2011 — The birthday laptop, and the iPad I wanted
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For my birthday in 2011, I got a Toshiba Satellite laptop. But I wanted an iPad 2!
My parents thought the money would be better spent on a laptop. The Toshiba was a 17.3-inch P775D-S7230 running Windows 7 Home Premium. It was the machine I would later compare with my little 11-inch MacBook Air—and the Air would completely change what I expected from a computer.
The Toshiba’s specifications
- Model: Satellite P775D-S7230
- Processor: AMD A6-3400M
- Memory: 6GB DDR3 1333
- Storage: 640GB hard drive
- Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6520G
- Display: 17.3-inch, 1600 × 900
- Operating system: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
But I wanted the iPad 2 #
That was the device I had my heart set on. Looking back, it helps explain why I was drawn to the Transformer Prime the next year: I was still looking for the tablet experience I wanted from the iPad.
These reference images bring back the products from that moment, including Steve Jobs presenting the iPad 2.
