I completely respect your opinion, we all have our preferences and none of us or right or wrong when it comes to them.
The post you write about not being able to use iDevices offline or most content in the cloud is an option, not a rule. My entire music collection, photos, videos, ebooks, apps, etc. are all on my device. I could choose to have most off my phone and get access to them through the cloud, but it's not necessary. I could take my iPhone completely offline and get plenty of use out of it, matter of fact I use my iPad offline all the time as well as my MacBook.
My wife still has the iPad 2 and is able to use and enjoy every app I am able to use on my air 2.
To get back to topic, Tuesday cannot get here soon enough. Question is, will I be able to get a customized Provarinati somewhere on this sucker?