re: Am I now one of "those" people??

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Am I dumb for doing this?

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I don't think so. Sounds like a heckava' deal to me.

I'd flip it on ebay and pass-through the discount on an ipad2.

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I went so far as buying a few shares (for fun) a little over a year ago and they're up 90%.

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I check MacRumors every now and then (mainly to gauge if upgrading my iphone or computer is timely), and have always wondered if any of the fanboys on their actually invested in apple way back. If so, they are probably incredibly rich.

FWIW - I have an an iphone and macbook pro as well. I don't consider myself "one of those" I just like superior technology and excellent craftsmanship.

Then maybe it wasn't such a good deal? iPad2 is a pretty substantial upgrade.

FWIW I'm a huge fan of shitty craftmenship and inferior technology.

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Have you ever used your ownership of these devices to brag? Perhaps in a cleverly disguised thread on a message board where you appear to be self deprecating but are actually screaming at the top of your lungs that you are awesome because you picked the best consumer electronics device.

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Meh, I think that would only really work if any of us thought he was poor. The MT guys are a pretty small circle, there's no need to brag or lie around here. I know a large % of the posters IRL, not from this site.

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"He got me invested in some type of fruit com-pany.. .and said we didn't have to worry about money no more...I said, good! One less thing."

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I'm posting on an iPad while my iPhone is charging beside my bed. It acts as my alarm to get up. My wife has an iPhone and a Dell Windows 7 phone. My daughter (9) has an iPhone. My son (5) has an iTouch. We have two Apple TV boxes. For Christmas, I gave my wife an iPod Shuffle for when she runs.

However, we have three Dell laptops and three Dell desktops and a Dell network server.

Want to guess at which of these two companies my wife is a corporate director?

First, you would guess wrong. Would an Apple employee be using PC's?

Second, as for my daughter using an iPhone...

A. She's in multiple after school programs where she's picked up by others and she stays in contact by texting me. 
B. She's turning 10 in two weeks but is already in advanced studies and is a whiz at astronomy, her real interest right now.
C. She has a desktop, laptop, iPhone, HD camcorder, and a digital camera
D. She's learning editing on FinalCut Pro for the school's TV station and she video records/interviews teachers and students and her work has helped earn the school a grant from SmartBoard.
E. She's working in the evenings learning Linux and also just received her first online class to learn coding in order to build apps for OS4
F. My wife and I are both in technical fields and we're obviously leading her down that path. The sandbox that my wife and I use to test solutions has a Linux box, NT box, AS400, XP, Vista and Win7 boxes. If she has an interest in learning it, she'll learn SAP Basis from us and as soon as she's old enough, she'll be qualified to take on an internship position, then she can pick up contract work (under our oversight) and be earning her own money to save for when she leaves college. 

I think the fact that she has an iPhone is probably okay considering her aptitude, grades and drive to be successful, which we nurture and sacrifice for. 

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Good Lord that's a freaking smart 10 year old.

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Meh. The 12 year old with the 170 IQ has her beat.