Has your iPad killed your laptop use?

[spiderman0616]

We have no issues with the WiFi at MK and HS. EP has a couple spotty locations. AK needs some work. All of our devices are WiFi plus AT&T cellular so that isn't an issue for us. The only place that I've found cellular to be atrocious is EP in Soarin' queue.

It's so funny--Soarin' was where I first discovered that the entire everything was blanketed in WiFi. The last couple times I had been to Disneyland/World, that was not the case. My 8 year old loved it, because he was able to carry his iPod Touch around with him and use it like an iPhone "like the grownups".

 

[maxsix]

I had a mental struggle last year as far as whether or not I even needed an iPad. I sold my Air 1, regretted it after a month, and replaced it with a mini 3 I found for a steal on eBay. I was glad to have an iPad again (and still am), but when I take a step back and look at the grand scheme of things, it's the only Apple device I own that doesn't get used daily. I use my iPhone, Apple Watch, rMBP, both of my Apple TVs, etc. every single day. The iPad sometimes sits in its designated bag for days at a time. It has come full circle--this is why I originally sold my iPad Air to begin with. The difference now is that I learned my lesson. The iPad is probably my least essential device, yet for the times I really need it, I'm VERY glad to have it.

I can appreciate your position regarding Apple's iPad. Choices are nice to have.

After buying the original iPad and using it for a year, I was left with mixed feelings as to its usefulness in my own Apple ecosystem.

Eventually I determined the most interesting path to give the iPad device a fair test, was to buy both sizes available at the time. Then when the iPad Pro was released I bought one, along with the keyboard and pencil. Of the three, the iPad Air is the best size for occasional use. Yet they still go largely unused.

Because I have a very strong preference for the laptop form factor, I currently have a brace of fresh new Macs. A 12" MacBook, 13" MBA and 15" MBPr. The constant need to take notes and perform other work related tasks fuels my appreciation for a regular keyboard. Nothing beats a good Apple laptop for my needs and preferences.

 

[Night Spring]

The iPad is probably my least essential device, yet for the times I really need it, I'm VERY glad to have it.

Just curious, but what kind of situations do you have where you "really need it"?

I reach for my iPad first thing when I wake up in the morning, and don't put it down other than to eat, take a bath, go for shopping/walks, or horror or horrors, I find something I can't do on my iPad and need to go sit at my computer. So it's hard for me to understand how someone who doesn't use an iPad all the time nevertheless finds situations where they "need" one.

 

[Aluminum213]

Typing from my macbook pro



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[spiderman0616]

Just curious, but what kind of situations do you have where you "really need it"?

I reach for my iPad first thing when I wake up in the morning, and don't put it down other than to eat, take a bath, go for shopping/walks, or horror or horrors, I find something I can't do on my iPad and need to go sit at my computer. So it's hard for me to understand how someone who doesn't use an iPad all the time nevertheless finds situations where they "need" one.

Reading ebooks, watching TV or movies in bed, or when I need a light bare bones computer while I'm out and about. During the month I didn't own an iPad, those were the times when I most missed it.

 

[johannnn]

The iPad Pro has left my rMBP 2015 15" in the dust. Nowadays I'm tired after work and just want to enjoy some movies or a bit of reading.

 

[tagumcity]

The IPP's specifications and aesthetics provide for the best mobile computing device for my use pattern. An immediate need for the desktop OS just doesn't happen very often for my computing, when it does come up, I just remote in to the desktop.

 

[Channan]

To all the people bringing their iPads to Disney World, do you go on any rides? ō_ô Where do you put your iPad when you do?

 

[spiderman0616]

To all the people bringing their iPads to Disney World, do you go on any rides? ō_ô Where do you put your iPad when you do?

I couldn't imagine carrying anything larger than an iPhone around at Disney World. I don't know how people do it, even if it's an iPad mini. Also, people seem to have forgotten that it's ok to NOT be staring at a screen all day every now and then. You pay so much money to do a Disney vacation, I hate wasting it staring at my phone all day long.

 

[off_piste]

I couldn't imagine carrying anything larger than an iPhone around at Disney World. I don't know how people do it, even if it's an iPad mini. Also, people seem to have forgotten that it's ok to NOT be staring at a screen all day every now and then. You pay so much money to do a Disney vacation, I hate wasting it staring at my phone all day long.

I get that and agree but I don't blame people wanting something to do while waiting in a 45 minute line.

 

[Channan]

I couldn't imagine carrying anything larger than an iPhone around at Disney World. I don't know how people do it, even if it's an iPad mini. Also, people seem to have forgotten that it's ok to NOT be staring at a screen all day every now and then. You pay so much money to do a Disney vacation, I hate wasting it staring at my phone all day long.

That's pretty much what I was thinking. It would be nice to use an iPad while waiting in line, but carrying it around any other time sounds like a major pain.

 

[spiderman0616]

I get that and agree but I don't blame people wanting something to do while waiting in a 45 minute line.

For sure. I'm not saying I was not guilty of this at Disney World last time we went, but I tried to keep it to a minimum. We spend enough time at home staring at our phones, tablets, TVs, and computers and ignoring each other. The Disney experience is now very app-centric though. Your fast passes, dining plan, ride wait times, etc. are all in the app and they're all GPS sensitive, so you kind of live in that app most of the time. I think most of the time I was looking at my phone, it was in that app.

My Apple Watch helped me stay off my phone too. All the parks and resorts accepted Apple Pay, and so did Lego Land, so I barely ever had to even take my wallet out except a couple of times when I needed to show ID. And everything my Apple Watch didn't cover, my Magic Band took care of, including room entry.

 

[FairyCatInPink]

I think the answer about this question is totally depends on for what that person using his/her laptop mainly. I have Mac book pro retina, and was using drawing/painting(Adobe Photoshop/illustrator), and also creating music by using Logic/GarageBand. After I got iPad Pro, I barely need my MacBook Pro, won't carry it out to cafe anymore, only for home use. Instead, I'm carrying my iPad Pro, all digital painting/drawing and photo edit has a been done on it, some part of creating music also has been done on iPad Pro as well. When I need to mix down sounds and music, I anyway need better sound system which is not possible to bring out to cafe, so I'm gonna do it at home anyway.
So for me, yes it almost replaced my laptop. But if you're some one who works for those music composing, your laptop works much better and you need it, if you use your laptop for business, I think it's possible still you feel it's better to use your laptop for it. If you mostly use your laptop for reading emails, chatting, photo editing(as hobby), web brousing, watching movies/TV and listening music, reading ebooks, then iPad Pro is more than just "replaceable".

I agree that iPad Pro having some weak apps issues, I'm having hard time to find great music crating apps on iPad Pro, so as video editing, but I say somehow there are lot of good painting/drawing apps and some photo editing apps. maybe that is because more "common use", and depends on popularity.

I don't think they bring in full versions of Final Cut, Logic Pro to iPad Pro or whatever their future iPad series, unless somehow sometime in very far future, the time there's no desktop/laptop exist in this world comes. They want to have kind of different purpose of use for each ; desktop, laptop, iPad, iPhone. And since one of iPad selling points is about how thin and mobile it is(compare to laptop), technically it's tough to let iPad carry all necessary memories and hard disc drive to take care of those heavy work.

 

[Bricks44]

My iPad Air 2 is all I need since my MacBook 2011 died.

 

[CEmajr]

It has recently replaced my Macbook Pro for just about all media consumption. I used to bring my Macbook to bed but now it sits at my desk in the den while in the bedroom for watching tv shows/movies, websurfing or reading books the iPad has taken over. I use an Airport Time Capsule to store all of my media and an app called 'File Explorer' to give my iPad access to all files on it from anywhere in my apartment so there are no cords or wires transferring files nor is there a need for an iPad larger than 16GB. It's very convenient. For productivity though I still turn to the Macbook. The iPad just isn't there yet on that front.

 

[augustya]

For productivity though I still turn to the Macbook. The iPad just isn't there yet on that front.

When you say productivity ! what kind of productivity do you exactly look forward to ?

 

[hiddenmarkov]

To all the people bringing their iPads to Disney World, do you go on any rides? ō_ô Where do you put your iPad when you do?

Wife usually carries ours. I do the rides since she is not much of a ride person. iPad really a please entertain yourself (or a shut up please...tbh) device when waiting for parades and such lol. We make sure he gets his rides...but tokyo disney parades are really nice so catch them 1 day when there.

Also I guess maybe its an asia thing there can be baskets put up per cart of the ride. Put your stuff in it, enjoy the ride, get your stuff when done. I know Lotte World (not the biggest theme park in the world or most known but not too bad a time all in all) in Korea is like this.

Can't recall if tokyo disney had this though for most rides. Case like that iPad goes in the wife's backpack and just at by the foot of the car for the say roller coaster or log flume when the son pleads to get here on them. No bad things happened to it yet. Well at least at disney...it gotten banged up elsewhere sadly.

 

[Channan]

Wife usually carries ours. I do the rides since she is not much of a ride person. iPad really a please entertain yourself (or a shut up please...tbh) device when waiting for parades and such lol. We make sure he gets his rides...but tokyo disney parades are really nice so catch them 1 day when there.

Also I guess maybe its an asia thing there can be baskets put up per cart of the ride. Put your stuff in it, enjoy the ride, get your stuff when done. I know Lotte World (not the biggest theme park in the world or most known but not too bad a time all in all) in Korea is like this.

Can't recall if tokyo disney had this though for most rides. Case like that iPad goes in the wife's backpack and just at by the foot of the car for the say roller coaster or log flume when the son pleads to get here on them. No bad things happened to it yet. Well at least at disney...it gotten banged up elsewhere sadly.

Some rides at some parks have places to put your things when you get on the ride, but they aren't secured and no one is keeping track of who puts what where, so anybody getting off a ride while you're just getting on could easily take your stuff and get away with it. I just wouldn't trust it with an iPad.

 

[TheGdog]

I have a Macbook Air provided by work. So most of the stuff I do at home on my macbook is web surfing, emails, ect.

My iPad mini pretty much is just a note taker, but its too slow for web imo.

So when the new iPad comes out next week I'm getting it to replace the mini and the macbook. I may get a mac at some point. But there really isn't much reason when I have one already available to me for free. Saves me some serious money.

Looking forward to see how it does. Would be nice if my only tech replacement expense was an iPad every 2-3 years!

I love macs, but i just don't do enough with my one at home to justify it. its 7 years old anyway.

So to answer the question. Not for work (no way it could) but for personal? Im about to see.

 

[Channan]

I have a Macbook Air provided by work. So most of the stuff I do at home on my macbook is web surfing, emails, ect.

My iPad mini pretty much is just a note taker, but its too slow for web imo.

So when the new iPad comes out next week I'm getting it to replace the mini and the macbook. I may get a mac at some point. But there really isn't much reason when I have one already available to me for free. Saves me some serious money.

Looking forward to see how it does. Would be nice if my only tech replacement expense was an iPad every 2-3 years!

I love macs, but i just don't do enough with my one at home to justify it. its 7 years old anyway.

So to answer the question. Not for work (no way it could) but for personal? Im about to see.

Wait, so you're getting rid of the Air or not? You said the new iPad is going to replace your iPad mini and MacBook, and you may get a MacBook later on but not much point because you get one for free? I'm confused.

 

[TheGdog]

Wait, so you're getting rid of the Air or not? You said the new iPad is going to replace your iPad mini and MacBook, and you may get a MacBook later on but not much point because you get one for free? I'm confused.

Sorry to confuse. There is no way an iPad can replace my work machine.

But at home I have a mini and a MacBook that are old and need to be replaced. I'm basically going to replace my personal devices (MacBook and mini) with the iPad Air 3.

iPad will be mostly personal use.

 

[Channan]

Sorry to confuse. There is no way an iPad can replace my work machine.

But at home I have a mini and a MacBook that are old and need to be replaced. I'm basically going to replace my personal devices (MacBook and mini) with the iPad Air 3.

iPad will be mostly personal use.

Ah, I see. Yeah, that would be the smart decision, IMO. If you already have a MacBook provided to you for free for work, there's hardly a reason to buy another MacBook to own personally. If work wound up taking the MacBook back for whatever reason, or you lost/quit your job, you could always just buy a MacBook then if you really wanted one, and then you'd have a much better machine than one you'd buy now.

 

[spiderman0616]

I still have those moments now and then where I would rather be on my Macbook Pro than anything else. If I think I might be typing something long or if I just want to sit at the kitchen table with my coffee and browse the web, sometimes I still just like the full blown laptop better. I find it frustrating to switch between keyboard and touchscreen--I have never liked that UI combo, and it's not something that's fixed by a bigger screen. I absolutely HATE editing text or GarageBand projects in iOS.

But there's another element to it--I still just love my Mac. I love its versatility, its design, and its power. I love how portable it is. I love that it can so easily be docked to my big dual monitor workstation and run my two giant monitors without breaking a sweat. It's a great little machine. Every single time I get it out to use it, I marvel at what a piece of amazing engineering it is. Apple has a LOT of work to do on iOS before they can ever convince me that all I need is an iPad.

 

[TheGdog]

I still have those moments now and then where I would rather be on my Macbook Pro than anything else. If I think I might be typing something long or if I just want to sit at the kitchen table with my coffee and browse the web, sometimes I still just like the full blown laptop better. I find it frustrating to switch between keyboard and touchscreen--I have never liked that UI combo, and it's not something that's fixed by a bigger screen. I absolutely HATE editing text or GarageBand projects in iOS.

But there's another element to it--I still just love my Mac. I love its versatility, its design, and its power. I love how portable it is. I love that it can so easily be docked to my big dual monitor workstation and run my two giant monitors without breaking a sweat. It's a great little machine. Every single time I get it out to use it, I marvel at what a piece of amazing engineering it is. Apple has a LOT of work to do on iOS before they can ever convince me that all I need is an iPad.

Agreed. Thats why I'm so excited about trying out an iPad 3 for my personal device. Because if I need a mac, I bring my one from work home.

I'm with you, that I do really enjoy typing on a real keyboard. Using a trackpad/keyboard combo is the fastest way to go compared to a touchscreen/keyboard.

Not a big fan of the windows tablet/laptop hybrids. They have some serous design flaws. But the one thing they got right was including a trackpad on the keyboard. Its faster. Although the apple track pad is the best out there by a long shot IMO.

 

[spiderman0616]

Agreed. Thats why I'm so excited about trying out an iPad 3 for my personal device. Because if I need a mac, I bring my one from work home.

I'm with you, that I do really enjoy typing on a real keyboard. Using a trackpad/keyboard combo is the fastest way to go compared to a touchscreen/keyboard.

Not a big fan of the windows tablet/laptop hybrids. They have some serous design flaws. But the one thing they got right was including a trackpad on the keyboard. Its faster. Although the apple track pad is the best out there by a long shot IMO.

I think if I were in your situation, I could probably do the same thing you're doing. I have a work issued laptop that I could use as my full computer......but unfortunately it's an old Dell Windows 7 PC. It's actually still a pretty fast machine for some reason, but I just really can't stand Windows. Also, technically, we're not really supposed to use our work machines as our personal machines. I like to keep work and home separate (even though I actually work from home full time). I used to have a Mac for work and logged into all my accounts on it, and one day the hard drive crashed completely. I had to give it back to IT, and never had a chance to log out of all my stuff or deactivate it from my iCloud account. I had to call Apple and get them to do it. That's another situation that concerns me about using work machines for personal use.