Comments on: Using the iPad as Your Main Computer https://isource.com/2011/08/26/using-the-ipad-as-your-main-computer/ #1 Source for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac and AppleTV Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:46:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.6 By: Laura https://isource.com/2011/08/26/using-the-ipad-as-your-main-computer/#comment-44155 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:46:37 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=42763#comment-44155 I have been considering doing this, but I keep getting stuck on iTunes. Is there any way to make the iPad the iTunes library so that I can move music around on my nano?

]]> By: Ron https://isource.com/2011/08/26/using-the-ipad-as-your-main-computer/#comment-38786 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:20:16 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=42763#comment-38786 Regarding the coffee table fun pad comment…us a PC at work all day, have a Macbook Pro for home use, iPhone, etc and the one thing that the iPad has tought me is how little I truly need the Macbook. Yes, for Quicken and updating my Web sites, and truly long word processing or spreadsheets, I’ll truck upstairs, log in and use the laptop. But my go to for probably 80% of what I need is the iPad. Same for my wife. Haven’t had the need to add all the accessories yet, except for the card reader for my pics, so grab it and go is a whole lot easier than packing up my Macbook for most my needs. is it for everyone? Luckily, no…had to wait 2 weeks to get mine as it is.

]]> By: N.Estley https://isource.com/2011/08/26/using-the-ipad-as-your-main-computer/#comment-38709 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:06:27 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=42763#comment-38709 In my opinion the IPad is nothing more than a usefull coffee table fun pad. If you are going to lug around a keyboard, dock stand and camera dongle with you every where. And then save any text document and spreadsheet in a word/excel format before you can share it with your friends and collegues, you should really consider a slim line laptop, with word/excel, inbuilt wifi, 3g, usb ports cd/dvd player, inbuilt apps for any and every video format etc.. I own one, and it is great when traveling on short business journeys and on holiday, but lets take off our rose tinted, Apple hugging glasses and get real here!

]]> By: Nick Essling https://isource.com/2011/08/26/using-the-ipad-as-your-main-computer/#comment-38698 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 00:01:06 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=42763#comment-38698 Caution about the Apple Wireless Keyboard with teh iPad 2.

I recently bought the newest version of the Apple Wireless Keyboard to use with my iPad 2. The newest version of the keyboard – the one that is optimized for use witht OS Lion – is not FULLY compatible with the iPad 2. For example, the alphabet keys work just fine, but the brightness, track, play/pause and volume keys do not work.

If you want to find the Apple Wireless Keyboard that is in fact fully compatible with the iPad 2, you must use the prior version – the one where the F4 key looks like a speedometer.

]]> By: Britta https://isource.com/2011/08/26/using-the-ipad-as-your-main-computer/#comment-38696 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 22:15:23 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=42763#comment-38696 Hi, thanks for sharing this good article. I would like to add that today there are a number of really great additional iPad apps out there legimitely proving the iPad to be able to act as a business computer device. Such are Goodreader (all doc reader), Dropbox (free storage place on a cloud), Instapaper (download and keep files for later read w/out Internet access, Webex (conferencing app, very useful with iPad2), Skype (free videocalls over internet) and Evernote (versatile usable planning tool) – just to name a few.

]]> By: Wireless Speakerset » News » Wireless Speakerset https://isource.com/2011/08/26/using-the-ipad-as-your-main-computer/#comment-38693 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:18:18 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=42763#comment-38693 […] Using the iPad as Your Main Computer – iSource […]

]]> By: brad0885 https://isource.com/2011/08/26/using-the-ipad-as-your-main-computer/#comment-38692 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:07:03 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=42763#comment-38692 In reply to 194roc.

Agreed. While tapping on the screen works ok for document editing, it will never be as efficient as a mouse or trackpad.

]]> By: 194roc https://isource.com/2011/08/26/using-the-ipad-as-your-main-computer/#comment-38691 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:46:45 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=42763#comment-38691 In my opinion, would be great if you could connect the trackpad to the iPad, and use the first, together with the keyboard, to work and use the iPad as your main computer.

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