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Bought new iPad 2 3G from MacMall - MacArtist - 10-14-2012
I bought the white 64gb Verizon 3G model for $470.
Seemed like a good deal. Brand new for less than apple's refurb price.
The retina display on the iPad 3 is awesome. I just couldn't justify spending the extra $$ for an ipad 3 w/3G.
This iPad will likely replace my Dell Mini 9 hackintosh for casual web browsing, email, etc. and take it with me on trips where wifi isn't always available.
Re: Bought new iPad 2 3G from MacMall - LyleH - 10-14-2012
The retina display is what put me over the top to buy an iPad 3. And I couldn't get it out of my wife's hands, so I just ordered her a refurbed iPad 3 from Apple. Both black/Verizon. Hers is 32 Gig (with a pink cover) and mine is 64 Gig. And when my daughter saw mine in April of this year she bought one, too. LyleH
Re: Bought new iPad 2 3G from MacMall - RAMd®d - 10-15-2012
I pre-ordered the 3 for the display and I'm glad I did.
Every time I picked up the 2, the difference in resolution practically jumped out at me. A buddy was going to by an iPad for his wife so I said "Take my 2. Please".
I'm glad you got the iPad you wanted, MA. A new 'Pad for less that Apple wants for a refurb is a good deal. No tax for you, right?
Re: Bought new iPad 2 3G from MacMall - pqrst - 10-15-2012
MacArtist wrote:
I bought the white 64gb Verizon 3G model for $470.
Seemed like a good deal. Brand new for less than apple's refurb price.
The retina display on the iPad 3 is awesome. I just couldn't justify spending the extra $$ for an ipad 3 w/3G.
This iPad will likely replace my Dell Mini 9 hackintosh for casual web browsing, email, etc. and take it with me on trips where wifi isn't always available.
I just did the exact same thing. After playing with a friend's iPad 3 for a few days, I went with an iPad 2. In my case, the performance benchmarks of the iPad 3 are not better for CPU based operations, so I decided to buy the 2 and wait for the quad core CPU (A6?).
Re: Bought new iPad 2 3G from MacMall - MacArtist - 10-15-2012
RAMd®d wrote:
I pre-ordered the 3 for the display and I'm glad I did.
Every time I picked up the 2, the difference in resolution practically jumped out at me. A buddy was going to by an iPad for his wife so I said "Take my 2. Please".
I'm glad you got the iPad you wanted, MA. A new 'Pad for less that Apple wants for a refurb is a good deal. No tax for you, right?
Thanks RAMd®d!
No tax buying from MacMall. Gotta save as much as I can these days.
Re: Bought new iPad 2 3G from MacMall - Speedy - 10-15-2012
Congrats! The display isn't everything for everyone.
Re: Bought new iPad 2 3G from MacMall - pqrst - 10-26-2012
And I just returned my iPad 2 today. After the annoucement of the iPad mini, I thought I would wait and see. the big thing was the new iPad with the A6. I was looking for better CPU performance. So we will wait.