![]() IFA 2012 is going on even as I speak, so it’s official: I’ve been doing this for a year.īack when I started, the notion that an iPad could largely replace a conventional computer was, um, a tad unusual. Some of the people who read my story, in fact, seemed to maintain that it was impossible, or at least that I was a moron for doing so. As one commenter put it: “This article is irresponsible. ![]() ( MORE: Coming Soon: 15 Interesting Phones, Tablets and Hybrids) To say that an iPad can replace your primary computing device is misleading and false.” The iPad 2 is still an accessory to your REAL computer. My fellow tech journalists were more polite about the whole thing. But as I said at the time, none of them rushed to join me. They said that the Zagg keyboard wasn’t comfy enough for them, or that the iPad’s screen was too small, or that the apps were too wimpy. I was having a great time, but I felt like an outlier, and I thought it might stay that way. This is now - and even though just a few months have passed, an awful lot has changed. I still run into doubting Thomases - one commenter recently informed me that my case for the iPad as a content-creation machine was “thinner than prison soup” - but I also have plenty of company. Mac guru Andy Ihnatko, for instance, is mostly using an iPad with an Apple wireless keyboard, and calls himself a charter member of the post-PC Generation. Not only is reporter Casey Newton happy with his iPad and ZaggFolio, but he says I provided the inspiration.Īnd a few months ago, I attended a meeting of the national board of the American Society of Business Press Editors where four of 13 attendees were toting iPads with external keyboards. I don’t think any of them would describe themselves as hardcore geeks or lovers of bleeding-edge technology they were doing it because they found it useful. I’m pretty sure it’s not just journalists who are using iPads as computers. When I’m out and about, strangers run up to ask me about my keyboard. Something’s happening here, and it’s happening quickly - and so I thought I’d update you on my experiences as of the one-year mark. Would you mind if I continued on by interviewing myself? So are you still using your iPad for most of the things you do? #Gtasks pro for windows crashes update# After a year of this, I have no desire to go back. I’m not trying to ditch conventional PCs they’re better for some stuff. I also don’t insist that what I’m doing is for everyone. (If using a tablet like a laptop doesn’t make sense to you, I’m pretty sure you’d be unhappy doing it.) But for me, this is the best way to work most of the time. I can head out in the morning with a fully-charged iPad and use it into the evening without babysitting the battery gauge or hunting for a power outlet. (I do admit that I’ve bought a Powerbag, a clever little bag with a built-in battery and charging cables for multiple devices - I sometimes use it when I travel or when I need to use the iPad for more than nine or 10 hours at a time.) Generally speaking, I don’t bother to take a power adapter with me, a move which would be unthinkable with a notebook.
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