Macs In Life

It’s been a while since I’ve had time to post anything. Work has been crazy and I’ve been traveling around the country quite a bit lately. The upside of this is that I was able to pry the iPad out of my wife’s hot little fingers for a couple of these trips and put it through it’s paces as a travel computer. I must say that I am fairly impressed.

We all know that I love our iPad, but I wasn’t sure if would be able to take the place of my laptop when I travel. After these past few months I would rather take the iPad than my laptop. It’s smaller form is a huge benefit to me. I can take it anywhere. I took it all over Manhattan with me and there are so many hotspots that it was connected most of the time. I’m not a New Yorker so this was great. I was able to find anything I needed, or wanted, as I wandered through the city. I was able to keep up with all of my correspondence without having to squint at my phone. Although bright sunlight is not great for viewing anything on the glossy screen it is an easy fix to turn away from the sun and shadow the device for better viewing. I have heard reports of overheating, but I did not experience any problems, even on a warm sunny day in direct sunlight.

I would not have bought a 3g model even if it had been available at launch, but one of the hotels that I stayed at didn’t have WI-FI in the rooms and 3g would have come in handy. I still don’t think that I would buy a 3g unit, but I can see why some people would want it. I’ll just check my reservations a little more closely.

Most of my travel for work entails emails, contact info, scheduling, and mapping. This is pretty light duty stuff and my iPhone handled it before I got the iPad. Once again it comes down to the form factor that makes the iPad my choice for a travel computer. So much smaller than a laptop and so much bigger than a phone. It is the best of both worlds for my needs.