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nightsurge on 06 April 2010
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TheRealMafoo said:
famousringo said:
TheRealMafoo said:
 
  • It charges over USB, so when I travel with my wife, I can just charge it off her laptop with a simple cable.

Just a heads-up, Mafoo. Not all USB ports are created equal, and apparently some will not provide enough juice to charge the iPad. You might want to test it on any device you plan to charge it with before you find yourself low on power in the wilderness of New Zealand or something.

Thanks for the heads up. I have heard this. Her laptop is a year old 13" Mac Book. If that doesn't charge it, we will have words with Apple ;)

But for New Zealand, I have the travel kit from Apple (so we can charge her laptop), and it comes with a wall jack for USB, so we should be good. Thanks again for bringing it up :)

So basically you are an Apple product user.  That right there explains this thread.  Apple followers are really... odd.  I don't want to call them sheep because that just sounds mean, but I don't know of much better word to describe their actions either.  They buy in to some illusion that Apple products are better, safer, more reliable, etc and pay exhorbitantly more than the same spec PC.  The experience is definitely different with these products, but not necessarily better.  The iPhone/iPod were truly great Apple devices, but MacBooks, and now the iPad, are just pointless.  Contrary to Apple belief, Macs aren't better for art/multimedia.  And from personal work experience, I have had more issues with failing Apple products than with PCs.  Oh and that brings up another gripe which is the $300 warranty for MacBooks when PC warranties are about half that for the same coverage.