Well, movies will be much better on the 27" screen... Unless you watch them on your TV monitor....and use your hi-fi for sound... The iPad speaker is barely ok, you tube vids are ok or you can plug a speaker in the headphone jack.... This works surprisingly well as I mentioned before. I have an external keyboard for the iPad, but rarely use it... All these posts are typed with the screen keyboard which is better than you expect. I wish the iPad had a mouse for detail work but frankly it is not needed. More often than not you find yourself using 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 fingers tapping, pinching, swiping on the screen. I talk with my hands and it seems mostly the iPad understands my flappy hands. What you can't appreciate, unless you use one, is how entrenched the bloody thing becomes... I used to buy the Sunday Mail for the TV lift out. Now I use the iPad- yes for the tv timetable. All the news I ever want is constantly updated on the iPad. I get a BOM weather map that shows me (out on site) exactly where it is raining around me.... I occasionally use Skype (iPhone) to talk to Chicago. My mail, banking, bill paying, weather, news, music, movies, entertainment, movie tickets, GPS directions in the car- on and off road, books, magazine subscriptions, (I used to buy both Fine Homebuilding and Fine Woodworking and WoodenBoat for that matter at around $14- each magazine and they were often 2-3 months behind) now I subscribe at around 25% of the cost (on iPad) and each magazine is delivered hot off the press and I read it anywhere, anytime.... Kindle Books- millions of em if you want them.. On site- I can instantly download .pdf brochures or catalogues or whatever I need from the web.... , pictures, videos, upload to uTube, it just doesn't end... The best ever fitness workout program YAYOG is on the iPad. I don't go to yoga classes- I do a program, yes on the iPad. Jamie Oliver guides my gastromic adventures... Seriously, this is only maybe 50% of what I use it for... I haven't even got into work and study... IThoughts- my mind map is indispensable ... Evernote for keeping all manner of stuff in order... Good Reader is where I keep all my study notes and .pdf's, etc Cost- well mine cost nothing... I got it through Master Builders on a plan... $60- a month I think for two years... Including $40- data plan (wifi + 3G) that is shared with my other phones in a Group that allows everyone to share credits, etc..... Too easy.... Like I said, if you get one, you will wonder how you ever got along without one... The ONLY thing I cannot do on the iPad that I need my desktop for is advanced linking between excel and word- for my quotes and proposals. I have extensive spreadsheets and word templates that allow complex quotes to be costed very quickly and efficiently with updateable links across to word templates. As good as the iPad Numbers (excel) and Pages (word) are, they do not yet achieve this level of functionality.........
