I just had a very disturbing thought.  I was reading about how the new iPad is going to have a curved surface and a camera.  I have an iPad and am very happy with it.  For me, it’s not a laptop replacement, but I’d wager it gets nearly as much use as my regular computers (for non-development work of course).

My troubling thought is this… I’m just about ready to get off the “new technology” wagon.  *gasp!*  I know…  I’ve pretty much always been an early adopter, but things are really going too fast for me now.

I have a pretty serious computer rig at home and am really happy with it.  I always feel like I need more hard drive space, but the computer itself is rarely taxed in terms of performance.  Really, the only time it pegs out on the CPU performance is when I’m doing video transcoding.  Other than that, the thing hardly ever breaks a sweat.

I have a laptop that is pretty much my “main” computer.  It gets used every single day.  It’s where I do my iPhone development.  It’s what I use to listen to music at work and what I take with me everywhere.

I have an iPad.  Like my laptop, it also comes with me everywhere.  The difference is that the iPad actually gets used while I’m out.  I have to be facing a pretty serious task to break out the laptop while I’m out.  I’ll bust the iPad out just to screw around (most of the time, I’m just screwing around).

I have an iPhone.  Unlike the laptop and iPad, the iPhone has a data connection wherever I am.  If I’m at a football game, I can check the weather or upload pictures (also taken with the iPhone).  If I’m at a scout meeting, I can check my email or update Facebook with it.  I can’t necessarily do this with the laptop or iPad unless I know there’s a Wi-Fi signal around.

My point is this… my bases are pretty much covered.  There’s really nothing I need to do or want to do that I can’t already do.  The one exception is photography.  I’d like a decent camera to be able to take really nice photos.  My iPhone and my point-and-shoot just don’t cut it.

But outside of that, I’m satisfied.

An iPad with a camera?  I’m sure someone will come up with an application that will make it super awesome.  Being able to load pictures on to the device via an SD slot?  I don’t do that now and wouldn’t want to.  My workflows have me putting my pictures on the big computer for storage and processing.

I never thought the day would come where I’d say it, but I think I’m going to coast with what I have for the foreseeable future.