Reply #36: "The new normal"

[SocialistLez]

People have gone without so much...they've gotten used to it.

I see no need to WASTE my money on an iPad.
I will be buying things that can prove VERY useful for me such as say a GPS for my car because I'm tired of getting lost every time I go out of town.

I don't think there will be a lot of demand for a lot of products until we see the unemployment rate at about 5-6% and I mean REAL employment. A lot of people getting jobs these days aren't getting the kind of jobs they want and it's not like there is a lot of job security. Hell, even hospitals around here are having a hiring freeze but we're constantly told health care jobs are the jobs of the future.

I don't think the iPad is the best product to use. Knowing Apple, they'll have a "new and improved" version out in about 6 months so why rush out and get it now? In a few months it will be "old news."