work on it that allows me to work from home? (No tablet can do that.) The raw speed and power? The range - and quantity - of inputs and outputs?

Why do Apple still make (successfully) a range of their own laptops if they are past it?

I like the word leverage.  Its a good word, fun to say.  Current favourite words are bombastic, flippant, and when used in correct context, flange.

Didactical and Exogenous are presently mine.... and Chebby's "vicarious" is up there with the best.

Best phrase- "full to the hoozle" (it's Irish - well it would be, wouldn't it?!)

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I blame Hobbs for this all going "off piste"

iPad three is rumoured to drop as soon as September. 

The rumours when it comes to Apple products are usually wrong. They have specific times when they release/announce products and it wouldn't make any sense for them not to stick to this. iPad 3 will probably be available this time next year, like the iPad 1 was this time last year.

Back to the main question, spend the extra and get the iPad 2, lots quicker, slimmer and the best thing about it: it has a flat back so doesn't wobble when on a flat surface. Only a little thing, but a good improvement.

I think u should consider a laptop rather than a tablet. Tablets are very underpowered, and limited in their potential use.

If ur at home - why wouldnt u use a laptop - and tablets are not really portable either - dont fit in your pocket.

Tablets are gimmicky. £400+ for a device than can act as a remote control or  browse the internet ?  (and only partially at that!)

A decent laptop has 10-20x the power of a Tablet/phone.

TechMad, I don't disagree with you nor Chebby, but we headed down to-day to look at the new ipads, in the computer floor of the most well-known department store here.

There were racks and racks of laptops, with the odd browser idly jabbing at the keys. Only one counter had people lined up to take their turn, and that was - you guessed it.

Like it or not, the iPad and its clones are the future, and the Laptop the past. People don't care about all the things you mention, they like the interface, ease of use, handy size and the design. A clamshell laptop can't compete. And the iPads generate real excitement.

While waiting a man in his sixties came up to me, excitement burning in his eyes and said "You have to buy one! I'm a musician, and I've just got one with a piano on it. These things are wonderful." He ran off to tell the next person the same.

You don't see that same excitement about a laptop. The iPad is the computer that works for the masses, doesn't need technical support, doesn't even need the users to think, and that's why it is so good.

Did I buy one? Not this time. I used the pro laptop arguments. But I have to tell you, at some point, I will.

A lot of people will be working very hard - using their laptops/MacBooks - to earn the money to buy an iPad for fun.

Thats kind of like the analogy Steve Jobs used to describe the iPad, that laptops and desktops would become more like pickup trucks as opposed to cars, things you use for work, not everyday stuff.

You are a very lucky man.