My air won't replace my iPad. Each of my iToys and Mac toys serves a specific purpose:
First off, a little history: I am a student who goes to school online. The stuff I am working on is very intensive and I usually spend a good 18 hours a day in front of my computer working on school work (I also turn in much better quality school work then most people
). School goes year-round with only 3 days break in between semesters. As of now, I am tied to my desk all day since i have no portable computer that is in my possession.
Here is my toys and how I will use them all once the new one arrives:
Macbook Air: Will be for coding in bed, or on the go. It will be a school work machine for when I am not doing heavy graphic stuff. That way I can go bum around at my friends studio and do school work instead of being tied at my desk all day. I can also bring it when I travel if I am in school at that time. It will see a lot of use.
Macbook Pro: This machine, plus a 24inch ACD is on loan to a friend who his helping me make a video game. He is working on the 3D models and graphics while I do the rest (and help with graphics).
iPad: This is my lounge around the house, go to the bathroom, travel (if I don't need to do school work) or play on the internet in bed machine. I love my iPad and use it daily. It also goes to the kitchen with me if I need to look up recipes for what I am cooking or if I want to play on facebook or something while cooking. I also develop for iPad so I need this.
iPhone 4: My phone, and my internet, messenger, etc on the go. I also develop for iPhone so I need this.
iPhone 3Gs: Not my phone, but since I develop for iOS I need it to test on to ensure game compatibility.
Mac Pro: This is my workhorse. When I am doing graphics stuff I am usually in Maya and Photoshop together for texturing, OR Corel Painter (depending on the graphics style). ZBrush usually gets opened along the way and most of the time RipIT and Handbrake are busy ripping my DVD collection to my computer so that my Apple TV has content to play with. I also use Houdini, Unity3D, XCode, Logic (I'm no expert in this one yet
) and have a ton of externals hooked up to this machine. I do a ton of work on this.
So see, you can easily find uses for each device, whether they are practical or not
Mine are, I make my living off of computers so I like to have multiple just in case. Normally the Macbook Pro would suffice but its not with me so a Mac Air fills the void perfectly
Oh ya I have a linux netbook but thats my "fixin' machine" that I take to fix other peoples stuff. Also it has setemental value since its the computer I took to me when I went to the AMAZING country of New Zealand
(Too bad I went by myself since none of my friends would go with me :'( )
Also I can't wait to get this air, push the heck out of it and see what these beasts are REALLY capable of
I'm sure I'll be able to end the "Airs are stripped down computers/glorified netbooks" arguement
