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Are you using your iPad as a daily main computer?

kuwisdelu said:
Why do so many people believe "post-PC" means "sans-PC"?
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I was about to answer that, then I reread the OP, and I'm not sure why i thought he meant "post-pc" anymore.

And after buying my iPad, I haven't used my pc (or my iPhone 4 for that matter) at all. I knew the iPhone would see a dramatic drop, but besides syncing my iPad and downloading remote app stuff, I haven't even thought of using my pc.

That being said, I wouldn't even CONSIDER giving up my pc. For one, I'd take the Witcher 2 alone over being given every single iPad game without a second thought.
 
ChristianJapan said:
For maybe 40% of user "post PC" is possible.
My wife: she use mail, twitter and browser. No need for a full PC or laptop (thought she still use my "old" MBP 17"). She could migrate anytime.
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Yea I agree. Like my Mum and Dad, they don't need a PC anymore.
 
youngplaya0228 said:
I was about to answer that, then I reread the OP, and I'm not sure why i thought he meant "post-pc" anymore.

And after buying my iPad, I haven't used my pc (or my iPhone 4 for that matter) at all. I knew the iPhone would see a dramatic drop, but besides syncing my iPad and downloading remote app stuff, I haven't even thought of using my pc.

That being said, I wouldn't even CONSIDER giving up my pc. For one, I'd take the Witcher 2 alone over being given every single iPad game without a second thought.
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I can't give up my Mac mainly because of Aperture. I enjoy using my iPad and looking forward to the iOS 5 update. Sure I'm looking forward to Lion too but not as much as iOS.
 
I love my iPad, but I just can't see myself building a web site on it. I have way too much data flying around and there is not enough screen real estate for my full on workload. There are too many things I wouldn't be able to do.
 
I just got my very first iPad a few days ago and I'm using this thing SO much more than I ever would have thought I would. I'm not kidding, I held out on getting one for so long because I thought "what does that do that my iPhone or MacBook Pro can't?" and to be honest, nothing. But its just so much easier and special to use than a laptop. Everything feels natural and looks so nice.

OP, to answer your question, I say YES the iPad certainly could replace the computer for many people. Of course many people on here are power users and use their computers for more advanced tasks than most, but for the average-joe, the iPad really would be a suitable replacement. I would have never had said this before I got mine a few days ago, but now I know what all the hype is about. I'm still amazed.
 
uiop. said:
I just got my very first iPad a few days ago and I'm using this thing SO much more than I ever would have thought I would. I'm not kidding, I held out on getting one for so long because I thought "what does that do that my iPhone or MacBook Pro can't?" and to be honest, nothing. But its just so much easier and special to use than a laptop. Everything feels natural and looks so nice.

OP, to answer your question, I say YES the iPad certainly could replace the computer for many people. Of course many people on here are power users and use their computers for more advanced tasks than most, but for the average-joe, the iPad really would be a suitable replacement. I would have never had said this before I got mine a few days ago, but now I know what all the hype is about. I'm still amazed.
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Same here. I never though it will replace 90% of my work on my Mac. It's turely magical. I can't even believe that, plus that coming iOS 5 update, it's going to be amazing.

Yes, for a power user the iPad would be their second device. For a normal user like me, iPad can be my main device.
 
eastercat said:
They also said they'll only hold a 1000 pictures. I don't know about you, but I have way more pictures than that.
I'd keep a low powered computer around to back up to a local hard drive. But I'm old-fashioned like that.
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Actually it's 1000 + 5GB. The 1000 is photo stream, which is basically a collection of your most recent photos taken. At any time you can save them to an album and lump them in with your 5GB.
 
the usage of my MBP has gone down considerably as I'm using the iPad for most of the mundane things these days, email, surfing, maps, reading, etc
but still find that when I'm writing or doing spreadsheets I'll jump right back onto the MBP...
so to answer the question, I'm not using the iPad as a replacement but more to augment my time without being tied to "desk"
 
I love my iPad. I bought it with the intents of using it throughout grad school. The one thing I'm stuck going back to my PC is when doing research papers. I can't type and research multiple sources via the iPad. I just need better multitasking (ex. having two windows open at once, instead of flipping back and forth). It would be awesome in landscape mode that you had the option to have two apps open at once.

Other than that, typical daily use, the iPad covers pretty much everything. It will be even better when iOS 5 comes out.
 
Before I had my iPad, I was using a laptop a lot. I only used it at home because I hated traveling with it. I did not store any media on it--I streamed it over the network from my tower and I kept documents on my flash drive. Most of the stuff I was doing on it was web based or network based--hardly anything local.

When I got my iPad, I didn't see the need for it anymore. I am much more comfortable traveling with my iPad, I can do everything I was doing on my laptop, I still have a tower set up as my media server for all the devices in my house to share from.....it was a no brainer. I sold the laptop.

My tower is now used to store mp3 files and backup all of our photos and home movies of our kids and make that media accessible to all the devices in our house. It also runs iTunes Home Sharing 24/7. Aside from that, it gets used for nothing, though the things I do use it for are very important.
 
Dimmick said:
I love my iPad. I bought it with the intents of using it throughout grad school. The one thing I'm stuck going back to my PC is when doing research papers. I can't type and research multiple sources via the iPad. I just need better multitasking (ex. having two windows open at once, instead of flipping back and forth). It would be awesome in landscape mode that you had the option to have two apps open at once.

Other than that, typical daily use, the iPad covers pretty much everything. It will be even better when iOS 5 comes out.
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I guess the screen of the iPad would be too small for two app open at once? ;)
 
spiderman0616 said:
When I got my iPad, I didn't see the need for it anymore. I am much more comfortable traveling with my iPad, I can do everything I was doing on my laptop, I still have a tower set up as my media server for all the devices in my house to share from.....it was a no brainer. I sold the laptop.

My tower is now used to store mp3 files and backup all of our photos and home movies of our kids and make that media accessible to all the devices in our house. It also runs iTunes Home Sharing 24/7. Aside from that, it gets used for nothing, though the things I do use it for are very important.
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I'm just wondering is tower means Mac Mini Sever, Mac Pro or just a PC?
Cheers.
 
I find that my iPad replaced my MacBook pro for all portability unless I need to use adobe apps, I just keep my MacBook docked and use my iPad for everything else. With new years to come I can see post pc coming
 
I mainly use the iPad in bed or on the go. It's the best web surfing device there is. It loads instantly and you're on your way. However, I can't it 100% as a daily though...
 
As a daily computer? Nope. If all you use a computer for is web browsing and listening to music/movies then yeah, you could easily replace it with an iPad. However, I do a lot of HD video editing and I'm an Engineering student so a lot of the things I use a computer for can not be done on an iPad, yet. Hopefully Apple updates iMovie and all the productive programs (Pages, Keynote, etc) on the App Store so power users can get more use out of it.
 
I was planning on getting a MBA for school. After reading all the info in this thread, (for price purposes,) I might get a PC netbook and an iPad, since it seems with the right apps, it's great for taking notes in college. Time will tell, after looking at the new Airs when they come out.
 
I think that a lot of people will be able to do 80-90% of their computer stuff but getting to 100% will be really hard as there are too many occasional tasks that require a PC. For example my Mum and Dad normally browse the web, read email, write a few letters and would probably be good candidates for an iPad only lifestyle; except they recently updated their Sat-Nav ahead of a trip to France and that task required a PC.
 
I've been forced to use my iPad as my main computer for about a month since my laptop crashed and I'm in Eastern Europe until August, no apple service centers in the country. In general it works fine, I mostly do light stuff like web browsing and typing short documents in pages, but I will be glad when my computer is fixed. A tablet just can't do everything as well as a computer, I'll run in to things fairly often that I wish I had a computer for either to do them at all or just faster.
 
kuwisdelu said:
Why do so many people believe "post-PC" means "sans-PC"?
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From Dictionary.com:

post-
 
a prefix, meaning “behind,” “after,” “later,” “subsequent to,” “posterior to,” occurring originally in loanwords from Latin ( postscript ), but now used freely in the formation of compound words ( post-Elizabethan; postfix; postgraduate; postorbital ).

It's a 4th dimensional concept. In much the same way as cars are post-buggy. Yes, you can still find a horse drawn carriage to ride, but they are no longer used daily unless you are stuck in time as some collectives are wont to be.
 
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