rafiki Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 :bigear: I've been saving all summer and fall, and now have enough to get an ipad or nice laptop for my girls to share. I thought it would be an ipad, but when we went to play with one at the apple store...we were underwhelmed. Now they're all voting for a laptop... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 per se. It is not and can not be the workhorse a computer is. Here is a really good article about what I am trying to say. http://techsling.com/2010/08/why-the-ipad-is-not-a-computer/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 We currently have one computer that is ~ 6 years old. With the kids getting older and using the computer more, it's time to think about adding another. We don't want them to have their own yet. Would you choose an iPad or 2nd computer . We have many computers here (husband in IT work). We also bought an iPad a few months ago when I was convinced my son would be getting allergy shots (he hasn't). You want a computer. You may choose a laptop instead of a desktop, but the iPad, although nifty (I'm surfing with it and responding from it) isn't powerful enough for your kids to be using it for schoolwork. I use the iPad for netflix, reading ebooks, playing games, and doing some Internet surfing. Typing on it is significantly slower than on a keyboard and I find surfing a bit more cumbersome as well. You can also buy a good laptop for a hundred or two less than the iPad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 I'd go with a laptop based on what I've seen of friends' & relatives' iPads/netbooks. Now if you were asking about an iPad vs. another brand of netbook, I do like what I've seen of the iPad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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