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Originally Posted by Golf-Tinker
It's extremely portable and you have access to thousands of apps. E-mail and web surfing are easy, and there are numerous "paint" and sketch apps. Go to Apple.com and browse through the app selections. Or visit Best Buy in The Villages and have one of their staff demonstrate the unit. I noticed the other day that Sams Club also is now selling the Ipad. But keep the laptop for printing and other tasks.
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It really depends how detailed you want to work on your photos and where you intend to store them. The photo apps on the ipad and iphone are much "lighter" than programs like Paint Shop or Photoshop Elements. You will also need an ipad camera connection kit ($30) to read photos from the SD card on your camera. Another consideration is that the drive size is 16, 32 , or 64 GB. That is much smaller than a laptop hard drive.Granted photos can be stored on the web.
As far as servicing it is a piece of cake. Just sync it with your computer. That will no longer be necessary with the release of iOS5 come September. The the ipad will no longer need a computer to set up, backup, and sync.
The portability with an ipad is fantastic, the price is great, but a macbook might be a better choice as it is much more powerful. Plus macs work great.
Another consideration is the ipad is a touch screen with no mouse. It doesn't take long to adjust, especially if you already use a trackpad.