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FlorenceArt · 08-15-2011, 02:12 PM

Hi all,

I wanted to ask a few questions about Pages and iWorks, but then I thought it might be a good idea to make the thread more general. I hope there isn't a similar thread already. I haven't found it but I didn't look very hard.

I am amazed at how quickly the iPad has replaced my MacBook for all the everyday stuff. Not only online stuff, which is what I expected to use it on (web, social networks, video streaming, newspapers and feeds), but also for more "serious" activities such as managing my to-do lists. I find myself getting frustrated when I have to get to my computer to do something. I could envision using the iPad for everything except my most "heavy" art stuff: painting (though of course I do that on the iPad too!), video editing, editing photos of my artwork.

Of course, the big obstacle to a serious use of the iPad is the incredible length to which Apple seems to have gone in order to make file management and exchange as complicated as possible. I suppose it would be easier if my iPad was jailbroken, but I'm too lazy to do that.

So, feel free to take this thread wherever you think it should go, but first, I'll ask my question about Pages: for those of you who use it, can you tell me how good/bad the compatibility with Word is?

08-15-2011, 02:12 PM	#1
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	Using the iPad for "serious" stuff? Hi all, I wanted to ask a few questions about Pages and iWorks, but then I thought it might be a good idea to make the thread more general. I hope there isn't a similar thread already. I haven't found it but I didn't look very hard. I am amazed at how quickly the iPad has replaced my MacBook for all the everyday stuff. Not only online stuff, which is what I expected to use it on (web, social networks, video streaming, newspapers and feeds), but also for more "serious" activities such as managing my to-do lists. I find myself getting frustrated when I have to get to my computer to do something. I could envision using the iPad for everything except my most "heavy" art stuff: painting (though of course I do that on the iPad too!), video editing, editing photos of my artwork. Of course, the big obstacle to a serious use of the iPad is the incredible length to which Apple seems to have gone in order to make file management and exchange as complicated as possible. I suppose it would be easier if my iPad was jailbroken, but I'm too lazy to do that. So, feel free to take this thread wherever you think it should go, but first, I'll ask my question about Pages: for those of you who use it, can you tell me how good/bad the compatibility with Word is?