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patrickt · 08-17-2010, 08:50 PM

Sheikspeare: I don't usually need a reason to not buy something. I don't need a reason to not spend the money. Doing nothing, the null alternative, is reasonable. Inertia rules. I need a reason to get something or spend the money and not a reason not to. So, before I got an IPad I'd need a reason to get one.

I thoroughly enjoy my Lenovo laptop and my Kindle is even better. I have no need to buy something to establish that I'm cool, or not. So, no reason to think about why I shouldn't buy an IPad.

But, then, why should I buy an IPad. Let's see. I could suddenly join the club of really, really cool people. Two days ago my neighbor came over and I answered my door carrying my KindleDX. "Oh, oh, you got an IPad. Isn't it wonderful? Don't you just love it? Oh, oh, I really want one."

"It's a Kindle eBook reader."

"Oh. Never mind." I think I'll pass on joining the club. I realize Apple is the way and Jobs is the one true prophet, also known as the toymaker, but it's just my nature to reject that sort of thing.

But, I can watch movies or listen to music or surf the net or all sorts of really, really cool things with my IPad. Just like my Lenovo laptop. I could have put an app on my laptop, like I could with an IPad, and read books on my laptop.

I don't work now so I would normally carry my Kindle and not my laptop but occasionally I carry both. I'm 69-years old, never was a jock, walk almost every where I go on a daily basis, and carry both is not a problem for me.

Okay, thought about it and I have absolutely no reason to buy an IPad.

08-17-2010, 08:50 PM	#96
patrickt Wizard Posts: 1,221 Karma: 8381518 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Oaxaca, Mexico Device: Paperwhite 4 X 2	Sheikspeare: I don't usually need a reason to not buy something. I don't need a reason to not spend the money. Doing nothing, the null alternative, is reasonable. Inertia rules. I need a reason to get something or spend the money and not a reason not to. So, before I got an IPad I'd need a reason to get one. I thoroughly enjoy my Lenovo laptop and my Kindle is even better. I have no need to buy something to establish that I'm cool, or not. So, no reason to think about why I shouldn't buy an IPad. But, then, why should I buy an IPad. Let's see. I could suddenly join the club of really, really cool people. Two days ago my neighbor came over and I answered my door carrying my KindleDX. "Oh, oh, you got an IPad. Isn't it wonderful? Don't you just love it? Oh, oh, I really want one." "It's a Kindle eBook reader." "Oh. Never mind." I think I'll pass on joining the club. I realize Apple is the way and Jobs is the one true prophet, also known as the toymaker, but it's just my nature to reject that sort of thing. But, I can watch movies or listen to music or surf the net or all sorts of really, really cool things with my IPad. Just like my Lenovo laptop. I could have put an app on my laptop, like I could with an IPad, and read books on my laptop. I don't work now so I would normally carry my Kindle and not my laptop but occasionally I carry both. I'm 69-years old, never was a jock, walk almost every where I go on a daily basis, and carry both is not a problem for me. Okay, thought about it and I have absolutely no reason to buy an IPad.