Why I’m Returning The iPad

I bought my iPad on launch day, I waited in line for 2 hours to purchase what I thought was going to be a revolutionary device. After playing with it for almost 2 weeks I have come to the conclusion that while it is a very awesome device, I found myself not using it as much as I should use a $600 device.

Here's the line.

Here's the iPad

I’m not saying the iPad isn’t a friggin amazing device, because it totally is and if I was made of money I would have one in every room just to play with. But I’m not, I’m a teenager and after spending time with the device I was constantly asking myself “Why on Earth do I need this thing?”

Everyone keeps saying the iPad can replace your laptop and honestly these people are idiots. It’s like saying a swimming pool can replace your bathtub. Yes, you can bathe in a swimming pool but you’re going to look pretty stupid and you’re not going to accomplish very much. The iPad seems like a perfect device for the student, you can type papers, check your email, and access Facebook or Twitter, but in reality it just makes everything more difficult. I tried to make myself love the iPad, I tried to ignore how difficult it was to get any work done and kept believing that this was the way Steve Jobs wanted me to work so i should suck it up and continue to take 5 hours to write a paper that I could type in 30  minutes on my laptop. But I finally realized that I shouldn’t have to sacrifice the ease of use of a laptop just to say that I’m using an iPad.

Alright, that’s enough of me rambling about my issues. To people that think they want to purchase an iPad: my advice is to sit down and think “Do I really need this?” and if the answer is anything but “WELL HELL YES IT’S THE FUCKING IPAD” then I advice not buying it. And if you are going to buy one, feel free to make an offer on mine

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