Why does the media worship Apple?

[Grimes]

Baalzamon said:

Grimes said:

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.

I know that's what they're meant for, but it just doesn't appeal to me.  Call me old fashioned, but for a majority of those things you listed, I'll either walk less than 100 feet to the nearest computer, or read a real paperback book.

It's not about you. It's about what the buying public thinks. And from my observations, once people get these in their hands and actually try it, many of them want it. That's why it is the success that it has been. Not because of marketing, but because people enjoy it and then tell their friends. Not because of groupthink, because of the experience.