[kevin_thibedeau]

iPad === status++. Of course they're going to prefer it regardless of rational merits either way.

[dagw]

iPad === status++

Still? Maybe it's because I live in a nice upper middle class area and have nice upper middle class friends, but I don't think anybody, at any age, sees the iPad as a status symbol.

[kevin_thibedeau]

Conduct an experiment and see how your upper middle class kids respond when their iWant is replaced with a downmarket Google product.