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From: Tim McNamara on 25 Apr 2010 23:19
In article <sehix-8F5396.14401225042010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>,
Steve Hix <sehix(a)NOSPAMmac.comINVALID> wrote:

> In article <timmcn-89F0F1.15583825042010(a)news-2.mpls.iphouse.net>,
> Tim McNamara <timmcn(a)bitstream.net> wrote:
>
> > In article <hr22ts$9fq$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
> > Phillip Jones <pjones1(a)kimbanet.com> wrote:
> >
> > Depends on the use you need, of course.
> >
> > The iPad is just a little too small for what I want. If the screen
> > was the size of my 12" iBook, it'd be perfect and I'd have bought
> > one already.
>
> I initially thought the same thing, but having used one (as long as I
> can keep it away from my wife), it turns out to not be a problem.
>
> Screen real estate just seems more available in use than a
> similar-size screen running a typical laptop OS.

Yeah, it's just that my primary use is peculiar. I am a jazz musician
and haul about 750 pages of paper charts around with me when I play. I
have about 8000 pages of song charts in PDF format, including virtually
everything I have on paper, and it'd be great to be able to carry it all
electronically. But the screen really needs to be 8.5 x 11 or very
close for it to be practical, and thus far most of the things like the
iPad and the Kindle have screens not much bigger than a trade paperback.

The iPad could just about do most of the things I use my laptop for
outside of work, except for the above which is the most important thing.
If they make a bigger iPad at some point it would be a very viable
option.
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