Unimpressed with the iPad 2

So if you weren’t in a cave yesterday you heard about the iPad 2 announcement. Will I be upgrading? No. My iPad does everything I need it to do. Nothing in the update really excited me. I’m not one to upgrade to keep up with the Joneses. I love gadgets, but I don’t actually buy them unless I know I am going to use them a lot, and I don’t upgrade until I absolutely need to.

The iPad 2 is the iPad they should have released last year. I think they purposely left out the cameras last year just so they would have something to add this year. Apple’s yearly product updates kind of bug me. They are always trying to make last year’s products seem old so you upgrade. I don’t know why any current iPad owners would upgrade. Sure it’s a little faster, a little lighter, and has cameras, but I have never complained that mine was too slow, or wish it weighed 0.2 lbs less, or even had a camera.

To me the big news is you can now get a refurbished iPad for $349. That’s a great deal. I always buy my iPods refurbished, and may buy my next laptop refurbished. I am still rocking the 1st gen MacBook, and it’s working just fine despite a little yellowing, but the time for a new laptop is getting closer.