Hardware CRIMP?

Posted by Ken
Jun 1, 2011 at 12:04 AM

Dr Andus wrote:
>I bought an Asus netbook
>when it first came out for the exact same reason. I thought it would become easier to
>capture ideas on the go. Also, I wanted to be able to surf the internet on the sofa and in
>bed. Eventually this remained a dream. While it was easier to carry around than the
>laptop, the boot times prevented it from turning into a notetaking device and it was
>still too heavy and the wrong shape to watch anything on it on the sofa or in bed.
> >Then I
>caved in and bought and iPad and I never looked back. It delivers on all of the above and
>more. As I also bought the bluetooth Apple keyboard, there are days when I don’t even
>turn on the PC any more. Since the iPad I stopped using paper notebooks. The killer apps
>for me are the following:
>- the instant-on;
>- the built-in Notes app that
>automatically syncs with Gmail (this is where I capture random ideas);
>- CarbonFin
>Outliner where I add notes into hierchical outlines;
>- Mail, the Google app and
>Safari for email, blogs, and browsing;
>- PDF Expert and GoodReader for reading and
>annotating PDFs;
>- BBC iPlayer for watching BBC programmes in bed.
> >So I don’t think
>you can go wrong with iPad 2. I have iPad 1 and I’m still extremely happy. I did try a
>Windows tablet and returned it the same day. While my initial preference was for an
>Android tablet, I just couldn’t find the kind of apps I needed. And in the area of apps
>iPad is far ahead.

They say misery loves company, but I would not exactly call using my netbook misery. Nonetheless, it sounds like we had similar experiences. I would buy an iPad2, but they are harder to find than hen’s teeth! I had considered Samsung’s 7 in. Galaxy Tab because its about half the size of the iPad, but I am not certain if it will be immediately “orphaned” with all of Android’s OS updates. I hoping that my netbook will hold out a bit longer, but I hate to have it go before I have a replacement in place.

—Ken