IT and helpdesk folks don't use iPads because they have no use for them.
I am looking forward to my Marketing and Product teams being more useless that day than usual though.

For a second there i thought they finally nailed down the release date for diablo 3. That was foolish of me.

legendary: IT and helpdesk folks don't use iPads because they have no use for them.
I am looking forward to my Marketing and Product teams being more useless that day than usual though.

If any IT person cares about Apple that much, they'll only need to keep a live blog open on their system or iPhone. In my experience, mass IT worker call-ins are usually tied to major MMO releases.

legendary: IT and helpdesk folks don't use iPads because they have no use for them.
I am looking forward to my Marketing and Product teams being more useless that day than usual though.

Then why do I see most IT people with them?

/I can understand Helpdesk people not having them - they make 4.95/hour
//use it for e-mail, remote access, documentation, brainstorming, access to technical documentation, flowcharting, etc

Disposable Rob: legendary: IT and helpdesk folks don't use iPads because they have no use for them.
I am looking forward to my Marketing and Product teams being more useless that day than usual though.

If any IT person cares about Apple that much, they'll only need to keep a live blog open on their system or iPhone. In my experience, mass IT worker call-ins are usually tied to major MMO releases.

Pretty much. The day that Apple, Samsung, Microsoft, whatever announces a product - its not going to ship that day - so what's the point? Of course - with Apple you know its going to ship in a couple of weeks. Still waiting on some Microsoft products announced years ago...

Heh, our IT people refuse to support Apple products. We can have any phone or notebook we want, and any computer configuration we want within reason (as long as we can justify it), but Apple products are out.

bravian: legendary: IT and helpdesk folks don't use iPads because they have no use for them.
I am looking forward to my Marketing and Product teams being more useless that day than usual though.

Then why do I see most IT people with them?

/I can understand Helpdesk people not having them - they make 4.95/hour
//use it for e-mail, remote access, documentation, brainstorming, access to technical documentation, flowcharting, etc

Can't speak for anyone else but at my work the IT guys have iPads because they need to test out all of our intranet/citrix apps to make sure they work for all of the Big Giant Heads, researchers and doctors who absolutely MUST have one because Apple *splooge*.

Most of the people in IT, myself included, don't particularly like Apple.

\Posted from my MacBook Pro w/ Bootcamp
\\Because Dell's higher end hardware is terrible.

bravian: Then why do I see most IT people with them?

IT encompasses quite a bit. The few people I see with them are of the "my job requires me to look important so I need to have the latest gadgets" stripe. I always assumed nothing productive ever got done with them.

the_sidewinder: /I know it lands on the 6th, but do you think I'll get through it in only one day?

If it's true to the Mass Effect franchise, you won't need to actually be there for all the cutscenes to finish.

Not real IT people. They'll be warming their coffee on a Netezza server while chewing Xanax to alleviate their anxiety of the inevitable release day where every EVP calls in at 9am sharp asking "Can you help me get my new iPad onto the Exchange?"

The Dark Knight Rises doesn't come out til the summer

Tyrosine: Heh, our IT people refuse to support Apple products. We can have any phone or notebook we want, and any computer configuration we want within reason (as long as we can justify it), but Apple products are out.

Then your IT people are, frankly, shiat. Let me guess, they won't support Linux either?

They should of considered that before thinking BYOD was a sweet ass money & time saver.

bravian: legendary: IT and helpdesk folks don't use iPads because they have no use for them.
I am looking forward to my Marketing and Product teams being more useless that day than usual though.

Then why do I see most IT people with them?

/I can understand Helpdesk people not having them - they make 4.95/hour
//use it for e-mail, remote access, documentation, brainstorming, access to technical documentation, flowcharting, etc

Of all the other IT that I work with, the only ones who value ipads are the ones who use it as a status symbol/show of wealth or to try to look more 'tech-y' to compensate for their lack of problem solving or programming ability.

Anyone who uses that around an office or at work is either without a permanent desk or is middle/upper management.

IT people tend to know that the iPad is a solution to a problem that never existed. You will find it's more likely the user base that will be after one of these! Especially if they have a haircut like this...

tricycleracer: Not real IT people. They'll be warming their coffee on a Netezza server while chewing Xanax to alleviate their anxiety of the inevitable release day where every EVP calls in at 9am sharp asking "Can you help me get my new iPad onto the Exchange?"

As an It person that regularly uses an iPad: This.

It's relatively easy to get working, but man they always complain about some little thing that is missing and expect you to somehow fix it. "I don't like how the To-do (reminders) looks, what can you do about that?"

"Uhhh... stop using reminders?"

tricycleracer: Not real IT people. They'll be warming their coffee on a Netezza server while chewing Xanax to alleviate their anxiety of the inevitable release day where every EVP calls in at 9am sharp asking "Can you help me get my new iPad onto the ExchangeOutlooks?"

They may demand that they approve the capital expenditures, but its does mean they have a farking clue as to what they are buying.

Really, subby? IT professionals using Apple products? We always considered them parasitic infestations and firewalled sales and marketing.

because the Black Keys and Artic Monkeys are playing Portland ME the night before, and Boston on the 7th?

Why would we call in sick when we can use the great bandwidth we have at work to watch the announcement?

We'll just post a sign outside our cube that says 'Attending online classroom - do not disturb'

I think Roy and Moss would approve of this.

Silly subby, Guild Wars 2 isn't coming out on the 7th.

geedub: Why would we call in sick when we can use the great bandwidth we have at work to watch the announcement?

We'll just post a sign outside our cube that says 'Attending online classroom - do not disturb'

I think Roy and Moss would approve of this.

This.

I_Am_Weasel: legendary: IT and helpdesk folks don't use iPads because they have no use for them.
I am looking forward to my Marketing and Product teams being more useless that day than usual though.

I use it for remote administration.

But, I also do not care that iPad 3 is coming out. I've no doubt they've also got 4 5 and 6 in the scheme of things, timed to be released when people have had their previous version long enough that they'll fall in like lemmings to buy the latest and greatest.

Maybe for 3 they'll include a vial of actual tears of Chinese workers.

I'll bet you're a blast at parties.

natazha: Really, subby? IT professionals using Apple products? We always considered them parasitic infestations and firewalled sales and marketing.

Pretty much this

tricycleracer: Not real IT people. They'll be warming their coffee on a Netezza server while chewing Xanax to alleviate their anxiety of the inevitable release day where every EVP calls in at 9am sharp asking "Can you help me get my new iPad onto the Exchange?"

Which is why we hired a mac store "genius" in our IT dept. His first day he had everyone from the CEO on down asking him to help him setup their email, install SSDs on their computers(need suction cups to remove the screen), give them discounts on macbooks, etc. No longer my problem. Thank the lord

bravian: legendary: IT and helpdesk folks don't use iPads because they have no use for them.
I am looking forward to my Marketing and Product teams being more useless that day than usual though.

Then why do I see most IT people with them?

/I can understand Helpdesk people not having them - they make 4.95/hour
//use it for e-mail, remote access, documentation, brainstorming, access to technical documentation, flowcharting, etc

Lack of understanding regarding the term "IT People"?

bravian: legendary: IT and helpdesk folks don't use iPads because they have no use for them.
I am looking forward to my Marketing and Product teams being more useless that day than usual though.

Then why do I see most IT people with them?

/I can understand Helpdesk people not having them - they make 4.95/hour
//use it for e-mail, remote access, documentation, brainstorming, access to technical documentation, flowcharting, etc

Documentation? Brainstorming? Flowcharting? As a systems administrator I can assure you we don't do any of those things. Sounds too much like management.

If you can make a picture of it, it's not IT.

xalres: Can't speak for anyone else but at my work the IT guys have iPads because they need to test out all of our intranet/citrix apps to make sure they work for all of the Big Giant Heads, researchers and doctors who absolutely MUST have one because Apple *splooge*.

Most of the people in IT, myself included, don't particularly like Apple.

that exactly.

the only reason we'll have them is 100% because someone far enough up the food chain that can't easily be told No will buy an iPad3 on day one and expect it to have all of the same remote access capability as their laptop.

I_Am_Weasel: legendary: IT and helpdesk folks don't use iPads because they have no use for them.
I am looking forward to my Marketing and Product teams being more useless that day than usual though.

I use it for remote administration.

But, I also do not care that iPad 3 is coming out. I've no doubt they've also got 4 5 and 6 in the scheme of things, timed to be released when people have had their previous version long enough that they'll fall in like lemmings to buy the latest and greatest.

Maybe for 3 they'll include a vial of actual tears of Chinese workers.

The iPad 3 will be an excellent opportunity to upgrade to an iPad 2 when they start their product dumping.

iPads are wonderful content consuming devices, and decentish tools. They are not something that 90%of people need to keep up with on versions.

scottydoesntknow: Why would anyone actually take time off/call in sick for this? It's just an announcement, it's not even the sale.

Most of us watch the announcements live.

/I use mine for development. Text editor/ssh/ftp/mobile safari ftw

tricycleracer: Not real IT people. They'll be warming their coffee on a Netezza server while chewing Xanax to alleviate their anxiety of the inevitable release day where every EVP calls in at 9am sharp asking "Can you help me get my new iPad onto the Exchange?"

Yup.
I just laugh when they ask me to help them configure their iphones for MS Exchange.
Ain't part of my legerdemain, biatches.

"All the IT people will be 'sick' that day"? Horseshiat.

sprawl15: the_sidewinder: /I know it lands on the 6th, but do you think I'll get through it in only one day?

If it's true to the Mass Effect franchise, you won't need to actually be there for all the cutscenes to finish.

I'm pressing right trigger as hard as I can to smack you upside the head with my trigger.

/I can take the Renegade hit

Vaneshi: Tyrosine: Heh, our IT people refuse to support Apple products. We can have any phone or notebook we want, and any computer configuration we want within reason (as long as we can justify it), but Apple products are out.

Then your IT people are, frankly, shiat. Let me guess, they won't support Linux either?

They should of considered that before thinking BYOD was a sweet ass money & time saver.

The underlying problem is a software compatibility problem caused by these folks (new window). Still, I know a lot of IT people and they all share a universal loathing for apple products. Same issue forces me to use IE for work related stuff.

The BYOD policy is just a bonus: The company pays the full cost of your personal phone, including data and personal long distance, as long as you use if for business too. If you're a princess and just can't live without your iPhone, they'll give you a company phone for work, but you're stuck paying for your own phone yourself.

scottydoesntknow: /Have jury duty on the 7th

You know that little mark on Charles Manson's forehead? That's actually a protective ward against being on jury duty. Seriously, have you ever seen him on a jury?

Why would anyone need to stay home because of a keynote? Work is just as good a place as any to watch the news feeds. Even if a product is available first-day, you are probably just as well off ordering online.

Apple has not yet announced any plans for a launch event and never comments on new devices before they are officially unveiled.

That's may be a good guess, Subby, but it ain't official yet.

natazha: If you can make a picture of it, it's not IT.

If you can't make a pictures out of your IT project you have no farking clue what you are doing, are going to be over budget, and the project will fail. Any project that can't fully be explained to senior executives in a power point presentation will fail.

bravian: Then why do I see most IT people with them?

I honestly can't think of a single person in our IT department, or who I know that works in IT, who gives the slightest shiat about having an iPad. In fact, most of them seem to hate it because they largely view it as an annoying way in which loafing employees circumvent our acceptable use policy.

The closest thing I can think of is sales people. A lot of times sales people coming in to pitch stuff to IT or IS have a tablet. But they're not exactly IT people.

As a software developer of 20 years, I'll catch up on what they've released, but honestly, I can't get that excited. The tablet format doesn't interest me - it's a locked-down toy that can't do anything my laptop can do. v3 will just be a step improvement.

You might as well tell me about a tampon sale as anything that Apple releases.

You can't be out sick when you "work" from home while gaming...

/so I've heard