Look, you have to understand that Apple people are REALLY ideological.  Owning an Apple computer is like a religion.  They’ll practically overflow with excitement if given the opportunity to tell you how great their computer, gadget, newfangled thingy is compared to the industry standard.  And if you remind them that Apple controls about 3% of the computer market, and has been in steady decline for years, well….it’s like you spit on their messiah.

So when Apple zealots talk about the newly announced Apple iPad, and they’re disappointed, you know this thing has got to be bad.  Like, really bad.  Look, Steve Jobs could sell them a product called iPoop and they’d love it, so this thing must suuuuuuuuck.  If you’d like to read multiple impressions of the device, by people who got some hands-on time with this puppy, this is probably the best site to do so.

The bottom line is that the iPad is like a big iPhone, except without the two best things on the iPhone (the phone, and the built in camera).  Basically, it’s an expensive tablet that can run apps.  Mind you, the iPad is competing against netbooks.  A netbook costs half as much, and can run every PC program in the world.

In fact, this little parody sums up what the iPad can do in a beautifully understated way.  Watch it, and feel the oozing disappointment. 

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