crw1948 said:
I for one fill that Apple pulled a fast one with the IPad 3. IPad 4 had to be in production when they released 3. It would be nice of them to allow those that just purchased the three to exchange for a four at a modest cost. The returns could be sold to schools, business, or government, without hurting Apple's bottom line.
It was different when they sold the iPhone 4S. Everyone knew that the 5 was coming out soon.
Thanks Apple!
That's assuming that schools, business and government would be interested in buying them. Unfortunately, Apple are in business. If they stand still, they will be overtaken and will not survive. If they update their product line regularly, they are in trouble too, it seems. The history of computer hardware has often been that it is obsolete out of the box. In the case of the iPad range, that is not true. The original has only recently become obsolete so far as iOS upgrades are concerned, and many still find it to be as useful as it ever was. The other models are still being supported by Apple; all of them.
Meanwhile, all other manufacturers of computers and tablets are updating constantly. I haven't been digging on any Android forums, but I suppose the same is true for their users. The attitude seems to be "OK. I've got mine. You can stop research now, until I tell you that you can start up again." Sorry, but that's how it is. The 8086 gave way to the 286, then the 386, 486, Pentium and so on. Everyone thought, and kept saying, that it had to slow down at some point. It hasn't. Quite the reverse. Technology is accelerating faster than ever, and the companies have no choice but to keep up, and try to keep ahead. It amazes me that there are so many competing products. Time and again, good products have failed because they fail to catch the public imagination, in spite of being right up there with the rest. Apple have pulled the rabbit out of the hat. The perception of their products is that they are top notch, and don't think for one second that they will allow that perception to dim. Tim Cook is a nice guy when he's on stage presenting the latest keynote, but at the end of it, he's a hard nosed, ruthless businessman, and I hope he's more ruthless than the competition, because I like his products. I probably would not like him, or anyone else in his position.
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