I have been a loyal Mac supporter for about 10 years, purchasing my first iMac in 2000, which is still running. We currently have a Macbook Intel core 2 duo and have had a iPhone 3g and now a 3gs. With those devices at the house and a pc laptop, I am going to wait for something more impressive from the Steve Jobs camp. In my opinion, the cons for the iPad are as follows: The technical specs on the iPad are more similar to a single function mobile device and it will not run multiple tasks. The initial issues with the wireless signal strength and problems connecting to dual band wireless AP’s are not making me jump over to the Apple store. Also I have heard the weight of the device gets a little heavy to hold for longer periods of time. The pros for the iPad are: The screen is very impressive and responsive, the brightness can be controlled from almost a blinding light to a very easy on the eyes level. Some reports have said that opening a single application is very fast and running games that are ported over from the iPhone list of apps run flawlessly.
This device may one day be touted as the device that changed the way we compute, but for now I am going to wait for a more powerful model that acts more like a normal laptop computer and maybe down the road they will incorporate video conferencing with their iChat program and that would be very cool.
- Jay Groves, Premier IT, Inc.