My Pismo's going to be my family's first "family laptop". As to the iPad, I'm going to be around so many powerful desktops, both at home and school, that whenever I do need that productivity power, I can just use one of those to do my grunt work. I've got most of my important files stored in Dropbox, so moving from PC to Mac to PC is a breeze. I'm not big on multitasking in class (and I probably shouldn't be ;-) ). For typing, I'm going to buy an Apple Bluetooth keyboard and iPad case… I've typed on the new Apple keyboards and they're much better than any PC keyboards currently in production (except for the old buckled-spring 'boards). I don't really want the MacBook because of its battery life. Sure, seven hours is decent, but ten just screams "eat my dust, all you PC people with your two-hour battery lives and AC cables criss-crossing the floor!" The iMacs at school are from January 2009—not spanking- new, but nothing to sneeze at. We've got CS4 on them as well. Another big feature is the new version of Brushes—I'm big on art, and I'm rather tired of using a plug-in Wacom tablet. I want to finger- paint! Oops, did I just say that out loud…
I hope that clears up some things, guys. I've done a lot of research and thinking, and I'm definitely getting the iPad. FFF -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
