On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 04:08:18PM -0400, John Valenti wrote: > Pardon me for my dinosaur-ways, but I don't know anyone that is using a tablet as their primary computer... > > I'm trying to advise an MSU retiree. Her XP laptop is getting creaky, she is trying to decide how to replace it and wondering if a tablet might work. It would basically be used for MSU email and web browsing. (reserving the old laptop for word processing) > > Are there people that are using tablets as their main system, and what limitations does that involve? The main limitation for me is I hate to type anything of more than a few charaters length on them. ////jerry > > I think she is drawn to the tablet due to the light weight and ease of carrying around town. > > She spends some time in the UP, it is still a dialup world there ... anyway to connect a modem to an iPad? > > thanks for any comments!