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To: Road Walker who wrote (168453)	4/15/2014 10:32:24 AM
From: Zen Dollar Round	4 Recommendations Recommended By Blasher HerbVic mw1 Ryan Bartholomew Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

And you're not an Average Joe (or Joan). I'm a Joe. :-) That is true. Trying to manage my workflow, connect to client computers, do my daily tasks, etc., would be all but impossible on an iPad, or most any other tablet. So I actually do need the screen size. Later this year I plan to upgrade to a 27" iMac (assuming Apple releases a new model), with two external monitors. I'll be happy as a clam. I have considered getting a wi-fi only iPad mini for content consumption – movies, books games, news – things like that. I just won't try to do any real work on it. :-)

To: Road Walker who wrote (168453)	4/15/2014 10:38:58 AM
From: Ryan Bartholomew	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

My wife has a computer on her desk at work, and all she uses is her iPad mini. Non-Retina. What kind of work does she do on her mini tablet?

To: Road Walker who wrote (168453)	4/15/2014 2:12:11 PM
From: Doren	5 Recommendations Recommended By clean86 HerbVic Ryan Bartholomew The_Net Zen Dollar Round Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

Sounds like an average Joe to me. But the point is we really don't know what the average Joe NEEDS or PREFERS. It does seem to be somewhat clear that less people are choosing iPads (cars) than some predicted and more people are sticking with desk or laptops (trucks.) And I think thats the point. We are debating as proxies for the average joe, rather than looking at statistical analysis which would be more accurate. But money talks and that's accurate as hell. Of course the story isn't over yet. Maybe pads will slowly replace PCs now that the initial rush of first adopters and people who can afford all devices, is over. ------ I'd love it if I could get by with a $500 iPad rather than a $2000 Mac, but I can't. I keep trying to figure out how I could but I can't. I use my computer to: Use word for work documents, invoices - like most small business owners Do my Taxes Build and maintain my website, which means photoshop, dreamweaver and bb edit - like most small business owners Write music (Logic Pro) Download music (I have a separate external drive for that) Convert music (usually FLAC to ALAC) Edit video It would be pretty hard to do any of this on the level I do it at on a pad What I could do on a pad is: Calendar Plan trips Research Check TV email/web etc But its a lot easier on a 27" screen.