Apple Jan. 27 launch event... what will it be?

[Coach McGuirk]

So can anyone explain how the iPad is different than the iTouch?

Bigger. The iBooks deal is cool. Runs iWork. All I can think of right now.

[Donuthole]

Again your numbers are like comparing the effect the Back Street boys had on music as compared to the Beetles. Do you get it yet?

And the point is 95% wouldn't have a PC if the mac hadn't first been invented

Your appeal to history falls flat in light of your automobile analogy. You realize that without Ford, you would never be able to drive a Mercedes, right? So let's just put that argument to bed right now. You've successfully refuted it yourself. No need to bring it up again.

[Shaka]

Again your numbers are like comparing the effect the Back Street boys had on music as compared to the Beetles. Do you get it yet?

And the point is 95% wouldn't have a PC if the mac hadn't first been invented

You going to keep going with this? The first Mac came out in 1984 while the first PC came out in 1981 (Actually there was an IBM pc released around 1975 but it was labeled "PC". It looked a lot like the first Compaq portables.) The PC outsold the Mac by a huge margin.

[tooblue]

The iPad looks cool but with only 16 gigs to 64 gigs of memory and the inability to multitask, I don't have any interest.

I don't have a lot interest just yet either. But give it some time.

[Shaka]

Bigger. The iBooks deal is cool. Runs iWork. All I can think of right now.

The book thing is the only reason I'd consider an iPad. For everything else I prefer the Touch because I can carry it on my belt rather than a man-purse.

[Surfah]

I don't have a lot interest just yet either. But give it some time.

I thought this was going to change the world? And you're not interested?

[tooblue]

Your appeal to history falls flat in light of your automobile analogy. You realize that without Ford, you would never be able to drive a Mercedes, right? So let's just put that argument to bed right now. You've successfully refuted it yourself. No need to bring it up again.

Actually Ford only really invented the assembly line ... A French dude invented the first automobile. So, it's a bad analogy all together that was not brought up by me genius

Now the Back Street Boys contribution to music as compared to the Beetles is much more appropriate!

[tooblue]

You going to keep going with this? The first Mac came out in 1984 while the first PC came out in 1981 (Actually there was an IBM pc released around 1975 but it was labeled "PC". It looked a lot like the first Compaq portables.) The PC outsold the Mac by a huge margin.

Really? Gee I didn't know that. And were they the first commercially successful personal computer to use a GUI and a mouse?

Didn't think so.

[Coach McGuirk]

The book thing is the only reason I'd consider an iPad. For everything else I prefer the Touch because I can carry it on my belt rather than a man-purse.

For me, it is a very good long travel item. Definitely not a everyday use thing for me, but it looks to do enough things that would take the place of pulling out my laptop on the plane. Plus I love gadgets.

[Surfah]

The book thing is the only reason I'd consider an iPad. For everything else I prefer the Touch because I can carry it on my belt rather than a man-purse.

To be honest I think this could cause a bit of a backlash for the iPad.

[tooblue]

I thought this was going to change the world? And you're not interested?

A lot of interest just yet.

[tooblue]

Is Final Cut Pro one of the software programs that you claim is changing the world? I am not Familiar with "Final Cut Pro" but it sounds terribly critical. Should I upgrade tonight or can i get by until the weekend?

Have you ever watched a movie? 98% (or more) of the movies you have watched in recent years were edited in Final Cut Pro it only runs on a Mac.

[Shaka]

For me, it is a very good long travel item. Definitely not a everyday use thing for me, but it looks to do enough things that would take the place of pulling out my laptop on the plane. Plus I love gadgets.

Yeah I'm a gadget guy too. I do not do a lot of really long trips so that aspect doesn't really do it for me. I do take my laptop with me when I travel but most of the time I leave it in the overhead and watch episodes of Dexter or something like it on my iPod Nano or smartphone.

Maybe one of these would be ok for the South Africa trip I'm trying to take this year.

[tooblue]

both me and the wife are surfing from our house right now... ???

How come you didn't respond to the real comparison I made and not your cheap $500 model lame attempt?

[Shaka]

Have you ever watched a movie? 98% (or more) of the movies you have watched in recent years were edited in Final Cut Pro it only runs on a Mac.

Yet they coul have been edited just as easy on Premiere or Vegas.