Why does the media worship Apple?

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Baalzamon said:

Grimes said:

Baalzamon said:

I'm sorry bud, but I have to agree with Kudistos.  It failed because tablets aren't a very good concept.  You could take the EXACT hardware that is inside of an iPad, have Microsoft come out with an operating system that is dedicated solely to it that is an EXACT replica to the iPad, and if Microsoft would have released this before the iPad was announced, it still would have been a failure.  The reason the iPad has become a success is because of its name.

Microsoft has been working on tablets for many years, maybe even decades. They were HORRIBLE. They were all around bad, bad battery life, bad size, bad UI, bad apps, bad bad bad.

You have got to be fricking kidding me.  Did I say ANYTHING about whether or not Microsoft's past products were good and bad? NOOOOOOO.  I was putting forth an argument saying IFFFFF Microsoft released prior to the iPad an exact replica of what we now know as an iPad, it too would have been a failure.  I'm trying to say I really don't think there is as big of a market for tablets than what currently exists, but because trendy apple releases one, the market gets inflated beyond what it actually should.  Once again, what I said has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not Microsoft's past attempts have been successful or not in the tablet industry.

I completely disagree. The people I know that own iPads use them, they use them a lot. More than I thought they would. I'm not just talking tech people, the whole family. Kids use them to play games. Adults use them for apps, reading, video, email, web. The market for such a device is huge, because the device is extremely usable in a variety of environments by just about anyone. You can read it in bed, in the car, sitting in the park, on the kitchen counter, while watching tv, I could go on and on. These devices practically beg for people to pick them up and use them.