{"id":4820,"date":"2010-04-08T11:41:25","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T16:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=4820"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:38:05","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:38:05","slug":"welcome-ipadders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/4820-welcome-ipadders\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome iPadders!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4835\" title=\"iPad_owc_site\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/iPad_owc_site.jpg\" alt=\"OWC web site on iPad\" width=\"300\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/iPad_owc_site.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/iPad_owc_site-103x120.jpg 103w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/iPad_owc_site-278x323.jpg 278w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/iPad_owc_site-163x190.jpg 163w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/iPad_owc_site-103x120@2x.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>It\u2019s been only 5 days since the iPad launch, with one of those days being a holiday, and the iPad has quickly made an impact on OWC\u2019s site traffic by accounting for 1.23% of <a title=\"macsales.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.macsales.com\/\">macsales.com<\/a> traffic. Granted, it\u2019s not surprising that we got some iPad traffic as we\u2019ve been part of the Mac community since 1988, but the amount of traffic we got so quickly was surprising nonetheless. One neat tidbit is that we got very light iPad traffic pre-launch as well, likely from reviewers and perhaps <a title=\"Steve Jobs Executive Bio @ Apple\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/pr\/bios\/jobs.html\">Steve Jobs<\/a> himself \u2013 it\u2019s possible right? Hi Steve.<\/p>\n<p>Being the OWC Web Manager I\u2019m always looking at the customer experience, and I must say Apple did a phenomenal job with Safari on iPad. Using the iPad you get the same full OWC web site featuring: <a title=\"Memory for every Mac\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/apple\/memory\/\">memory for nearly every Mac made<\/a>, <a title=\"OWC External Storage\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/firewire\/\">external<\/a> \/ <a title=\"Internal Storage\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/internal_storage\/hard_drives_and_SSD\">internal<\/a> storage, <a title=\"Accessories\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/accessories\">accessories<\/a>, <a title=\"Software\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/software\/\">software<\/a>, <a title=\"Cables\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/catsearch\/cables\">cables<\/a>, <a title=\"Batteries\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/powerbook\/batteries\/\">batteries<\/a>, <a title=\"Adapters\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/search\/adapters\">adapters<\/a>, <a title=\"Tips\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/Reviews\/index.cfm\">tips<\/a>, and <a title=\"Installation Videos\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/installvideos\/\">install videos<\/a>, for your Mac, iPod, iPhone, and now the <a title=\"Accessories for iPad\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/Apple\/iPad_Accessories\">iPad<\/a>. All supported by OWC\u2019s US-based on-site experts from our <a title=\"Platinum LEED Campus\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/4822-other-world-computing-awarded-leed-platinum-certification-for-attaining-highest-level-of-green-building-design-operation\">LEED Platinum Campus<\/a> in Woodstock, Illinois powered 100% by our <a title=\"About the OWC Wind Turbine\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/green\/wind.html\">wind turbine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Our videos worked without any modification\u2026 just press play! For all the hoopla over not being able to view Flash-based video, OWC customers weren\u2019t impacted at all since we\u2019ve used QuickTime friendly video codecs from the start for all <a title=\"OWC Install Videos\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/installvideos\/\">our videos<\/a>.\u00a0 (Note to other web site managers: there\u2019s other video formats out there\u2026 just re-export your vids, it\u2019s not a big deal.)<\/p>\n<p>On iPad the <a title=\"OWC Web Site\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/\">OWC web site<\/a> just works, but now you get to experience OWC with the gorgeous iPad display with its superior font rendering, along with the future of computing that is <a title=\"Multi-Touch\" href=\"http:\/\/multi-touchscreen.com\/\">Multi-Touch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One caveat: anywhere we say \u201cClick here\u201d on the site\u2026 feel free to interpret that as \u201ctouch here\u201d ;)<\/p>\n<p>Of course we expect the iPad numbers to grow as more people are exposed to this paradigm of computing and we\u2019ll welcome you all with open arms and a fully working web site.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s iPad!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been only 5 days since the iPad launch, with one of those days being a holiday, and the iPad has quickly made an impact on OWC\u2019s site traffic by accounting for 1.23% of macsales.com traffic. 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