Using an iPad - was krankshaft format solution found

[Carl Edlund Anderson]

On 09 Apr 2011, at 11:02, Paul Mather wrote:
> I wouldn't agree with the word "toy" but the iPad does definitely  
> fall into a niche and is more limited than a general purpose  
> laptop.  That's why when, recently at work, when I was given the  
> option of ordering a laptop or an iPad for myself it was a no- 
> brainer: I went for the laptop.


I think its an issue of different tools fitting the different needs  
of different users.  A tablet (whether an iPad or some other  
manufacturer's equivalent) fits my needs better than either a laptop  
or a smartphone.  I do serious writing an app using on my desktop  
computer, which has more power and flexibility and a bigger screen.   
I only need a mobile phone so my wife can call me (and occasionally,  
I can call her).  Portable, "annotatable" e-reading with some basic  
Web/email/calendar functionality covers most of the rest of what I do  
on a daily basis, and tablets are good at that.

Cheers,
Carl

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