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I appreciate Apple's iconic status, but iconic status and actual usability are two entirely different subjects. Any business person who would want to have this thing should have their mind examined. It has no expandability, and Apple is not responsive to user needs in the iOS.
So, you don't stress the battery. Many people do. All such batteries lose life over time, making the issue important long before battery failure. So, I discover that I need more storage...I'm out of luck. I'd like to hook to the thousands of USB devices out there or to an external display...tough luck. How about hooking up to a wired network because I don't like the security problems of a wireless one...again, out of luck. Give us a USB or a Thunderbolt port so that we can get to those external devices.
Then, there is all this hype over an ounce or two one way or the other or a millimeter or two in thickness. It is nothing but bragging rights and has absolutely nothing to do with usability. On the other hand, not having the things mentioned above radically limits both the life and usability of the product. At the price, quick replacement is not the ambition of anybody but a fanboy or fangirl. What the limitations do is add to Apple's bottom line by allowing them to more easily sell each little incremental improvement. This smells just like the early Windows versions. The iPad will amplify business sales for Windows or Android tablets in the same way that Apple desktops and laptops with their windowing OS's stimulated the sales of Windows machines that were more flexible and powerful for business and other purposes. The consumer market for Apple will saturate over the next few years, while others widen it at lower price and higher performance levels. These other machines are cycling at a much faster rate, and that will allow them to overtake Apple. Then, again, we will be left with the Apple fans and the rest of the market.
