my point was that the research you are doing would have been more helpful prior to purchasing, not after, since it seems like it's not the device for you.
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Really, and where do you normally go to get your info?
I'm not disputing that on MacRumors you often get lots of uninformative posts before you get any useful info, but that's just the nature of this forum. You can't just waltz in here and expect a forum to behave the way you want it to -- just like you can't expect a device to always behave 100% the way you want it to. In both cases, the solution is, if something isn't working for you, look elsewhere. There are tons of other Mac and iPad related forums you could try. And for your portable computing needs, there are laptops. If you go through them all and find that none suits you 100% (and in life, what does, really?), you've just got to find something that comes closest to what you want, even if it isn't a 100% fit, and learn to live with it.
I think there IS a subforum for "this kind of topic," and it's called "Help and Tips."
Really, we can't have subfoums for every single special interest, that would be a total mess!
I don't think there's a need for a sub forum.
But maybe a stickied thread somewhere for "Ipad and Doing Work" or something like that were people can discuss how they use their iPads for work, work based apps, people considering an iPad for work uses can ask questions etc.
If it gets overwhelmed, the maybe a subforum is needed, but I'd think a stickied thread would get the job done.
Could be here in the main iPad forum for most visibility. Or maybe in the Apps forum.
But maybe a stickied thread somewhere for "Ipad and Doing Work" or something like that were people can discuss how they use their iPads for work, work based apps, people considering an iPad for work uses can ask questions etc.
If it gets overwhelmed, the maybe a subforum is needed, but I'd think a stickied thread would get the job done.
Could be here in the main iPad forum for most visibility. Or maybe in the Apps forum.
Apple's software will NEVER allow the iPad to be what it could be. There are many "work arounds" to some of the stuff you want to do but to me the iPad is nothing more than an Internet Cruising Device.
You desktop and laptop have nothing to worry about
Since you can see the future, maybe You should run Apple.
The onlt problem with the Air solution is the lack of 3G. I know you can use a hotspot of USB modem, but that is an extra step. Having 3G built in to the iPad is great and would be a step up for the Air.
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Having used it for about a week now, the cost / benefit ratio of the iPad-2 for what I need to do with it is strongly pointing to us keeping it. I also have it on good authority that Apple is under a lot of pressure to make at least enough improvements in iOS to get this device to where a lot of us need it to be.
Really depends on what your use may be. For photographers I don't think it is quite ready for prime time, but people have used it for portfolio showing.
I can use it a lot for work, from reading and highlighting PDFs, to writing letters, to answering emails, to researching on westlaw/lexis, to access work view remote access. Does it replace my computer? No, but it come closer than I ever thought I device I originally bought for entertainment would.
I can use it a lot for work, from reading and highlighting PDFs, to writing letters, to answering emails, to researching on westlaw/lexis, to access work view remote access. Does it replace my computer? No, but it come closer than I ever thought I device I originally bought for entertainment would.