wow..it took a while for me to think wtf is ipod hifi

haha u have good memory bro

now this is something worth complaining a lot

i appreciate no flash anyway. i dont play flash games, i only use it for videos. when html5 hits mainstream then i wont be missing flash

come look at the bright side of the iPad..

http://ninezerothree.wordpress.com/2010/01...t-for-5-things/

hehehe hoping to get some input from sifus

now we're talking about BD drives?

being the future or not, the media is still expensive. maybe it'd make sense if we have some official bluray rental service in malaysia la (do we?). about adoption rates hmm...well i wont call it mainstream yet, so superdrive is fine with me

plus, apple would rather have u purchase HD movies from itunes store. i actually prefer that though since its much much cheaper, only rm50+ compared to rm149. of course bluray got extras2 lah, whatever that is ;p

i really cannot follow this thread anymore hahah

so what's the general conclusion here?

because not everyone knows how to use windows or OSX. someone said it might be the Wii of computers. probably wont entice geeks like us, but may bring old people to the internet ;p

mockups always look better laa

i remember got one mockup got dvd drive haha. half the tablet is for the dvd drive already... very not logic ;p

is there a NEED to complain about iPad? no..but u WANT to

stringfellow we get your point here. u hate the ipad. nothing wrong about that

however, a notebook doesnt do mobile computing perfectly cuz it's still too big n heavy for some situations. but it's good cuz we can do a lot with it. ipod touch doesnt do it's job perfectly as well, i have to quit an app juz to go into another. but it's doing a good job of being 'mobile' since i can bring it everywhere i go.

while i agree with u that i dont need the ipad, since i have a notebook and an ipod, i do understand if some people want this. 2k isnt much for some people. if i were rich, i'd buy an iPad juz so i can surf the web on a decent-sized screen on my couch...no need to lug my notebook around and no need to zoom into everything like on my ipod.

in a classroom environment, bringing a notebook can be a hassle bcuz i need to carry files, books, etc. if 2k is nothing to me, i'd buy an ipad juz so i dont have to print my lecture notes. netbook isnt an answer for me cuz even though it's small, it's still thick.

there's nothing wrong for WANTING something u dont need. i dont need to eat at mcdonalds. i dont need to buy expensive jeans that does the same thing a rm15 pants at kamdar does. i just want mcd n levis because i can afford them. n if i could afford the ipad, even i dont need it, i'd buy it anyway

well said Edoras, well said

if someone already has similar device, e.g. viliv, then they probably wont need ipad anymore...so what? it's not like everyone has a viliv

i dont videocall as well...but i know some ppl who do. and look silly doing it hehehe. better dont do it in public i guess

so can we stop complaining too much about ipad? i admit that i did, but im more like "oh well, dun wan to buy lah" rather than "SCREW YOU APPLE!"

dont pretend like u pre-order, paid for it, and have to accept a 'crappy' iPad. u didnt, n life goes on. juz dont buy, easy. i dun like the iphone 3gs, so i just dont buy lah..no need to complain about it everyday right?

even if the ipad is a total failure, it wont affect u right? u got stock in apple is it?

yes, on the looks of it, it's an unnecessary device or us who already own a macbook n iphone or ipod touch. but not everyone does. maybe someone who insists on a desktop would appreciate this. maybe someone who's a blackberry fanatic, but wants to join in the App Store craze, but feels like ipod touch screen is way to small for surfing.

so that explains all the rant then. probably instead of dissing iPad u shud give people a reason to buy it. that might help your stock

here's what it does better than previous devices. as u said, it's better than an ipod touch in terms of performance n usage. it's also better than a notebook in terms of portability. does that answer your question?

or if u want to look from a negative point of view, it's worse than an ipod touch because it doesnt fit in a pocket, and it's also worse than a macbook in terms of performance. two perspectives, ur pick. if this is yours, dont buy.

something new? bigger display for apps is new. multitouch iwork is new. even ebook is new for those who doesnt own an ebook reader.

is it that u expected a 10" tablet, running touchscreen OSX, that's also faster than a macbook? so that it's moving up from both ipod touch and macbooks in every single aspect? nothing wrong about wishing about that, but i dont see how apple can achieve it. and certainly not for RM2000.

yes i've kept track. n i admit that i expected the performance of somewhat a mac netbook. and also, yes it was a letdown for me, because i was thinking of buying a netbook, but i wanted something thinner. was hoping that the ipad is the solution, but then it's clearly not, so yeah. modbook would be a good choice, but i simply cant afford it.

i also said before that i hope for a ULV macbook air, a plastic one, juz so it would cost under 2k. i'd get one.

i dun see how complaining about the ipad rises u above anything. yes it's a letdown. yes we're disappointed. so let's just wait for further improvements. we're not in trouble

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Jan 31 2010, 10:14 PM

hehe now that is very cool ;p we can dream hehe

um no, my expectations are not met. i wanted an OSX tablet, cheap one. ipad wasnt it, so we're pretty much on the same boat here. it's just that i accept that my dream tablet wasnt realized, and i also think that if it did today, i cant afford one. even a 'traditional' MBA is already 5k, turn that into a touchscreen tablet n the price will be very high.

so, yes, we should wait longer. because this is still 1st gen. that's life, the best things are always 'in the future'. that 20+ years of expectations GROWS. if this was released 20years earlier everyone would be stoked. today our 'dream apple tablet' is much2 more powerful than what we expected a few years ago. so, lets say 'touchscreen OSX tablet' will be launched in 2015, by that time we already 'expect' it to have 1 TB storage or something. it goes on and on

i believe it would suffice to just inform people ipad doesnt have this and this and this. i dont need to figure out if the ipad is a niche or majority product. macbooks are a majority products for us, but for PC users they're niche.

he is. we all are, that's why we're in apple byte

1) see if microsoft will release office for ipad version. unlikely la i think :S n apple still control what apps will be available
2) most probably apple had just sent out the product measurements to casing manufacturers. we'll see them start selling when the ipad does. no one want to buy now ma ;p

^ well said calvin_ng

how long can ur ipod battery last? im using 1st gen too, i think i bought it in sept/nov 2007...battery still ok for me yeah at first it was juz an ipod with a big screen n wifi...i bought it cuz i felt ipod touch got future when i see people can jailbreak and install apps. glad i was right

so yeah, i'd appreciate a giant ipod touch. i think the price is right (for a 1st gen iDevice. it'll go down later)...i dont think it's expensive for the specs. maybe i'll get a 2nd or 3rd gen someday

one question though. does anyone have any idea how the safari browser handles tabs? this is also one huge problem i have with the ipod touch. everytime wanna switch tabs, it has to load the page again

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Feb 1 2010, 10:14 AM

flash doesnt crash a lot of PCs. it's just that flash version of Mac and also Linux is far worse. that's the problem. we're talking about macs here, so no need to mix PCs in since flash works well on them

i dont get why people are complaining about the bezel. if the screen is right til the edge, how to hold the thing without ur thumb interacting with what u're doing? unless u prefer a handle lah, which is much much much uglier ;p

same goes to HDMI. yes i really want hdmi on my MBP, but for something like an iPad i dont see any reason to want one. what i think would be neat is miniDP IN port, so it can act as 2nd monitor for my MBP. well i can dream hehe

did u watch the keynote? the Brushes demo was pretty cool for a graphic designer. they can always buy a stylus

another advantage of an IPS panel is the viewing angle, dun forget that.