New laptop, Kindle Fire or Ipad?

dana316 · January 2012

My laptop is about to bite the dust. Seriously...I need to buy something this week...probably tomorrow.

We have a PC that I never use...but it is perfectly fine and I will have it if i need it...

So, what should I get to replace my quickly deteriorating laptop??

I am a tech dummy...help???

MonkeysGirl05 · January 2012

I'm not a tech person either, but what u get will depend on what you plan on using it for. I think the laptop has the most uses, followed by the iPad, and then fire. In my house, I have a (work provided) laptop, and an iPad. We plan on buying a new laptop for our personal use shortly. We ant to use it for financial stuff, photo/movie housing, stuff like iTunes, etc. I can't use my iPad or work computer for all of that stuff. BUT, if you use your PC for a lot of that stuff, you may not need another laptop.

CJ71903 · January 2012

Ipad 2. My husband bought me one for Christmas. I wasnt sure if I would like it, but now that I have one, I don't think I will be using my laptop much anymore.

browneyedgrl4282 · January 2012

My in laws bought an IPAD 2 for the kids (which is basically mine LOL) and I have to say we love it. We also have laptop that we don't use nearly as much as desktop!

Smudges*Mom · January 2012

My vote is for an iPad2.

When DH got me my iPad a year and a half ago, I wondered WTH was I going to do with it. Now? You'll have to pry it out of my old fingers when I die. We are going to upgrade me to a 2 later this month so that I can do FaceTime with him and our families when we are overseas and he is deployed. And, LO will get my current iPad.

If you do get an iPad, be prepared for Caro to LOVE it and claim it as her own!

kittylove · January 2012

I am going to go odd man out and vote for a laptop. I do a ton of typing and while the ipad is fine for some, I would never want to write more than a bump response on it. Maybe that would change over time but it is how I feel right now.

Ali212 · January 2012

kittylove:
I am going to go odd man out and vote for a laptop. I do a ton of typing and while the ipad is fine for some, I would never want to write more than a bump response on it. Maybe that would change over time but it is how I feel right now.

I agree with Kittylove. We have ipads (we are a 2 ipad house) and a laptop (and a desktop) and I MUCH prefer the laptop to the ipads. That said, my husband much prefers the ipad to the laptop so it's really a personal preference thing. I primarily use my ipad for apps/games for my daughter, a white noise app when I travel and occasionally email (again, primarily when traveling). I just don't really like surfing the internet on it; it's not as clean or easy to me as on a laptop. The one thing I do LOVE our ipad for is using it to control our stereo system and our apple tv but that almost makes it a glorified (though high-tech and awesome) remote which I don't think is what you're looking for as much right now.

I can't comment on the kindle fire though -- I have a basic kindle which I have had for years and I love but it's really just for reading books.

LisaMarisa · January 2012

I agree that if I am going to be typing, I go to the laptop. My kindle fire is ok for browsing, reading email, checking up on facebook but I mostly use it for reading. DH loves his iPad but he uses it mostly for watching HBO Go or listening to music and some web surfing.

Personally, I dont think I would ever replace my laptop with one of those but if I still had a PC as a backup then I would probably go with the ipad. It's bigger and easier to browse with.

It all depends on your use though.

keg · January 2012

I just got a Kindle Fire and while it's cool, it's mainly for books and apps. It's still a little small for good web browsing. There is no way I'd give up my laptop for it.

I don't have an ipad, but did just see that you can get keyboards for it (like this). So depending on what you do with your laptop, that might be a reasonable solution.

emmyloustu · January 2012

We love, love, love our iPad 2, but can't imagine replacing our laptop entirely with it. I think it's a nice addition to a laptop or desktop, but not to use exclusively. DH can't blog well on it & I was unable to design my holiday cards using it, though I guess that could be user error. We also have a nook tablet & I rarely use the tablet feature because I find it a little cumbersome.

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