Well most people are going to keep using them until the next thing comes out. It's quite the investment. No one would buy it only to put it in a closet somewhere after a month. A better poll would be how satisfied are you with it. The problem is that most users would be satisfied with it because they don't demand much out of it. However, if at any time the average user has to wait or can't figure something out for more than three seconds, they'll get totally pissed off like a child and throw a temper tantrum. (this is why we have some otherwise technically savvy people who were 10-15 right before XP came out who dislike Windows OS)

Yo dawg, I herd you liek cameras etc...

I personally don't like Apple products because while Windows is acceling in technology alongside it, Apple just adds an "i" at the beginning of whatever it is and sell it for three times the normal price of a PC. Now, as a poor person, I admit myself to certain piracy. every computer I've had was a gift, and the software on it I grabbed for myself. However, it pisses me off so much to see other kids wanting the "latest technology" because Billy over there has it. Some of these kids don't even know how to use a computer other than searching the web. That's like getting a hi-tech digital microwave just to use the popcorn button. It's kind of redundant.

I'd take an Apple if they dropped their prices but I'll always have Windows.

One reason: .exe files
Yeah, you can get Wine for Linux/Unix, but it's not the same, man.

Some knuckle-dragger ...has already posted a vid on You Tube of him smashing one to bits with a baseball bat.

Bought with daddy's money probably....

I'd post the follow-up one....bashing his idiot head in with a bat for being a fuckwit.

That saying about a fool and his money soon being parted comes to mind.

The sad truth is that for that 15 minutes of 'fame' some folks will do just about anything.

*doc shakes his head and sighs. 

I think you mis-understood me. I do not attach any altruistic qualities to Apple.  They are a MS lite in that regard.  What I meant was that their innovation keeps driving Microsoft to better the quality and features of their products. 

I do think both make quality products when pushed (and both over charge for it out the wazoo), and Apple is pushing Microsoft.  And for that I am grateful.  If Apple ever got serious about its prices, I probably would buy them instead of another PC.  But I do not because of their pricing structure.  Still what comes out from Apple today, is soon available from other vendors.  And that I like.

Whoah, whoah,... whooooah. Are you telling me... you can make word documents??? Geez that's some power right there! I doubt you can really edit photos to any real extent considering it has like, what? A gig of RAM? Good luck trying to apply a filter like line nova, that will only take ~2 years   Seriously guys, we all know that Mac makes cute little toys that let you do some basic stuff that a real computer is capable of, and for some people that's enough. Their goal is to make 'computers for everyone.' This means they cut just about everything they think the average user wouldn't use and make it all look pretty and user friendly. This is what gives them their mass appeal. The reason they aren't so successful is because they overcharge for everything. It's kind of like how some fast food restaurants will bring in carpets and play classical music in order to charge more for the same food.

The other problem for price is that you have to buy all those apps seperate...If you get all of those you could put your cost well over a grand.  And to each their own is true but its the cost thats the problem.  If someone wants to pay more just to have the new thing even though it has less functionality than what they have then that is fine by me but it doesn't make them a smart consumer.

(Well, you mean "moot" but anyway. . . .)

Call me an old fogey but I'm one of those people who has never been entirely comfortable with the idea of storing my sensitive data on the internet. That's what flash drives are good for.

I guess if it does what you want it to do, that's terrific. I just don't seriously see this device making the netbook obsolete. Even for surfing the web: it's hard to find websites that don't use Adobe Flash these days. Personally, I tend to have three or four windows open even when I'm doing very little on my home computer and usually upwards of 10 on my work computer. I couldn't really get behind a device (for my use) that can't multitask at all. I think multitasking is probably one of the greatest things in the history of computing.

So, yes, I think that for those who can afford it (and let's be real about this, it's much more expensive than most netbooks) and who are willing to buy lots of apps that duplicate the function of software they may already own on an actual computer, it is something that that segment of the population will use and enjoy. But I think most people will use computers for things that they use computers for now. I strongly suspect the average ipad user will mostly only ever use it to surf the web and watch online movies.

You could've done all of those in a netbook. For cheaper.

Also, I assume you meant "Netbooks are moot now," which, unfortunately, also makes no sense. A moot point is a point which people cannot agree upon. It does not mean that the point is useless, which I'm guessing is what you're trying to say about the netbook.

There is something funny about calling a Stardock employee a 'fanatical Mac fan'.