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Got my iPad at the beginning of the month (unlimited 3G ftw) and have decided to keep it purely a productivity machine. There are no games on it. I use it as my mobile stock market monitor, news checker, and internet device. Thursday, thanks to Safari, Bloomberg's app, and Fidelity's app, I was able to check my stocks at the barber shop and place some day limit orders without having to rush home.
Also, being a comp sci guy, I registered to be an app developer with Apple. Being a n00b in Apple Land... when I tried to download the SDK in Safari on my iPad, it didn't let me.
Then I got to thinking, I do need to increase my productivity and my PC is quite obtouse and I had a PC HD die years ago... taking all my college papers with it. (Anyone got encase?) Solution #1 is backup. And solution #2 is I need a more stable work environment and clean environment.
Looking at Apple's current line of computers, what would you want/recommend for a productivity box (ignoring money as a factor)? The focus would be on app writing & testing. I would like to get into the movie and sound editing/mixing bit, too. I have read some of 'HonestIllusion's threads about his switch.
Initially, I was leaning toward a MacBookPro. Then I saw the iMac. (I don't need another laptop.)
Please help! :Blushing:
Got my iPad at the beginning of the month (unlimited 3G ftw) and have decided to keep it purely a productivity machine. There are no games on it. I use it as my mobile stock market monitor, news checker, and internet device. Thursday, thanks to Safari, Bloomberg's app, and Fidelity's app, I was able to check my stocks at the barber shop and place some day limit orders without having to rush home.
Also, being a comp sci guy, I registered to be an app developer with Apple. Being a n00b in Apple Land... when I tried to download the SDK in Safari on my iPad, it didn't let me.
Then I got to thinking, I do need to increase my productivity and my PC is quite obtouse and I had a PC HD die years ago... taking all my college papers with it. (Anyone got encase?) Solution #1 is backup. And solution #2 is I need a more stable work environment and clean environment.
Looking at Apple's current line of computers, what would you want/recommend for a productivity box (ignoring money as a factor)? The focus would be on app writing & testing. I would like to get into the movie and sound editing/mixing bit, too. I have read some of 'HonestIllusion's threads about his switch.
Initially, I was leaning toward a MacBookPro. Then I saw the iMac. (I don't need another laptop.)
Please help! :Blushing: