My college just got a donation to get every student an iPad

tax writeoffs

>>59012281
I own an iPad Pro, SP3, and SP4, and can tell you that the iPad pro is better in just about every way in my personal experience. This is a bait post. Use the damn tools you are given, use them well, and make more tools.

>>59012281

It just works, and it's cheaper TCO. The Surface Pro is amazing but it's also a botnet.

>>59012281

why would a serious student need an ipad


would you not want a laptop to get work done?

>>59012332
>Students
>Work
Yeah I'm not sure... >.>

Seriously though I'll never understand how the fuck people get any real 'work' done on a tablet. Like, they're super crippled devices and super inconvenient.

Unless you're running some version of Photoshop (which I assume exists for the iPad Pro)... not sure what the fuck you'd want a tablet of any sort for instead of a decent laptop.

Well now... Just looked, apparently there's no full-featured photoshop for it. So in otherwords it's a toy. So sad. :(

>>59012426
>Seriously though I'll never understand how the fuck people get any real 'work' done on a tablet. Like, they're super crippled devices and super inconvenient.

i feel the same way

>>59012440
You don't know about Notability and that's okay. I don't know if there are better ones by now, but I've used this for a solid year with great results. My only iPad Pro wish is Visio. But there are ways to work around that.

Seriously, the amount of engineering documentation that I produce with my iPad

>>59012474
>>59012474
>You don't know about Notability and that's okay

that's a very specific use case

not the norm at all

>>59012557
Taking notes and or producing documents of any type is too specific?

Well then just buy a chromebook and check out this cool community called "reddit r/all"

>>59012440
ditto. I can type like 100 wpm, now compare that productivity to a fucking tablet...

>>59012474
True, wasn't aware of Notability. Looks like a decent iOS note taking App.

>>59012576
I do dislike the lack of an attached keyboard on tablets though, for note taking. (Unless it's a math / engineering class where I'm sketching stuff a lot...) but I suppose OP did say they're getting keyboards.

Now, the problem I have at work with tablets: No fucking Ethernet port. HOLY FUCK does no one here work any actual sort of IT infrastructure support job? Man, I want a 'tablet' device, preferrably with a slide out keyboard or such, with an Ethernet port, for quickly plugging into switches and stuff. That, I think, I would use.

>>59012576
OP in all of his cucked glory said they were getting keyboards.

Also, tablets are not wpm machines. You can get a bluetooth keyboard and be fine though.

>>59012611
Thinkpad x230t. I have one and use the ethernet all the time. Digitizer is really good in Windows 7.

>>59012652
Hmmm... might consider one actually; hadn't realized they were so cheap now...

Sad that they only (as I seem to be able to find) ever shipped with a 1366 x 768 display. Since that's the case it'd have to JUST be a small portable machine, wouldn't ever be able to stand working on much of anything that required actual screen space.

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>>59012332
It can work.

im not a fan of apple, but their tablets are the only thing I would endorse. I dont know why, but I think they run smoother, look cleaner, and have a better app selection. However, I don't necessarily use my android phone for similar purposes, so I don't know exactly if they would have everything I need.

Then again, I have always wanted a surface pro.