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In reply to the discussion: I don't get the whole iPad 3 craze. [View all]DeschutesRiver
(2,354 posts)Dh was more interested in a netbook than an ipad, and I think I will have a look for myself as well.
I do think the Ipads are pretty to look at, but at my age I don't "game" or whatever else might be important that the Ipad does which a netbook won't do. I would like one, but like a mac, I choke at the price. Things like computers, tablets, etc become outdated, and new ones must be bought, so it is that choking price over and over.
And I didn't understand the poster who said she ran into older people who are intimidated by computers but not by an Ipad - they do the same thing, yes? But just in a different package? I'm in the older person category, but can't wrap my mind around why a computer would freak me out but an Ipad wouldn't - for us old people, computers are pretty much all we've ever known, not like they are something new (although, true, they didn't exist when I was born
In the end, it is just a tool for me to use.