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>>>>Not a bad first month. And the 3G model, which a lot of people were waiting for, has just been released.
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>>>Maybe one million idiots and one very smart guy :-}
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>>>Just kidding - I've no axe to grind re: the IPad. But on balance I'd rather have spent the money on Apple shares a year ago than on an IPad now :-{
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>>I cancelled my order until my job situation clears up. As it stands now I am only employed through the end of the month.
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>IIRC you were hoping to be kept on with some .NET work? Hope it works out for you.....
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>>The VP of the IT department bought an iPad. You should have seen the people crowding around to get a look. And this is a traditional Wintel shop. I don't think there's a Mac in the place.
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>One company I work with has a graphics design department - four or five people who all use Macs (primarily Photoshop and Illustrator). I've been involved in converting Illustrator files to WPF XAML so I've got Windows Illustrator installed. I don't see much difference between the two versions (actually the interface on both platforms looks pretty dated)

Thanks for the good wishes. It's exactly the kind of work I want to do and I like the company I lot. What is probably working against me is that it is only a two person team, so they may be less willing to take a chance on someone without work experience.