can an ipad do everything a laptop does?
Looking to buy a new tech item. should it be laptop or ipad?
iPad, iOS 7.1
depend on what you wish to use the laptop for really
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To a certain degree it can do almost everything a laptop can.
However, and this is a big however, if you manage lots of files in different formats in many folders, and lots orf videos and photos the iPad is not the best option.
If you do some light web browsing, email checking and the like its o.k.
You cannot play Flash games on an iPad, so if arcading is your bag, a laptop might be better. 🙂
You can't have two pages open side by side on an iPad, which, personally, I find a fairly big limitation.
I thought once I got my iPad I would not use my laptop much, but in reality I still use it for about 70% of what I do.
If you type a lot, you may find you want a keyboard, as one-finger progress can feel slow and frustrating.
iPads are amazing pieces of kit, in that they do what they do smoothly and efficiently and with style. They don't do everything though. 🙂
Summary: get a laptop.
Whatever the iPad can do, it is a subset of what the laptop can do.
can an ipad do everything a laptop does?