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apples and oranges (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 10:50 AM Original message |
Study: iPad owners are selfish elitists, non-owners are independent geeks |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. I resisted the urge to post this... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 07:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. Pass sone wlll ya |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'm reading this on my iPad. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Given what you said in another thread about... |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 11:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Right now I am stuck in Milwaukee. My iPad saved me more than once in the last 24 hrs |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 12:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I'd get one if I was still on the road for biz |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. LOL |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. I'm ordering an iPad from my iPhone4. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Fuck yeah. Us gadget Geeks need to stick together. I cannot stand it when people |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. If you have a desktop, you have to get a Magic Mouse. |
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mascarax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
41. ha! |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
3. iPad 'critics?' |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
4. Good thing I only have an iPhone. :) |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
5. I can't believe this is not from the Onion. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. It's tongue-in-cheek. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
6. To the author of the article: defining people by what gadgets they own |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
8. lulz |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
9. wow, that so does not describe the one person I know who owns an iPad nt |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
11. I can see uses for an iPad but I wouldn't buy one because of the ridculous cost. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
12. I would love to have an iPad... |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. Ipads are for non techies that can't figure out how to use a laptop. |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 12:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Quite the broad brush here. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. With a few more changes, I'd use one... |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. All those cons you listed are the types of reasons techies dont like it. |
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Rosie1223 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. I'm an IT manager that loves her iPad. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. You don't think it is simply a bigger heavier iPhone? |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'm one guy (if you believe in one guy making studies true,) |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
19. i don't like typing on them but they are amazing to read on |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
21. I've heard through the grapevine that you're DTM |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. ! |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. My brother barely tips at restaurants and he hates hates hates Apple. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. . |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
27. As long as my Apple shares keep going up, fine by me :) |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 07:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Still kick my self for not buying Apple at $8! |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
28. lmao, whatever. |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
32. Wait, the people shelling out $500 for an oversized iPhone that doesn't make calls are wealthy |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
33. I won't own one for ethical reasons, but the article is ridiculous...... n/t |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 07:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. So your computer was made in the US |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 07:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. That is not the ethical reason I was speaking of... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 07:34 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Jail breaking that phone is now legal |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 07:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. So are Apple countermeasures to brick it after you do that. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Not the way the law is written |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. There is not a law against bricking that I know of and Apple has been actively doing that. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
39. Someone buy this man an iPad so he can stop whining. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
44. This is dumb |
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