Amiga<>iPad experience at Best Buy today...

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Finally decided to take the plunge on a 32GB iPad. Best Buy had a mint, 2 day old return for $540 ($60 off retail), so what the heck. While I was playing around with it, queued up Amiga.org on it to see how it would look in both portrait and landscape mode. Quite impressive, especially as you can "zoom" in and out real easy. Anywho, I must have left the webpage up on the 'Amiga brand name for sale' thread and walked away to look at some of the accessories.

That's when I hear one of the employees exclaim: "Okay, who was the last one playing around with the iPad". lol  I walked over and said 'I was'. He then started to ask what this spanish lesbian business was all about. He was on the page with the two chicks kissing. LMAO!  I explained, no, no no... that this is an Amiga site, but spanish lesbians have been known to want to purchase the dot com.

Of course then, he looks at me all puzzled. I said: "You know... the Commodore Amiga... best thing to happen to computing since all this trendy Apple crap".  lol  He says: "I remember the Commodore 64, but Amiga? What's that"?

I spent about a minute sounding like an Amiga spokesperson, explaining the virtues, the firsts and all that. Guy just shrugged and said: "wow, that's cool" and proceeded to check out A.org  :laughing:

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I've seen people typing up emails on their iphone, they seem to be quite focused and agile. Simply push a button on it to do something else.
I'd be afraid to drop it, like I see people dropping their phones a lot. A netbook has the advantage of sitting on your lap.

Time will tell, but it seems comfortable enough to me. Large enough to sit in your lap, in your hands or on a table. I did get the $40 Apple branded case for it that's super thin, lightweight and acts as a prop so you can stand it up. I considered for a brief moment spending another $400 and getting the new Airbook, but I wanted a different computing experience and the iPad fits that bill really well. Especially its screen size without a cumbersome clamshell keyboard scenario. Really just wanted the most portable, legible "computer for the net" and this is it.

iPod touch and iPhones are waaaaay too small for this big guy  

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Yeah, yeah, yeah - we all know Apple stuff is a little more expensive, but I like 'em for what they are. Besides, PC ownership at this point is not an option for me. I hate Windows with a passion. 95 was "okay" or tolerable back in the day. Forced to use it at work (XP), I will not be bringing *that* experience home with me. To each their own as usual

BTW: this tablet styled iPad thing works pretty well! Just need to get used to the condensed on-screen keyboard is all. Best new "toy" I've treated myself to since the ROKU box. Lol

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What? You can totally customize a Mac computer, just that their "appliance" bits (ie: little hand held toys) need to be broken is all. A good tinkerer is not hampered by such trivial things as there's always workarounds ;-)