The Macalope found similar anecdotal results. So, add up all these anecdotes and what do you get? A big pile of anecdotes!

The fact that we can only base our conclusions on opinions hasn't stopped Wall Street analysts from (anywhere from 4 million to 10 million). As long as we're , the Macalope thinks the iPad will, at a minimum, fall on the upper end of the range between "Apple TV and MacBook Air" and "iPhone and iPod" which, for any other company, is nothing short of a home run.

You know what side he's on.

Of course, these anecdotes all come from people already invested in the ecosystem. What do people ? (Tip o' the antlers to , who was actually but still misses the point.) Joe Wilcox asked them: