> On Oct 19, 2018, at 11:38 AM, Jim Saklad jimdoc@icloud.com [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> > I'm waiting for an upgrade on the iPad mini 4. I don't think it'll happen.
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> I'm doubtful, also, considering the size of the largest iPhones.
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> > Why people want to carry around big tablets I'll never know.
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> Because it's a lot easier than carrying around a 3-to-6-pound laptop?
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> > Alice
Yes, a big tablet is, for me, much handier than a smallish laptop. It's a media-presentation device, a screen without a keyboard, which I seldom if ever need. Tablets can be moved into many different positions, even suspended over a bed for nighttime reading. Try that with a laptop. What I want is the image, not the tools to produce the image. For that, a desktop machine is indispensable. A desktop is a workhorse. And in the rare cases in which a keyboard is necessary on the tablet - say, for doing serious writing - it can be tacked on and quickly removed.
The tablet lives in my house, on a table. If I needed to take a computer to class, I might want a laptop, but maybe not. Laptops are funny hybrids. I've never taken to them.
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