It still doesn't do what I want.
I was hoping for an Apple notebook, with easy connectivity to my
other Macs via Firewire or USB. I bought a Brand X mini notebook a
couple of years ago and was disappointed by the keyboard, which was
built for Lilliputians, and by a somewhat tortured method of
transferring text from one machine to another. From Apple, I wanted
a notebook-type device with the fit and finish of a Mac and with easy
interconnectivity with other Apple products. I'm not sure how the
iPad links with regular [Mac] computers, and I'm disappointed that
it doesn't have a USB port--it's very awkward when you have to email
large text documents from one computer to another. Sneakernet via
flash-drive is a marvel of convenience compared to that.
At least you can get a keyboard for it, even if it doesn't have the
revolutionary on-screen touchable keyboard it was rumored to have.
Oh, well, maybe next year. Since I'm still looking for a job, I
don't have the money to buy an expensive auxiliary device right now
anyway.
--Constance Warner
P.S.: and the name iPad is a gift to satirists and comedians
everywhere. WHAT were they THINKING???
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