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Anecdotally, I loved my iPad and used it daily until I got an 11-inch Macbook Air. Now it sits on a shelf for a month at a time without being used. I don't even

by thurn 15y ago

Anecdotally, I loved my iPad and used it daily until I got an 11-inch Macbook Air. Now it sits on a shelf for a month at a time without being used. I don't even really understand the appeal any more, I'm positive that most of my daily tasks like web browsing and email are much faster on a full laptop (efficient tab-based web browsing is a huge win) with only a very marginal decrease in portability. Maybe this is just a power-user thing, though?

rdl 15y ago
Same thing -- I got a 13" MBA and now basically only use my iPad for Instapaper, as a backlit Kindle, and in the bathroom or on very tiny aircraft. I'll still probably get an iPad with retina display, though. Part of my problem with the iPad is that I really love the keyboard as an input device, part is the screen resolution of the MBA13, and part is tabbed browsing that actually works/doesn't crash. Some people really like the iPad, though -- my girlfriend also has an MBA 13 (2010) and an iPad, and uses the iPad almost to the exclusion of all other computers, for basically all tasks. Not sure why.
filament 15y ago
+1. My Air is definitely my mobile go-to mobile move. Wondering if all the iPad love is from folks who don't get the Air form factor.
twiceaday 15y ago
My sentiments exactly.
hrktb 15y ago
A different POV: I have a 2 year kid and I feel like the macbook air's screen wouldn't stand a single pull from his fingers. The ipad in its case? he can walk on it, throw it, it won't matter. Before the little monster gets to sleep, any form of computing is limited to the ipad.
iamgilesbowkett 15y ago
Maybe this is just a power-user thing, though? I don't even think it's a power user thing. I think it's just a you thing. I'm a power user and although I did slow down using my iPad when I got my 11" Air, I didn't stop at all. It's still an hours-daily device for me. Mostly for Words With Friends, Twitter, and web browsing; the laptop's for writing code, making music and video, and most email. I also find the iPad superior for outlining, and if I'm doing a presentation without any live coding, Keynote on the iPad wins on convenience. It's also very handy to have two displays while hacking at a coffee shop, for the same reason it's handy to have two monitors on your desk. It's even possible that for me buying an Apple TV bit into my iPad use more than buying an Air did. Not sure about that one, though.
Cadsby 15y ago
Touch is a more intuitive/appealing/fun interface for many, particularly non-technical users.

by thurn 15y ago

rdl 15y ago

Same thing -- I got a 13" MBA and now basically only use my iPad for Instapaper, as a backlit Kindle, and in the bathroom or on very tiny aircraft. I'll still probably get an iPad with retina display, though. Part of my problem with the iPad is that I really love the keyboard as an input device, part is the screen resolution of the MBA13, and part is tabbed browsing that actually works/doesn't crash. Some people really like the iPad, though -- my girlfriend also has an MBA 13 (2010) and an iPad, and uses the iPad almost to the exclusion of all other computers, for basically all tasks. Not sure why.

filament 15y ago

+1. My Air is definitely my mobile go-to mobile move. Wondering if all the iPad love is from folks who don't get the Air form factor.

twiceaday 15y ago

My sentiments exactly.

hrktb 15y ago

A different POV: I have a 2 year kid and I feel like the macbook air's screen wouldn't stand a single pull from his fingers. The ipad in its case? he can walk on it, throw it, it won't matter. Before the little monster gets to sleep, any form of computing is limited to the ipad.

iamgilesbowkett 15y ago

Maybe this is just a power-user thing, though? I don't even think it's a power user thing. I think it's just a you thing. I'm a power user and although I did slow down using my iPad when I got my 11" Air, I didn't stop at all. It's still an hours-daily device for me. Mostly for Words With Friends, Twitter, and web browsing; the laptop's for writing code, making music and video, and most email. I also find the iPad superior for outlining, and if I'm doing a presentation without any live coding, Keynote on the iPad wins on convenience. It's also very handy to have two displays while hacking at a coffee shop, for the same reason it's handy to have two monitors on your desk. It's even possible that for me buying an Apple TV bit into my iPad use more than buying an Air did. Not sure about that one, though.

Cadsby 15y ago

Touch is a more intuitive/appealing/fun interface for many, particularly non-technical users.