Basically anything beyond social media and entertainment. I'm a student in the sciences and the only notable advantage it has provided me with is the ability to use e-textbooks and read primary source literature without wasting paper or getting a headache. Of course, there's something to be said about the entertainment value, as I'm glued to my tablet a lot for web surfing and the like, but true productivity value isn't there yet.
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iPad iPad 4 just not much faster in real life. Returning
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Basically anything beyond social media and entertainment. I'm a student in the sciences and the only notable advantage it has provided me with is the ability to use e-textbooks and read primary source literature without wasting paper or getting a headache. Of course, there's something to be said about the entertainment value, as I'm glued to my tablet a lot for web surfing and the like, but true productivity value isn't there yet.
Absolutely not.
Today I started writing up a protocol for an experiment on Pages using my MBA. As usual I take my ipad mini everywhere with me, and whilst out between laboratories I bumped into someone who I realised I could discuss my protocol with. Out came the mini from my pocket, and we went through it there and then in the corridor, ammeding things on the fly. I sat back down on my desk, and thanks to iCloud syncing I was good to keep working on it on my MBA straight away.
If thats not productivity I don't know what is.
ratzzo
macrumors 6502a
I read a lot of PDFs and I own a 3. I tested PDFs on a 4 at the Apple store and was really impressed at how much faster the rendering was.
Night Spring
macrumors P6
Very good example of how the iPad doesn't have to be as powerful as a desktop/laptop, or have the exact same features/functions, in order to increase our productivity. And also of how the iPad isn't a replacement for the traditional computer, but an extension to them. I wish Jobs hadn't used the term post-PC, that just gives people the wrong impression of what the iPad is about.
Maybe $399 at Walmart will change some folks mind about the 4th gen 16gb. That price screams IMHO.
tomaseriksson
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A tip for you guys who read alot of pdfs on a ipad 1/2/3, try the kindle app. It is so much faster at rendering and scrolling in pdfs than ibooks.