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Originally Posted by Houndx
In reality, you'll find most who complain are vehemently anti-Apple and are the type of person who wouldn't have bought an iPad for $99 even if it laid an 8 ounce golden egg every nightbwhile you sleep.
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That was true the first couple of weeks--lots of trolls who just hate apple.
But from what I've seen since, that's mostly stopped, so unless I missed something (haven't been around much since I decided not to buy one) I don't see it being a problem any more.
Most of the "complaints" have been people like me or Sonist who want a tablet, were VERY excited about the iPad, but let down for various reasons after using it and have decided not to buy it.
Granted, I'm not posting here much anymore as I have no intention to buy an iPad unless Apple makes big changes to their philosophy and puts a file system, drag and drop etc (which isn't going to happen)--and I do think the device area forums should be for owners to discuss their devices and answer questions for people interested in the device.
But this is a good site for info, so I'll check in every once in a while and see what apps are rolling out, if they're fixing any of my gripes in OS updates or the 2nd gen ipad etc.
But I haven't seen any outright trolling in a while--where as it was very annoying even to me the first couple of weeks after launch.
I do get the annoyance from people expecting it to be a full Tablet PC and complaining that it isn't. But I think most of those have left. I don't want a tablet PC, I just need a file management system, and easier way to get documents on the device and accessible to every app that can use them etc. I'll always have a laptop, so I don't need my tablet to be a PC.
And I think Sonist is the same on that front, since he's posting a lot about Android tablets which will also not be full PCs obviously.
So I think most of the ongoing criticisms are pretty reasonable and not from trolls, or people wanting the iPad to be something it's not etc. as most of the criticisms I've seen lately are just minor tweaks--file system, bigger screen, less restrictive apps store review by apple etc.