SystemsEngineer
iPF Noob
I'm learning with every post. Ironically, my first computer experience was with Apple. It was in 1985, I was 16 years old and our school had a room full of Apple II's. Off white box with keyboard built in, no hard drive, external 5.25" floppy drive that needed to hold a system disk to boot from, amber or green CRT monitor on top. After that I was thrilled with the first PC I saw that had a hard drive built in. At university, 4 years later, I had my own PC and I did a lot of pascal programming. There were MacII's in those days but they were quite unaffordable. After that i kept upgrading to 386, 486, Pentium and that's where it ended in 2007. I got my first Mac, a Macbook Pro 17" 2006 model with a 30" HD Cinema Display. I still use it weekly, although it has been complemented by a Mac Pro 5,1 and a 13" Macbook to take on the commuter train with me. The PC is in the attic gathering dust. Anyway this is my computer experience.
I looked up the meaning of app-centric and file-centric. I wasn't aware that the former existed and quite frankly I'm not thrilled by the prospect of using such a system. Then again if you say you can adapt I certainly should be able to adapt too. Anyway a friend of mine owns an iPad 3rd gen. I don't get to see him very often but the next time I do I will try his one, knowing what I've learned in this topic will give me ample opportunity to determine if it will meet my needs and wishes. I may even get a stylus thing to test it properly.
Thank you all for your efforts in educating me and for your analyses and advice. I really appreciate that, as I've mentioned before. It may take a while before I write again, because I need to do some testing first. I'm not in a hurry. I want to make a good choice that I won't regret, I don't want to end up getting a Galaxy or other after I get an iPad.
Peter
I looked up the meaning of app-centric and file-centric. I wasn't aware that the former existed and quite frankly I'm not thrilled by the prospect of using such a system. Then again if you say you can adapt I certainly should be able to adapt too. Anyway a friend of mine owns an iPad 3rd gen. I don't get to see him very often but the next time I do I will try his one, knowing what I've learned in this topic will give me ample opportunity to determine if it will meet my needs and wishes. I may even get a stylus thing to test it properly.
Thank you all for your efforts in educating me and for your analyses and advice. I really appreciate that, as I've mentioned before. It may take a while before I write again, because I need to do some testing first. I'm not in a hurry. I want to make a good choice that I won't regret, I don't want to end up getting a Galaxy or other after I get an iPad.
Peter
