Posted on 01/12/2019 4:58:52 PM PST by rintintin
Does it cost 10 or 20 thousand??????
Replying using my iPad Pro... Absolutely.
I used to take a micro doze computer with me everywhere. But they have slow startups that get slower over time. They get viruses. They get email viruses. Etc.
I would have never gotten one, but I was getting my daughter a mini computer for school. The salesman said, hey we just got in a shipment of 30 iPads, would you want one.
So I got two. Both as gifts.
One for my mother. And one for my father.
For each, it was the best gift ever.
They used them constantly, and gav3 now replaces them with next gen iPads.
After about six months, they were having too much fun. So I got one for myself. Shortly after that, I stopped lugging that nonfunctional microdoze around and switched to the iPad.
But as with everything, it depends on what you plan to try to use it for.
With my father, top use is to facetime chat with family overseas. He used to use his computer for the video chats. But the iPad beat the computer silly in ease of use. Last time I counted, at least 6 of the relatives had also gotten iPads as a result.
He also likes to use it to record rehearsals. It does a great job there also. The cameras on the device are pretty good.
Now he still has his computers, but uses the iPad most of the Time.
For my mother - email and words with friends are the top use. She still has a computer, but gets her emails on the iPad because it works. She can work from the easy chair in front of the TV. The computer was iced up with viruses for a year - til I came back and fixed it for her.
For me... mainly internet access. Freerepublic, emails, searches... Well, and Netflix... lots of netflix.
You could, but why?
Now if you are out in the field and need access to that piping drawing... or technical spec... Works great.
Why?
Pages (Apple word processor) or Word both work.
Mostly use it for emails, chats, instant messages and other less formal communications.
If Apple would put a phone in the iPad it would be a great hit. But it would kill iPhone sales.
Why would you want to download ‘bootleg apps from a torrent’ ?!?
So true. I miss the mouse and cut and paste is hard without it. Also, I have HTML apps on my PC that make posting thread and answering posts a breeze. If I could still purchase a laptop with WIN 7 I would do so in a heartbeat.
Yes. And the pen. For most use I prefer the iPad with just the built in touch screen. Not much use for the pen either.
If you really want a keyboard, you probably want a computer.
Try the iPad first without the extras.
Otherwise it is like leaving California for Texas... then voting in California policies.
Tablets are light, easy to use and simple. You can tough tile on the pad very quickly.
Or you can talk to it like this. The iPad has a voice command where you can talk and it will take your dictation it is actually much faster than typing I am pretty accurate.
Cut and paste actually works pretty good on an iPad
“miss the mouse and cut and paste is hard without it. ”
Like that,
No
No. I haven’t needed to print anything. But I’m retired.
It depends on WHAT you do with your PC, doesn’t it?
Actually it IS hard, as many times that damn “select” and blue highlighter refuse to cover or NOT cover parts of large phrase.
I can’t say how many times I’ve tried and given up and just typed it in instead of trying to make that “select” work properly.
For give me, in advance. Did you type that with your custom keyboard? Did you miss the typo on your 24-inch monitor?
“like this... ‘The iPad has a voice command where you can talk and it will take your dictation it is actually much faster than typing I am pretty accurate.’”
Yeah, great dictation. ;-)
At 85 when you have a touch of arthritis in your hands, using a touch screen device can be a challenge... Although I wouldn’t give up my tablet for anything short of a guaranteed 30 more years to be around, my laptop (8.1) and desk top machines are powerful and convenient...
You would have liked the original version of ‘dictation’... lol
There is some software where they don’t let you select the text easily.
Facebook is one of the bad actors.
You used to be able to do it easily. But Facebook changed something mak8ng it difficult to do.
+1
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