iPad discussion thread

[The Killing Joke]

Damn you blendtec viral marketing! Stop making me want to buy one of your $350+ blenders D:

The one he's using is a grand. I'd buy one, if I had more money than God.

[fab]

holy fuck, are you serious?

I still want one. seriously, it's gotten to the point with electronics that unless it was made in the late 70's / early 80's, the QA in the product is so shit that you actually have to spend upwards of 400% purchase price of comparable product to get something that won't fuck up within three to five years.

my family has various hand mixers and blenders, etc that are older than I am, and they still work as well as they ever have, near as I can tell.

(also, I was at a second cup and they had two blendtec blenders which they used to make my iced whatever the fuck drink. I lol'd)

[cujo]

My uncle has one... ever since his divorce he's been a teleshopping madman o.o. He has a magic bullet too lol

[McPwned]

my family has various hand mixers and blenders, etc that are older than I am, and they still work as well as they ever have, near as I can tell.

A lot of older machines in general are made with larger parts. A machine with a lot of smaller moving bits and pieces (i.e. all current things) doesn't have the same lifespan. You can look at car engines as an example; older schoolbuses use these old monsters of engines that seem to last forever, but the fuel efficiency is terrible. Newer engines require a lot more maintenance but they save buttloads of gas.

[Derfel]

WTF are you people talking about blenders in the iPad thread?

[McPwned]

Because the iPad is stupid and no one likes it.

[Derfel]

Because the iPad is stupid and no one likes it.

Fair enough. Carry on.

[Sweetlou]

and blending things rule, Ipad Iphone Ipod all awesome when blend

[Fil]

A lot of older machines in general are made with larger parts. A machine with a lot of smaller moving bits and pieces (i.e. all current things) doesn't have the same lifespan. You can look at car engines as an example; older schoolbuses use these old monsters of engines that seem to last forever, but the fuel efficiency is terrible. Newer engines require a lot more maintenance but they save buttloads of gas.

Off topic, but engines are a terrible example. Engine reliability has basically only gone up, talk to anyone with older engines, and without naming specific blocks and types, newer engines are almost always more reliable than older ones.

[McPwned]

Well, just schoolbus engines then. I failed at extrapolating.