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There have been tablets before. I only difference I see is marketing.

The main difference is a touch-based user interface designed for touch from the ground-up, not mouse- or pen-based with touch tacked on. It's ease of use, finally creating a simple yet capable computing appliance rather than a PC shoved into a tablet.

Apple has made mistakes of not including things that are important like printing in their initial release.

Apple is known for releasing first-generation products to establish the market and a platform to build on. More features follow. That's why I don't buy first-generation Apple products.

The iphone cannot print, organize, or view documents like Microsoft Windows. These capabilities are apart of the operating system.

As noted above, a major reason for the success of the iPad has been not trying to cram an entire desktop OS into a tablet. The people who made Windows tablets failed because they were saying things like "you need it to be able to print, organize and view documents like Microsoft Windows. These capabilities are a part of the operating system."

As noted above, a major reason for the success of the iPad has been not trying to cram an entire desktop OS into a tablet.

I'm pissed there's no floppy disk, wah! Technology is constantly evolving. Apple is brave enough to advance the technology boundaries by pushing new features, while temporarily leaving others behind in a 1st gen. product. I'm tired of other companies complaining while Apple does the heavy lifting.

Oh, another thing - I have a sports car and a truck. Neither does everything I'd like, but each does what I want very well. If someone wants a machine that does it all, you end up compromising the ability to do it well. The iPad does a lot of things very well.

As noted above, a major reason for the success of the iPad has been not trying to cram an entire desktop OS into a tablet. The people who made Windows tablets failed because they were saying things like "you need it to be able to print, organize and view documents like Microsoft Windows. These capabilities are a part of the operating system."

It is good to be able to print, organize, and view. Why would someone purchase something that is half complete? One needs that to make the product useful. I am going to spend x dollars and there needs to be a basic general set there.

You probably prefer everything to be stripped down and then you add later. Most people I imagine are not like that. They want to be able to do things right out of the box like print, etc. They do not have the time or money to waste to get the ability to print, organize, or view.

For example, I can imagine a car following the Apple logic. It would only have a motor and wheels despite the ability to do more that was more technologically available like seats and lights. These are necessary in a car.

Apple also knows that their fanboys will lap up anything they dish out and settle for less than than what Apple can immediately deliver.