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This topic kind crosses over several areas of interest....
So I have loved the concept of the iPad the moment it was released. I was holding out for iPad 2 and was happy to finally see it coming reality.
I know what I am looking to do, just not sure if the iPad 2 would meet that need better than Macbook Air or a Windows Laptop, so I thought I would turn to the trusted users of these forums for some thoughts.
My intended void needing to be filled is for work. I have a desktop (PC) that is for work, and we are on a secure network that is hard to get "outside" devices on to. My biggest pain at work is I am only at my desktop 10% of my day and don't really get to do anything more than review email (accessible by Outlook 2007 client and Web Client), review PDF, Word, Excel Documents/files, and create Word or Excel or powerpoint type files. The other 90% of the time I am at various locations, attending meetings (currently with a paper print out of the agenda) and making notes with pen and paper. I want to avoid the need to print the agenda (50% received via email and 50% part of the meeting invite), take notes on paper, and have to use a flash stick and someone else's laptop to present a file file or powerpoint.
Anything in the form of notes or documentation I would simply transmit via webmail to my desktop computer, or use iDisk or DropBox (whichever is not blocked by the network).
What would meet my needs / use patterns?
- I shy away from a PC Laptop because of the time to boot, login, and all the extra cables to carry around (power, network). But an do more than even what I have a current need for.
I have asked a number of people who have iPad 1, but few are able to provide any good feel as to the ability of the iPad to meet those needs.
So I have loved the concept of the iPad the moment it was released. I was holding out for iPad 2 and was happy to finally see it coming reality.
I know what I am looking to do, just not sure if the iPad 2 would meet that need better than Macbook Air or a Windows Laptop, so I thought I would turn to the trusted users of these forums for some thoughts.
My intended void needing to be filled is for work. I have a desktop (PC) that is for work, and we are on a secure network that is hard to get "outside" devices on to. My biggest pain at work is I am only at my desktop 10% of my day and don't really get to do anything more than review email (accessible by Outlook 2007 client and Web Client), review PDF, Word, Excel Documents/files, and create Word or Excel or powerpoint type files. The other 90% of the time I am at various locations, attending meetings (currently with a paper print out of the agenda) and making notes with pen and paper. I want to avoid the need to print the agenda (50% received via email and 50% part of the meeting invite), take notes on paper, and have to use a flash stick and someone else's laptop to present a file file or powerpoint.
Anything in the form of notes or documentation I would simply transmit via webmail to my desktop computer, or use iDisk or DropBox (whichever is not blocked by the network).
What would meet my needs / use patterns?
- I shy away from a PC Laptop because of the time to boot, login, and all the extra cables to carry around (power, network). But an do more than even what I have a current need for.
I have asked a number of people who have iPad 1, but few are able to provide any good feel as to the ability of the iPad to meet those needs.