Mark Bernstein: The iPad is not what you think
The iPad is a new thing. It doesn’t replace your computer. You use it when you don’t want the whole computer, and when your phone isn’t enough. It’s a new tool. You don’t have to get one – you can use other tools and get stuff done. But it makes stuff easier, and faster, and readier to hand.
Remember how PC’s got adopted in the first place? You had a few enthusiastic users who bought business PC’s with their own money or robbed Peter to pay for them, and everyone thought they were silly toys until they were in a turf war and their secretaries were sending hand-typed memos and their rivals had PageMaker and PowerPoint. It’ll be like that again. 90% if success is showing up, and part of that is showing up with enough computing power to get the job done.
