iPad or Laptop?

[Mr. Bloom]

When I got my iPhone, I compared it to a regular cell phone and said "WOW!"

When I got my iPad, it was convenient, but I compared it to a laptop and said "oh, I can't do ..."

[OakLeaf]

When I got my iPad, it was convenient, but I compared it to a laptop and said "oh, I can't do ..."

There are a lot of really cool iPad apps, and obviously there are going to be a whole lot more pretty soon, but if you're not in a field that would use them, like music or medicine (there are probably others, those are just the two I'm aware of), what you can do with it is rather limited.

Tablet computing is really in its infancy at this point. But what it isn't is a laptop, and anyone who wants it to be one is going to be disappointed.

[Mr. Bloom]

Oak, you're absolutely right. BUT, I'm a gadget junkie and tend to willingly be on the "bleeding edge" so I can try to innovate in my stodgy business

[OakLeaf]

hahahahaha

65% of spam is made of flash

Here's a helpful link for anyone who's not already running NoScript. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...ddon/noscript/

Not only will it block the creepy tracking scripts, you get to learn (by trial and error, which admittedly is a bit of a PITA for a few days until you get the hang of it) which ones you actually need for a website to run and which ones you don't.

[sundial]

Flye, I have an iMac and I would still go with a beefier laptop such as the MacBook Pro over the MacBook Air as the second computer. I use my iPad for light reading on the road essentially.

[Mr. Bloom]

My new laptop arrived yesterday

Sincerely,
An iPad owner

[Flybye]

My new laptop arrived yesterday

Sincerely,
An iPad owner

Now, that's funny!!

I followed Oakleaf's link, ended up paying a $30 fee for a clean me up service and blamo - the laptop is satisfyingly faster and I am a happy woman. We are going hiking and camping in the Grand Canyon and Zions, so the extra cash will be nice.