Wither iPad?
Given that in February I made some very positive comments about the iPad I thought I should explain why I won’t be jumping on the iPad bandwagon just yet. There are three main reasons, 1. To go forward with photography I need a portable computer that can develop photos in the field. One day the […]
Given that in February I made some very positive comments about the iPad I thought I should explain why I won’t be jumping on the iPad bandwagon just yet. There are three main reasons,
1. To go forward with photography I need a portable computer that can develop photos in the field. One day the iPad will be able to run something like Lightroom or Aperture to develop RAW images. But that day is not upon us yet.
2. A large part of the appeal of the iPad resides in reading news and magazine content, but current subscription proposals are costly and restrictive. In time, I believe these prices will drop and access will open up. But, for now that dampens the appeal.
3. The iPad has huge potential as a music creation and control device, but the software for doing that is still very first generation and if I’m honest, I don’t have the time right now to be testing that sort of thing out. Of course, this will change, fast.
I can imagine myself picking up an iPad in the near future – maybe towards the end of the year. But for now, it makes more sense to put some money behind a new MacBook Pro and set that up for travel photography and maybe some new music writing projects later in the year.
