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beekaytee - Jan 05, 2015 1:56:39 pm PST #24244 of 25496

Compassionately intolerant

Honestly, I am a strong, independent thinker who spends the whole of my working life helping others make good decisions.

When it comes to stuff like this, I sincerely wish I was one of those people who can say, "I've got a guy" to just tell me what to do.

I trust my judgement in every other way but this!

meara - Jan 05, 2015 2:17:07 pm PST #24245 of 25496

The only flaw in your logic, if you want it to replace your mac mini, is you would need the pad to do wifi, as you would have nothing to dock it with when the mini fails.

I'm not sure what you mean by this, ominous? Need the pad to do wifi? I don't think you're required to have a computer to have an iPad, anymore...

§ ita § - Jan 05, 2015 4:34:59 pm PST #24246 of 25496

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

iPads don't do wifi?

beekaytee - Jan 05, 2015 4:52:15 pm PST #24247 of 25496

Compassionately intolerant

They totally do wifi. Meara is correct. If you have a wifi connection, you don't need a box to initialize an ipad.

_I_ just don't do wifi.

§ ita § - Jan 05, 2015 5:01:14 pm PST #24248 of 25496

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

::clarity dawns::

Toddson - Jan 06, 2015 6:26:51 am PST #24249 of 25496

Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I have the wifi version of the iPad mini ... it's pretty good about connecting with various wifi networks, but you have to have a network. I can usually connect at Starbucks and it's fine in my office, but without the network, it's cut off. I use it mostly for reading e-books and playing games, I've taken photos and emailed them, but I'm pretty low-tech in my life.

omnis_audis - Jan 06, 2015 7:45:45 am PST #24250 of 25496

omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

I don't think you're required to have a computer to have an iPad, anymore...

If you want to tranfer media that you didn't purchase through iTunes store (i.e. a CD, or a thumb drive from friends, or ahem videos), you need to connect to the computer and iTunes computer app to do the transfer. Aside from that, they are pretty self suffecient.

beekaytee - Jan 06, 2015 8:26:06 am PST #24251 of 25496

Compassionately intolerant

Yeah,that is true too.

So far, irl, I have one vote for each, so I'm still on the metaphoric fence.

Which is frustrating because the whole idea behind making this purchase, was to free myself from analysis paralysis.

-t - Jan 06, 2015 8:53:33 am PST #24252 of 25496

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

FWIW, I find it very easy to tote my iPad mini around. It fits in coat pockets and purses way easier than the full-sized iPad.

Jessica - Jan 06, 2015 9:24:18 am PST #24253 of 25496

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I honestly can't imagine using a tablet without wifi. Almost everything I do with that device requires an internet connection.

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