Thanks for that Tony. A really thoughtful answer. Rob ----------------- Rob Beattie Freelance writer and book author www.robbeattie.com 07769 902820
On 10 June 2010 07:44, Tony Crooks <[email protected]> wrote: > Ray, > > I'll have a go at answering this. My main system, an iMac, I use for > preparing documents from newsletters to books for publication, and for web > site maintenance and admin. Prior to my iPad also did a lot of my browsing, > email, long document reading, iPlayer/video/TV watching. Also have a white > Macbook which I used to use as my portable device for when away from the > house. > > The iPad has, in just a few days, become the device for browsing, email, long > document reading, iPlayer/video/TV watching. It has come into it's own in my > view for meetings as a notepad, especially those where I produce the minutes, > and also to run slideshow presentations (2 in the 2 weeks I've had the iPad). > Sitting round a table at committee meetings, it is small and unobtrusive, > quiet, and with the Apple case very easy to see the screen. I got the iPad to > VGA adaptor and have been surprised at how good the image quality is > projected onto a screen. Built the Keynote presentation from scratch using > the iPad version rather than fiddle with an existing Mac version. > > Am on my third book using iBooks. Depending on your reading tastes the > Bookstore is well stocked. By way of example, Peter James seems well > represented. Prices range from the unreasonable (50+% above paper versions) > to prices comparable to paperbacks. I bought three titles which aren't > readily available in the main Eastbourne library, not in the shops locally > and were not at too much of a premium to Amazon paper version prices. Reading > experience very enjoyable during our few days away in Devon last week. > > I had intended that the MacBook would become my iMac backup device in the > event of problems. The iPad has made this possible.. > > I was at an University of the Third Age (well beyond normal retirement age) > meeting yesterday and great interest was shown by those present. I got lots > of questions about what you can do with it, especially email, books, word > processing, touchscreen keyboard, battery life and printing. Two people made > up their minds to go to the Brighton Apple Store for more information. > > Two apps that grabbed attention were Sky+ for setting our Sky box to record > programmes, and Air Video which I showed streaming video (an episode from > Outnumbered) from my iMac via the O2 mobile network - quality surprisingly > good. > > For just general computing my lineup is an iPhone when out walking or where > anything else would be a burden, an iPad when at organised events and when > not tied to my iMac at home. The iMac is relegated to primarily a role of > Pages, RapidWeaver, iMovie/iDVD, iPhoto and iTunes, and as a central > repository. > > Lastly I should mention that I've been waiting for a genuine tablet computer > ever since I first saw the Apple Knowledge Navigator video back in the early > 1990s. So I was an easy victim for the iPad! > > Regards, > > Tony > Sent from my iPad > > On 10 Jun 2010, at 00:59, Ray Packham <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Anyhow just as a quick question how does it fit in with your existing kit >> and what do you all use it for ? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
