Very basic document editing is possible with an iPad, spreadsheets are a frickin nightmare. Edit: Oops, did you mean this? If you want to construct word, excel or powerpoint documents there are ways and means of getting what you want but it will invariably be slower than doing it on a laptop or desktop. This topic has replies, 55 voices, and was last updated 9 years ago by igrf.
Viewing 40 posts - 1 through 40 of total. Oh lordy — this might be another apple Vs windows debate….. Posted 9 years ago. You can … But you would be making his life very hard….. Ive done some adjustments to powerpoints and word docs…. Screw actually making one up on it! Use google drive Posted 9 years ago. Flash is dead Posted 9 years ago. Google docs will allow you to create word, excel and powerpoint style documents. CaptainFlashheart Free Member.
Flaperon Free Member. Haha flash I dont dispute you can create them but its not natural at all. An external keyoard would go a long way but still less than ideal. Pages and numbers seem fairly limited in their capibilities compared to word and excel.
Seaver pages will do it Posted 9 years ago. Thanks for the info trail rat. That seems to be fairly conclusive. Laptop it is then. Thanks all! Imagine waking up five minutes before class starts, rolling out of bed, and being able to just grab your iPad and bluetooth keyboard and running to class. You might not even need a backpack because your textbooks will be on your iPad, along with your notes and assignments. I loved my MacBook Air.
It was thin, and tiny, and always down for a good time. The biggest problem with it though, was its battery life kind of sucked. The iPad on the other hand has a freaking amazing battery. More often than not, I would sit through classes with my MacBook just praying that my battery would make it through the entire class.
With the iPad, a full charge will get you through all of your classes, allow you to play games during lunch, and still have a ton of juice left over at night. It takes longer to charge than a MacBook Air, but you can just plug it in when you go to bed and it will be full before you wake up in the morning. And there's a lot of fun you can have with the iPad too — watching video, playing games, DJing, drawing, making video calls… it's good at everything. If you want the full iPad experience, it can add up in a way that means it's that much cheaper than a good laptop.
That price puts it into MacBook Air M1, territory. In fact, the MacBook can usually be found slightly cheaper than that. You don't get a touchscreen, but you do get a larger screen than the iPad Air. The screen size is potentially an issue as well — the iPad It can also make working on some complex documents types more frustrating — large spreadsheets will be a struggle, for example, since not much will fit on the screen at the same time.
Not a problem for every student, but a pain for some, no question. Similarly, text editing on the iPad is much slower than a laptop if you don't have a mouse or trackpad to use with your iPad.
The good news is that any Bluetooth mouse or trackpad will work, but it's something you really need to buy, in my view. And finally, there's the software limitations we hinted at earlier. The iPad has the ability to run versions of just about any kind of software, but if part of your course is learning to use particular pro software, that will probably be a desktop version.
Video editing, photo editing, music creation, programming, CAD, publishing… there are iPad tools that can do all of these things, but none of them is the industry standard, and if your goal is to be proficient in the software the employers expect you to use, they won't be enough. In my view, the iPad definitely can be a laptop replacement for students, especially if the computer use in your course is more focused on research and writing than any creative pro software.
It's just that the iPad has some limits that might stop you reaching your work potential if you don't also have a laptop or desktop available, and you really might end up ruing that. So it will depend on your course, but in my opinion the safest route is to go with a laptop. However, if you can stretch to an iPad as well, I really do think they're an excellent thing for students to have around, for the note-taking and creative potential I mentioned. One of the best student laptops and the cheapest iPad
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