thomas fitzgerald.net

I had wanted to wait a little while since the iPad was launched to let the implications sink in a bit before trying to write about it. I have had so many thoughts flying around my head about Apple’s new device over the last week that I haven’t really known where to start. The more I read about it the more enthusiastic I get about the iPad. I also get equally annoyed about some of the stupid things that are being written. One thought keeps resonating with me though: the iPad isn’t really a computer. At least not in the traditional sense. (I know that technically it is a computer) Instead you should think of it more as a device that happens to do computing tasks. Let me explain.

I’ve never been one of those people who hated every Apple mouse. Sure, I loathed the hockey puck that came with the original iMac, but then who didn’t? I didn’t find the original pro mouse that bad or the mighty mouse (when the scroll ball was working). Still, I couldn’t resist trading up for Apple’s new multi touch rodent. Actually, it was kind of a spur of the moment decision. I was walking through my local HMV (which has recently started selling Macs and other Apple products) and there it was on the shelf, calling to me, luring me with it’s curvaceous miniscule packaging.