In fairness, two Kindle Paperwhites is still cheaper than one iPad mini.
Kindle kinda sucks for organization so when Amazon released the higher PPI model, I got one for dedicated fanfic use (USB sideload only, not connected to Amazon account) and kept the old one for Kindle-purchased ebooks.
I'm finding the overall discussion on workflow and laptop/tablet/desktop interesting--I really wish that a tablet-only workflow could work for me beyond email, web, and reading. Generally, I find the 9.7 screen too small to really prefer watching movies on this, and browsing the web does feel cramped on this screen. Books are good on the 9.7, portrait does feel like a trade paperback size page.
But for work, I use several Adobe applications such as Photoshop and In Design, occasional Illustrator, and lots of multiple documents concurrently in Excel, Word, Pages, Acrobat Pro. Sometimes all of these processes are ongoing at the same time.
When I travel, or I'm out of the office and want to access my desktop files, I do use Parallels and it works surprisingly well, though I do regularly encounter crashes. I'm still not satisfied enough with the access or performance to leave my MacBook Pro Retina 15 at home when traveling. Sometimes my computer at home will go to sleep and will not wake for Parallels access.
On a side note:
Where do I find high-quality fan fic? I've never tried, but it sounds like there might be some good reading! Sorry to get off track in this thread, but would you be so kind as to make some recommendations?
Thanks to all for a great discussion