The 11" MBA is so perfectly set up for being an ultra portable real computer. The iPad? Well, I was looking at what it does better. So I went to it to research the battery life on the Air. More on that later. But the issue that really popped out was that the iPad screen is not so good for reading things like websites, or books.
Then I did some test typing and it was awful. No, I am not a Luddite. I went from Blackberry to iPhone and never missed the hard keyboard. It's what I am using now. I love it and am a speed demon in landscape. But the iPad was a mess by the time I got done with a simple search term it had taken 4 tries.
As well, the equation came into sharper focus. 64GB in both. $200 more for the Air. Better screen, better typing, full OS and software suite. Get a case and keyboard and camera for the iPad and the cost equalizes. Add a tiny hard drive? $99 for the Air, $500 for the iPad.
So the scale tips to the MBA. Until we see if the screen in the iPad 2 is gonna get better.
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