iPad questions I would like answered
Posted by | Posted in iPad | Posted on 03-02-2010
TMO Recently tossed up a post over at http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/forums/viewthread/78069/ requesting comments on our questions about the iPad. I ended up with quite a few and wanted to take a moment to toss them up over here for posterity sake.
I am curious how printing is going to work. Its great to be able to create content easily with the iWork suite but what about printing it off? My wife prints content from the web all the time for shopping/school/etc and is drooling over the ipad so much she wants to replace her macbook with it, but if she can’t print its going to toss up an immediate wall.
What about multiple users? If this is to sit on my coffee table, it makes no sense to lock it down to one person. Can we each check out mail and calendars independently, have unique favorites, etc?
File transfer and itunes handling is going to be another big question for me. Currently my content is shared on a Drobo via a Mac Mini server. The Macbooks in the house use individual iTunes libraries that reference that content but don’t copy it locally. Can I reference the DVDs and Blu-Rays I have ripped and shared off the Drobo with iTunes on the iPad or can I only watch what I sync?
The picture dongle… I rarely travel, but when I do I create gigs of photographs shooting in RAW. Can I dump RAW files to the iPad where they will remain unmolested and in that format for easy transfer back to an iMac or MBP for post processing? How does this work?
These are the bulk of my questions, bear in mind that regardless of the answers I am still onboard and plan on picking up at least 1×16GB WiFi for the house, the question about the Camera dongle depends on if I get another 64GB w/ 3G to travel with or if I still lug around my 15” MBP.
For the record, since its such a highly debated product, I will take this opportunity to plant my banner in the corner of those who believe this is going to a revolutionary product. After the keynotes, I had some serious doubts, but once I applied a little imagination and intelligence to the equation, it was clear that this is going to launch as, and further evolve into the future of computing. Brilliant piece of hardware.