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Originally Posted by anrkitec
Originally Posted by
GadgetFreak
Which of those netboks were you referring to which has a Blu Ray player by the way?
Netbooks, dunno. Which is why I wrote "laptops/netbooks", thinking here specifically of my Sony TZ [an imperfect yet incredibly powerful, small, light, and full-featured tool - oh, and I absolutely hate Sony as a company - but several of their recent VAIOs have been quite good].
Originally Posted by
GadgetFreak
I read 9 NIH research grants I had to review on the ipad a couple weeks ago, saving me from printing about 1000 pages.
Which could have been done just as easily and, from a supine position for example, more comfortably IMO, on a laptop.
I hope that you understand that I am not trying to make a case that the iPad is not right for you, specifically. Rather I am addressing my comments to a larger audience among some of Apple's more, um, ardent fans, and their giddy public group orgasm over the iPad regardless of what it
can't/doesn't do...
Well I have tried numerous times reading from a laptop. It is very unnatural and scrolling through a 100 page documents sucks. Typing is better on a notebook. Reading just isn't. It's like reading a small hardbound book with the iPad in the apple case. I actually tried reading some without the case and it was much worse I should add.