Oh, absolutely. If I were a actual road warrior, the iPad wouldn't work at all for me. However, between my laptops at home and at work I don't really need a third one, and since I already have the iPad I'd rather make as much I can with it for short trips where I am not going have too much time and/or wifi to pull sustained work sessions.
> It could be used for reading I guess..
That too. For an academic, GoodReader is a blessing. I have finally stopped printing out loads of articles and/or finding that I printed out this same article a couple of years ago. Not to mention Kindle etc. Again, if I were spending significant amounts of time away from either home or the office, I'd consider investing in a proper portable laptop; but I'm not, and for my use case the iPad is ideal.
> can't run what I want to run
Yep, I agree that it's frustrating.
> (not an Eee ffs, a real laptop).
No everybody can afford another proper laptop that's as easy to carry around as an iPad, y'know.
Anyway, YMMV, of course. I was just pointing out that solutions are available.
Oh, absolutely. If I were a actual road warrior, the iPad wouldn't work at all for me. However, between my laptops at home and at work I don't really need a third one, and since I already have the iPad I'd rather make as much I can with it for short trips where I am not going have too much time and/or wifi to pull sustained work sessions.
> It could be used for reading I guess..
That too. For an academic, GoodReader is a blessing. I have finally stopped printing out loads of articles and/or finding that I printed out this same article a couple of years ago. Not to mention Kindle etc. Again, if I were spending significant amounts of time away from either home or the office, I'd consider investing in a proper portable laptop; but I'm not, and for my use case the iPad is ideal.
> can't run what I want to run
Yep, I agree that it's frustrating.
> (not an Eee ffs, a real laptop).
No everybody can afford another proper laptop that's as easy to carry around as an iPad, y'know.
Anyway, YMMV, of course. I was just pointing out that solutions are available.