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Originally Posted by ShadowChemosh
I constantly use my iPad at home and work. When I run to a meeting I don't want to disconnect my laptop and shut down the 15 software tools I have running. So much easier to bring the iPad. I easily take hand written notes, take text notes in Evernote. And we often have white board designs that I then take a picture of and put into Evernote. Hell several different apps let me log into the servers from my iPad. For the few that doesn't work on I use splashtop to log into my laptop and view it from there.
Now if I need the notes for the meeting I have them on my iPad, my laptop, and my iPhone. Same with the pictures that are auto-synced between my i devices. Plus more and more people on my job site are using text messages or google hangouts to talk to each other. And now "yammer"... ug facebook for work... Those are all have very nice apps that work on i devices and they sync between my devices. So if all I have is my phone I have a copy of all the conversations.
I see those that that bring laptops but just as many people on my job sites have an iPad in the meeting. Lighter, easier to use, and does everything my laptop can do. Ok it can't run an eclipse IDE but I don't need that for 90% of what I do during the day.
Even cooler is one of our conference rooms has a new Apple TV instead of dumb plasmas. So I can now easily display my iPad info (word documents, excel document, design documents) to the Apple TV using AirPlay.  |
First what does plasma have to do with apple TV? Personally I own a plasma because no LCD with or with out LED back light can compare, plain and simple. However, bring on the OLED!
Shutdown apps whe you disconnect? no need dude, sorry but something isn't strring the coolaid there, I never shut down a single app when I disconnect and go, ever, unless I am going home. But I agree Ipad over lappy? big deal in carrying weight.
We are going wireless in our building, cutting the cord over the next year, so as we now transition to MS surface, our workstationa are tablets, no need for more than one machine, its light, and runs at the meeting room same as it does at your desk, minus the keyboard/mouse/big screen. The MS surface dock? does not get any easier, its so good I bought one for home for my personal SP3
We do not need any of the outside products mentioned, in our enterprise we have complete sharing solutions and document management in house, as well as MS Lync services to all in the enterprise. Though not my fav app, its all tied into outlook, so set a meeting, can be online, or meeting room or a hybrid, link the docs to share them, and soon everyone will be bringing their surface still connected to our network no matter where you are.
One device to rule them all...OK OK yeah we still need out BBs as of 4 months from now we will not have any land lines.