I must admit, it’s an attractive proposition. You have a presentation to make to small group of people; you have your iPad, loaded with said presentation (preferably in Keynote, naturally); and you face it towards your audience and play the slide show.



But I have a MacBook Pro. I have the presentation on that, where I have been making last-minute amendments on the way to the audience. It needs no stand, it has an array of output ports to connect to the AV system at the venue and I already have a remote control with which to make the presentation without having to touch the device itself.

Hmmm ...

However, I do like the iCal display, and that of the Address Book.

Chris
p.s. the image came from the Apple (US) site. cb

I should like to like the iPad. I can see that it might form the basis of a new way of working, or playing, or working and playing. But the price is very important; the Mac Mini is a pretty pricey piece of kit, but the only iPads currently available in the UK are priced at over that. I do hope that the Apple site starts stocking the cheaper iPads at lower prices than that.

The iPad is an aspirational piece of kit; a purchaser is supposed to value the device more because it was pricey. By that token however it had better be useful as well: otherwise there might well be a section on that Internet Auction Site devoted to iPads; and that would be a shame ...

Chris

This is it! I will keep this site up to date, from now on. That’s a Promise, an Easter Resolution, if you like.

And I shall start with a rant about the iPad ...

Chris