How is a Mac a good investment? Please, tell us. It doesn't belong nor work well in a corporate environment. It's easily 20-30% more expensive. And it does NOTHING that a PC or Android can't do. In fact, there are many things a PC/Android can do that are better.
But people are sheep. And Mac is promoted as the Cool guys gadget. Whatever, pay more for the same thing. Bahhhahaah.
mac is hardly the cools guys gadget. they've not done anything ground breaking for awhile but no one cares. the one thing a vast majority of apple fans care about is it's NOT microsoft. then again, many just like what they like and the OS isn't a religion to them as it is to others who choose one side against all comers.
tablets keep in mind are a consumer device. you play games, you get the weather, you keep in touch instantly, you upload your photo of lunch no one gives a damn about but what you don't do on a tablet is get work done for the most part.
i can't see anyone writing War and Peace no a tablet or even a chromebook. you're not going to pick up your tablet and load up that db and get some heavy numbers crunching while crushing candy. the apple tablets are far behind in technology and apple fans really don't care and people who don't know any better spend twice as much as necessary for an OS that won't even allow video card updates to their computers (or any update for that matter) and their tablets are void of logic when it comes to it's overall usability in the interface.
all that said, you can do a lot of great things on an ipad. you just have to know what they are, how they fit, what else you need, and like any investment, make sure it gets the job done you're after. if you wanna play games and talk on facebook but going to the computer in the other room is a waste of time, get a $120 8" droid tablet but even then, stick with name brands, be familiar with OS names and upgrade paths, and wa-la cheap entertainment in your hands. macs are very music industry focused and for a long time, graphics based as well but can you run adobe premier on an ipad?
you can a surface 3 machine. if you want a laptop replacement this is your only read way to go but even then, 11" screen, roll up keyboard, and room to move / work out the window, but it's a step in whatever is going to happen next. guiding step or misstep, to be determined. how come a major graphics co like adobe works far better on a PC than mac? whatever your reason, it's apparent it's by design by adobe so you'd just be guessing like me.
if you don't know why you need an apple computer or pad, likely you don't. that said, if you need a tablet, don't buy the $50 specials. it will work for a bit but i've gone through more tablets than any man should have a right to. sooner or later they all screw up something and within a year you're buying another one. but the no name big lots sale, waste of your time.
if you just want a solid tablet, get a samsung galaxy note 8" tablet. under $160 give or take likely, plenty of ram / space, and works about as good a any. but again, a tablet is a consumer device. don't go thinking you'll get more than some base work done it it. it wants your time, it wants you to buy diamonds to spend in the games, and it wants you to buy more eggs so you can grow jurassic park even bigger. they're designed to be like a strip club. it may just be $5 to get in, but you're spending $500 before you leave.
i don't have a google+ account w/credit card tied to it so i never buy a thing. pisses off google but their constant watching of what i surf for than showing me ads months after i've already bought it piss me off so we get even.
