Ipads

[muddlemuch]

Hi A/bs your views please on IPads are they worth the investment? Or stay with laptops
Thanks. Rick

[Mick-Talbot]

Waste of money. imo

[woofgang]

depends what you use your laptop for and where. You can't have flash on an ipod which might be a problem for you. It also depends how much stuff you do on the go and at home or in the office. I love having an ipad and am about to upgrade to a mini with more memory but it wouldn't replace my laptop, which is also a mac.

[cazzz1975]

not really, the laptop is more clunky with wires ect but better than a ipad, tablets are only really good for browsing and reading.

[woofgang]

"flash on an ipad" not ipod.

[cazzz1975]

most new tablets dont come with flash anymore, its being slowly phased out.

[sherrardk]

Love my iPad but I wouldn't be able to use it for anything serious (I'd use my laptop for that). Horses for courses and all that.

[grasscarp]

I have an Ipod which I adore. Bought in USA and has so many good apps even without flash. Use it to call people on Facetime or Viber so no cost. Check my shares. Use it as a camera. Mapper with times of buses etc. Daily weather in whatever destinations you set up. internet when in wife area. emails home and work. I won an ipad but sold it as only bigger rather than better.

[snags]

I have a tablet that I use for 'fun': surfing and general arsing about online, games, ebay, watching movies and tv (Flash is still available for the latest Android OS). Useless for work which is done on the laptop.

[marje]

I love mine and use it for all sorts of things.

[VHG]

Not all tablets are iPads, there are loads of tablets available other than the iPad.

They are all cheaper than the iPad, lke the Samsung Galaxy 7 inch and 10 inch.

[rojash]

While we're on the subject of i-pads, can anyone explain this? Went to a party the other night, and at least ten people who've never bothered carrying a teeny tiny compact camera, were up there waving 10" slabs above their heads to take low quality, flashless pictures.

[sherrardk]

Rojash, how else would up know that they have got an iPad?

[snags]

Because they are iDiots...

[hc4361]

I don't think a tablet of any kind can replace a laptop or desktop.

A tablet is handy if you are out and about a lot and want to browse the web, watch movies, read ebooks, listen to music, see to your email, play games when you're on the move.
Or if it is a 7" with GPS, use as a satnav.

It is a fun addition to a proper pc if you have the spare cash