OK. You spent $500+ on a toy. So just call it that. Its a whimsical toy! Yeeesh :roll:
Ok. Its a toy. So is my laptop in that case. Did you think someone, any significant number of people, were claiming that they aren't a toy? I am not sure what the marketing was for them because I don't watch TV, nor did I see any print ads for them. I read a lot of articles, both pro and con, though. But, I can't imagine very many people thinking they are anything but a toy. There are some limited business purposes that I think they might be applied to, as well as some limited home productivity things that I have applied mine to, but essentially it is definitely a toy. Did you have a point about it being a toy?
With ALLLLLL the other things you can use while on the couch like a PS3 for $250. I question why you would spend 2x the amount on something that is duplicating the functionality of a computer you already have.
As you well know that I have said already, it is performing those functions, for me, in a better manner than the computer I already have. You say you work in IT. Interesting. Here is how I approach the needs of my clients: First, I go to them and listen, analyze, ask questions, listen, ask more questions, listen, analyze, ask more questions and listen. The reason for all the listening is so that they need for me to determine the solution that is best for them. Not the solution I mistakenly believe applies to them because it has worked for other people. This is how I help them obtain the best value for their dollars. You don't seem like the kind of person who listens very much.
Ok. You bought it because you thought it was cool.
No, I bought it because it performs its functions well, for me.
Its a nifty toy that cost $500+ dollars.
It is definitely a nifty toy that costs 500+ dollars. So is a netbook, for the most part, when used in a home. If I had bought a netbook, it certainly would have been as a toy, in any case. A nifty toy, but one that fulfilled its purposes, for me, at an inferior level.
Hey if you have that money to blow on that, all the better I suppose. I just dont want to see people buy the thing because they think it is better in any way than a netbook. I reallllly hate when people get taken in by the marketing of inferior product but then pay a premium price.
I want people to buy whatever product will best fulfill their toy wants. I really hate it when people get taken in by people who have a hammer and think that every problem to be solved is a nail. As I said in an earlier post - complete lack of imagination.