Going to an iPad 2 from an iMac

[LowLife.]

Ok, so I need something more portable. Been offered an iPad 2 16gb wifi, 2 cases and the keyboard/dock thing.

Is this worth it for my iMac?

Am I able to connect a hard drive to the iPad 2?

Any help would be great!

Cheers,

L

 

[Mitchell]

I would say the iPad is more a device to complement the iMac along side it, not to replace it?
Hard drive cannot be connected to the iPad, the most you can connect is a camera / SD card through the connection kit.

 

[LowLife.]

What if it is jailbroken? Can I not use the adapter to plug in a pen drive?

 

[jenic]

What do you use you iMac for at the moment?

Tell us and we'll tell you if an iPad would be suitable.

Imo, an iMac and iPad are such a good pair of devices to own, most people would have both.

 

[LowLife.]

Browsing the internet, CS, the odd word processing, photos, music.

I'm not a web designer etc, just an average user.

 

[jenic]

Does all that along as you only want to store and share photo's, not much editing.

I recommend subscribing to flickr and keeping photo's on there to save iPad space.

 

[LowLife.]

Would I be getting my monies worth? I am not sure how much my iMac is worth!

 

[jenic]

Your iMac spec isn't the best, but i still wouldn't swap it for an iPad, especially a basic one.

 

[LowLife.]

My iMac is more than enough for what I need though. 4gb of ram is more than plenty and the processor is slick for what I use. Think I may hold out for a MacBook rather than an iPad tbh.

 

[MaLicE]

once iCloud is released... you won't need any storage device.

 

[LowLife.]

I have managed to get a MacBook Pro 13" for a straight swap.

Happy?

Yes!

 

[Tom]

once iCloud is released... you won't need any storage device.

Well, yeah you will.

Unless you have a constant high speed connection to the internet everywhere. Maybe in a decade that might be the case but for the moment you need loads of local storage.

 

[cava83]

Well, yeah you will.

Unless you have a constant high speed connection to the internet everywhere. Maybe in a decade that might be the case but for the moment you need loads of local storage.

I'd never want everything in the cloud, if anything, I would store a lot on my own NAS device and then allow access to it remotely, but that's about it.

 

[welshname]

I'd never want everything in the cloud, if anything, I would store a lot on my own NAS device and then allow access to it remotely, but that's about it.

Thats the same thing. But just for yourself lol.

 

[cava83]

Thats the same thing. But just for yourself lol.

Didn't explain myself properly.

It's not really the same as you are hosting it yourself, at home, your own restrictions......... so when you're at home you're not on the "cloud" but on the LAN ! Only on the cloud when you're out and about.

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