Bullshit. It's more legalized extortion. They know just the threat of a length and expensive lawsuit is enough to get these small operations to shut down, even when Atari knows damned well they don't have a case. Laws and rights don't mean shit if you can't afford to defend them. Welcome to America.
Pretty much nailed it. I've been saying the same thing for a long time. Apple fanbois are used to paying a shitton of money for mediocre hardware. PC users aren't. There just isn't enough functionality in a tablet that's going to compel a non-Apple cultist to pay $400+. Bring a fully-functioning tablet down to $250 max, and they'll sell like hotcakes.
That Best Buy isn't going to honor the lower price or price match. They're shipping all their stock back to HP, who will probably then in turn offer them at hp.com at the reduced price.
I heard another rumor that if you bought a Touchpad at the full price recently that you should call HP and they might refund you the difference. Can't hurt to try if your Best Buy shafts you (and that's pretty much a given with Best Buy).
It's funny how the RIAA is so concerned with artists' livelihoods when they're bitching about piracy. But when it actually comes time to pay those artists, or transfer the ownership of the songs they created, the RIAA suddenly starts playing a different tune (pun most certainly intended).
Should be on the Supreme Court. He clearly has demonstrated that he's 100% pro-corporate mafia and anti-First Amendment. He'd be a perfect fit for SCOTUS, don't ya think?
I really wonder how much the entertainment mafia pays these judges to casually ignore decades of judicial precedent as well as our Bill of Rights?
Because like copyright it went from being a tool that fosters innovation and creativity to one that reaps huge monetary rewards at the expense of innovation and creativity.
Bottom line is this: if you like Apple's closed eco-system, where everything costs money and iTunes rules then go with the iPad. If you like an open environment where you can customize the device you own anyway you like and are free to use any software and industry-standard add-ons you like, then go with Android.
Some people need to have their hand held when using gadgets. Those people need Apple to hold them close and assure them that as long as the money flows all will be okay and Apple will protect them from the big bad world out there. The rest of us don't. Which you are will determine your best choice of tablet. If you even need a tablet, cause honestly, IMO they're all a big waste of money unless you have a really pressing need for one.
Yeah, you don't really get it. The only reason Apple sells any significant quantity of tablets is because Apple fanbois have a pathological need to buy anything with a fruit logo on it.
The rest of us aren't buying Android tablets because there is no practical use for them to justify the price. So Apple sells more overpriced limited-use devices than anyone else. Whoopee. All it means is that the sheeple will literally buy anything that Jobs tells them to, whether they need it or not or even if it's useful or not. I don't think that's something to be proud of, but keep on crowing...
He found the "clear winner" based upon his needs. You refuted that saying "no, your needs will be better served by the #1 selling tablet, the iPad 2... even if it doesn't do what you want". Silly fanboi.
I'm sorry, did I insult your fruit-based sensitivities? Cause you seem pretty ornery. Or do you just not like people dissing the glory of all things Apple?
And are you sure you read the article here, cause I don't recall the part about the iPad being "head and shoulders above the competition". I'm pretty sure it said they were just about equal, and which you should get depends upon whether you prefer Apple's closed-space environment or Android's open one. I guess you must have been thinking about that Mac Life article you read last year.
I think most people know that a dual-core unit will provide better performance than a single-core unit, so no, it's not an usual question when comparing devices. It's actually a SMART question to ask. Unless they're buying it for show, and then they wouldn't care if it was powered by calculator guts. I know, I know, Apple fanatics don't ask those kinds of silly questions, they just want the device with the highest number. Cause what would their family think of them if they still had last year's model?!?!?
I just like poking the Apple fanbois. They've got so much bullshit stuffed up their asses it's hard not to.
And I wouldn't worry too much about Android in the tablet space. It's getting "clobbered" cause those not enthralled by Stevie J know when something isn't worth buying. Unlike Apple users who will buy anything and everything Apple sells without so much as a single nano-thought. Tablets are DOA devices. The fact that Apple sells so many only underscores how braindead people like you are.
Tablets will either transform into something useful or will die out quickly. And then where will the iPad be? In landfills with all the other old and useless Apple equipment that cost too much and did too little (other than make you look cool to your friends and co-workers).
All you need as proof is the smartphone market, where Android has busted a dozen caps into Apple's ass.
I think you don't give consumers enough credit. Yeah, there are a lot that run out and buy an iPad cause it's the cool new must-have tech gadget that they'll use for a month and then toss on the shelf (and then only pull out when friends come over or for social gatherings -- gotta keep up the "I'm cool" image). Then there are those that actually do pay attention to specs and features. Cause if that weren't the case every laptop sold would be an atom-based netbook.
That's what you get for only reading reviews in Mac magazines. Branch out a bit. Broaden your horizons. Summon the will to break free of the Cult of Apple. It will be difficult, but your soul will thank you.
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Bullshit. It's more legalized extortion. They know just the threat of a length and expensive lawsuit is enough to get these small operations to shut down, even when Atari knows damned well they don't have a case. Laws and rights don't mean shit if you can't afford to defend them. Welcome to America.
Really Atari? 11 years later and NOW you want the domain? Go scratch your ass you f'in douchebags.
Pretty much nailed it. I've been saying the same thing for a long time. Apple fanbois are used to paying a shitton of money for mediocre hardware. PC users aren't. There just isn't enough functionality in a tablet that's going to compel a non-Apple cultist to pay $400+. Bring a fully-functioning tablet down to $250 max, and they'll sell like hotcakes.
That Best Buy isn't going to honor the lower price or price match. They're shipping all their stock back to HP, who will probably then in turn offer them at hp.com at the reduced price.
I heard another rumor that if you bought a Touchpad at the full price recently that you should call HP and they might refund you the difference. Can't hurt to try if your Best Buy shafts you (and that's pretty much a given with Best Buy).
to rename my wifi network so I can freak out the neighbors.
Yep, that's pretty much spot on LOL!
It's funny how the RIAA is so concerned with artists' livelihoods when they're bitching about piracy. But when it actually comes time to pay those artists, or transfer the ownership of the songs they created, the RIAA suddenly starts playing a different tune (pun most certainly intended).
You mean Apple lied, fabricated, or otherwise obfuscated the truth? You. Don't. Say. Color me [not] shocked.
Should be on the Supreme Court. He clearly has demonstrated that he's 100% pro-corporate mafia and anti-First Amendment. He'd be a perfect fit for SCOTUS, don't ya think?
I really wonder how much the entertainment mafia pays these judges to casually ignore decades of judicial precedent as well as our Bill of Rights?
I guess a half-black, half-latino, half-asian transgendered teen was off the table?
No, you don't.
Because like copyright it went from being a tool that fosters innovation and creativity to one that reaps huge monetary rewards at the expense of innovation and creativity.
Bottom line is this: if you like Apple's closed eco-system, where everything costs money and iTunes rules then go with the iPad. If you like an open environment where you can customize the device you own anyway you like and are free to use any software and industry-standard add-ons you like, then go with Android.
Some people need to have their hand held when using gadgets. Those people need Apple to hold them close and assure them that as long as the money flows all will be okay and Apple will protect them from the big bad world out there. The rest of us don't. Which you are will determine your best choice of tablet. If you even need a tablet, cause honestly, IMO they're all a big waste of money unless you have a really pressing need for one.
Yeah, you don't really get it. The only reason Apple sells any significant quantity of tablets is because Apple fanbois have a pathological need to buy anything with a fruit logo on it.
The rest of us aren't buying Android tablets because there is no practical use for them to justify the price. So Apple sells more overpriced limited-use devices than anyone else. Whoopee. All it means is that the sheeple will literally buy anything that Jobs tells them to, whether they need it or not or even if it's useful or not. I don't think that's something to be proud of, but keep on crowing...
He found the "clear winner" based upon his needs. You refuted that saying "no, your needs will be better served by the #1 selling tablet, the iPad 2... even if it doesn't do what you want". Silly fanboi.
I'm sorry, did I insult your fruit-based sensitivities? Cause you seem pretty ornery. Or do you just not like people dissing the glory of all things Apple?
And are you sure you read the article here, cause I don't recall the part about the iPad being "head and shoulders above the competition". I'm pretty sure it said they were just about equal, and which you should get depends upon whether you prefer Apple's closed-space environment or Android's open one. I guess you must have been thinking about that Mac Life article you read last year.
I think most people know that a dual-core unit will provide better performance than a single-core unit, so no, it's not an usual question when comparing devices. It's actually a SMART question to ask. Unless they're buying it for show, and then they wouldn't care if it was powered by calculator guts. I know, I know, Apple fanatics don't ask those kinds of silly questions, they just want the device with the highest number. Cause what would their family think of them if they still had last year's model?!?!?
I just like poking the Apple fanbois. They've got so much bullshit stuffed up their asses it's hard not to.
And I wouldn't worry too much about Android in the tablet space. It's getting "clobbered" cause those not enthralled by Stevie J know when something isn't worth buying. Unlike Apple users who will buy anything and everything Apple sells without so much as a single nano-thought. Tablets are DOA devices. The fact that Apple sells so many only underscores how braindead people like you are.
Tablets will either transform into something useful or will die out quickly. And then where will the iPad be? In landfills with all the other old and useless Apple equipment that cost too much and did too little (other than make you look cool to your friends and co-workers).
All you need as proof is the smartphone market, where Android has busted a dozen caps into Apple's ass.
I think you don't give consumers enough credit. Yeah, there are a lot that run out and buy an iPad cause it's the cool new must-have tech gadget that they'll use for a month and then toss on the shelf (and then only pull out when friends come over or for social gatherings -- gotta keep up the "I'm cool" image). Then there are those that actually do pay attention to specs and features. Cause if that weren't the case every laptop sold would be an atom-based netbook.
That's what you get for only reading reviews in Mac magazines. Branch out a bit. Broaden your horizons. Summon the will to break free of the Cult of Apple. It will be difficult, but your soul will thank you.
And Harry Potter and Transformers are the highest grossing movies of the year. Clearly they must be the best movies EVAH, right? Oh wait...
Stevie J, is that you?
Or if you refuse to indoctrinate yourself into the Cult of Apple.
I don't know anyone that encrypts their disk drives. And yes, we've all survived scot-free. Imagine that.
Be happy. Seriously. No one is interested in your Facebook page or your emails unless you've done something very, very bad.
Pish... you think something like that would stop Apple?