I've been toying with the idea of ditching my macbook pro and getting an iMac as my macbook hardly leaves the desk now.
Anyone else done the same since the iPad?
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Sold my iPad 2 and now feel liberated!
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ALso an owner of iMac 25, Macbook Pro 13, and iPhone. Sold my Ipad2. Do I miss it???? Yes when I want to browse while laying in bed or on the couch. Otherwise no.
Just ordered a Samsung Galaxy Note with 5.3 inch screen. We'll see how this works for browsing in bed.
The iPad is an awesome device, and if the 3 has enough new features, I may pick one up.
Just ordered a Samsung Galaxy Note with 5.3 inch screen. We'll see how this works for browsing in bed.
The iPad is an awesome device, and if the 3 has enough new features, I may pick one up.
I had a iPad and iMac before... then sold the iMac for the newest MacBook Pro and I regret it every day! My MacBook has been plugged into my desk for months now where as my iPad resides on the living room coffee table and is what i reach for 90% of the time. If I were you id go iMac... i know i'm contemplating selling mine and doing the same again.
Fair enough....I think the iPad is awesome, but just better suited for people that don't already have an iPhone and a Mac. I can live without the "in-between device" iPad....I couldn't live without my iPhone or iMac, so that sealed the decision for me. Also, getting married soon so the extra cash doesn't hurt either.
I bought a new iMac last summer and got rid of my Macbook. Now I just use the iPad when I am on the go.
I have the original iPad that I use a lot taking notes with Note Taker HD and then tethering it to my iPhone to send stuff out or retrieve stuff in. It has replaced the Macbook. I also have a Mini as my desktop. It is perfect as a travel computer. Sometimes I find the size and weight a bit much compared to my previous 7 " Android tablet which died and crash all the time. I am thinking about getting a Playbook, but I have to see what the iPad 3 can do before I decide. Might end up giving my iPad 1 to my parents so they can upgrade from an older Ipod Touch they are using for internet stuff.
So, OP, are you gonna order the iPad 3 on annoucement day?
HA....well, if that Retina Display on the iPad 3 is nice enough, and the wedding gifts allow for a "luxury"/nice-to-have device....than perhaps
As a student, I really like the idea of having a lighter/smaller device to carry around on days I'm not doing 3D animation or graphic design assignments, which admittedly isn't often, but eh. My iPhone is fabulous, but I hate hate hate using it to read — makes my already terrible eyesight even worse.
I'm pretty sure I'll pick one up when they arrive (thank you, tax return!), but with the exception of a trip that doesn't require much computing power (ie, weekend/Spring Break trips), I know it's mostly a just for fun/digital sketchbook device that will keep me from stealing my mother's iPad 2.
My only real worry is that my diehard windows friend will stop talking to me if I own three iThings at the same time...
I'm pretty sure I'll pick one up when they arrive (thank you, tax return!), but with the exception of a trip that doesn't require much computing power (ie, weekend/Spring Break trips), I know it's mostly a just for fun/digital sketchbook device that will keep me from stealing my mother's iPad 2.
My only real worry is that my diehard windows friend will stop talking to me if I own three iThings at the same time...
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Trust me, I'll purchase one as soon as I find a use for it. Until then, I'm not going to carry a redundant product for no reason.
Fair enough....I think the iPad is awesome, but just better suited for people that don't already have an iPhone and a Mac. I can live without the "in-between device" iPad....I couldn't live without my iPhone or iMac, so that sealed the decision for me. Also, getting married soon so the extra cash doesn't hurt either.
After all the above posts, YOU are STILL missing the point!
iPads are NOT "better suited for people that don't already have an iPhone and a Mac"!!!
The iPad is hardware designed for convenience. It is not required for replacing the iPhone or iMac as it could not do wither!
Look at it as a luxury item for those who can afford it. If money is tight then a iPhone and iMac should be the priority purchases.
Once it is correctly incorporated into your daily it becomes a great tool, although I agree there's nothing I couldn't do without my iPad I have incorporated it in a way to simplify daily tasks without replacing my iPhone 4s or iMac. I heavily use my iPad for school, business meetings, and of course sofa surfing.
I enjoy my iPad, but have a lot of admiration for the person who can resist spending money on something he doesn't need just to look cool and "2012".
I will just say, if I kept my iPad in the office I would probably not use it much either. The point of the iPad is it just kind of floats around wherever you need it and it doesn't need to be near a power outlet. In the kitchen for recipes, at the table for news, browsing on the couch, in bed for reading books, in the car for movies, etc. Technically the iPhone (or a laptop) does all these things, but not nearly as well.
I enjoy my iPad, but have a lot of admiration for the person who can resist spending money on something he doesn't need just to look cool and "2012".
Oh geez, because I said he needs to buy it to look cool right?
I have a 27" iMac and an iPhone 4, and I purchased the iPad 2 on launch day. I wasn't hysterical when I bought it: I made a well thought out decision. I feel liberated from the small screen and much shorter battery life of my iPhone, and I feel liberated from having to go upstairs and sit in front of my iMac to do a number of things that I can now do in my recliner (or any other room in the house). I feel liberated when I can read in bed at night with the lights off on a larger screen than the iPhone. The iPad is very useful in between my iphone and imac.
The iPad is a cool device but for me I don't see the point in having one. I have a nice droid Razr Maxx with a 4.3" screen and great battery life. I can do the same thing with the phone that I could do with the iPad. I think one reason Apple is keeping the iphone with such a small screen (3.5") is so people will still buy the iPad. I have my 13" MBP that I use all day and I find the MBP much more comfortable to use when on the couch or in bed to surf the internet then using a phone or iPad. I then have my desktop PC for the heavy stuff. I think a 13" MBA would be the perfect mobile device and may sell my MBP and pick one up when the new ones come out in June or July.
This sounds like a recipe for a severely scratched back and an inch thick layer of finger prints on the screen.
Mine was docked upright at my desk and also provided an opportunity for a wipe down with the microfiber cleaning cloth in my desk drawer. Perhaps OCD prevented me from maximizing use of the iPad. Oh well.
This sounds like a recipe for a severely scratched back and an inch thick layer of finger prints on the screen.
Mine was docked upright at my desk and also provided an opportunity for a wipe down with the microfiber cleaning cloth in my desk drawer. Perhaps OCD prevented me from maximizing use of the iPad. Oh well.
That must be it.
I use my iPad like the poster you quoted.
Just the other day I had it in the kitchen to show a recipe as I cooked.
Many times my son has it...he leaves prints on it like no other.
I try to wipe it down but not often enough, not like my phone i try to wipe down after each use.
I'd say the majority of things you can use the phone for the iPad will be better (not calls or Camera-which sucks right now). Many things you can use a laptop/desktop for can be done on the iPad (not big things, but many smaller things you might normally do on the main computer).
but it isn't for everyone. I'd be more inclined to upgrade the iPad more frequently than a phone or main computer if I could.
I think if it was just sitting in your office on a dock, you really didn't need it in the first place. iPad was designed to use in a variety of situations, most of them involving portability. I use mine a lot on the train to and from work, or when I want to get something done, but keep an eye on my kids at the same time. It's a great e-reader, great gaming machine, great bedside TV.
One thing I would NOT do with it is stick it on a dock and keep it in my office.
One thing I would NOT do with it is stick it on a dock and keep it in my office.
I have a iPod Touch 3rd Gen, iPad 2, and Mac Pro with two screens. I would not give up my iPad now that I have it. I used to have a PowerBook G4.
I got my iPad because I was using my iPod as a PDA and was constantly wanting a bigger screen (was missing the quasie-mobility of a laptop... which need to be plugged in every 2 to 3 hours. The iPad to me is the mobile side of my computing aragment. My Mac Pro is mainly shifted to just power usery (higher end gaming etc) style tasks while my forum, PDF, and web reading/viewing has moved to my iPad no thus to any where I am in the house. I don't even keep an iPad docking system near my tower, it instead that lives in the dinning room area.
Personally I also think cases have great deal to do with how people use their iPad. Mine is has a strap and is worn like a very thin messenger back or man-purse when not deployed in its stand mode. It is rarely laying down in its back and is other in my hands or standing up near vertical.
I'm glad I dong OCD on finger prints because heavy use of an iPad means lots of them. Unless you use a stylus, right? Which I sometimes do while using it in the kitchen.
I got my iPad because I was using my iPod as a PDA and was constantly wanting a bigger screen (was missing the quasie-mobility of a laptop... which need to be plugged in every 2 to 3 hours. The iPad to me is the mobile side of my computing aragment. My Mac Pro is mainly shifted to just power usery (higher end gaming etc) style tasks while my forum, PDF, and web reading/viewing has moved to my iPad no thus to any where I am in the house. I don't even keep an iPad docking system near my tower, it instead that lives in the dinning room area.
Personally I also think cases have great deal to do with how people use their iPad. Mine is has a strap and is worn like a very thin messenger back or man-purse when not deployed in its stand mode. It is rarely laying down in its back and is other in my hands or standing up near vertical.
I'm glad I dong OCD on finger prints because heavy use of an iPad means lots of them. Unless you use a stylus, right? Which I sometimes do while using it in the kitchen.