SimpleAsItSeems
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"I bought it because my iMac wouldn't turn on for some weird reason..." Really, that's the reason? Man, the iPad should be EXPECTED to let you down or you really didn't use your iMac for much...
Yeah, that's the trouble with kids these days... I have shoe laces older than you!
Scary part is in a few years, THESE will be the "good old days"...
again, some one who never owned an iDevice before is not going to think of having to hook it up to a computer. I know I didn't when I got my first iPod touch back in 2007. I thought it was going to be much like the rest of the iPods, just turn it on and it will work.
No, you're not getting it. it's not about owning an iDevice before. It's about wanting a product, any product that your spending 100's of dollars on, and not at least searching prior to gain any knowledge on the product. You just buy 100's of dollars worth of kit on a whim? no research? you sound like a smart guy, I am sure you do...
Had the OP just spent 5 min, looking into the device prior to purchasing, this thread wouldn't exist...
while you are correct YOU are NOT getting what I'm talking about. No one is gonna think "oh I need to see if I need to connect this to a computer before I start using it" Only if you are an Apple fan. Not a every day general consumer. (the ones who dont spend their online life on tech sites) Its easy for you to say that because you like Apple and already know about the iPad. He did not. Theres a HUGE difference.
while you are correct YOU are NOT getting what I'm talking about. No one is gonna think "oh I need to see if I need to connect this to a computer before I start using it" Only if you are an Apple fan. Not a every day general consumer. (the ones who dont spend their online life on tech sites) Its easy for you to say that because you like Apple and already know about the iPad. He did not. Theres a HUGE difference.
Upon purchasing it I was absolutely thrilled with myself. I immediately stopped at the house, opened up everything...my new Bluetooth keyboard, the iPad, the Knomo case. All of it was useless.
I could not use the device. I bought it because my iMac wouldn't turn on for some weird reason and here I was unable to use this new device either. I was then forced to have my girlfriend bring her laptop along just so I could connect to iTunes to register the device. Quite frankly, had she not beenable to do it that night I would have returned the iPad.
Why such absurd requirements exist on Apple devices is beyond me...but I am not convinced I will buy another one of their products for while. As much as I like the iPad, I only bought it because I was in a pinch, but had I had time to consider other devices, and had I known about the annoying setup, I likely would have chosen something else.
Magical, revolutionary...this is what heard, read, saw on commercials. I have never been into Apple iThingies like many here have been for years. I assumed that this device would magically be of use immediately so I could join the revolution
I had to go back to a traditional computer to make the revolution start...at which point it seemed less than magical.
Still a very useful tool. It is my only "computer" to this day. It was just a disappointing start.