exactly. I have an iMac 2010 and gonna get an iPad. also have an iPhone.
iPad is great for my mobile needs as well.
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Would you replace your IMAC/MBP for the Ipad 3 if...
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exactly. I have an iMac 2010 and gonna get an iPad. also have an iPhone.
iPad is great for my mobile needs as well.
TBH, for me ( and before there's a riot, note I said, for me ), this is the reason the iPad works as a replacement for my MBP. It has all the multi-tasking ability that I need it to, which is play music in the background, and that's about all I need it to do while I'm writing documentation, or SSH'd into a server.
Simple answer; no
Slightly more detailed answer; I can't find where the display/thunderbolt port, USB ports or ethernet port are on the iPad 3, so I'd have to still say no.
^------- for the humour impaired
Tom
Slightly more detailed answer; I can't find where the display/thunderbolt port, USB ports or ethernet port are on the iPad 3, so I'd have to still say no.
^------- for the humour impaired
Tom
I'm not going to start the riot, but there's arguments both ways. I love the screen real estate my 24in iMac gives me. I can have web open, with iTunes, and iChat/Messages open all at once.
To me (just my opinion), that's real multi-tasking and the difference between the CPU doing multiple tasks at once, vs users easily having multiple things going on on the screen. iOS just lets some processes (like audio) run in the background.
I love both my iMac and iPad; both fill a need I have for my work and personal, and so it's hard for me to say one is better than another. I could easily write a few paragraphs on why the iPad is a better choice than iMac. Just so happens for this particular thread I'm siding with iMac.
This is a very interesting thread.
Last year my Dell turned 3 years old and I was in the thought process of replacing it with a Macbook Pro, but in the meantime I got an iPad 2. Within three week I had called off my plans of buying a Macbook Pro given that I was doing 80% of my day-to-day computing on the iPad. Meaning that a Macbook Pro would only be used for photoshop work and slightly "heavier" computing, much of which I don't do on a daily basis.
I simply have struggled to justify the purchase of a Macbook Pro due to the iPad. Instead I've decided to cling on to my Dell for a bit longer because it still a functioning work horse.and don't hold me back from any "heavy" computing I want to do.
For me the iPad effectively became my primary device and the PC secondary, which is something I did not foresee happening. Now when my iPad has been sold I been lacking in the ease of us, instant use, portability and engagement.
I miss it
Given that the iPad 3 will be closing in on the specs for a low powered computer I'd be very interested in what Apple will have in mind for it. I would love for it to serve as a potential Mac Mini alternative that you can use with an Apple TV connected screen.
Last year my Dell turned 3 years old and I was in the thought process of replacing it with a Macbook Pro, but in the meantime I got an iPad 2. Within three week I had called off my plans of buying a Macbook Pro given that I was doing 80% of my day-to-day computing on the iPad. Meaning that a Macbook Pro would only be used for photoshop work and slightly "heavier" computing, much of which I don't do on a daily basis.
I simply have struggled to justify the purchase of a Macbook Pro due to the iPad. Instead I've decided to cling on to my Dell for a bit longer because it still a functioning work horse.and don't hold me back from any "heavy" computing I want to do.
For me the iPad effectively became my primary device and the PC secondary, which is something I did not foresee happening. Now when my iPad has been sold I been lacking in the ease of us, instant use, portability and engagement.
I miss it
Given that the iPad 3 will be closing in on the specs for a low powered computer I'd be very interested in what Apple will have in mind for it. I would love for it to serve as a potential Mac Mini alternative that you can use with an Apple TV connected screen.
So can you tell me why I need display/thunderbolt port, USB ports or ethernet ports? I understand you might "need" them but can you tell me why I need them? I use the cloud, I use an apple TV with airplay, I use a HDMI adapter cable, I use email, I use dropbox, and I use my brain...tell me what I am missing (save me the jokes about my brain, I know it is very limited and very antiquated...can't afford a new one though).
and I must be humor impaired as your post is about as not funny as I can imagine.
It is very hard to understand that you could be 22 years old and in school and communicate so poorly. Even if English is not your native language (we know not) it is hard to watch yourself contradict yourself so foolishly.
No.
iPhone is for minimal computing.
iPad is for regular computing.
MBP is for maximum computing.
They are to me anyways. Currently a college student.
iPhone is for minimal computing.
iPad is for regular computing.
MBP is for maximum computing.
They are to me anyways. Currently a college student.
Not totally replace my Mac Pro just yet as I need it to do all my web work and photoshop stuff and of course rip movies for my personal use.
But I use the iPad allot for everything else and love being able to use my hands for doing things with it.
It revolutionized the way I interact with my computers in a huge way.
And so has the iPhone too.
So yes I could see it if all you need is type out documents, answer emails and other web stuff sure it should work.
But I use the iPad allot for everything else and love being able to use my hands for doing things with it.
It revolutionized the way I interact with my computers in a huge way.
And so has the iPhone too.
So yes I could see it if all you need is type out documents, answer emails and other web stuff sure it should work.
Thanks a lot! You have no idea how much motivation you just cause me. I actually not only communicate poorly, I'm kind of dumb, I need to ask twice if not three times almost anything because I'm slow to understand. But I have something more powerful: I never ever give up, no matter what. My grandfather didn't go to college, and he have more than $5M in the bank. So do you think I care even a bit of my poor communication when I know the real secret to succeed? Which is way beyond and more powerful than all your knowledge and education... Your criticism can only make me laugh in your face, because you think this things are important when actually are irrelevant, but you may never understand this.
To bad you don't give examples of my "contradictions".
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I sold my 2010 i5 MBP for the this upcoming iPad. I only ever do basic web browsing, email and Facebook. I purchased the iPad 2 when it came out and I used the iPad a lot more than my MBP ever since. My MBP is always loading and waiting and freezing and gets and hot and then the fans kick in, gross. Is the iPad a laptop replacement? No.. But it's perfect for me, and what I need to do.
I already use my iPad for most of my computer tasks. What keeps it from replacing my desktop entirely isn't really the specs, but rather software limitations. The lack of a central documents folder being first and foremost.
What's up with the downvotes?
I thought it all depended on each person. If you do heavy video editing, content creation, programming, etc, then OF COURSE you need a computer.
If web browsing, light content creation (take a look at photoshop touch), email, light gaming, etc, then maybe iPad is enough for you.
Unless in the future when iPad can run OS X, I don't see it replacing a computer for the majority of the people.
I thought it all depended on each person. If you do heavy video editing, content creation, programming, etc, then OF COURSE you need a computer.
If web browsing, light content creation (take a look at photoshop touch), email, light gaming, etc, then maybe iPad is enough for you.
Unless in the future when iPad can run OS X, I don't see it replacing a computer for the majority of the people.
IF Apple gave us the ability to keep files and MS would give us a Office Suite, the iPad's usefulness would zoom off the charts!
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You will find this to be true even after you are out in the work force.
To send emails, to write notes while in class, to read books about chemistry, to take/ watch videos about chemistry maybe?
That's not a need.
Students in engineering, designing, photography need computers. The others could defenitely go with a smartphone.
I can't see it replacing everything for me, but I can see it replacing my laptops. I run my own business from home so my iMac will be used for most of my regular office work, however I do intend using my iPad3 (my first iPad) on the sofa of an evening to browse Facebook and Twitter and for the odd wikipedia search whilst watching TV.
I will probably also take it to business meetings for note taking and document storage.
I do quite a lot of training so I'm intrigued as to how it will work as a tool for me there - not sure Keynote on the iPad is quite cutting it at the moment, by all accounts.
So yes, it will probably replace my laptop computers but I can't see it replacing my main desktop machine just yet.
I will probably also take it to business meetings for note taking and document storage.
I do quite a lot of training so I'm intrigued as to how it will work as a tool for me there - not sure Keynote on the iPad is quite cutting it at the moment, by all accounts.
So yes, it will probably replace my laptop computers but I can't see it replacing my main desktop machine just yet.
The problem with this thread in my opinion is the title. Would YOU replace your iMac/MBP.
Considering that to be reading this thread you are likely to be computer literate, and computers are likely to be an important part of your life, the answer from most people is, unsurprisingly, no.
However, if the question was "could people replace their computers" then I think that the answer is very much yes.
What we tend to forget is that a significant proportion of computers are used for nothing but surfing, emailing and some other basic tasks (i.e. keeping photos organised or basic word-processing). I know many people who have computers who don't do anything which could easily be done on a current model iPad.
It will be a long time (if ever) before people are using iPads instead of their desktops at work, or to do many of the tasks that we do, but already I'm sure that people are getting iPads rather than a new computer at home. In my opinion this will only increase in the coming few years.
Considering that to be reading this thread you are likely to be computer literate, and computers are likely to be an important part of your life, the answer from most people is, unsurprisingly, no.
However, if the question was "could people replace their computers" then I think that the answer is very much yes.
What we tend to forget is that a significant proportion of computers are used for nothing but surfing, emailing and some other basic tasks (i.e. keeping photos organised or basic word-processing). I know many people who have computers who don't do anything which could easily be done on a current model iPad.
It will be a long time (if ever) before people are using iPads instead of their desktops at work, or to do many of the tasks that we do, but already I'm sure that people are getting iPads rather than a new computer at home. In my opinion this will only increase in the coming few years.
There is little doubt that tablets will be getting more and more capable in the near future. Later this year, Windows 8 will revolutionize the market with only more goodies to come right behind it.
As hard as the tablet has had to become mainstream, companies like Apple have moved it way in front.
All is good just pick what suits your needs and use it!
Choice is good!
As hard as the tablet has had to become mainstream, companies like Apple have moved it way in front.
All is good just pick what suits your needs and use it!
Choice is good!
I agree with both of your points 100%. I run a bunch Numbers spreadsheets on my iOS devices right now, and it is really cumbersome on the small screens of iPhone and iPod Touch.
BTW, I've been kicking around the idea of iPad3 and iMac replacing my MBP. The iPad3 portion will happen soon enough, but the iMac won't happen until the MPR is no longer operational.