iPATience

Anticipation is making me wait! (and making me crazy). When the iPad was announced, I knew I wanted one and placed my order for an iPad 3G on the first day. That seemed logical (and still does), but since WIFI iPads have been available since Saturday and there is still no shipping date for the 3G (sometime in "late April" according to the Apple web site), I'm reliving some of the same feelings I had as I anticipated Christmas as a child.

And to complicate matters, I made the mistake of stopping by the Apple Store today and actually "touching" and "using" an iPad. They almost had to snatch it out of my cold little fingers. And Apple sent the iPad case to me early and so I have an empty case for a few more days/weeks!

Just from my brief involvement with the iPad, I can tell it's great. I've been an Apple customer since 1984 when I worked at the Ringling School of Art and Design and set up the admissions program on a Lisa/Mac and networked other original Macs to the first model LaserWriter. Throughout the years, I've had nothing but Mac computers for my personal use, and even managed to incorporate Macs at the state job as well.

The simplicity of use, the elegance of design, the lack of ongoing problems -- all of these things have made me a big fan. But I don't think I've ever been as excited (or anticipated so much) the iPad. "Anticipation...anticipation is making me wait, is keeping me waiting!"