To iPad or not to iPad...

[-Danube-]

Hey,

So basically i have alot of surplus cash from work that is just doing nothing and why should i save it when interest rates are rubbish so i want to spend it on crap! (You only live once!!) Anyway i have been looking for a while at purchasing an iPad but i'm really not sure. It's one of those things i want... but don't rather need. I already have a MacBook Pro and an iPod Touch but i've got apple fever and i just simply want any product apple bring out

Could you possibly give me a nudge in the right direction? Pro's n Cons? Should i wait for iPad 2... when ever that is! Is it even worth buying one?

~Dan

[Conservative,]

Get an iPhone 4. Does everything an iPad does. And you get 3G internet included in a phone contract rather than paying for it on some stupid contract for iPad.

[Eoin247]

Buy shares in Uranium like me

[Deak]

I think it depends if you really want one and the bigger screen which comes with it because as Robbie says above get an iPhone as it does exactly the same things but just has a smaller screen.

[-Danube-]

I'd never buy an iPhone, i'm against iPhone. Silly amounts of money for something so small. Does the same as my Touch by just does calls.... iPad is like a mixture between my Touch and my Mac.

David is really selling iPad to me on Msn

[dbgtz]

get a ps3

in seriousness, if you just wanna buy it to show off then go for it, but if you intend to like use it loads then id say get a diff tablet, or an actual pc or something lol. or maybe take a different route and get wasted.

[Recursion]

Wait till the iPad 2 announcement now... Although i don't see the point in a camera on such a large device.

I was skeptical, now I have my iPad I use it everyday... In fact, I'm lying in bed typing this post on it right now! (and yes, you do get used to typing on a touch screen, I've managed to get very quick at it in around 2 weeks).

I haven't used my laptop since I've had it really, there isn't much point when I can do just about everything my laptop did with one app or another.

[-Danube-]

If iPad 2 is out by the time i get my exam results (March time) i'll probs be tempted to actually buy it. I don't see the point in the camera myself either, it just makes sense to wait a while longer for the more 'up-to-date' version, as i'm still contemplating whether to buy one or not yet!

I did look at the Galaxy Tab but the size put me off.

This all came about because i wanted an iPad for christmas and i was like so close to buying one but i wasn't sure so it was a no, as i have to be 100% before i buy someone or i end up with buyers remorse. Then tonight i was 'moaning' about all this money i have (LOL i know it sounds proper silly and selfish as there's are thousands or people struggle in these times) But i'm young, no family to support, steady part-time job which pay really well for the hours i do and my dad just went 'Why not buy that iPad you were banging on about over christmas for?' Kinda makes sense, as i obvs want to spend this money...

[lol]

With the Mac App store... I feel like iPads lost a lot of it's usefulness.
I would recommend buying a Canon 5D mark II

[HotelUser]

With the Mac App store... I feel like iPads lost a lot of it's usefulness.
I would recommend buying a Canon 5D mark II

For some reason I prefer to lug around my iPad instead of my 27" iMac