PC Maker, Inspiration for Microsoft Dies in Ga.

“One of the most important early computer innovators dies - http://nyti.ms/avL9tR”

Doing the iPad Math: Utility + Price + Desire

For all the exuberance surrounding Apple’s new iPad, many consumers do not understand the device’s purpose, and some say they don’t need yet another gadget.

“It’s a want, as opposed to a need,” said one of those Apple fans, Ryan Kenney, 29, describing his nascent desire for the iPad in New York this week. “You don’t really need it. Between a smartphone and a laptop, that covers all the bases.”

“But I’d wear their underwear if they made it.”

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