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Since the summer, I've asked around among the students who work in our office. None of them own an iPad, or know another student who does

Posted by prayformojo (aka mayhem) Sep 10 '10, 08:52

this surprises me, a little.

apparently the college student is not among the consumer base for iPads*

*(assuming that the plural of anecdotes is data)

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It will be interesting to see what happens when the android based devices come out at half the price. - pmb Sep 10, 09:18 1
- the Archos line is apparently on sale now (kilbo linked to it a day or 2 ago) -- nm - decline Sep 10, 09:19
every person I know with one is between the ages of about 27 and 35. - mafic Sep 10, 09:17 2
- I know of only 2 people who have one - both men over 50 -- nm - decline Sep 10, 09:18 1
  - I know probably 10. 2 girls, the rest guys. mostly programmers, or game industry people. -- nm - mafic Sep 10, 09:25
Someone in our membership dept. wanted to run a promotion where you could enter to win an iPad. - Dr.Vermin Sep 10, 09:14
Only pixie is silly enough to want one. :P -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 09:00
When it first came out, there was a highly linked video of a toddler using it. Then a highly linked video of a very elderly person using it. Which - mara Sep 10, 08:57 3
- Yeah, get off my lawn, too. -- nm - Kim Pine Sep 10, 09:00 2
  - oh, you have one? How does ST perform on it? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 09:02 1
    - Great, actually. - Kim Pine Sep 10, 09:04
it'd be a luxury device for a college student. laptops still rule....nm - xi Sep 10, 08:55 10
- The point at which they can get all of their textbooks on it might change that. -- nm - pmb Sep 10, 09:08 1
  - maybe, but it aint like that's gonna happen overnight. ....nm - xi Sep 10, 09:11
- I am in agreeance on this. Just moved my fiance's niece to university and the students all had laptops. Did not see any iPads....a few iPhones though. -- nm - Walt_Disney Sep 10, 09:05
- I wasn't expecting them to be used for academic purposes as much for, as you say, luxury purposes - prayformojo Sep 10, 08:57
- netbooks are cheap. an iPad would require too many accessories to be able to type quickly enough, and they would be too awkward to use in class -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 08:56 5
  - i see way more people with laptops here than netbooks. seems like most kids prefer the big screen + storage for a little more cash....nm - xi Sep 10, 08:58 4
    - hmm. Interesting. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 09:00 3
      - anecdotally!....nm - xi Sep 10, 09:01 2
        
        Observation is the foundation of science! :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 09:01 1
        
        Hazzah! -- nm - lileve Sep 10, 09:01
Because they are broke! -- nm - lileve Sep 10, 08:53 3
- and/or because it's easier to type on a laptop. It might be a nightmare typing a paper in a ipad. -- nm - lileve Sep 10, 08:53 2
  - Agreed. iPad is more for play than for srs bzns. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 08:54 1
    - I would love one but $500 base is too much, would buy one at $250 + tax. -- nm - lileve Sep 10, 08:56

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