And it
seems a great gadget. To hang on your kitchen wall or to show off on your coffee-table. Don't get me wrong I am a (former) MacFan, but what has put me off lately is their Euro(pean) strategy. While the cheapest iPad will go in the States for 499 $, you can bet they will ship them to Europe for 499 €, and not for 355 €, which is the real equivalent. The latter being an agreeable price, but for 499 € you can buy already a fully equipped laptop. In fact we Europeans here are buying the same product at a third more the price it's actually worth. I find that a real ripoff and I don't see why Apple's Macintosh management and especially Steve Jobs doesn't see that. That is the main reason why I - and with me many Europeans - will most probably never buy it. Also because a big iPhone-clone tablet was expected, this
special event was somewhat turn-off for me...
