iPad Boycott

No, I do not want this blog to cause some sort of uproar, and I do realize that I sound kind of Apple-opposing considering I have made a "hackintosh" blog in the past. Well, I assure you, I am not anti-Apple. In fact, I love Apple. I think they do the best job of combining form and function in the computer world, and lately, I have noticed something. They grossly overprice their products; especially their new one's. Well, this is just a suggestion, unless some activist would like to make it an entire movement. With the disgusting overpricing of their newer items, it would be smart to steer clear of Apple's newest gadget: the iPad, which is essentially a larger iPod Touch. It is a very nice idea and seems ideal to some people, (people like me), at least until we look at the pricetag, (which Apple has called "unbelievable". Yeah, right!)

This trend is not new. It happened with the iPod, iPod Touch, iPhone, and even with the Mac Mini, iMac, and the MacBook and MacBook Pro. With Apple, there is only one smart thing to do: wait. Wait until they make an improvement along with lowering the price. Then wait some more! (Remember the iPhone 3G? Of course you don't! There is the 3GS now!) All I am saying is that you should wait until it has everything that you want it to before you buy. This iPad may seem awesome as it is, but according to wired.com, its parts are worth around $220, and are being sold, currently, for $500. And the one that is most expensive ($830) is worth around $335! It may seem like a rip-off, (which it is), but of course they have to make a profit. (People have been asking for a camera. Um... Why?! I really don't see the point. It's essentially a portable, touch-screen web browser. A camera would be nice, but I would prefer viewing items with the iPad rather than creating them.) This is what I think would be awesome: Blu-Ray and HD capabilities! The screen might have to get a little bigger, but wouldn't that be sick! As of now, it can only do standard resolution. I think that they should just make the screen's resolution 1280 by 720 and make any HD video full-screen. Even if they didn't have Blu-Ray, 720p HD video would be a very nice touch.

Yeah, its pretty perfect as-is. That whole HD thing would be cool, but for what it does, I think it's just about perfect. It's good for decent web browsing anyway, which is what I do all of the time when I'm bored and have nothing to do, but on my phone's small screen, it's just a pain. Anyway, I think the lowest price should be about $350 and the full-on, maxed-out, tripping balls iPad should be $600 at most! I would pay between $400 and $450 just to make sure I got a good one. Just to clarify, $450 should get me at least a 16GB, 3G and HD, iPad. Bye, and thanks for reading.