Well, I admit, I love my iPad. If I could change one thing about it, I would allow multitasking. That really is the only thing that bothers me: going between programs and having to close and reopen apps every time. That said, it does not bother me enough to be a deal breaker.
I still use my MacBook all the time, but I *have* noticed that it has become more like the ol’ desktop, and the iPad is the one I tote around. Hey, what can I say, it IS more portable.
I use the iPad for notetaking, for video recording, for educational apps on the go, as a Kindle, email, GPS/maps, minor surfing, pictures!!, music, movies/videos, etc. There are a few things I use the MacBook for specifically: lesson planning, genealogy research, doc storage, photo editing, charging the iPad, updating the iPad OS.
That's the problem in a nutshell. To Gates, "creating documents" means running Microsoft Office. The iWork suite of apps -- Pages, Numbers and Keynote, for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations, respectively -- are among the best-selling apps for iPad, and with iCloud, they sync up with the Mac versions pretty seamlessly. I use them every day.
The iPad is not an ideal platform for heavy content creation, and neither is the Surface. Neither one ever will be. Neither can replace a desktop computer; I have an iMac with two external monitors on my desk, and no tablet will come close to that until holographic projectors are perfected. But the iMac is a lot harder to tote along and use anywhere.
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