The Apple iPad will be put through a thorough,
unbiased review by the experts at the Consumer
Reports labs in Yonkers, N.Y.
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I'm setting up my brand new iPad at Consumer Reports labs in Yonkers to test it. Just plugged it into my office Mac and it won't connect to iTunes. And I recently upgraded my iTunes to version 9.1.

The error message says:

"The iPad cannot be used because it requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later."

My office iMac is running OS X 10.4.11  It isn't that old, is it?

Oops.

Good thing I have a computer handy with Windows 7 on it. This is the first time an Apple product has ever forced me to use a Windows computer!

—Jeff Fox