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    jnickell100
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    Should i ditch my laptop for an iPad

    I dont use my laptop that often, but i do have uses for it. I download movies on my laptop and hook it up to my tv and watch it through my tv. Other than that, i mainly just surf the internet with the laptop.

    Would i be able to do this with an iPad?

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    lolololololololololololololololololololo lolol

    Macs/iPads SSSUUUUUUCCCCKKKKKKKKKKK

    SOURCE: i own them

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    CanuckG
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    I have both and no. Laptop much more useful. iPad is just for fooling around...hard to type on.

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    NYSportsGuy210
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    What about for sending out resumes when you are looking for a job? You need to save that on your laptop.

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    Deuce
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    Save the cash and get an iPod touch. iPad is same thing just larger. Can't load software either, no flash. Garbage.

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    deuce it has flash..or you can get it..

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    sneakerhead
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    never, ipads are for recreational use only, play games on it when your phone battery dies or something, cant think of any other use.

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    mrfredde
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    I would keep the laptop, a lot of things that ipad cant do.

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    konck
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    Laptop is like a piece of my arm...would I let my arm go....no

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    Gee
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    an ipad is not a laptop replacement.

    do not even consider it.

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    jjgold
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    No never, its good for a game console and that is about it

    You cannot beat laptops and no product every will

    Apple I believe now has like 11 inch laptops so go buy one of them if you like small screens

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    Domestic
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    Stick with the laptop mate, far more ergonomic. Think rationally here.

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    you'll be amazed how much more you need your laptop once you don't have it. i had an ipad and sold it to get a laptop. don't do it.

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    They both are useful. Ipad2 is a great business tool....but not a replacement for your laptop.

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    Smoke
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    Your rich, buy one and use both

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    you can't work an iPad without a laptop... it needs a main computer source to even start for the first time.

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    KC
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    No way, iPad nice device but would never trade my MacBook pro for it

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    Apple is garbage. No flash... nuff said


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    jnickell100
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    I forgot to mention that i would still have my desktop, so the laptop/ iPad would be my second option

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    Quote Originally Posted by jnickell100 View Post
    I dont use my laptop that often, but i do have uses for it. I download movies on my laptop and hook it up to my tv and watch it through my tv. Other than that, i mainly just surf the internet with the laptop.

    Would i be able to do this with an iPad?
    I'm not a tech junkie, but I believe you need an hdmi input to hook it up to your tv, but ipad doesn't have it (though some other tablets do). I prefer android os so I'm getting a Xoom soon and giving the wife the ipad. ipad sounds like a feminine product anyway.

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    It you get the ipad at least pick up a cheap netbook, you'll need it.

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    ipad 2 does allow hdmi out with an adapter from apple...but dont replace your laptop for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mdemps9190 View Post
    ipad 2 does allow hdmi out with an adapter from apple...but dont replace your laptop for it.
    Ok well that's good news. So you don't recommend getting am iPad even though I'd still have my desktop as my main computer?

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    Quote Originally Posted by d2bets View Post
    I'm not a tech junkie, but I believe you need an hdmi input to hook it up to your tv, but ipad doesn't have it (though some other tablets do). I prefer android os so I'm getting a Xoom soon and giving the wife the ipad. ipad sounds like a feminine product anyway.
    Got the Xoom today, and boys, listen up, do not, I repeat, DO NOT , buy an ipad. Xoom blows that shit outta fukkin water and it's not even close. The browsing experience is so much faster and smoother. Tabbed browsing for chrissakes! And my books open soooooo much faster (on the same wifi) it's not even remotely close. There is just so much more you can do with Xoom. It's gonna take me a long time to figure everything out, but this is so much more powerful than the giant ipod touch. I urge you, at least check this out before you run out and buy an ipad. Trust me on this one guys. You'll thank me later. Give the pad to your girlfriend and get this one for yourself.

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    use them both, dont be an hmo

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    laptops are way more useful than an ipad...jmo

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    I received an ipad for Christmas, still hasn't been opened and no clue how/when to use it..My laptop goes everywhere I do..

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    I travel a lot and I get a lot of use out of my iPad2

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    Quote Originally Posted by jnickell100 View Post
    I dont use my laptop that often, but i do have uses for it. I download movies on my laptop and hook it up to my tv and watch it through my tv. Other than that, i mainly just surf the internet with the laptop.

    Would i be able to do this with an iPad?
    don't think the battery can last long , not even enough to watch a movie .

    unless you just use it to read ebooks or check email .

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    IT would be nice to have both still

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    no, Ipads are poor at surfing the net and will you will miss all the little things you realize that the Ipad cant do

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    d2bets
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    SBR renders perfectly on the Xoom. Not so much on the Ipad. It's unbelievable how superior this devise is. The browsing experience is much more similar to a computer. You can actually create bookmark folders and tabbed browsing. And I have both devices here on the same wifi and the xoom is significantly faster. I just can't overstate how superior the Xoom is. Don't be lemming with the ipad.

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    No, don't do it, you still need a laptop even after you bought iPad

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    I would say go for it if you love apple products. You can buy a laptop type design for it, where you can connect it to a full keyboard and make it look like a laptop if you are worried about that.
    For me, I will stick with a laptop, I just couldn't get used to the apple design.
    If you are looking for a touch screen device, that is small and portable, I would go with the Hp touch smart laptop, i had one and it runs great. Unfortunally i dropped it one too many times and it broke, but i had a square trade warrenty so i cashed it out ...
    I then bought a Toshiba laptop, and its the best laptop i ever bought, best speaker system,fast, processor.
    Anyways, I would say Yes, if you love apple design.

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    go with the ipad....

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