iPad - by the smartest guys in the room

I am a longtime PC person - and like the guy on Star Trek, I have resisted the Borg (Apple). But little by little, Apple has been undermining my love of all things PC, and tempting me over to The Dark Side.

 

It all started with my iPhone 3GS, which I love more every day, I call it a micro-laptop.  The iPad is like an iPhone on steroids, with a huge HD screen that makes everything look good.  Using touch-screen technology, Apple has managed to strip away the big negatives of laptops, primarily and most importantly the WEIGHT and secondly, the BULKY SIZE.

 

Having no lid, you can easily hold the iPad in just one hand, and use the other hand to manipulate programs or type characters.

 

The only serious 'dig' (negative) I encountered in my OOBE (Out Of Box Experience) was that initially my PC would NOT recharge this new toy, forcing me to use the included AC Recharger.  I discovered a post on the web where ASUS, USA has a very fine free utility called AI_Charger (I think that's for Apple i- devices (iPod, iPad, iTouch).  After installing this quick download and rebooting, I was happy to see that my new iPad recharges properly from ALL of my PC's (home and office) WITHOUT using the AC wall wart!  That's HUGE.

 

The other big negative is no support for Adobe FLASH, and thus everything is pushed back until some major websites move to HTML5 instead of FLASH.  I can't play my POGO.com games on my iPad, that's a huge disappointment.

 

But, there are myriad apps for the iPad, some of which are pretty amazing.  I will write more on the apps as I become more familiar with them.

I would rate iPad as 4 out of 5 stars for the reasons already listed. It will be my go-to device on my days off. Around the house too, it's getting a lot of play.