Me And My iPad.

Yes, I am an Engineer and, yes, I bought an iPad. Although I’m an engineer I’m not a fanatic about it. I have found the iPad to be ideal for what I want it to do.
1. It’s the right size. It is not as big nor heavy as a laptop but not as small as a PDA or phone. It’s easy to carry, has decent battery life, and the screen is sharp, big, and in glorious color.
2. It is instant on! I don’t have to wait several minutes for a boot cycle, I just push the button and it’s alive. In addition it is exactly where it was when I turned it off, ready to go.
3. Applications, applications, applications… I read books. I play games. I listen to music. I map out where I am and where I want to go. I find WiFi hot spots. I Email. I surf the WEB. I watch TV. I download movies. I calendar out my busy life.
4. It’s convenient. I take it with me around the house and when I’m out and around. I’m not going to write a novel on it, but I’m certainly able to do a ton of other things using a convenient, attractive package.
5. It’s everything all the PDA’s and laptops promised and never were.
My desktop unit is still my workhorse. I do the great majority of my design work and writing on it. But, my iPad increasingly does everything else to the extent that my laptops have become obsolete. I just don’t use them any more.
I am not an Apple fan, I am not a believer in or a holder of the faith. However I am an iPad fan. No matter what anyone else thinks the folks at Apple have pulled the real deal together into a complete, functional package and they did it at a price point that’s hard to ignore.