Are you going to buy the next-generation iPad 3?

**ElDiabloConCaca** · March 15th, 2012, 09:56 AM

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**nikedis** · March 19th, 2012, 09:35 PM

Originally Posted by ElDiabloConCaca

Yup, I'll be one of the idiots in line the night before. Did it with the iPad, the iPad 2, and now that the "retina" display is integrated into the iPad, oh holy hell, yes, I'll be in line.

HAHA, I just want to know if you got the new iPad?

**nikedis** · March 19th, 2012, 09:46 PM

Thanks your guys to share your precious opinion on the topic. Personally, I keep my iPad and buy the new iPad for my son. It really works well.

**ElDiabloConCaca** · March 21st, 2012, 02:24 PM

Well, I didn't stand in line this time around, but I just left the La Cantera Apple Store here in San Antonio with a shiny, new 16GB black AT&T 4G iPad.

Screen is amazing. The weight difference is only slightly noticeable. The difference in thickness (~1mm) isn't noticeable at all.

The iPad is charging now, so I haven't tried my original leather Smart Cover from my iPad 2 (since I've heard reports of some early Smart Covers having difficulty with the new iPad due to polarity or magnet placement or something), nor have I tried the 4G connectivity yet (but I plan on, at the very least, buying a month of 250GB service @ 14.99 to test out AT&T's 4G coverage here in the heart of Texas).

One thing I did notice is that the new iPad draws much more power when charging, and it charges slower than the iPad 2. Both the iPad 2 and the new iPad include the same 10W charger, and I suspect the 70% larger battery has something to do with slow charge times. Also, my iPad 2 would successfully charge from a standard USB 2.0 port on my work computer (generic Windows box), but the new iPad will NOT charge from ANY USB port on this computer (I've heard that the new iPad needs a "hi-power" USB port to charge from). I suspect this is because the work computer is older, and only has standard-power USB ports (somewhere around 500mA). There's a great breakdown on the interwebs somewhere about power draw on the new iPad, and in some cases, I remember the reports mentioning that the new iPad can suck up to 2000mA at a time, under load, and with max. brightness -- OUCH.

I'd be glad to answer any questions about this particular model if anyone wants to ask.

**SGilbert** · March 21st, 2012, 02:50 PM

"I'd be glad to answer any questions about this particular model if anyone wants to ask."

Me too, but the wife won't let go of it long enough for me to even 'play' for a few minutes!

**ElDiabloConCaca** · March 21st, 2012, 04:31 PM

My boss is in the same situation -- he had me pick him up an iPad 2 when I stood in line on release day + 1. His wife didn't understand the allure behind the iPad, but he loved it -- checking company emails from the couch, taking it on business flights to get some light computing done on the plane, etc. She didn't understand what she could use it for; I don't think she understood what it was at all, really. Who needs to carry around what amounts to a flat screen thing that doesn't have a CD drive or any ports on it?!

Since then, his wife has basically usurped the iPad and almost can't live without it.

He's going to Las Vegas next week for a conference, and his wife got all saucer-eyed:

"You're not taking the iPad, are you?"

"Yes, of course I am."

"WHAT AM I GOING TO USE WHILE YOU'RE GONE?"

"See that old-ass Windows computer on the desk in the corner? That."

"..."