IPad as laptop replacement? I guess it depends on how you define a laptop. Xcode, Apple’s development environment is not available on an iPad, but it is available on a Mac. Since I use Xcode, I couldn’t replace my Mac with an iPad. If you have a laptop that you just use for simple things such as email, reading books and web browsing, I guess you could replace your laptop with an iPad. I could see replacing one of those expensive blindness note takers with an iPad and an affordable Braille display such as an Orbit.
Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 6:31:23 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: The Psychology of technology Hi Tracy, I totally get the cute factor. Back in the 90s, when I got my first dial-up modem, my husband and I were in the local computer store. We found this cute, tiny modem, and in the middle of the store full of male computer nerds, I cried out, "Oh, it's so cute!" My husband was mortified. lol I still get a kick out of being able to cary around so many books with me, either on my braille display or my i-device. I remember going on vacation as a kid and being able to take only one book, because by the time we put four braille volumes in the car, that was all the room there was. It makes me so happy to know I can now have as many books as I want, wherever I go. And I think you are on to something with the combination of keyboard and touch. I do like that when I want to move quickly to a different part of the screen, I have the option to just reach out and tap it. And yeah. When I think about giving up my laptop, and just having an MBA, I hate the thought of opening up my mail, and seeing work email before I'm even a quarter of the way through my first cup of coffee. It is nice having two devices. So, shiny toy syndrome or not, I think I've decided to upgrade one device this year, and one next. So now the question is ... which one to upgrade first! 🤣 Cheers, Donna > On Dec 10, 2020, at 10:41 AM, Traci Duncan <our4p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Shiny new toy syndrome, I like that! > > Personally, I love my iPad mini. The size is brilliant. I think this harkens > back to my childhood of wanting to be like the sighted students holding > textbooks or having diaries. It just feels cute in my arms. Silly, I know. > Braille books were huge! There’s the psychology for you. *insert face palm. > > On a more adult level, lol! When a keyboard is paired with the mini it is > like a touch laptop. I like the combo of typing on a keyboard, with the > ability to swipe on the screen. Way back in 2010, I had the original iPad > with a Zagg keyboard case. I thought it was the coolest thing! An accessible > touch laptop. > > I also like having a separate iOs device, so my phone isn’t doing everything. > > Interesting discussion here. > > Traci > > >> On Dec 10, 2020, at 6:30 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >> I fancy both. Lol But I worry that I’ve just got shiny new toy syndrome. >> Cheers, >> Donna >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Dec 10, 2020, at 4:15 AM, Angie Nutt <an...@comproom.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> I’ve had a couple of iPads in the past and particularly liked the mini but >>> then I got a MacBook Air as wanted to try one out of curiosity. I find no >>> need for both so no longer use iPad. I prefer typing with my Mac but that’s >>> possibly because the iPad cases with keyboards which I had left a bit to be >>> desired. The upshot: I think I’d like to always have either iPad or >>> MacBook, have no use for both at this time. If you fancy a new iPad in >>> particular then go for it. <smile> >>> >>> All the best >>> Angie >>> >>>> On 9 Dec 2020, at 13:32, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> This is something I’ve been thinking a lot about lately. In a perfect >>>> world, I would buy both a new Mac and a new iPad, but that would stretch >>>> my funds a little more than I want to stretch them. So I’ve been trying to >>>> sort out which device I want to upgrade this year, and which one next. >>>> That has gotten me thinking about why I like my iPad. I do like it, >>>> there’s no question about that. But as a device, it really doesn’t make >>>> much sense. I agree with Joe, that an iPad is basically just a big iPhone. >>>> And, since I can’t see the screen, there’s really no reason for me to have >>>> an iPad in the first place. But even knowing that, I like my iPad, and am >>>> very intrigued with the idea of getting a newer, faster one. But I can’t >>>> really come up with a good reason why. Everything Joe said in his video is >>>> right. The Mac is a much better proeductivity device, and the iPhone is >>>> really all the screen I need. And, it’s faster than my iPad. So what is it >>>> about the iPad that makes me like it? Notice I’m sitting here drinking my >>>> coffee and typing this email on it, not on my Mac and not on my iPhone. >>>> >>>> This is more of a rhetorical post than anything else, but it’s something >>>> that has really come to fascinate me. 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