Administrator rev ronin Posted April 6, 2013 Administrator Share Posted April 6, 2013 If you do go with a disposable PC, make sure you have a nightly external hard drive backup or a cloud service, so that you don't lose any of your work when (not if, when) it is stolen or broken. That, and have a plan to replace it with a new one immediately upon failure. Lots of my peers would have been hard pressed to put another $300 together once they started school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micky053 Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Thats another thought. Get a cheap PC $300-$400 that will be simple and you can take notes whatever and also buy and iPad. You could by both for the price of a MacPro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal_PA Posted April 8, 2013 Author Share Posted April 8, 2013 So it appears as if it is purely personal preference. Right now, I'm leaning towards an iPad with keyboard as I have a desktop at home and 3 year old laptop if I need to bring it in once in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA803 Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 For those of you that have the ipad, can you open and edit power point presentations on it? I have an ipad and keyboard because I used it for my job, but I'm wondering if I need to get a new laptop. The laptop I have is 7 years old, bulky, and on the slow side so I'm wondering if I should just get a new one or if I can use my ipad for taking to class and just leave my heavy laptop at home. If you buy keynote for $10 you can do normal editing on it just like a laptop would, also take notes on corresponding slides. I personally just convert to PDF and use notability. I can add text, pictures, draw over the top or hit the record button to get audio all on the same app. It also automatically backs up everything to the cloud of your choice (Dropbox, google drive etc.) like I said our class started with 2-3 and now there are around 20 for a reason, they're amazing study tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal_PA Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 I'm leaning towards the Air and will be making my decision soon. Any others have input? If they had an Air with a touch screen, I'd be all over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal_PA Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 I'm leaning towards the Air and will be making my decision soon. Any others have input? If they had an Air with a touch screen, I'd be all over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal_PA Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 I'm leaning towards the Air and will be making my decision soon. Any others have input? If they had an Air with a touch screen, I'd be all over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal_PA Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 I'm leaning towards the Air and will be making my decision soon. Any others have input? If they had an Air with a touch screen, I'd be all over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancer_dancer01 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 I went with a microsoft surface tablet, I have my desktop at home. So the 8hr battery life of the surface tablet was a big draw for me, also the fact it has microsoft office already installed on it and comes with a cover that doubles as the keyboard. I think it comes down to what you are comfortable with. I have never cared for apple products so I stay away from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancer_dancer01 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 I went with a microsoft surface tablet, I have my desktop at home. So the 8hr battery life of the surface tablet was a big draw for me, also the fact it has microsoft office already installed on it and comes with a cover that doubles as the keyboard. I think it comes down to what you are comfortable with. I have never cared for apple products so I stay away from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancer_dancer01 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 I went with a microsoft surface tablet, I have my desktop at home. So the 8hr battery life of the surface tablet was a big draw for me, also the fact it has microsoft office already installed on it and comes with a cover that doubles as the keyboard. I think it comes down to what you are comfortable with. I have never cared for apple products so I stay away from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjl2012 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Great suggestions all! I've always used windows and always have to replace my laptops every 2-3 years due to malfunctioning and virus invasion, I'm sick and tired of it. I'm starting PA school this summer and I plan on getting both a MAC and an iPAD. It seems to me that more of you are in favor of the Pro, I might very well consider it. But I was thinking to get an iPAD mini. iPAD or IPAD mini, Which one do you guys think will be better in addition to a macbook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreasmo Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 I think both the mini and the iPad have good and bad to them. I think it depends on what you want to use them for.. Notes in didactic I think you'd want the larger screen of the regular sized iPad. For clinicals, it would be nice to have a mini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjl2012 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Thanks so much! that's what I was also thinking. I'll get the regular sized now. and when it's time for clinicals, I'll get the mini as well :) I think both the mini and the iPad have good and bad to them. I think it depends on what you want to use them for.. Notes in didactic I think you'd want the larger screen of the regular sized iPad. For clinicals, it would be nice to have a mini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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