iPad mini Can someone tell me 5 reasons why the iPad is better than the MacBook?

[SomeGuyDude]

Laptops are purely meant for tables/desks.

I want you to read that sentence a few more times.

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With the iPad Air or Mini you can fully lay down in a more relaxed way with the Pad resting vertically on your chest. And you can navigate the Web effortlessly and elegantly via hand gestures alone. With a laptop I would think it would be awkward trying to use the track pad while laying down.

Depends. Also there's no way to easily "rest" and type on a tablet while lying down. I put my laptop down on my legs, knees up a little, and there's no need for me to "hold" it. It just sits there.

I think it boils down to this: whichever you use, you'll adapt. But IMO there's no way to easily TYPE while lying down with a tablet. When I don't anticipate needing to do a lot of typing, the laptop sits off to the side. When I think I'll be doing a lot of chatting, the laptop comes out.

 

[darngooddesign]

Well in those 5 areas but I do know it is not powerful but I want to know the advantages over it.

Its not better than a MacBook unless you use the MacBook for things you can do on the iPad.

 

[TWO2SEVEN]

Laptops are purely meant for tables/desks. They just felt really awkward and cumbersome when I used to use mine in bed. You will have to worry about not covering up the vents etc, which is not an issue on ipad. Ipad i always throw down on my bed, try doing that with a laptop.

Desktops are made for desks. Tabletops are made for tables.

 

[CharlieBrandt09]

Desktops are made for desks. Tabletops are made for tables.

I can't wait until Apple release a countertop machine. Or maybe a bartop computer.

 

[hologram]

why the iPad is better...

It's only better if it's better for YOU.

Everyone is different, and everyone has different needs.

With all due respect, that was a truly silly question (And when I say silly, I mean "idiotic")!

 

[Altis]

Desktops are made for desks. Tabletops are made for tables.

Muffintops are for.. err..

Only advantages I can see of an iPad over a Macbook are size, price, and reading text.

I can't actually think of a task other than reading that is easier done on an iPad than on a MBA. Even such simple things are an involved process in iOS compared with OSX.

I almost wanted to give up when I had to select a few bits of text to make bold.

To each their own

 

[TWO2SEVEN]

I can't wait until Apple release a countertop machine. Or maybe a bartop computer.

I once saw a guy sitting at a bar with a "portable desktop computer." It had probably a 27" screen and folded up like a laptop. The guy had a little metal luggage cart to carry it. It was very odd haha

 

[imanidiot]

Oh dear, he's back.
Why 5? Why not 4, or 27?
What does "better" even mean?

 

[gotluck]

If the iPad can do the task you are looking to do, it's usually more fun to do on iPad.

 

[stockscalper]

1. It's not
2. No way
3. Are you kidding?
4. Won't ever happen
5. Only an idiot would think that it was