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So Tomi and I have had iBook G4′s for the past four years. Today we decided to go down to the Apple Store to get a new mouse for our iMac (yes, the venerable Mighty Mouse scroll wheel finally ate it). We walked in the front door and started looking at the iPads when an old friend and his wife happened to bump into us. After guiding them through selecting a new MacBook, Tomi and I wandered back over to the iPads.

Now we had no intention of buying an iPad. In fact, I kind of thought that the iPad was a joke. Really just a big iPod touch, nothing more. Well we played with them for a bit and discussed how we used our current laptops, which was basically as Internet terminals.

After little debate (I had no say. It was all Tomi I swear) we decided not to get an iPad… But rather to get two iPad’s. If you include my iPhone, the iPads make seven Apple computers in the house. Yes, we are Apple whores.

So what are my first impressions of it? Well, as you can imagine, I am typing this post on it right now. The keyboard is just like a big iPhone one. But it surprisingly easy to type with two hands. Being used to a nice full sized keyboard, you make a few mistakes, but not nearly as many as I would have expected. The interface is just a big iPhone interface, which means it is really easy to navigate. The only thing I have to complain about is that my iPhone is hacked, the iPad is not (yet) so I lack some of the functionality that I have become accustom too.

So far the iPad is pretty cool. The main reason that we decided to get them was that the way we used our iBooks was so limited that the iPad was a fairly cheap and clean way to upgrade to some newer technology. I am disappointed that I can’t easily connect to my server, but I’m sure that I will find a way soon enough.

Look for future updates on my life with iPad (and pictures) in the future!