People keep repeating this but I see no evidence for it being true. Instead I keep reading reports of companies replacing large numbers of laptops with iPads. Are those reports wrong? Are those companies supplying iPads so their employees can watch (consume) movies instead of working?
The iPad seems quite capable of handling moderate document creation. Add a BT keyboard and it becomes very similar to a low end laptop.
> Instead I keep reading reports of companies replacing large numbers of laptops with iPads. Are those reports wrong?
Care to link to some of these reports? I am curious to see if desktop/laptops are being replaced and if there are companies employees in the office with a tablet as their only work device.
What I find is that companies are buying tablets as additional devices to augment, not replace desktops and laptops. Thus I am very curious about the reports you have apparently been seeing.
Side question: Does anyone on HN know anyone in their company or friends circle whose sole work device is a tablet(traveling salesmen etc. are excluded) ?
>The iPad seems quite capable of handling moderate document creation. Add a BT keyboard and it becomes very similar to a low end laptop.
And you can make an octopus by nailing more legs to a dog. Doesn't make it a very good octopus though.
>Apple itself keeps saying that Fortune 500 companies are buying large quantities of iPads. They can't all be for consumption.
Why can't they all be for consumption?
The IDG report refers to business communication, which I am guessing is reading and writing emails.
Regarding the doctors, the article states this:
> In fact, Manhattan Research found that internet usage on the iPad was more common that doctor's internet access on cell and smartphones (18%), but still considerably less than their web access on desktops and laptops (55%).
The iPad seems quite capable of handling moderate document creation. Add a BT keyboard and it becomes very similar to a low end laptop.