Log In

Your email is not your username

Register

If you were a member of the old Bodybuilding.com forums and would like to reuse your previous username, you can request it below. We use your email only for registration and do not store it. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy.

Confirm your email

A registration code was sent to your email. Enter it here.

Welcome

You have successfully setup your account.

Sign in

Quick Navigation Bottom Misc
Forum » Anyone use ipad as a laptop replacement?
  1. Results 1 to 8 of 8
  2. Page 1 of 1

Thread: Anyone use ipad as a laptop replacement?

post 1648612053 10-09-2021, 09:38 AM
-
#1
  1. exxtracool
  2. Registered User
  1. exxtracool
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Jan 2018
  4. Location: Canada
  5. Age: 34
  6. Posts: 20,766
  7. Rep Power: 77972

Anyone use ipad as a laptop replacement?

Need to upgrade my macbook air from 2017, which still runs great tbh.

Was thinking either another macbook or an ipad
post 1648612153 10-09-2021, 09:41 AM
-
#2
  1. bfdehewdbyywhn
  2. Registered User
  1. bfdehewdbyywhn
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Oct 2019
  4. Age: 56
  5. Posts: 47,380
  6. Rep Power: 103861
good luck opening mr.shekkleberg's spreadsheets on ipad
HTC is too skinny for me. Fat Girls only crew. serious
Chubby Chaser and Fat Girls Only crew Founder
post 1648612253 10-09-2021, 09:44 AM
-
#3
  1. exxtracool
  2. Registered User
  1. exxtracool
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Jan 2018
  4. Location: Canada
  5. Age: 34
  6. Posts: 20,766
  7. Rep Power: 77972
Originally Posted By bfdehewdbyywhn⏩
good luck opening mr.shekkleberg's spreadsheets on ipad
What?
post 1648612343 10-09-2021, 09:47 AM
-
#4
  1. Chargr
  2. ok.
  1. Chargr
  2. ok.
  3. Join Date: Jan 2011
  4. Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
  5. Age: 35
  6. Posts: 2,632
  7. Rep Power: 5358
IPAD is not there yet for replacing laptops. You could use it for basic web browsing, note taking, word documents but anything else would be better on a laptop.

I got the IPAD PRO 12.9 and it is awesome for basic tasks but can’t see it replacing my MacBook yet. Probably another 3 years for that
post 1648615183 10-09-2021, 10:55 AM
-
#5
  1. exxtracool
  2. Registered User
  1. exxtracool
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Jan 2018
  4. Location: Canada
  5. Age: 34
  6. Posts: 20,766
  7. Rep Power: 77972
Originally Posted By Chargr⏩
IPAD is not there yet for replacing laptops. You could use it for basic web browsing, note taking, word documents but anything else would be better on a laptop.

I got the IPAD PRO 12.9 and it is awesome for basic tasks but can’t see it replacing my MacBook yet. Probably another 3 years for that
Whys that though? The ipad pro has the new m1 chip in it it right? That should be more than powerful enough to handle a lot of stuff.

Is it software limitations?
post 1648615423 10-09-2021, 11:00 AM
-
#6
  1. Unstumpable
  2. Registered User
  1. Unstumpable
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Sep 2016
  4. Age: 34
  5. Posts: 26,131
  6. Rep Power: 219983
I have an ipad pro 12.9 as well. And will be getting the new macbook pro that comes out in the next month or so as well.

Ipad is good, and I use it at work most of the time. But macbook is way better. You can't even get ad block on an ipad. So if you watch youtube you'll have to watch the gay ads. That alone is reason enough for me to stick with a real laptop.
post 1648615633 10-09-2021, 11:05 AM
-
#7
  1. Noliberals4
  2. Registered User
  1. Noliberals4
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Aug 2015
  4. Location: United States
  5. Age: 37
  6. Posts: 34,396
  7. Rep Power: 0
What is your budget?

Wait a month, I think the new M1X MacBook Pros are coming out. Those are going to be amazing but probably around $2kish.

If your budget is around $1000, the iPad Pro should be good enough. When my laptop died, I used an iPad for a replacement for a month before I got a new laptop. It worked better than I thought, but I had trouble adjusting to its multitasking system and the fact I couldn't just download any programs off the internet.
Republicans are weak men who pretend to be strong

Democrats are strong men who pretend to be weak
post 1648615713 10-09-2021, 11:07 AM
-
#8
  1. Noliberals4
  2. Registered User
  1. Noliberals4
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Aug 2015
  4. Location: United States
  5. Age: 37
  6. Posts: 34,396
  7. Rep Power: 0
Originally Posted By exxtracool⏩
Whys that though? The ipad pro has the new m1 chip in it it right? That should be more than powerful enough to handle a lot of stuff.

Is it software limitations?
Yeah, a lot of professional software either isn't on the iPad or not good enough such as Photoshop and Word. So even though it has a ton of power, apps aren't there to take advantage of it quite yet.
Republicans are weak men who pretend to be strong

Democrats are strong men who pretend to be weak
Quick Navigation Top Misc
Bookmarks
Digg.com
Digg
del.icio.us
del.icio.us
Stumbleupon.com
StumbleUpon
Google.com
Google
Facebook.com
Facebook
Posting Permissions
  1. You may not post new threads
  2. You may not post replies
  3. You may not post attachments
  4. You may not edit your posts