[Leica] iPad and textbooks

[rickfloyd at comcast.net (rickfloyd at comcast.net)]

I don't think they would ever give up their MacBooks, even if the iPad COULD 
replace them.? But, like Jim's comments below, my kids don't usually?carry 
their laptop when they need to carry their text books too.? Combining these 
for cross-campus treks in the iPad is what they are looking for.? While on 
campus, they use their iPod touch for quick look-ups and email.? So, to 
eliminate having to lug the books and have the capability of the touch in a 
larger/more useable package has them ready to order. 




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Justianto" <jsjgroups at gmail.com> 
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> 
Sent: Friday, February 5, 2010 10:10:11 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [Leica] iPad and textbooks 

You have to know that iPad is not a notebook replacement. Since it 
required a pc, notebook or an imac to sync it. 

I am curious to see whether the import photo feature will be able to 
view M9 DNG files. 

Jsj 


On 2/5/10, rickfloyd at comcast.net <rickfloyd at comcast.net> wrote: 
> 
> 
> My kids are excited about the iPad for exactly the same reason.? Their 
> input 
> is that for classes they need to take and couldn't care less about the 
> book 
> afterward, they will order hardcopies so they can resell once the class is 
> done.? But, for classes in their major area of study, they are very 
> interested in the eBook and iPad.? They too complain the MacBooks and text 
> books are too large and cumbersome to carry all the time. 
> 
> 
> 
> I'm excited about the iPad to replace this crummy HP netbook I'm sharing 
> with HP service department.? It's beginning to collect frequent flyer 
> miles 
> from FedEx! 
> 
> 
> 
> Rick 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin at gmail.com> 
> To: "Leica LUG" <lug at leica-users.org> 
> Sent: Friday, February 5, 2010 9:41:04 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
> Subject: [Leica] iPad and textbooks 
> 
> Frank is right about textbooks. ?My daughter is in college and, while iPad 
> would not replace her MacBook, it could easily replace the 10 lbs of 
> textbooks she has to cart around in her backpack all over campus. That 
> alone 
> would be well worth the price of the iPad. In fact, she would be able to 
> leave her MacBook back in the dorm more often if she could use the iPad to 
> study and write, then bring it back, sync with her MacBook and continue 
> working. 
> 
> 
> --Jim 
> 
> - - - - - - - 
> 
> Why so many college textbooks at $50 a pop? Many colleges, including mine, 
> look for a magic number in evaluating professors for promotion. Our 
> college 
> counts the number of papers published in academic journals as a major 
> index. 
> Three peer reviewed papers equal one textbook. Judging from personal 
> experience it is quicker, and often easier, to write a textbook for 
> undergraduate courses than to do the research for a substantive paper. 
> Naturally the publishers want to sell co-pies of the books that they print 
> so the professors are encouraged to require all students to buy the latest 
> edition of the book. The iPad, using books accessed from the internet, 
> will 
> kill that market. The colleges will be forced to use a different metric 
> than 
> "Publish or perish." 
> 
> Larry Z 
> 
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