I COULD get the iPad2!

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03-23-2011, 03:49 PM
col.bris

Yes I actually am employed at the good guys in tech zone. And will pick one up at Friday at 5 my time The good guys is very similar to Best Buy we have only 90 stores they have 1000

The real good news is that the cost of the ipad2 32 wifi dropped almost $100 aus as us dollar and aus dollar are the same
03-23-2011, 04:06 PM
SweetPoison

Good for you! We use to have a Good Guys here in Sac. But one year there was a horrible hostage situation that went on for hours and was televised. After that, it closed.
03-23-2011, 04:12 PM
col.bris

Not the same group this is a private owned independent group. I sell most major laptops and towers unfortunately not Apple however we do sell Pods etc etc we will have ipads soon I am picking up mine from another good guys store store nearby
03-23-2011, 04:15 PM
SweetPoison

Well ~ send your fav Cali girl one!:D
03-23-2011, 06:02 PM
madhatter61

Optical drives... why, why not?

Quote:

Originally Posted by mx1

I would so be in love with the air if it had a optical drive...but then, it would not be an Air would it.

I have a 4 year old 17inch Dell that the iPad should be able to replace, and when the Dell dies, it will be replaced with a 13 inch mac of some sort.

I do not know why I have the desire to have a dvd drive in my Laptop, I kinda hope the iPad will cure me of that. I think it steams from the hours and hours of dvd's I have watched while the Army has seen fit to stick me in some of the worst "vacation" spots on the planet.....

It turns out that many people have bought or copied lots of movies on DVD's. So they want to play them. Netflix made a terrific business out of offering over 100,000 titles for just a few $, no late fees. Now Netflix offers streaming. So if you have high speed internet why use DVD.

Also at one time all programs came on DVD (CD ... whatever). So we want to use all this old stuff. It was also a way to back up data, so we want to use that back up stuff. It was also an inexpensive way to share a lot of data.

Now all software is downloaded from secure servers. So the focus is away from even needing DVD. Apple for one has pulled all boxed programs, world wide. So MacBook AIR introduced a great laptop with no DVD... lighter in weight, a lot thinner, lots better battery usage, and SSD is instant on and fast...but no optical drive. So goes progress. The same could be said for thumb drives ... thus USB 2.0 ports. iPad has neither of them and you will not be getting them either. There are lots of other issues, but that is another story.

That is the background, and the motive. But it is also frustrating to those that want the new, and still want the old, also. Hope this is useful to some.
03-23-2011, 07:36 PM
Mtnmedic

Quote:

Originally Posted by SweetPoison

We did our taxes last night and things are sweet.:) It is the last year I can claim my daughter though.:(

I so could get the iPad2! At least it was my first thought after I paid off my dentist and my car and toss some into savings!

I wonder though....

Get it! Then we'll be off on the same foot together with the new toy!

Michael "Spam, spam, bacon, eggs and spam. Hold the bacon and eggs." Sent from my iPad using iPF
03-23-2011, 07:38 PM
SweetPoison

No Michael! I decided not to ~ I am perfectly happy with my iPad. Plus there are other things I want!
03-23-2011, 07:49 PM
Gunny008

Anyone read that an apple employee said that the iPad 2 was a "rush job"? With the bad back light bleeding and random out of the box scratches, it looks like it was.

I still wish someone would give me a restraining order from apple stores on Friday!
03-24-2011, 12:57 AM
mx1

Quote:

Originally Posted by madhatter61

Quote:

Originally Posted by mx1

I would so be in love with the air if it had a optical drive...but then, it would not be an Air would it.

I have a 4 year old 17inch Dell that the iPad should be able to replace, and when the Dell dies, it will be replaced with a 13 inch mac of some sort.

I do not know why I have the desire to have a dvd drive in my Laptop, I kinda hope the iPad will cure me of that. I think it steams from the hours and hours of dvd's I have watched while the Army has seen fit to stick me in some of the worst "vacation" spots on the planet.....

It turns out that many people have bought or copied lots of movies on DVD's. So they want to play them. Netflix made a terrific business out of offering over 100,000 titles for just a few $, no late fees. Now Netflix offers streaming. So if you have high speed internet why use DVD.

Also at one time all programs came on DVD (CD ... whatever). So we want to use all this old stuff. It was also a way to back up data, so we want to use that back up stuff. It was also an inexpensive way to share a lot of data.

Now all software is downloaded from secure servers. So the focus is away from even needing DVD. Apple for one has pulled all boxed programs, world wide. So MacBook AIR introduced a great laptop with no DVD... lighter in weight, a lot thinner, lots better battery usage, and SSD is instant on and fast...but no optical drive. So goes progress. The same could be said for thumb drives ... thus USB 2.0 ports. iPad has neither of them and you will not be getting them either. There are lots of other issues, but that is another story.

That is the background, and the motive. But it is also frustrating to those that want the new, and still want the old, also. Hope this is useful to some.

I hear what you are saying, but your fatal flaw in this small section of your post is the fact that Netflix will not let me stream in Iraq, Afghanistan or any other fwd deployed country. I am stationed in Brussels , Belgium, and can not get Netflix "legally"

I am coming around as a digital copy fan instead of a dvd, but there are some things that you just cant download, esp from a tent in the desert...

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