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Title: Why the iPad still can't be a true Mac replacement
Post by: HCK on February 22, 2013, 03:01:06 pm
Why the iPad still can't be a true Mac replacement
   




   

When Apple released iOS 5 back in 2011, it heralded a new “PC-Free” era for iOS devices. You could at last “cut the cord” between your Mac and iOS devices; you could activate, sync, and back up an iOS device without ever connecting it to a computer.


This led to the inevitable next question: Now that it’s possible to maintain an iPad without ever connecting it to a Mac, is it time to dump the Mac altogether? Should we be planning to sell our MacBooks and go with just an iPad?


This question has two sharply opposing answers.


The first answer is a resounding yes.
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