Kicking myself for not having an iPad.
This weekend sucked. Sure, the iPad finally released but I didn't have one. I, kind of unfortunately, pre-ordered a 3G iPad and have to wait about another month before I'll get mine. Saturday was an annoying day for me, to say the least. I spent most of the day regretting the decision to not purchase a Wi-Fi iPad or trying to keep myself from buying a Wi-Fi model while I await delivery of my 3G one. Thankfully I was able to restrain myself.
I guess what I was most disappointed with was that I opted to not be part of the "experience." When I originally placed my pre-order I figured it wouldn't be a big deal to miss camping out and picking up my iPad in store on launch day, but I immediately regretted that Friday night when the coverage started exploding after Apple removed their press embargo. Apparently some major tech. pundits had had them for about a week and were finally able to reveal this and release their reviews. I knew that I had made a mistake once I started reading these reviews.
Saturday morning was spent doing things to take my mind off the iPad. It started with a nice hike with the wife, then breakfast. I made the mistake of getting the mail when we got back home, only to see Steve Jobs' huge face on the cover of Time. Great. Time's writeup of the iPad was incredibly well done and was less about features than the idea of the iPad itself, which was nice. The rest of the day involved me following local Twitter reports of iPad stock at the local Apple Store and Best Buy. Apparently both had stock available at the end of the day. It was painful.
Jesus saved me on Sunday. While I was lusting over the potential to pick up a Wi-Fi iPad and resell it later when I get my 3G, I remembered that it was Easter. Nearly every store except for restaurants were closed so I couldn't get an iPad, which I probably would have done if I were able. I consider this to be a deeply religious experience.
When Monday morning rolled around, I woke up a little buzzed from dinner last night. My mind was surprisingly straight and I've realized that it was probably a good thing that I wasn't able to get an iPad yesterday. As fun as it would be to be typing this on one right now, I would basically be throwing away money by re-selling the Wi-Fi version when I receive my 3G one in about a month.
The hype and excitement of release day is over and I've come to term with waiting my turn. I'll have an iPad soon enough, I suppose, even though I greatly regret not camping out at the Apple Store on Friday night to pick one up the next day. Maybe Apple will reward those of us (not so) patiently awaited the release of the 3G model with something special. I'm sure they won't, but at least I can tell myself that for the time being to make it okay that I didn't pick one up on launch day.
I guess what I was most disappointed with was that I opted to not be part of the "experience." When I originally placed my pre-order I figured it wouldn't be a big deal to miss camping out and picking up my iPad in store on launch day, but I immediately regretted that Friday night when the coverage started exploding after Apple removed their press embargo. Apparently some major tech. pundits had had them for about a week and were finally able to reveal this and release their reviews. I knew that I had made a mistake once I started reading these reviews.
Saturday morning was spent doing things to take my mind off the iPad. It started with a nice hike with the wife, then breakfast. I made the mistake of getting the mail when we got back home, only to see Steve Jobs' huge face on the cover of Time. Great. Time's writeup of the iPad was incredibly well done and was less about features than the idea of the iPad itself, which was nice. The rest of the day involved me following local Twitter reports of iPad stock at the local Apple Store and Best Buy. Apparently both had stock available at the end of the day. It was painful.
Jesus saved me on Sunday. While I was lusting over the potential to pick up a Wi-Fi iPad and resell it later when I get my 3G, I remembered that it was Easter. Nearly every store except for restaurants were closed so I couldn't get an iPad, which I probably would have done if I were able. I consider this to be a deeply religious experience.
When Monday morning rolled around, I woke up a little buzzed from dinner last night. My mind was surprisingly straight and I've realized that it was probably a good thing that I wasn't able to get an iPad yesterday. As fun as it would be to be typing this on one right now, I would basically be throwing away money by re-selling the Wi-Fi version when I receive my 3G one in about a month.
The hype and excitement of release day is over and I've come to term with waiting my turn. I'll have an iPad soon enough, I suppose, even though I greatly regret not camping out at the Apple Store on Friday night to pick one up the next day. Maybe Apple will reward those of us (not so) patiently awaited the release of the 3G model with something special. I'm sure they won't, but at least I can tell myself that for the time being to make it okay that I didn't pick one up on launch day.
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