tigerbeck wrote:
I get that there is no substitute for a computer for MS Office type work. The real question is how much work really gets done while away from the homestead? What is the laptop mainly used for?
Becky
I see the ipad as a device to consume data only, not input. Now with cloud computing prevalent, you can get a Laptop to run the basics, and with that you can update or work on any file anywhere, and when you are home, you can work from your desktop. I imagine you will have alot of group project work, library sessions, coffee shop sessions, etc. and having a laptop that syncs with all your work via the cloud will be priceless in terms of giving you flexibility and productive mobility. With that being said, I think a laptop is very functional. The ipad will make life 10x easier for reviewing 50 page slide decks or viewing lecture podcasts or reading an ecopy of your 500 page fin acc textbook (not to mention all the other crap it does)
You could get through school with just a laptop, you couldn't with just an ipad or just a desktop.
Thats the way I see it anyways...