{"id":3373,"date":"2011-03-23T20:38:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T01:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/23\/ipad-2-but-not-for-me\/"},"modified":"2011-03-23T20:38:47","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T01:38:47","slug":"ipad-2-but-not-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/23\/ipad-2-but-not-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"iPad 2 – But Not For Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>As much as I love apple products, I was actually very pleased that the new iPad 2 was not enough of a change for me to want to trade in my old one. I really like the one that I have, and aside from having the cameras added I just couldn’t justify spending that kind of money when I already had one that works perfectly well for all the things I use it for. <\/p>\n

<\/a>However, my Mom is ready for her first one and being the nerd son that I am, I told her I would take care of securing on for her. Because we’re actually taking a family trip to MI this weekend to visit, I wanted to be sure I had one with me! I never expected them to sell out as fast as they did on release day, so getting one has been more difficult than expected. <\/p>\n

<\/a>But in the end, diligence paid off and I was one of the few who got one on Tuesday morning at the Apple Store in Oakbrook. And once again, they were sold out by the time I was leaving the store. <\/p>\n

I am actually more excited to be taking this to my mom, because I know how excited she is and I just know it’s going to quickly become one of those things she just can’t live without. <\/p>\n

I know that I’ve been super busy too, because while I’ve had it since Tuesday morning, it’s still in the shrink wrapped box it came in, untouched. <\/p>\n


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